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Savvy_sewing

midge61 wrote: »

Hi all

Mooloo have seen your message on FB and answered.

Keiss Have a good time. I was going to go this year but couldn't afford it in the end. Am going to save up so I can go next year.

Managed to spend most of yesterday sewing. Have made 2 more small wall hangings to go on Folksy and a large messenger bag from a couple of cushion covers and some Ikea fabric. Will post some piccies later. ( not as good as the one posted earlier.......which is gorgeous by the way)

I had a lot of problems with my machine and the thread gept snagging and then it all seemed to lock up so the air was very blue as wanted to get the bag finished. In the end i took the plates off and gave it a clean. Well you have never seen so much fluff!!!!!! Anyway it is all working wonderfully now so I guess the moral is clean your machine regularly.

I keep a small paintbrush near to my machine, and give it all a brush through when ever I am changing the threads etc. Still gets loads of fluff. You should see the inside of an overlocker!! I have collected the fluff before now, and used it to stuff my needle cushion.!! However its not fire proof so not something that could be used commercially.:D
I will have to check my emails and my facebook stuff.It goes to another email account that I only use for FB and Freecycle stuff. So many junk emails come to that one.

Tamster150

ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTIONS -

I found the pattern on google images, then spent ages trying to find somewhere to buy it, it is called "Leannes House" by Leannes house but I havent been able to find anyone still selling it


QUILTING-ON-THE-GO
i went on a course by Carolyn Forster
We were shown how to make up 16/17 inch blocks, which you then sandwich & quilt, leaving a 1 inch border unquilted. You then sew the quilted blocks together, a layer at a time (top, wadding, then backing). It can be done by hand or machine or a combination. I still need to take photos of my blocks so far, but it is much easier than trying to quilt a whole quilt although the method is not suitable for all quilt patterns and probably takes a bit longer.

MissPixie

Mooloo wrote: »

Hi, mending the skirt will depend on the type of fabric that it is. Obviously it has been some sort of knitted fabric rather then woven, to cause a ladder.
You will need to stop the ladder from going anyfurther for a start. If its quite a dense fabric, then you may be able to find the last stitch that is loose, and then using a fine crochet hook,or similar, you may be able to pick up the stitches, and work your way up the ladder,. If thats not possible, it will depend on how wide the ladder is.
If its not very wide, then you can find a matching thread, and taking it from the bottom of the ladder again, slowly take a stitch through the bottom of the ladder, and then take a small stitch through each of the sides of the ladder, and slipstitch all the way up the ladder.
If the garment is very wide, then it may be possible to take the seam in a little at the top of the ladder, to help strengthen it, and to reduce the risk of it undoing further and wider.
You could also put some interfacing on the back of the ladder, to stabilise it.
Hope that this helps, but without seeing the actual skirt I am just working blind with it.
x Mooloo

Thanks the material is viscose I have uploaded a picture so you can see what I mean because I didn't describe it very well!



You can see bigger pictures here: http://i914.photobucket.com/albums/ac342/KatyEmmerich/P1010440.jpg

http://i914.photobucket.com/albums/ac342/KatyEmmerich/P1010439.jpg

pamperedprincess

I am so in love with this quilt. I have searched the net and it is available but mainly from Australia. However, for the pattern (not fabric or anything else) it is about £100.00 :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

I don't love it that much.:o

Georgiabay

I'm in the market for a new sewing machine as I've let my daughter have mine.
I don't want an all singing all dancing one and don't think I'll ever make quilts but I'd like to try my hand at free motion sewing (as well as the usual stuff). Does anyone know what I should be looking for?
Also I'm a bit wary of computerised machines just because I think there's more to go wrong. Do you find that to be true?

hmo

Georgiabay wrote: »

I'm in the market for a new sewing machine as I've let my daughter have mine.
I don't want an all singing all dancing one and don't think I'll ever make quilts but I'd like to try my hand at free motion sewing (as well as the usual stuff). Does anyone know what I should be looking for?
Also I'm a bit wary of computerised machines just because I think there's more to go wrong. Do you find that to be true?

ive got this had it just over a year and love it details on my blog

its electronic but dead easy to use all the stitch designs hava number and you just punch that in and it sets everything for you but you can override it if you like to change the length and width of the stitch.

i dont use the foot pedal i use the start/stop button i find it alot easier and it has a speed control lever to you can go as slow or fast as you like

ilovepugs

Hi, im also interested in a new machine, and yours sounds ideal.Do you have a serial number etc, or a link to it online?

Many Thanks, xx

ilovepugs

ilovepugs wrote: »

Hi, im also interested in a new machine, and yours sounds ideal.Do you have a serial number etc, or a link to it online?

Many Thanks, xx

ooops details on your blog lol.xx

Savvy_sewing

MissPixie wrote: »

Thanks the material is viscose I have uploaded a picture so you can see what I mean because I didn't describe it very well!



You can see bigger pictures here: http://i914.photobucket.com/albums/ac342/KatyEmmerich/P1010440.jpg

http://i914.photobucket.com/albums/ac342/KatyEmmerich/P1010439.jpg

I would just be inclined to take the seam in, if there is enough fabric to allow it, without pulling. Take the seam from above the damage, and taper it back towards the side seam after you have encompassed all of the damaged area, and sew off.
However if this has been caused by wearing and it has been pulled at a stress point then it will not last at all. You can try to put a patch underneath it, but its probably not really worth it unless its a very expensive skirt that you need to salvedge.

Hope that helps.

Savvy_sewing

I grabbed my small scraps and took them with me to the BF's and sat most of yesterday afternoon and evening, and this morning, hand sewing small squares together. I wasnt making anything particular, I just wanted to keep busy. I had finished my book, and thats when I am normally reading.
I managed to have small squares, approx 2 1/2". I stitched them together in rows of 6 x 6. Then I started again on another 6 x 6, today.
I sewed the two sections together, so I now have 6 x 12 piece of patchworked fabric. The square are just pieces of material that I would normally have thrown in the bin. BF asked me what I was making, and I said I didnt know I was just playing around. I could make a small cushion cover, a totebag, or maybe just keep adding to it, when I have enough small scraps! If I had done it on a sewing machine it probably would have only taken about an hour!! Oh well.
MY shoulder is really quite bad, now that I am home. I found it painful to drive, and I am wondering if its from sewing by hand, or if I was just due a relapse anyway.