Georgia Dress Sewalong #7: Assembling the skirt & joining the bodice
Things are hotting up here Sewalongers! By the end of this post – #7 in the official Georgia Dress Sewalong - we’ll have everything done minus the zipper and the finishing touches: Skirt panels...
View ArticleGeorgia Dress Sewalong #6: The wide collar straps (Variation 1 only)
Just a quickie post in the Georgia Dress Sewalong today to kickstart the week, and those of you making the skinny strap variation 2 or the bonus strapless variation, this post doesn’t even apply to you...
View ArticleValentine’s pattern hack: the Georgia Dress boudoir babydoll!
Do we have a serious Valentine’s treat for you guys! And with just one week to go before the Big Day… OK fine, in all honesty, we don’t really give that much of a damn about V Day, but any excuse, any...
View ArticleGeorgia Dress Sewalong #4: Cutting your fabric
This is it guys, the moment we’ve all been waiting for… Today we actually get to handle our main fabric! No more toiles, no more faffing around with paper and pens. It’s at this point in the...
View ArticleGeorgia Dress Sewalong #3: Full & small bust adjustments (FBA & SBA)
Happy Monday Sewalongers! Is there such a thing as a ‘happy Monday’…?! Well, there is when the sun is shining and you’ve got a knockout Georgia Dress in the works – so without further ado… Today we...
View ArticleGeorgia Dress Sewalong #2: Finding your size & prepping the pattern
We’ve got a nice and gentle post for you guys on this cold, wet and dreary January day in London (seriously February, hurry the f*** up!). In today’s instalment of the Georgia Dress Sewalong, we will...
View ArticleGeorgia Dress Sewalong #1: It’s all in the fabric
Yoo hoo sewalongers!! Who’s ready to make some seriously sexy knockout Georgia Dresses?? In this first Georgia Dress Sewalong post, we’ll be talking all about fabric and notions, and helping you to...
View ArticleComing soon: the Georgia Dress Sewalong (including a bonus variation..)!
Aloha and Happy New Year By Hand Babez! We start the year with excellent news – it’s Georgia Dress Sewalong time – and it’s gonna be a good one (if we do say so ourselves)! Hell yeah, I’m in! Tell me...
View ArticleAnna Dress Sewalong – some of yours!
Wowee guys – these sewalongs just seem to get better and better! When we think back to our very first – the Charlotte Skirt Sewalong – and compare the response we had then, to the hours we’ve spent...
View ArticleWe’re in Anthropologie!!
Last year, in the early days of masterplanning and scheming about By Hand London, we talked a lot about brands that we especially admired the look and the ethos of, and one we simply kept coming back...
View ArticleAnna Dress Sewalong #6: Zipper & finishing touches
This is it guys – the final post in the Anna Dress Sewalong! We’re pretty damn pleased with our new Annas and we’ve already started seeing a flurry of beauteous dresses made by you, so we can’t wait to...
View ArticleAnna Dress Sewalong #5: Assembling the skirt
We’re nearing the end of another wonderful sewalong folks, and they only seem to keep on getting better! We’ve been dragging this one out a bit with only one post per week; we really wanted to make...
View ArticleAnna Dress Sewalong #4: Assembling the bodice
Firstly, we’d like to say a massive and resounding THANK YOU to everyone for all the love following the release of our latest free downloadable PDF sewing pattern, the Polly Top. We are, as ever,...
View ArticleAnna Dress Sewalong #3: Cutting & marking your fabric
Has everyone recovered from all those intense pattern alterations we did over the weekend? Just about? Excellent. Now the fun really begins. In today’s instalment of the Anna Dress Sewalong we are...
View ArticleAnna Dress Sewalong #2: Tracing and altering the pattern
Time to get serious now. We’ve noticed that sewists around the world seem to be divided on the subject of tracing sewing patterns. Either you hate it and can’t wait to get it over and done with, or you...
View ArticleAnna Dress Sewalong #1: it’s all about the fabric
Aloha and good evening! Before we properly kick off the Anna Dress Sewalong, we really wanted to take a moment to go a little more in depth with our discussion of fabrics and notions than we have in...
View ArticleAre you ready for the Anna Dress Sewalong?
Yoo hoo we’re baa-ack! We’ve had a wonderful Summer break – between us we’ve covered the UK, US and Europe over the last few weeks, just about recovered from the Notting Hill Carnival and now we’re...
View ArticleVictoria Blazer Sewalong – The round-up party!
Here it is guys – The Victoria Blazer Sewalong round-up party! As always, we have just been floored by the beautiful blazers you guys have been making, and we may even be planning a few more versions...
View ArticleVictoria Blazer Sewalong #6: Putting it altogether & finishing touches
So here we are folks, the last post in the Victoria Blazer Sewalong… Once again, it’s been wild – not only do we now have two pretty awesome new blazers, but as always it’s seeing all of yours come...
View ArticleVictoria Blazer Sewalong #5: Sleeves – Variations 1 & 2 only
It’s the home stretch this week guys! Today we tackle the sleeves – sleeveless variation 3ers, you get a little breather – and the rest of the week will be spent attaching the collar and lapels,...
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