The mornings and evenings are getting chilly, the leaves are turning, and wools are comfort sewing if ever there was such a thing. The new Avoca herringbone wools are also in at Fabworks, and I am eager to...
Posted on October 29, 2018
Elizabeth Binns
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Making pyjamas and lounge style clothes using the super soft organic cotton interlock jerseys at Fabworks
Posted on October 12, 2018
Elizabeth Binns
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A special one-off sewing event taking place in West Yorkshire on Saturay November 3rd 2018 - Tickets still available
Posted on September 28, 2018
George Stross
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I am starting to regard my Elna overlocker as an aid rather than a challenge, and can see how using it will become another stage in my dressmaking with many types of fabric. Having begun by trying it out on scraps and then the fabric edges of the Ash Linen and Cotton culottes I made, I am moving forward...
Posted on September 05, 2018
Elizabeth Binns
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September is here, which means the leaves are changing colour and so are the fashion trends. Autumn is well on the way. Throughout September we are featuring the Pumpkin Dress Crepe, our latest Fabric of The Month - a superb autumnal coloured woven 100% viscose...
Posted on September 03, 2018
George Stross
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If you have read my previous features you will know that I have worked entirely with a standard sewing machine and hand sewing. The overlocker was a beast viewed with some trepidation, not least since it might evolve into a white elephant if I could not tame it...
Posted on July 17, 2018
Elizabeth Binns
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I have had a day at Fabworks! The exclamation mark indicates the degree of excitement about this fact. It felt a little like being a child on a huge treat, though I did restrain myself from asking ‘Are we there yet?
Posted on July 09, 2018
Elizabeth Binns
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The sunshine keeps making a brief appearance in West Yorkshire, teasing us with the hints of summer, at Fabworks we’re already dreaming of long sunny days and making a start on our summer wardrobe!
Posted on May 31, 2018
Natalie Lawson
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I am one of the Fabworksaholics. I know this because I have the Fabworks tab permanently open on my laptop, and I look at the pages several times a day. It is not about seeing what is the latest tempting fabric put online as it goes up though that is interesting, but relaxing with ideas...
Posted on May 24, 2018
Elizabeth Binns
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Please note that this fabric was reduced to £6 per metre during our May Fabric of The Month, but is now £10 per metre as this offer has expired...
Posted on May 02, 2018
George Stross
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