MY SEWING PROJECTS – Asymmetric leather panel skirt

By Laura Casey

I made this asymmetric skirt using a simple standard pencil skirt pattern. (There are lots on Pinterest if you don’t have one – have a look at my Pinterest board of Free Sewing Patterns). I cut the front panel out of a very soft leatherette (Fabworks – £5 / metre) and the back is made from…

How to Stay Stitch

By Laura Casey

If you are reading this then you will be thrilled to find out that Stay Stitching is quite possibly the easiest thing in the world to do. It is just a straight running stitch (that usually runs around a curved edge.) Although it is totally simple to do, it is actually very important. Because most…

2 hour top – FREE SEWING PATTERN

By Laura Casey

Here is my FAVOURITE EVER top! It is super simple with no fastenings or zips and, as the name suggests, can be made from start to finish in just 2 hours. 2 hour top – FREE SEWING PATTERN I think it best suits a fairly thick fabric with a bit of rigidity to give it the…