We have a signed copy of Wendy Ward’s ‘The Beginners Guide To Dressmaking’ to give away to one lucky customer. Even if you don’t consider yourself a novice sewer; this would…
All About Fabric Competitions & Offers Give Aways Sewing Books
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Have you ever upcycled a piece of furniture? We know that the stitching community is a creative lot, so we thought we’d have a slight change and blog about upcycling and…
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What was that noise? Did you hear it? It sounded like cackling… I think it must be coming from the Croft Mill office! Ah yes, that’s why Croft Mill is cackling,…
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London & South East 13th October – Get to Grips with Buttons and Zips In this 2 and a half hour session you will learn how to insert four different types of…
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Can you believe it is a month (almost) since our last Sewing Book Club post? Time certainly flies when you are having fun sewing! Now that the nights are growing longer,…
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If you have been keeping an eye on our Facebook page, you will have seen that we posted a pattern that we thought would suit one of our fabrics… Only to…
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To make cutting easier, it is possible to buy a fabric stabiliser spray which will make the fabric slightly stiffer and can be washed out after you have finished the project.…
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The kids are back at school, and finally back into their routines so it’s the right time to buy yourself a good book! In the near future we will be announcing…
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We have lots of lovely new knit fabrics, so we thought it might be helpful to compile a list of knit fabric sewing tips. We’ve questioned and debated with all the…
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All About Fabric Croft Mill Sewing Featured Fabrics Jersey Fabrics Sewing TipsJersey – Easy Sewing Patterns
Many of you were interested in our ‘Just Jersey Tips’ post, which, as you can guess from the name, had some tips for sewing jersey fabric, so we decided it was high…
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Any one got the blues? We are celebrating the Colne Blues Festival this weekend, it is just up the road, in fact it is on the same road as us and…
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Here at Croft Mill we always strive to deliver the best service we can to our customers, mainly because a lot of you feel like friends. If you have a problem…
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Monochrome is a look that will simply never date no matter what time of year so we have put together some of our black and white fabrics all in one place and with…
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We are so excited to be blogging about this because we know how popular these fabric bundles are! Now then, we’ve had a bit of a change round with them- going…
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The season of garden parties and barbeques is in full swing and we’re hoping for continual blue skies, though based in Lancashire this may be slightly in vain. We’re a realistic…
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All About Fabric Cotton Poplins Featured FabricsThe Summer Holidays are Upon Us! Let’s Get Sewing Kids!
I don’t know about where you are, but here in Lancashire the summer school holidays have definitely started… the roads and quieter and the houses are noisier! After the first week…
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As much as we love experimenting, sometimes it’s good to have a bit of guidance. So today at Croft Mill we have been discussing sewing books and books about fabrics. So…
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Hello… Or should that be Hola! This month Croft Mill is excited (read: obsessing over) festival season! We love to see what people have made, or how they have altered existing…
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If you haven’t already seen it on our website/Twitter/Facebook page, the vintage sewing box competition has ended and the winner was chosen at random. And the winner is Alison Ashcroft. We offered…
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Today has been a very exciting day at Croft Mill, as we’ve chosen the winner of the Vintage Sewing Box! The competition has been running for a while, with nearly 500…
