What OS sewing have you done today?

pws52

Has anyone seen any black or grey needlecord/corduroy anywhere?
I am looking for some to make school pinafore dresses and can't find any!

seabright

Not exactly sewing (more sticking & glueing) but I have just made an Hawaiian skirt for my daughter out of a reel of ribbon and some strips of petersham as a waistband. I knew the big reel of ribbon I picked up via free cycle would come in useful.

I also need to mend the duvet - but that's a lot less fun!

luxor4t

pws52 wrote: »

Has anyone seen any black or grey needlecord/corduroy anywhere?
I am looking for some to make school pinafore dresses and can't find any!

I've not used this company, but I've had it recommended to me,
I'm not sure if this would be the right size of cord: http://www.online-fabrics.co.uk/Dressmaking-Fabrics/Corduroy-Fabric

HTH

mennie

I was lucky enough to get a sewing machine for Xmas.

I havent dont much on them before, just taken up curtains, made a hotty botty cover and fleece lined curtains

Any ideas for easy things to make? Where to get samples of materials or patterns.

I would love to make a dog coat and a organiser to hang on the back of the door

Thanks

Penelope_Penguin

There are lots of ideas in this thread :T i'll merge this later to keep ideas together.

Seakay

For instructions and free patterns then your local library and Google are your friends!
eg
http://www.bellaonline.com/subjects/7376.asp
http://www.plumbscurtainshop.co.uk/free-samples/index.html

suzybloo

Snap!!!! I got one too, and have had limited use in the past eg curtains, etc nothing of any consequence. I am going to start doing more crafting so I can sell it at a summer fayre, so have sent away for some oilcloth to make tote bags, shopping bags, aprons etc as these seem to be easy to make and sell well. I have also sent away for some quilting panels to make childrens quilts, cushions etc. Will be a wee bit more expensive to start with until I get some confidence and then I can start making up things myself. I am needing new curtains for the kitchen so that will be another project! Ebay have quite a few patterns cheap too. There are a lot of sites online at the moment that have sales on for fabrics.
Hope that helps

prudent_princess

I am a trainee sewer and a newbie to MSE!!

Been sewing for a few months now, but not totally confident yet.

So far I have made: a cushion cover, a rag bag, a drawstring bag for carrier bags, a cover for my sewing machine, a dog bed (BUT THEN DOG CHEWED IT UP!), a pin cushion and heart shaped hanger.
I would like to learn how to put zip in and do button holes now...

prudent_princess

There's also a site called sewing4dummies (can't post the link on here)

tooties

thanks for that prudent princess will just go for a scout about and see if i can find it,
we seem to be at the same sewing level
regards