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Summer sewing with g&g


new capsule wardrobe blog series and Summer event

Get set for summer sewing with our new 'mini summer capsule wardrobe' blog series and join us for our annual summer event for lots of sewing inspiration!

Our new blog series

If you fancy having a collection of lovely handmade clothes, in an on trend colour palette that tones together beautifully, and that you can easily mix and match for stylish day to day wear, then our summer capsule mini wardrobe is for you!

Starting from the 28th June I’ll be featuring a different type of garment each week on the blog based on one of the lovely indie patterns that we stock.

I’ll be showing you just how versatile each pattern is with different versions and options for styling it.

Each blog post will also include all my tops tips for making the garment along with a YouTube video so you can see what it looks like in real life.

Make your own - with our limited edition packs

Making sure you have everything you need for a project before you start can be tricky, especially when shopping online.
So we’ve put together a complete fabric, notions and pattern pack of each featured project with fabric colour options too – get it all together and you save over 15%! Yay!

We’ve got limited stock of each and they will be available each week online to correspond with the garment featured on the blog.

Summer event on Saturday 22nd July

Plan your perfect summer project

Join us for an open session of advice and project planning in the morning between 10am-12pm.

We’ll take your measurements and help you work out your body shape, then advise you on what pattern we think would compliment your individual figure in the best way. Get inspiration from our range of sewn up sample garments and different colour palette boards based on our fabric ranges and leave with a little booklet to help you plan your future dressmaking projects.

It’s FREE to come along, and there is no need to book – just drop by anytime – and we’ll have tea and cake too!

Get a goodie bag

Spend over £50 in the shop on fabric and receive one of our goodies bags full of sewing treats! (while stocks last)


Learn a new skill

In the afternoon we are running 3 different technique workshops where you can learn skills on inserting jersey neckbands, getting top stitch perfection and how to insert a fly front.

You can book your place from Monday 19th June by visiting the workshops section of our website.

Join in online

Can’t make it to the event? Then we’d love to see your summer makes online! Share your summer make that uses either fabric or a pattern you’ve got from our shop and label it with the #gandgsummermake to be in with the chance of winning a £30 voucher to spend on fabric in our shop!**

**Pictures must be posted on Instagram, Twitter or Facebook between 28th June 2017 and 19th July 2017 and labelled with the hashtag #gandgsummermake so that we can your entry. Only public accounts can take part, otherwise we won’t be able to see the photo. Tag us @guthrieghani on instagram or twitter or post directly onto our Facebook page. Your make must use either fabric or a pattern you have bought from our shop. A winner will be chosen by the g&g team and announced on Sunday 23rd July on the blog along with a round up of some other entries that we loved.

The £30 voucher can be redeemed against full priced fabric from our shop. You will be able to look online at what you like and then order it over the phone.

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Find your files

Your digital files and video links can be accessed through your order history in your G&G account. Simply check your Order History to find your Order Assets, which include links to all files and videos.

Log in Here

Tips on how to store and save your files and videos

There are a number of ways that you can access your files and videos for easy reference in the future. 

In your email inbox
We recommend creating a folder in your inbox to file the order confirmation email so that you can easily locate it in your inbox in the future. This is one way to be able to easily find your videos in your own inbox.

If you have accidentally deleted an order confirmation email and would like it to be resent to your inbox, please email us info@guthrie-ghani.co.uk and we can manually resend it to you. 

A saved playlist on Youtube

When you view a Hints and Tips video on Youtube, and are logged into the Youtube platform, you can save this video to your own playlist.

This playlist can be set to be a private playlist that you can view and all of the videos you have access to as part of a Sewing Society Kit or you have purchased as a stand alone video can be saved together here. 

Create a playlist

To create a playlist when you are logged into Youtube, click the three dots icon that is under the video next to the share button. A menu will appear, click on save.

Add to Playlist

A window will pop up with a list of all of your play lists (if you have any) as well as an option to + New playlist. Click on this button.

Private Playlist

Type in the name of your play list, here I’ve called mine Sewing Society Top Tips videos and I’ve set it to private, so only I will be able to view it. Then click on the ‘create’ button.

You can view your playlists and the videos saved within them by clicking on the playlist tab of your youtube profile.

Storing on your device or laptop

You can download the pdf files and save them to your computer or device. You may want to create an electronic filing system for all of your sewing pattern pdf folders. Then within that folder, have different folders for the sewing patterns you own. If you own a lot of PDF files you may want to organise them by sewing pattern company. 

Saving files to a device or computer relies on that computer or device always being accessible and in working order.

Saving to a google drive or cloud storage

You may have access to a google drive or another form of cloud storage such as dropbox that sits on the internet where you can save and store files. This works in the same way as sorting them on a device or computer but when they sit ‘in the cloud’ on the internet it means you can access them from any device as long as you have the login to that ‘cloud’ or drive. 

Within the account area on the g&g website

Your files and videos will be stored under your g&g account, within the order that you originally placed for the files and videos. These can be accessed at any time and the links do not expire. You can navigate to the files and videos by using the steps outlined above. 

We can also recommend that you may wish to make a note in a sewing note book or other other note book that you have of the order numbers that contain your digital files or links.

We hope these tips will help you to easily access the resources you have more easily and as always the g&g team are more than happy to help if you need any assistance at all in locating a specific order or files. Please do reach out to us by email info@guthrie-ghani.co.uk 

Happy Sewing!
The g&g team