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SugarSpun

Mortgage_Reduction_Novice wrote: »

Hi SugarSpun,

I've bought tent fabric from Point North (.co.uk) before... I'm not sure if they do canvas or whether it's within budget!

Thank you! I looked them up and while searching for the weight capacity of one of their fabrics I found another site that has parachute nylon for 99p/metre with a capacity of 200lbs/inch :money: A lightweight hammock has to be more useful for pre-teen boys than a canvas one, right?

Justamum

I've been making my daughter a skirt for school this week - still not finished as I need to add lining.

A few years ago I bought three Turbie Towels for wrapping wet hair in. The bit of elastic on a couple of them had come off. We also could do with some more. I sewed some more elastic on the broken ones, then used one as a template on an old quite thin towel and made four more, so I'm quite chuffed.

Tomorrow I need to finish the skirt.

gibson123

Sugarspun google deckchair material - Akahban does this on line and you should find other suppliers and e-bay.

Savvybunny the easiest fabrics for dresses are cotton (poly-cotton is cheaper) , lawn and for fancier party dresses satin. For tiny wee vintage look dresses you can make these from vintage pillowcases. You can google lot of ideas for pillowcase dresses. E-bay, and azkaban are good on-line options for fabric and Ikea also do a good range of cottons.

sandy2_2

Justamum wrote: »

snip..A few years ago I bought three Turbie Towels for wrapping wet hair in. The bit of elastic on a couple of them had come off. We also could do with some more. I sewed some more elastic on the broken ones, then used one as a template on an old quite thin towel and made four more, so I'm quite chuffed.

I´ve sewn home made Turbies as well, they´re so useful even when my hair is short

Sandy

dizzy_lizzie

As promised a while ago, here's a photo of the baby pinwheel quilt. There's a few mistakes with the pattern, due to me sewing them in the wrong order but to be honest I don't mind. It was enjoyable to do and I've learnt from my mistakes. I even went on to make a quilted cushion cover with the left over material, though I had to do two sides of the cushion in a different colour material as I just didn't have quite enough.
The worst thing is having all the bits of material and cotton strewn all over the carpet after


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gibson123

Lovely quilt well done

Keiss_21

Well done dizzy on your quilt!! :T:T

pennib

What a splendiferous quilt Dizzy. Gorgeous colours. (I know what you mean about bits everywhere, but a small price to pay for sewing something so nice) :T

Keiss_21

I sold my first Bernina sewing machine today!! :j:j Sold another one too, so a busy day with the boss away!! Still no sewing done though .

dizzy_lizzie

Thanks for the lovely comments about the quilt
Well done Keiss on the selling front. Hope you work on commission too
Had another sew today as GD is staying over tonight so made her some bean bags and a bag to put them in with material I already had in. I had one piece left over from the monkey quilt and she wanted it on the bag. The bag was another first for me with a ribbon fastening.
You're right Pennib, a bit of a hoover after is a small price to pay. Mind you I'm leaving the hoovering till tomorrow now!
And here they are...

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