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The Assembly Line sewing journal is a collection of sewing tutorials, styling ideas, tips and tricks for The Assembly Line’s sewing patterns.


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Meet a Maker: Natasa Simovic
How did you first get into sewing? I think I’ve been sewing ever since I can remember. My Czech grandmother Ruzena was a professional dressmaker. She would look after me after school, so I grew up watching her making magic with her hands and fabric. She never properly ‘taught’ me how to sew; she just let me play with her old Singer and fabric scraps. Occasionally she’d show me how to make whatever I wanted to…
Keep readingMeet a Maker: Rebecka Malmgren
How did you first get into sewing? Oh, that was quite late, actually. I dreaded sewing and knitting when in school, I think mostly because of all the rules around sewing, it didn’t seem playful at all to me. And too slow. I preferred arts and even carpentry classes. Sewing wasn’t a part of my…
Keep readingMeet a Maker: Annika Björndahl
How did you first get into sewing? Sewing and other textile crafting has always been a part of my life. Growing up my mother always had a textile project going on, either it was sewing clothes, knitting or an embroidery. In a family with four daughters, our mother made most of our clothes. An early…
Keep readingHow to add the Wrap jacket neckline
Since we know a few of you have experienced some difficulty with adding the neckline to the Wrap jacket we have tried to explain it a little more in detail. Referring to step 13 in your Assembly instruction. First of all, make sure you have all pattern parts cut out in the same size. If…
Keep readingMeet a Maker: Corinna Sprang
How did you first get into sewing? Through my kids. They both have been skinny babies who didn’t fit very well in most affordable ready-mades. How would you describe your personal style? Casual-chic. Which is your favourite sewing tool and why? Good question. I’m a sewing scientist and as such I love (and hoard) tools.…
Keep readingAlternate front facing for the Kaftan dress neckline
Some of you have found the facing of the Kaftan dress neckline really confusing and therefore we have created a new front facing (that fits the original pattern) together with a description of the steps. Kaftan dress alternate front facing assembly instructionAlternate front facing XS-L for papersize A4Alternate front facing XS-L for papersize US LetterAlternate…
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