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The Barcelona – Neck Dart Tuck Tutorial
This isn’t a very complicated part of the Barcelona dress but a few extra photos never hurt anyone! So what is a dart tuck? A dart tuck is really just a dart that is only partially stitched alon...
The Festival of Quilts 2018
Come and join us at this year’s Festival of Quilts! 9th – 12th August || NEC Birmingham, England Not a quilter? Don’t worry there are lots of stitching and sewing fun to ...
the BARCELONA – invisible zip tutorial
The Barcelona Dress | Invisible zips & stripe matching Invisible zips (sometimes called concealed zips) strike the fear into many a sewist, and our lovely Barcelona dress has an invisible zip and ...
The Maven App – update!
Our Maven App has had an update and is now iPad friendly! Yay!! You can now get all the info for your favourite patterns on all your favourite Apple devices – iPad, iPhone and Apple Watch! ...
GDPR STATEMENT!
The Maven Patterns GDPR Statement I’m sure you are all aware that the new GDPR – General Data Protection Regulations will be enforced from 25th May 2018. The GDPR apply to all organi...
the Apron in a Day Workshop
The Workshop: The Maria Apron is one of our most popular patterns, and named after Maria Thomas herself! Join us for a fun day of sewing, with expert tuition and make your own Japanese inspired Makers...
The Lobster and The Spoon….
The Lobster & The Spoon & The Maria Apron… I found this bit of old Linen that I had screen printed years ago buried deep, deep in my stash. It was just an odd length of cloth, only abou...