All You Need To Sew... / hoh2019

We've written this blog due to an overwhelming majority on our Instagram poll on whether or not you'd like to some pattern recommendations to be able to create your own wool skirts. This is the post that kicked it all off, we're in love with in and it's ever so classy! Fabric used: Teal & Steel Herringbone from our bespoke Heart of Huddersfield collection).

Have you ever made a pencil skirt? This classic feminine wardrobe staple which has been a fashion favourite since the 1950s can be made in a variety of stable fabrics and is suitable for all seasons depending on your fabric choices...

Hi, I'm Emma & I make bags. Here's a short piece written by me for Fabworks about bag-making using the new Heart of Huddersfield range of wool tweeds.

As a maker of bags, my fabric radar is almost always set to ‘tweed’, its like I can smell it! I was once driving back from a sewing weekend in Malhamdale, stopped for coffee in the middle of nowhere and discovered a small quilting shop with a whole wall full of the stuff. Heaven! I love using wool, not only can I stitch it on my domestic sewing machine, but it is also hard-wearing and water resistant, which means that it is the perfect alternative to leather for the home sewist when bag making.

Every tiny detail for our own bespoke HoH collection of woollen fabrics was selected through careful planning and preparation. A unique recipe of textile ingredients that has turned out even better than we expected!

We are so excited! We cannot wait to reveal what we have been working on since the beginning of the year and share the fruits of our labour...

Huddersfield is famous for its woollen manufacturing, being one of the most impressive and renowned producers of wool cloth across the world. Fabworks is fortunate enough to have access to its mills, experience its heritage first hand and support the local industry that is built on tradition and its surrounding landscape.

Creating the yarn combinations was probably the most difficult thing when it came to designing our own wool tweeds.