The Sewing Room

chatty123

Great makes ladies. Anyone else liking the horrid weather that just makes one stays indoors and sew all day long. done lots today ,, managed to catch up. altho i have promised myself if its the same tomor I will tidy my room.... I will I will I will .....

**dancingbutterfly**

hello again lovely ladies

I am learning slowly and would like to buy a sewing machine, my budget (at the moment) is £70, are there any decent one's out there for this price? or do you think i should wait and save for a better model?

Fank oo!

hart44

**dancingbutterfly** wrote: »

hello again lovely ladies

I am learning slowly and would like to buy a sewing machine, my budget (at the moment) is £70, are there any decent one's out there for this price? or do you think i should wait and save for a better model?

Fank oo!

I found this http://www.which.co.uk/home-and-garden/laundry-and-cleaning/reviews/sewing-machines/brother-ls2125/review/

My 1st machine was a basic Tesco one which was great for my 1st year of sewing but I changed to a Brother at christmas and it has been great for beginners too but does more stitches.

This might help to start with
I know my fellow sewers will be along today to help as well

avstar

Love the bag Hart, the lining fabric is gorgeous!
Chocolate, the phone holders are fab.

Dancing Butterfly , it's upto you really, you could buy a cheapish machine and see if you really get the sewing bug, and then upgrade, altho longterm thats more expensive if you do upgrade.

My machine is a Delta one from Aldi for £40 :rotfl: I bought it a few years ago when all I did was patch and mend clothes. It's OK and does all the basics, but I would really like to upgrade now I've got back into sewing properly.

almond

hi
just got a kindle and wondered if anybody has a pattern? i have been trying to find the passport holder one thought i could use that but give in at mo need to do tea, thanks if anybody can help

pennib

hart44 wrote: »

I love your bag Claire I love Amy Butler fabric too but Ive not brought any yet as I can't make up my mind which fabric's to get.

This is the bag I made today, it is for my purple mad sister


I love this crazy lining fabric

You bag ladies certainly make some lovely ones. I like the colour and the lining is nice and cheery. Lucky sister!

PootleFlump_3

almond wrote: »

hi
just got a kindle and wondered if anybody has a pattern? i have been trying to find the passport holder one thought i could use that but give in at mo need to do tea, thanks if anybody can help

I posted a few mobile phone holder tutes a couple pages back. You can just change the sizes but use same technique for a kindle. Check the no chat thread too. Might be some on there. x

pennib

Thought you might like to see the Quirky Village commission I have been working on and just finished.

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More piccys on my homepage

nykied

almond wrote: »

hi
just got a kindle and wondered if anybody has a pattern? i have been trying to find the passport holder one thought i could use that but give in at mo need to do tea, thanks if anybody can help

I made this one: http://www.modabakeshop.com/2009/05/bookkeeper.html#more Pictures are on my blog. O

ne thing I would say is that, if you're making the case for a new Kindle (I got mine for Christmas 2010), then only use 8 strips rather than 9 and in step 8, I'd sew the line 5.5 inches up rather than 6, as the tutorial is for the old Kindle, which is bigger than the new one.



There are also these ones as well:

http://www.polkadotchair.com/2010/09/kindle-keeper-tutorial.html

http://www.chicaandjo.com/2009/09/03/make-a-custom-kindle-cover-case/

Sarahjovi

pennib wrote: »

Thought you might like to see the Quirky Village commission I have been working on and just finished.

Clicky thumbnail


More piccys on my homepage

Fantastic, I love your Quirky Pictures

Sarah:D