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🎉🪡 **Amazing news! A new HAND SEWING WORKSHOP – AUSLAN is coming up!** 🤟🧵✨Come along and learn some useful **life skills...
31/08/2026

🎉🪡 **Amazing news! A new HAND SEWING WORKSHOP – AUSLAN is coming up!** 🤟🧵✨

Come along and learn some useful **life skills**, including **hand sewing and hand mending**! 🧷👕 Whether you want to repair your clothes, learn a new skill or simply get creative, this workshop is for you! 🥰🧵

📅 **Saturday, 12 September**
📍 **Mt Lawley, Perth**
🎟️ Tickets available through Humanitix!

Can’t make it on this date or get to this location? No worries! 😊 I can also organise **private or virtual sewing sessions**. 🪡💻✨

📩 **Send me a DM for more information!** 💬💜

New Hand-Sewing Workshop AUSLAN coming up 12th Sep 2-4pm. Book Your ticket through Humanitix - QR code on the flyer. ...
31/08/2026

New Hand-Sewing Workshop AUSLAN coming up 12th Sep 2-4pm. Book Your ticket through Humanitix - QR code on the flyer.

Prepping a 4 pair of old jeans for an upcoming sewing projects! 👖✂️They’ve been washed, and now it’s time to unpick the ...
06/08/2026

Prepping a 4 pair of old jeans for an upcoming sewing projects! 👖✂️

They’ve been washed, and now it’s time to unpick the seams so the fabric can lay flat. My favourite tool for heavy fabrics is a single-sided razor blade, and finding the chain stitch tail to unzip the seam in one go is always so satisfying! 🤩

Who else loves giving old denim a second life? 💙♻️

✨ Giving a designer handbag a second chance! 👜♻️A friend kindly passed on this original Louis Vuitton handbag. It had de...
04/08/2026

✨ Giving a designer handbag a second chance! 👜♻️

A friend kindly passed on this original Louis Vuitton handbag. It had definitely seen better days – the hardware was badly scratched, and the strap loops were starting to tear.

Instead of letting it end up in landfill, I gave it a simple makeover. ✂️ I removed the damaged loops and hardware, added two eyelets (which blend beautifully with the background), and threaded the strap through them.

Now it has a fresh new look and is perfect for those dressier occasions or when I only need to carry my phone. 📱✨

I’ve never owned a Louis Vuitton handbag before, so it’s pretty special to give this one a new lease on life 💚

One of my latest op shop finds was this lovely linen blazer, and it only needed one simple update to give it a fresh new...
24/07/2026

One of my latest op shop finds was this lovely linen blazer, and it only needed one simple update to give it a fresh new look. 🧥✨

Changing the buttons is such an easy and affordable way to refresh a garment. I picked up these buttons for just $1 from a second-hand sewing shop, and they’ve been waiting in my stash for the perfect project. I love that they even look a bit like my glasses! 🤓🪡

It reminded me of a denim jacket I refreshed about 15 years ago. I simply swapped the jean buttons, and it looked brand new again. Sometimes the smallest changes make the biggest difference. 💙♻️

Instead of letting this block-out fabric offcut sit in my stash, I put my thinking hat on and found the perfect project!...
21/07/2026

Instead of letting this block-out fabric offcut sit in my stash, I put my thinking hat on and found the perfect project! 🧵💡

After looking through my sewing to-do list, I realised it was just the right size for a lightweight picnic blanket for our walks and hikes. 🥾🌿

I squared up the edges, overlocked them, folded over a 2 cm hem, added mitred corners, and finished it with a neat topstitch. A simple project, but now this fabric has a practical new purpose and will get plenty of use! 😊♻️

Finished... and I’m so happy with how they turned out! 🧵🚐✨These custom roll-up block-out curtains look even better than ...
20/07/2026

Finished... and I’m so happy with how they turned out! 🧵🚐✨

These custom roll-up block-out curtains look even better than I imagined. I think the roll-up style suits the caravan perfectly, and the colour ties in beautifully with the existing furnishings. 🤍

The best part? The cost! 💰

I bought 5 metres of fabric on special for just $93. The magnetic closures had been sitting in my sewing stash for 2 years, and I already had the thread and tools on hand.
That means I made 6 custom-made curtains for just $15.50 each! 🎉

There’s something so satisfying about creating exactly what you want, and giving those stash supplies a purpose ✨ sewing magic

One project, so many lessons! 🧵🚐I recently worked on a set of block-out curtains for our caravan, and every single windo...
20/07/2026

One project, so many lessons! 🧵🚐

I recently worked on a set of block-out curtains for our caravan, and every single window was a different size, so there was plenty of measuring and custom fitting! 📏✂️

It was my first time sewing with block-out fabric, and I learnt a lot along the way:
✨ Lower thread tension worked better
✨ A longer stitch length gave a nicer finish
✨ The block-out backing is quite “sticky”, so topstitching from the fabric side helped it feed more smoothly
✨ A walking foot made a huge difference
✨ Use sewing clips rather than pins, they leave pin marks
✨ Most importantly, sewing a test sample first saved me so much time by helping me fine-tune the machine settings and the design before cutting into the real fabric

Every project teaches you something new, and that’s one of the things I love most about sewing. 💙

📌 Save this for later reference the next time you tackle a block-out fabric project!

✂️♻️ A quick no-sew renewThis document holder was still in great condition, but the old elastic had stretched out. After...
15/07/2026

✂️♻️ A quick no-sew renew

This document holder was still in great condition, but the old elastic had stretched out. After a quick look at how it was put together, I found the perfect offcut in my elastic stash and replaced it.

Now it’s ready for many more years of use. A simple fix, less waste 💚

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