Sewing Blog

10 Apr
2017
Spreading Happiness

On 16th February this year, the Sheffield-based fabric store Happy Hare celebrated its first anniversary. Many of us would stick to just baking a cake and bringing in some bubbly, but owner Lisa Birkett had something really special in mind.

“We have a charity craft group which meets in our workshop space…

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7 Apr
2017
Make Do And Mend: We Asked YOU, Is It Still Important?

We asked the Sew readers if their families followed the Make do and Mend sentiment when they were growing up, and if it were something that they thought was still important today. Here’s just some of what they said…

Di Kendall
It was certainly very common in my childhood, plus having clothes…

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31 Mar
2017
“What about us?” Wasps to launch sewing-themed TV show

BREAKING NEWS! Up until now, bees have dominated the sewing and baking related primetime spots on TV. Sew investigated to find out wasps going on with this highly-anticipated new stitchy show.

It turns out that the angry black ‘n’ yellow cousins of sewing bees have got a wasp in their trilby .. and TV…

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The Great British Sewing Bee Series 10: Episode Eight

11 Jul 2024

While there was some sort of football on the other side, we were engrossed in this week’s Sewing Bee (OK, we…

The Great British Sewing Bee Series 10: Episode Seven

4 Jul 2024

It may have been a day later than expected but Lingerie Week on The Great British Sewing Bee was worth…

The Great British Sewing Bee Series 10: Episode Six

26 Jun 2024

This week we welcomed mini models into the sewing room as it was Children’s Week on The Great British Sewing Bee…

The Great British Sewing Bee Series 10: Episode Eight

11 Jul 2024

While there was some sort of football on the other side, we were engrossed in this week’s Sewing Bee (OK, we…

The Great British Sewing Bee Series 10: Episode Seven

4 Jul 2024

It may have been a day later than expected but Lingerie Week on The Great British Sewing Bee was worth…

The Great British Sewing Bee Series 10: Episode Six

26 Jun 2024

This week we welcomed mini models into the sewing room as it was Children’s Week on The Great British Sewing Bee…

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