The Sewing Room

rufusdog52

Also another dilema, not so much sewing but more style. The dress I am going to do will be cream and quite plain apart from a pattern in the fabric. I wont be wearing a showy necklace with it due to the style of the neck so for colour I was thinking of having a pair of shoes in a brighter colour. Have seen a nice pair in a darkish bright pink if you get me that would suit my feet and can imagine the colour going with the dress. Not sure if I can get a back to match exactly but might be able to knock something up just for a clutch thing. Its the hat I am wondering about, I want to do one that is similar to a fascinator but just a bit bigger looking. I have the pattern for it. Was going to use extra dress fabric to make it but now wondering whether to do it in a pink to match the shoes? Or cream with pink feathers to match the shoes? or just keep it plain cream? If it is all plain cream I dont thin the shoes will go and I would have to have neutral colour. Dont want to pay out for two lots lol and its not something I can try on. Any ideas please?

Savvy_sewing

rufusdog52 wrote: »

Also another dilema, not so much sewing but more style. The dress I am going to do will be cream and quite plain apart from a pattern in the fabric. I wont be wearing a showy necklace with it due to the style of the neck so for colour I was thinking of having a pair of shoes in a brighter colour. Have seen a nice pair in a darkish bright pink if you get me that would suit my feet and can imagine the colour going with the dress. Not sure if I can get a back to match exactly but might be able to knock something up just for a clutch thing. Its the hat I am wondering about, I want to do one that is similar to a fascinator but just a bit bigger looking. I have the pattern for it. Was going to use extra dress fabric to make it but now wondering whether to do it in a pink to match the shoes? Or cream with pink feathers to match the shoes? or just keep it plain cream? If it is all plain cream I dont thin the shoes will go and I would have to have neutral colour. Dont want to pay out for two lots lol and its not something I can try on. Any ideas please?

I would use a mixture of the cream and add the pink feathers to match the shoes. (If its slightly different pink it will not matter as the whole of your body is distancing them!). I would also be inclined to make yourself a clutch to tone with the shoes. It would be simple to do that, an envelope clutch is simple to do. Maybe with a slight asymetrical flap, and a magnetic clip. Seen one somewhere on my travels, but not for the life of me remember at the moment. Maybe in another of my magazines. I will take a look.
Still not been to the post office, sorry, I havent been out of the house since the snow started, was planning on going out today, then DGD was ill. ! Argh. I am getting stir crazy as well.

rufusdog52

Thank Mooloo, know what you mean about being stuck in doors, I went to the hospital with my dad Monday in the car but apart from that havent been outside for over a week!!. Cant even go up and sew as its way too cold up there and I dont have any hand sewing to get on with. So bored lol

winniepooh

Advice needed please.

I really dont know the correct terms for quilting as many of you know I'm a complete novice.

What are the different feet needed for each stage of quilting?

craftycrafty

Evening all

Hope your all well.
No snow here now but it is raining.

Mooloo Could you take your pattern to your libary and get in enlarged I know that our one does this and copying it costs but not to much.
This is the cover I made for my Kindle couldnt find one I liked at the right price so made this out of remenats with wadding between the layers for extra protection.

IMG-20130123-00104 by khistina, on Flickr
Total cost nothing
Hope all your projects ae going well
Off to do a bit more
take care

Savvy_sewing

I hadnt thought of that, though as I am not out and about for a while, DGD is now ill, so dont know when I will next go out. I have never been to the library here, infact I havent been in a library since 1990's. Oh dear. Mostly as i have been on the move all the time, and secondly because I tend to buy books and keep them. Now I have the kindle too.!
I like your kindle cover.
I made a pouch for mine, but would like to make a cover that opens out like a book, and that I can read the kindle still inside. Perhaps keeping the kindle in place with elastic on the corners? like a bit the way stamps were held in albums when I was a kid!.

rufusdog52

winniepooh wrote: »

Advice needed please.

I really dont know the correct terms for quilting as many of you know I'm a complete novice.

What are the different feet needed for each stage of quilting?

If your machine is one that you can change the position of the needle then you can sew the seams using a normal foot and adjust the needle across so that the width between needle and edge of foot is 1/4 inch. As for actual quilting the top, bottom and filling together, if you are doing plain straight stitching across the quilt you will need a walking foot that fits your machine. I bought one for my Singer, it cost about £35 and is quite chunky, it moves the fabric through under the foot equally so that the layers don't pucker. If you are wanting to do free motion quilting you will need a different foot, I cant think what they are called but they look like a letter C turned on its side like an upside down U. Might be called a darning foot, not sure.

hmo

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Oh wow thank you I never knew that

hmo

Embroidery foot or free motion foot or even open toe foot they are called some time you only really need one of those for free motion quilting like I did on the lavender quilt before Christmas or the doll quilt I did the other day but as rufous dog said if you can do 1/4 inch seem that's fine for sewing your basic squares but once you come to quilt with your top fabric, bottom fabric and wadding you will need a walking foot.

If you don't have a 1/4 inch stitch on your machine or 1/4 inch foot just use your regular foot and a basic straight stitch but make sure you use this all the way through so all your squares are a consistent size also depending on what seem that gives you you will have to are in mind that your quilt may turn out a little smaller than anticipated

winniepooh

Morning all

Now this is going to sound really really stupid. Im attempting an envelope cushion cover. My cushion is 19 inches. So I know I have to cut an extra inch buf how do you work out the size of the other pieces?