Tutorials

green dress with shirring elastic at the cuff

Dressmaking

Sewing with Shirring Elastic on a Sewing Machine

How to sew with shirring elastic on a sewing machine to create a gathered elasticated effect on sleeves, cuffs, necklines and waistlines.

covered button tool, metal and plastic self cover buttons and a needle and thread

Dressmaking

How to Cover Buttons with Fabric

What are covered buttons and how do you cover them? This blog post shows 3 methods to cover buttons with fabric including the use of a self cover button tool.

table with 4 chairs with black seat pads

DIY Home

How to Re-Cover a Chair Seat

How to easily cover a chair seat with upholstery fabric and a staple gun. Featuring Ikea Roger Chairs with geometric grey and yellow fabric.

Pattern Cutting

Adding a Fly Front or Concealed Button Placket

How to add a fly front / concealed button placket to your button down shirt, dress or jumpsuit.

Burda magazine with pattern master ruler and pattern sheets

Dressmaking

My Burda Challenge

Creating a Flounce Dress 118 using the pattern sheets from Burda magazine 07/2017

Bridesmaid in blue dress stepping out of the wedding car

Dressmaking

Making my Bridesmaids Dresses

Creating the bridesmaid dresses using a combination of commercial patterns and pattern drafting.

Dressmaking

The Making of My Wedding Dress – Part 2 – Creating the Pattern and Toile

Creating the pattern for the wedding dress using a combination of commercial patterns and pattern drafting.

short sleeved fitted dress in houndstooth fabric

Coverstitching

New Look K6023 – Version 3

How I adapted the K6023 dress pattern to create a third version of this dress in stretch fabric.

Hi I’m Julia,
founder of House of Miss Sew.

This page is a work in progress 🙂

I’m in the process of developing tutorials to share my tips and tricks in using a sewing machine, overlocker (serger) and coverstitch machine.