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We’ve had a wonderful 2016! Thank you for your support. We’ve seen some amazing makes with our patterns and are delighted that you love our patterns as much as we do! 2017 is going to be an exciting year for us and we’d love for you to join us on our sewing journey! Here are […]
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We are happy to announce the arrival of our latest sewing pattern – The Raglan Adult / Dress top! The Raglan is a simple, modern dress / top cut in an A-line silhouette with a facing and invisible zip at the back neck. With optional inner / outer pockets and short / long sleeves, this pattern […]
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Are you ready? We can’t wait to share our next pattern with you!
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It’s our 1 year pattern launch anniversary! To celebrate, we’re offering a 50% sale on our children’s patterns this weekend! Place your order this weekend and you’ll receive 50% off every children’s pattern you order! Use birthdaytreat at checkout to redeem! Happy birthday to us! Happy sewing for you!
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We met this wonderful lady at The Handmade Fair and were delighted when she sent us pictures of her Day Dresses! We couldn’t be happier that Ahrabella is our Avid Seamstress of the month for October! Ahrabella make her first dress out of a duvet cover bought in a charity shop that had a tiny hounds-tooth pattern. She […]
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We’ve had our eye on the gorgeous Day Dresses that Abi – our winner of Avid Seamstress of the month for July – has been making! We couldn’t wait to find out more about this creative, wonderful lady! I’m Abi Norman…a proud Midlander living on the South coast and working at Southampton General Hospital. I’m a keen […]
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? We love sewing and we know you do too so why not spoil yourself and grab a great 15% off our sewing patterns! Enter spoilme at checkout! Offer ends 31 July. One per customer. *one per customer ? ?
Love sewing? Love marketing? Have some spare time during the week? Why not combine your skills and grab this fantastic opportunity to assist with the Marketing & PR at The Avid Seamstress! The person We are looking for a bright, enthusiastic and proactive individual to join our small team as Freelance Marketing Assistant. Working on a freelance basis, you’ll be computer savvy (with your own computer) and […]
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It’s been an exciting wait and I’m delighted that Stitch Sew Shop is now open! This gorgeous shop is our US stockist so if you would love to get your hands on one of our patterns and live in the US it’s now super easy! Located in picturesque Old Town Alexandria, Stitch Sew Shop is a […]
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We love sewing and we know you do too so why not spoil yourself and grab a great 15% off our sewing patterns! Enter spoilme at checkout! Offer ends 31 July. One per customer. *one per customer
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We have a fabulous winner of our Avid Seamstress of the month for June – meet Camilla! Camilla writes a great blog called makingandmarking.com Camilla & her gorgeous Day Dress My name is Camilla – I’m a primary school teacher in Nottinghamshire UK. I have 2 per dogs who I spend lots of time walking in […]
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We are super excited to tell you that we are going to be teaching the wonderful art of sewing at The Village Haberdashery! Our “This is a sewing machine” workshop will introduce aspiring stitchers – or those who need a refresher – how to use a sewing machine! In this comprehensive three hour class, you’ll […]
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Set in the gorgeous countryside, Backstitch is the kind of shop you could spend hours in. However, I had my husband and son with me and we were en-route to a day out in Cambridge.. time was not on my side! I whisked in and ran around, touching as many fabrics as I could and […]
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Thank you for all the great entries into our Avid Seamstress of the Month competition. We were delighted at how many of you are loving our patterns! This month we had an entry all the way from Copenhagen, Denmark. Marie made a gorgeous Summer dress for her daughter Ingrid, using the Raglan Dress pattern. Bowled […]
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On a sunny Saturday morning I met 6 lovely ladies at Fabric Godmother to make the Sheath Dress. Armed with fabric, elastic, invisible zips and sewing machines there was soon a flurry of activity as we all got down to planning our dresses. Time flew as we went from measuring, grading, cutting to sewing!  Josie, Fabric Godmother, kept us hydrated with cups […]
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We are so inlove with the version of our City Trousers that Ailsa made, we simply had to share them! This is such a great make – easy to sew, the pockets are great to insert and don’t “stick out” – they are really flattering. Lovely waistband and cigarette leg with optional side slit. Want […]
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Originally posted on Blogging about my sewing adventures :
 Although I enjoyed making my past two shirt dresses, I headed in a slightly different direction for my D Dress – towards a new Indie Pattern by The Avid Seamstress: the Day Dress. I bought this pattern after coming across a blog post by What Katie Sews. I…
Kay, we absolutely loved your Avid Seamstress of the month application and your Day Dress looks beautiful. Congratulations – you have won your next pattern free! Here’s Kay’s comments and her great dress! “As well as being good for keen beginners as the instructions are so clear, I’d recommend this pattern for more experienced sewists because […]
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On Saturday, I had the pleasure of chatting to a really lovely group of seamstresses about my patterns at The Fabric Godmothers Open Day. Josie, who owns this wonderful shop, is the most wonderful host and welcomes you with a beaming smile. There was such a great buzz in the studio and she had a fab team helping […]
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