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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...

Making pyjamas and lounge style clothes using the super soft organic cotton interlock jerseys at Fabworks

A special one-off sewing event taking place in West Yorkshire on Saturay November 3rd 2018 - Tickets still available

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...

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...

If like the rest of us here at Fabworks HQ, you’re loving this fabulous summer weather and enjoying your summer wardrobes, this is the ideal opportunity to bring out all those lovely garments that don’t often get much wear with our usual British climate.

If your wardrobe needs refreshing why not make yourself classic pieces that will take you cross-seasonally throughout the year

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...

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? 

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!

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...

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...

Warmer weather and wool do not sound instant companions, but cast from your mind the cuddly winter woollens, the cosy and the snuggly, and think worsted!

Fabric, dressmaking, and sewing enthusiast Elizabeth Binns tells us why wool isn't just for winter garments!