Oh my! Sewing machine won't stitch and my dress is needed for Friday! Please help!

Bunny200

champys wrote: »

Bunny if you buy a European made pattern like Burda and measure yourself with a measuring tape in centimetres, it all becomes a lot less 'personal' - can be a good trick sometimes.

Funnily enough thats exactly what I did! There are some free patterns on the Burda Style website and I've downloaded this one ages ago when it was free and now I'm going to make it. It doesn't seem to bad with the sizing chart, I come out as a 44 which seems to equate to a uk 14 which is reasonable to me ( in my head I'm a 12 in my ar!e I'm 14! still better than the 24 I used to be!!!:T ) I spent ages last night sellotaping and cutting and now I have all the pieces and the material that I bought a few weeks ago just need to get some interacing & a zip (:eek: never done zips before - oh well a new lesson there !) and I'm away! watch this space!

Rikki

If you visit the Husqvarna sewing room you can follow the link HERE to the zips and it give you a demonstration on each type of zip.
Its a really useful site demonstration many sewing techniques.

Moving demo's there great.

Bunny200

Rikki wrote: »

If you visit the Husqvarna sewing room you can follow the link HERE to the zips and it give you a demonstration on each type of zip.
Its a really useful site demonstration many sewing techniques.

Moving demo's there great.

Thanks for that, it helped a lot looked at pleats as well, I think I know what I'm doing! Soon find out! That website will be a good resource to check things in the future.

angelpye

Bunny200 wrote: »

Funnily enough thats exactly what I did! There are some free patterns on the Burda Style website and I've downloaded this one ages ago when it was free and now I'm going to make it. !

Thanks for the link - its just my style! Haven't used this website before although have looked a few times - it says its $3 for that skirt - do i pay by debit card online?

Ah, just oticed you said you downloaded it when it was free - !!!!!!!

Bunny200

angelpye wrote: »

Thanks for the link - its just my style! Haven't used this website before although have looked a few times - it says its $3 for that skirt - do i pay by debit card online?

Ah, just oticed you said you downloaded it when it was free - !!!!!!!

I downloaded that one ages and I know I didn't pay for it! I trawl through every so often and save all the freebies I fancy!

angelpye

Bunny200 wrote: »

I downloaded that one ages and I know I didn't pay for it! I trawl through every so often and save all the freebies I fancy!

Thanks, great idea. I never seem to think practically about these things! Lol!

Bunny200

I made it!!!:T :T :T :T :T :T :T :T
I think it looks good


The material I used is quite thin so I'm going to get some lining to attach to the facing as you can see my knickers!:eek:
I'm really proud of what I've made, its years since I followed a pattern to make a garment and then I had my mother and her decades of dressmaking experience to fall back on, also I've never done a zip before or pleats!!

Angelpye sent you an email!

purpleivy

Folks, if you need help with sewing or have expertise to give to others, The Sewing Forum is a great place to be. There are also clubs being set up by members. Also a good place to find out where good fabric shops are near to you or where there are courses running.

I go to both the Manchester and Widnes clubs and have a great time, helping others and getting help myself. it's important that these skills are developed and passed on. So OS!

angelpye

purpleivy wrote: »

Folks, if you need help with sewing or have expertise to give to others, The Sewing Forum is a great place to be. There are also clubs being set up by members. Also a good place to find out where good fabric shops are near to you or where there are courses running.

I go to both the Manchester and Widnes clubs and have a great time, helping others and getting help myself. it's important that these skills are developed and passed on. So OS!

Thanks, great idea - I have wanted to join a club for ages - hope they have one I can get to! x

angelpye

Bunny200 wrote: »

I made it!!!:T :T :T :T :T :T :T :T
I think it looks good


The material I used is quite thin so I'm going to get some lining to attach to the facing as you can see my knickers!:eek:
I'm really proud of what I've made, its years since I followed a pattern to make a garment and then I had my mother and her decades of dressmaking experience to fall back on, also I've never done a zip before or pleats!!

Angelpye sent you an email!

Well Done you!!!!!:T :T :T

Will check email - thank you!;)