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I bought the Hannah wrap dress a while ago but hadn’t found the right fabric until I saw this cotton from New Craft House. New Craft House have the best selection of ex-designer deadstock fabrics, …

For those of you who saw our recent posts on working with velvet and sequins, you may have noticed some tell tale signs that I was in the process of stitching up a special something, whilst sharing my tips and tricks... Before I reveal my new beauty, I have to add that the inspiration (or blame...!) behind this make ca

Briefly interrupting the Elisalex Dress Sewalong to bring you a quick and easy tutorial on how to add side seam pockets - not only to the Elisalex Dress, but also to just about anything with a side seam! I think we can all agree that the addition of pockets significantly ups the convenience of almost any garment - and

I ummed and ahhed before buying this pattern (the Anna dress by independent pattern designers By Hand London ). It's essentially an A-line dress, which often leave me a bit meh. Rightly or wrongly, I always think they're a bit dull, frumpy but ironic

Last week we launched our brand spanking new beauty of a pattern, the Hannah wrap dress, and we couldn't be more bowled over by your response! We knew this pattern had been long anticipated since Elisalex posted a picture of her first Hannah-in-the-works back in May, and despite not being able to get it released during

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 back and raring to go! We've got some ridiculously exciting things to look forward to over the next few months (all to be

When it comes to pattern hacks, our favourites are always the ones dreamt up by you! When your keen eyes look at a pattern we've designed, and see something we never even thought of, well, that's when our babies truly fly the nest and come into their own. Today's pattern hack is inspired by, nay, blatantly copied from

Elisalex • By Hand London on Instagram: “Hannah dress + Jenna sleeve = handmade heaven on earth, made even more delicious by the softest, snuggliest double gauze from…”

Is there anything worse than a sagging, gaping neckline on a wrap dress? Because our bodies are all proportioned so differently, with different high bust - full bust - waist ratios and everything in between and all around, getting a woven wrap to fit snugly without any tweaks or alterations to the fit is like assumin

I’ve made a few By Hand London Hannah dresses now and I have to say it’s my favourite and most worn pattern since lockdown. I love wearing a Hannah dress for work calls because it looks presentable…