I just thought I would do a little post to announce that Sew What Are You Waiting For has been nominated in Burdastyle's Top 50 Best Sewing Blogs ! Burdastyle is a fanta…

Here is a simple little tutorial for making those handy zip pouches that you see all over the show. Use them for anything! I love making these its so quick to do and uses up lots …

I finally got round to making my space dress! It was made in the same way as this one i.e drawing around a t-shirt dress I already had. Very happy with how the colours turned o…

I found this fantastic stretch cotton sateen in the John Lewis clearance sale - bright Aztec zig zags - for £12 for 2 meters. I had imagined a great summer dress for hot August da…

I thought I'd do a quick post today about some sewing terms that may be completely baffling to a total novice that has just started sewing. Obviously this list could go on for…

Just a quick post to show you how I altered the pleated skirt used for my previous post and tutorial on how to make a pleated skirt . I was saving the fabric for something spe…

You may find yourself with loads of scrap fabric. I thought I'd try and find a few ways of putting these to use as its such a shame to waste nice prints! This tutorial is fo…