What OS sewing have you done today?

KT1985

luxor4t wrote: »

You could make:
Laundry bag
covered hangers
Bunting
doorstop?
dressing table/bedside table cloths
hearts to hang from the door handle
nightdress case

I love doing a Google image search for 'Cath Kidston', to enjoy the wealth of pictures & ideas. It always cheers me up faster than chocolate .

Brill- lots of great ideas that didn't even cross my mind A laundry bag sounds fab, might make it like the lego bag I keep seeing on here?

DianneB

Recently brought two curtain samples from our local posh shop, you know the one's? small, lined with curtain tape on the top? I left the lining in, removed the header tape and made two envelope style cushion covers in less than half and hour. Really pleased with the result - cost just £1 each!! Result!!

luxor4t

DianneB wrote: »

Recently brought two curtain samples from our local posh shop, you know the one's? small, lined with curtain tape on the top? I left the lining in, removed the header tape and made two envelope style cushion covers in less than half and hour. Really pleased with the result - cost just £1 each!! Result!!

Wow, I wish I'd thought of that, the local curtain shop closed down (retirement) & was selling off loads of samples, but I couldn't work out what to do with them!

miss_keep_counting

Looking for some tips ladies, I've googled it to death but can't find what I'm looking for.

Basically I recused a pair of jeans, the waist band fits me perfectly as a low/hipster waist, but they're meant to be about 2 inches or so higher so the crotch happens to be hanging low on me which looks silly. How do I lower the waist band? is it a case of chopping a cirlce round the pair about 2 inches thick and then sewing the waist band lower?? But then the zip wont fit.... hmmm...

nuttywoman

I bought 2 metre`s of muslin on frid and have now made a door screen , i hate flies in the house .

luxor4t

miss_keep_counting wrote: »

Looking for some tips ladies, I've googled it to death but can't find what I'm looking for.

Basically I recused a pair of jeans, the waist band fits me perfectly as a low/hipster waist, but they're meant to be about 2 inches or so higher so the crotch happens to be hanging low on me which looks silly. How do I lower the waist band? is it a case of chopping a cirlce round the pair about 2 inches thick and then sewing the waist band lower?? But then the zip wont fit.... hmmm...

Rather than working from the top down could you work from the crotch up? (oops, that sounds rude )
I mean unpick the crotch seams and make the adjustments there. (I found that advice in my old Ann Ladbury book about making things fit) Maybe there is a web tutorial somewhere.

Justamum

I've got a couple of old duvets which I want to turn into lap quilts for the winter. Does anybody know the dimensions of a lap quilt?

bellaquidsin

I have (at last) shortened a dress that I bought very cheaply ages ago but it was too long for me. It is a cool cotton dress and the heatwave spurred me on to get it done.Bella.

rosieben

Justamum wrote: »

I've got a couple of old duvets which I want to turn into lap quilts for the winter. Does anybody know the dimensions of a lap quilt?

I don't think there is a definite size, I've seen instructions to make them in all sizes from 2'6" square right up to 5'; you just decide how big you want it - if your quilts are single maybe a half one would be a useful size?

I'd want mine to cover my feet because that's where I feel the cold

Justamum

rosieben wrote: »

I don't think there is a definite size, I've seen instructions to make them in all sizes from 2'6" square right up to 5'; you just decide how big you want it - if your quilts are single maybe a half one would be a useful size?

I'd want mine to cover my feet because that's where I feel the cold

I've got a kingsize and a couple of doubles. I'll have a measure up and see how many I can get out of them.

Yesterday on the Jeremy Vine show on Radio 2 they were talking about the Prom (personally I don't really understand why we've imported this American over the top disco to Britain ) Prom dresses were quoted as being on average £200 each! For a dress you wear once!!! I think I'm going to really have to pull my finger out and get my sewing skills honed over the next 3 years!

We are off to South Africa for three weeks in just over three weeks time (courtesy of MIL :T:j) so I'm going to a local fabric shop there which has far more choice than I've ever seen in my local shop.