The Sewing Room

Georgiabay

That's great mysk_girl! I hope you can get an action shot.

ChocolateIsLife

Lovely makes Keiss and Mysk.
Have had a great afternoon / evening of sewing, made one of these cute gift bags
http://kellyrachel.com/blog/2011/06/02/one-fat-quarter-gift-bag-tutorial/
Was really fun to make, although went wrong somewhere, handle is not right! Have to blag it though as not got enough time to unpick the steps, is more of a hook to hang it up than a handle! Also made yet another 2 phone covers, these were requested by my mum though.

Tamster150

canspendnomore wrote: »

I also have a question, I'm looking for some cheap polar fleece in small amounts to make some patchwork cushion covers for DS's room. Any ideas, I only want a very small amount of each colour, so don't want to buy lots of it.

Thanks in advance.

fabricland do a minimum cut of 10cm and a good selection of fleecy fabrics. They have a (hideous) website but you have to order over the phone and the charge you whatever the royal mail postage comes to. I am lucky to have a local store so can avoid the website :rotfl:

mysk_girl

ChocolateIsLife wrote: »

Lovely makes Keiss and Mysk.
Have had a great afternoon / evening of sewing, made one of these cute gift bags
http://kellyrachel.com/blog/2011/06/02/one-fat-quarter-gift-bag-tutorial/
Was really fun to make, although went wrong somewhere, handle is not right! Have to blag it though as not got enough time to unpick the steps, is more of a hook to hang it up than a handle! Also made yet another 2 phone covers, these were requested by my mum though.

Looks like a fab tutorial. I wish I could make up stuff like that rather than following other people's patterns <sigh>. One day maybe! Will try for action shot of the carrier tomorrow. I tried my son in it, but at a chunky, tall (like daddy!) 19 months, he's too big...

pogie2

Hi Guys

I was wondering if anyone could give me an idea of how much money i should be paying for a metre of fabric as i think my local shop seems quite dear. At £7-£15 a metre for cotton patterned. Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks

Tamster150

pogie2 wrote: »

Hi Guys

I was wondering if anyone could give me an idea of how much money i should be paying for a metre of fabric as i think my local shop seems quite dear. At £7-£15 a metre for cotton patterned. Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks

sadly that is quite normal!

A lot of the ladies here buy duvet sets in charity shops, car boots or if brand new if they are on sale anywhere (Tesco & Argos usually) I have bought some 100% cotton sets in TK Max in the past to use in quilting.

Markets are good places to buy fabrics & habbie bits too.

I am lucky that I have a Fabricland near me. Their cottons start at just £3!

Keiss_21

Oops, I may have just made rather a large order from jackies fabrics -
http://www.jackiesfabrics.co.uk/store/

..but such bargains...and the sale is due to finish today, so really I had to!!!! :rotfl:

Now I will have lovely fabrics to line my bags/purses, and some lovely FQs to make a wall-hanging for my landing upstairs, just the colours I've been looking for

Pootle - thanks for your comments re my company name. I love yours and I do think it sounds pretty professional too. As for Morags, we are few and far between. I have only met one other in England, and that was only a couple of years ago. We were both quite chuffed about it!! I think I have known personally three others and a few more by wom.

Had my quilting beginners class today and made a fabric flower, following Japanese folding techniques, a sort of material origami. It's not too bad though I used too big a square of material..should have been 4" and I used a 6" square...might have a go at another sometime....as if I don't have enought to do!

rufusdog52

Keiss the fabric flower sounds nice, I saw some quilts at the show on Sunday that had those fabric flowers sewn on them, they looked so effective, I would love to be able to do them to put on my bags and cushions. I will have to have a look for a tut online. I know what you mean about the sale at Jackies lol, I am waiting for my parcel to come too xx

Savvy_sewing

I managed to tie my hands behind my back, and not order from jackies, but oh I was so tempted. But as I am not well enoough to sew at the moment, then adding to my stash seemed that it was rather stupid. I can hardly move in the work room for fabric and fabric remenants, so it will be very difficult to justify any more purchases.
I am desperate to sew, but I am already still struggling to get through a normal day, without the help of others I would have been in a mess.
A fw more days at least before I venture into the sewing room.

Keiss_21

Sorry to hear you are suffering atm Mooloo, hope you feel better soon...can you not even knit? I usually manage to knit even if I feel unable to do anything else.

Rufus, I have very little quilting-weight fabrics, all I have fits into the sewing caddy that I got from Lidl in the summer...so not very much yet. That will all change once the Jackie order comes through though!! :rotfl: The folded flower I was making yesterday came from this book...she has lots of other books, considering getting this one sometime.

Gearing myself up to ringing a lady later on today about knitting up a long coat and skirt. She asked the local haberdasher, who has asked me if I am interested. It is a 1970s pattern and the wool is unavailable, so substitutes will need to be found.

Talking to friends, (some having made things for a living), I have been advised to charge for making the total outfit, rather than charge per hour...I am a crafts-woman and not a piece-worker apparently!! So got to go and write down various questions and statements I want to ask/say before ringing her. I am thinking about charging her £250..not including materials...is that fair do you think? Some think I should ask for more.....£300 perhaps. It's an easy enough pattern, but will take quite a while to knit. Three different yarns and a stripey pattern in garter stitch.

Right off now to write my list and then get some "paid" work done...despite the gas men digging up next door's path and patio, what a racket!!