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The French Dart Button Back Pattern Hack

How to add buttons to the back of The French Dart Pattern How do you turn The French Dart into a button-back top or dress? This pattern hack shows you how to add a button placket to the centre back, adjust the collar to fit, and finish the garment neatly with functional buttons and buttonholes. […]

A quick tip to speed up your sewing

Fancy a super quick tip that can make your making easier straight away? This short tutorial shares a simple, practical hint from Mrs M to help improve accuracy and work more efficiently when cutting out your sewing pattern Another of my random little sewing/pattern tips. I do hope you find it helpful! Do you ever […]

Corozo: a sustainable button

| Corozo | I’d like to introduce you to our new range of Corozo Buttons. It’s taken us a long while to source the right buttons. As with everything we do, we felt we didn’t want to add more stuff for the sake of it. There needed to be a reason, a value to them, […]

The French Dart | new workshop

| French Dart shift Workshop | Come and join us for a fun day at our dressmaking workshop. It’s a great chance to meet other makers as well as learning sewing techniques and skills. Bring along your French Dart Shift pattern or purchase one from Sarah on the day with a 10% discount DATE: 13th […]