Benefits of using Wool fabrics
Did you know wool has a series of superpowers that make it the most incredible natural fibre? Let us tell you more about why we love wool!
FREE: How To Make An Asymmetric Poncho/Wrap
Here is our own take on the versatile and popular tweed poncho with video demonstrations & walkthrough from Dawn, Fabworks' product specialist, creative enthusiast and experienced sewist...
Pattern Suggestions For Suiting Fabrics
If you are a regular visitor to our website you will probably be aware of our numerous blog posts that are designed to inspire and inform - we hope that they do inspire you to crack on with new projects, as well as comment back to us about your experiences using our wonderful fabrics...
Bag Making With Yorkshire Tweed
Hi, I'm Emma & I make bags. Here's a short piece written by me for Fabworks about bag-making using the new Heart of Huddersfield range of wool tweeds.
As a maker of bags, my fabric radar is almost always set to ‘tweed’, its like I can smell it! I was once driving back from a sewing weekend in Malhamdale, stopped for coffee in the middle of nowhere and discovered a small quilting shop with a whole wall full of the stuff. Heaven! I love using wool, not only can I stitch it on my domestic sewing machine, but it is also hard-wearing and water resistant, which means that it is the perfect alternative to leather for the home sewist when bag making.
Boiled Wool: Perfect For An Unpredictable Climate
Things at Fabworks HQ have been particularly busy since we posted our last blog and as usual the British weather has been as changeable as ever. As soon as we start planning our spring and summer wardrobes and getting all giddy about fresh pastel colour palettes and hot summer florals, the weather suddenly turns all wintery again! If you have been perusing Fabworks Online recently you may have noticed some new additions.
Suiting - A Fabric To Suit Everyone
Here is our very own Fabworks attempt at explaining what suiting is, what you can use it for, why it's so fab & why you have to work it into your wardrobe all year round.
A Great Everyday for Every Day
Fabric, dressmaking, and sewing enthusiast Elizabeth Binns tells us how to make a a spring dress with Semper Fidelis,a micro houndstooth denim-looking suiting available from Fabworks Online.
Queen to (mid)Knight 3
Fabric, dressmaking, and sewing enthusiast Elizabeth Binns tells us why she loves Checkmate, a fine wool suiting available from Fabworks Online.
The Warmest Icicle in Britain
Fabric, dressmaking, and sewing enthusiast Elizabeth Binns tells us how to make a winter-proof jacket with Icicle Blue Chunky Herringbone, an Avoca wool available from Fabworks Online.