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There is a box, in the corner of my sewing[br]room.

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It is a box whose contents have not seen the[br]light of day for many a month.

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Many crafters will be familiar with this box,[br]in all of its forms:

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There’s the ever-growing amorphous lump[br]that lies underneath your desk…

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The monster underneath your bed…[br]The stuff you vacuum-packed in a fit of organization

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and stuffed into your garage in the hopes[br]that you’d never have to deal with it again…

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This, my friends, is the UNFINISHED SEWING[br]PILE.

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Hi! So I’m starting this new series on my[br]channel. I have this box here, sitting in

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the my bottom of craft room, that’s filled[br]with half-finished projects and a bunch of

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thrifted clothes that I bought... some...[br]years ago, that I had all the intentions of

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fixing and upcycling and making cuter, but[br]then kind of just threw them in here and forgot

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about them and have been ignoring them for[br]a long time. But, as you can see – it’s

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turning into a little bit of a problem.[br]So, in each episode of this new series I’m

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going to be taking one item out of this box[br]and finally fixing it, until the box is empty.

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This series is mostly going to be focused[br]on simple fixes, so the videos are going to

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be quite short little episodes, but hopefully[br]they will teach you some more simple sewing

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techniques and cover a lot of the basics,[br]and at the same time help you to make your

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clothes… cuter! Anyway, I’m really excited[br]about this new series and I hope that you

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enjoy it too.[br]Alright, let’s get started on the first project!

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So this is the first item that I pulled out[br]of the box. Now, I’m sure that some people

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would be able to pull off a dress like this[br]with a big ring right in the centre, but I

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am not one of them. It's… definitely not[br]my style.

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So, first thing that I did was to get a small,[br]sharp pair of scissors and carefully cut the

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ring out.[br]Then, I also cut off the loops that held the

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ring in place.

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Now, I’m going to sew the remaining bits

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back together, like this.[br]I thread a regular sewing needle with some

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black thread to match the colour of the dress.[br]To do this, I push the thread through the

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needle’s eye, pull it through, double the[br]thread over and tie a knot in the end.

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This, in my opinion, is the easiest way to hand[br]sew because you don’t run the risk of losing

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the thread’s tail![br]Then, I push the needle up through the back

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of one side, and then down through the front[br]of the other side. Then I repeat this, literally

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about 50 times, to secure the two pieces to[br]eachother very firmly. Then, with the thread

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on the inside of the dress, I tie a knot in[br]it and I cut off the excess.

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When I’m done, it looks like this. And you[br]can’t notice the threads at all unless your

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face is inappropriately close to my boobs,[br]so… success! I really like how this turned

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out, and now I have the cutest little black[br]dress, with an interesting cutout feature,

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to wear out at night.

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And a super BIG thanks to Julia Elms for doing[br]the amazing artwork in the opening title - didn't

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it look amazing??