It’s September which means I am packing up my shorts and pulling out my sweaters and thinking about what I need to add to my wardrobe as we move into the chillier months! Here are the things we have stocked in our sewing studio and what I would make out of them. All of these…

(Without getting overwhelmed, frustrated, wasting time, and money) So you’ve learned how to thread up your sewing machine and you want to sew your own clothes but aren’t sure where to start? Here are the things we like to tackle in our level 1 adult sewing classes to give people the legs they need to…

One of the biggest reasons we have private lessons here at our kitsilano sewing studio is to help sewists navigate around their sewing machine. While most sewing machines have the same basic functions the set up of the machine and the features of the machine can vary. In this week’s blog I want to talk…

It’s no secret that I love sewing books. We have a pretty good collection of them here at the sewing studio and I have my own private collection at home. The first commercially available sewing patterns were made in the 1800’s! For Centuries sewing has been shared through text. As a sewing instructor and enthusiast…