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...
10 Minutes With The Maker: Sandra Talbot
Hi! My name is Sandra James-Talbot and I’ve been a maker all my life. My grandmother taught me to knit, crochet and embroider before I started school, and like many women of her generation, my mum was a dedicated dressmaker. When I grew up in the '70s mum regularly received bargain packs of fabrics in the post, and made dresses for herself, my sister and I. I sew and knit because it makes me feel closer to both of those wonderful women who shared their skills and passion with me.
Wool Pencil Skirts Pattern Recommendations
We've written this blog due to an overwhelming majority on our Instagram poll on whether or not you'd like to some pattern recommendations to be able to create your own wool skirts. This is the post that kicked it all off, we're in love with in and it's ever so classy! Fabric used: Teal & Steel Herringbone from our bespoke Heart of Huddersfield collection).
Have you ever made a pencil skirt? This classic feminine wardrobe staple which has been a fashion favourite since the 1950s can be made in a variety of stable fabrics and is suitable for all seasons depending on your fabric choices...
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...
Black Friday; or should we say Bright Friday?
It’s that time of year when people go crazy, almost desperate in their attempts to barge their way to the front of the queue in the hope of finding a bargain. Who can get something for nothing and tell everyone in the following days, weeks & months just how much of a bargain it was… At Fabworks, we’re not ones to jump on the bandwagon, if anything we want to be different...
10 Minutes With The Maker: Jo Walshaw
10 Minutes With The Maker; a short Q&A with esteemed fabric sewist Jo, a fellow Fabworks enthusiast & all-round crafter.
10 Minutes With The Maker: Bee Jackson
An insight into the world of Bee Jackson, a relatively new and admittedly 'novice' seamstress who has recently wowed Fabworks' social media followers with a range of superb home sews using fabrics from Fabworks' range of wools..
Textiles Is In The Blood
I am Dawn, Fabworks Online product specialist & description writer. This is my own story & sentiment for the inspiration behind our recent Heart of Huddersfield project
People often ask where I get my inspiration from when writing Fabworks’ fabric descriptions. I always say that I am inspired by many things especially nature, particularly the landscape and flora and fauna within. I am a proud Yorkshire woman and I was blessed with parents and grandparents that were also born and bred Yorkshire, who instilled in me an appreciation for Yorkshire’s countryside as well as its people, plants and animals.
Honeycomb Harvest Pullover
I’m Penny and my main hobby is dressmaking. I am old enough to have been brought up under the original 1960s I’m backing Britain campaign and I always look to buy British produce where I can. I was therefore very interested when I saw that Fabworks were bringing out a range of Heart of Huddersfield British wool products and signed up to hear more...
You Show Off You!
We’re absolutely loving seeing what people are creating with the gorgeous wools from our Heart of Huddersfield range of Yorkshire tweeds. In fact, we’ve even featured a couple already in our posts. Well we were raving about these and suddenly thought, wouldn’t it be lovely to make more of this! After all what greater pleasure is there when you’ve made something new and you’re bursting with excitement over it, than other people seeing it and hearing them cooing over your work?
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.
Awaiting The Big Reveal
Every tiny detail for our own bespoke HoH collection of woollen fabrics was selected through careful planning and preparation. A unique recipe of textile ingredients that has turned out even better than we expected!
We are so excited! We cannot wait to reveal what we have been working on since the beginning of the year and share the fruits of our labour...