Girl in Stitches

Being the occasional and rambling account of one young lady's adventures with fabric and a soldering iron

Tag Archives: sewing

Saving Your Sewing

What to do when you’re cheerfully sewing by hand and your thread knots itself without asking.

November 26, 2017 · Leave a comment

Jeanzzz

Waheeeey. This has taken so long, mainly because I have procrastinated and accidentally put holes in the fabric. But it’s done. I can now claim to know the process behind … Continue reading

September 23, 2015 · 6 Comments

Paper Bodice – part 2

I did some cyanotype photograms the other day and it went superbly. And then I tried it on a square of hand-woven Vietnamese silk and I botched it. It looks … Continue reading

June 7, 2015 · Leave a comment

Paper bodice

      Hello mummy. I had this idea for a dress and grabbed the first useable thing to start the bodice, which happened to be mulberry paper (that I … Continue reading

June 3, 2015 · Leave a comment