top of page

Couture Sewing & Tailoring

I love couture sewing and tailoring. This page is where I share some of my favourite pieces and hopefully inspire you to try some of the techniques.

Classic French Style Jacket

Discover how I used traditional techniques to make my French Style jacket.

Ladies Tailored Waistcoat.

I explain how I used an old pattern to hand tailor a ladies waistcoat.

Make Buttonhole Stitch Your Best Friend

Use buttonhole stitch for far mare than buttonholes.

Hand Sewn Buttonholes

Discover how I make hand sewn buttonholes.

Writing for Threads mag -conceal the zip pull and other tips!

I was thrilled to be asked to write for Threads mag.....

The Savile Row Coat

This is the story of how I got into tailoring. Taught by Master tailor, Andrew Ramroop of Savile Row.

slip stitch.jpg

There's a lot of hand sewing in couture and tailoring.

Couture Sewing

The Couture Cardigan Jacket by Claire Shaefer

Pattern Cutting Women's Tailored Jackets

Winifred Aldrich

Metric Pattern Cutting for Menswear

Winifred Aldrich

Pattern Cutting for Menswear

Gareth Kershaw

Singer

Sewing Reference Library

bottom of page