From sweater to sweater dress

A sweater dress is a wonderful garment for playful kids who prefer a dress instead of trousers. Or for teens who are totally into oversized! This tutorial shows you how to make a sweater dress from the Over & Over Kids sweater pattern very easily! Would you like a hand-printed sweaterdress? Buy a handprinted sweater…

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Free sewing pattern: BATH CAPE

With so much terry cloth in the collection, the pattern of our CLOUDY STORIES BATH CAPE cannot be missed! Fresh out of the bath, done with splashing in the pool or tired from jumping over the waves? CLOUDY STORIES hugs you warmly. This bath cape has a cheerful pointed cap and an original neck that makes the assembling very easy. And it allows…

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Hack 2: Catch the sun and our bias binding

The Catch the Sun sewing pattern becomes even more versatile when you combine it with the About Blue binding band! You can replace the back loop with an elegant bias ribbon cross on the back. You can learn how to attach bias ribbon in the vide below!

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Sewing secrets: joining bias tape

This tutorial teaches you how to match the beginning and end of your bias ribbon. With one almost invisible seam, perfectly positioned, your sewing will look great! The ideal technique for neck edges, sleeve edges, for the net edge on a blanket, or around a handkerchief cover. Bias ribbon, bias binding, whatever you want to…

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Sewing secrets: RIBBING

 In this manual we used contrasting thread for clarity. You should choose thread that best matches the ribbing! Ribbing is a type of fabric that is knitted circularly. It has more stretch than other stretchable fabrics, to ensure it is easier to pass your head or hands through. The ridges are the ‘memory’ of the fabric:…

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Wonders of life: new collection, launch 5/11!

The world is a magic ball: children are singing this line while skipping the rope in Flanders, the About Blue homeland. Every day has a new layer of colour, a new taste. Oh, the world carries unfathomable twists and turns in its convex body. She is incredibly inventive and fascinating. Do we get a little…

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Over the rainbow: Sweater boxes

Choice stress! Every sewing process contains a dose of healthy doubt. With or without corresponding procrastination: do I go for contrasting or matching threads? Do I use colour blocking or do I go for the tranquillity of uni? For our new sewingboxes, we wiped the road for a nearly choose-less sewing process: the new sweaters-in-a-box are…

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Life is a circus: new collection, launch 4/9!

Life is a circus, it drives you crazy! You tumble from one day to the next, trying to keep all the balls in the air. You swing like an acrobat between all the places you’re supposed to be. In your magic box there are 100 tricks to complete the show. Fabric bomber: French Terry “Show…

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