The sewing thread

PollyWollyDoodle wrote: »

Well, every day's a school day - I didn't know those big reels used on overlockers were called cops, and I'd never heard of a bobbin mate! They look like a good idea - at the moment I store bobbins separately in a little case. I tend to just use the nearest match but if you've chosen thread for a specific project I can see you'd want to keep it the same.

I'm guilty of using the same needle for everything ... and yes, I know I should start a new needle for each project!

If anyone is tempted by the idea of an overlocker, I see that Lidl have got one of their special promotions on from 19th March. It's a Singer, so it's a known make.

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Must go have a look then! I just googled it couldn't find anything though?

Whoknows it's in a leaflet that I picked up, there's a 'craft' offer coming up. The website only goes up to 16 March as far as I can see, this promotion is listed for 19th March so keep watching.

Kittie I never thought of making a dressing gown, but that pattern looks great, I can never find exactly what I want.

Pandemonium, I'm not sure- I bought my overlocker so I could sew jersey but I think you can sew a lot of things with an ordinary machine and a zigzag stitch.

Pandemonium I sew jersey stretch on a plain fairly simple sewing machine (brother ls14) you can buy needles especially for stretchy material which do help but try to get an off cut you can test the stitches on first as the tension needs altering a fair bit on these types of material

There's 3 lidls within a few miles of me so I'll give it a shot! Thank you, probably wouldn't have noticed it otherwise.

What a great thread.

I've been sewing for a while but I just kind of fell into it. It started with two straight lines to piece some velvet together and since then I've kind of made larger and more complicated projects as I've gone along.

I've made little evening bags, progressing to simple tops, kimono, appliqued tote bags, regency corset (boned with cable ties!), a victorian corset (steelboning+busk), victorian underwear, a Marie Antoinette style dress twice (as one was a practice/fitting run) and lately a costume based on a game character. My next large project will be using an embroidered georgette curtain and turning it into a regency/Jane Austen style dress (with period underwear). You may have guessed at this point I am obssessed with historical costumes and costuming.

I recently bought a pretty ditsy print dress at a vintage clothing show for a £1, not that I'm going to wear it as I'm going to chop it up into a top and maybe some shorts. It was a Long Tall Sally dress but since I'm a Short Squat Nelly I'm getting a lot of fabric out of it!

Also with regards to commercial patterns I recall from somewhere that tthe Simplicity ones are suited fot those of shorter and plump disposition, which is why I find that they fit my 4'11" cuddly frame.