Backstitch Makes... Clothes
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Merchant and Mills Top 64
A few weeks ago we had an exciting delivery... we are now stockists of Merchant and Mills sewing patterns. If you have anything to do with sewing in the UK you can't have missed Merchant and Mills and their delicious range of luxury haberdashery (we've got their lovely pins here), but did you know they have an excellent selection of... -
Megan Nielsen Eucalypt Tank and Briar Jumper
I've been doing a stack more dressmaking since the shop opened. It's all the dressmaking fabric we've been getting in... gone and got me all inspired. That, and the fact that now I am the face of Backstitch not just the voice I need to look vaguely presentable each day... and 7 years of working from home has taken it's... -
New: Downloadable Digital PDF Patterns - And Discount Code!
Well, this is an exciting development... We are now stocking digital PDF patterns at Backstitch, and to get you tempted, during the month of December, we've got 10% your first digital purchase with us: just use the code DIG10BL at checkout. Continue reading → -
Blogging about Dressmaking and a Linen Washi Dress
Now, I have to admit that I do not consider myself a dressmaker. I am, however, happy to call myself a quilter: flat finished work, square edged pieces and stable fabrics I can do but I've never really grabbed the dressmaking thing. I think it just scared me a bit... all those curves and notches and fitting issues, and then what if you try it on and you don't like it? I mean, the amount of stuff that I try on in changing rooms that I don't like is way more than the stuff that I do. Continue reading →