The Sewing Room

winniepooh

Lol im glad im not the only one.

blossomhill_2

Lovely makes, thanks for sharing

cuddles123 - if I were to make a tree like that my backing fabric would look puckered, you have done it well

winniepooh - cutting into fabric is moving from potential to realising that potential - of course it's scary! But it is also a buzz isn't it

hmo

Great makes love the applique cushion

Winniepooh, don't stress you will be fine but don't use your rotary cutter on paper it will blunt the blade same with sewing scissors never use them to cut paper either

craftycrafty

morning all

hope your all well

cuddles love the cushion it's lovely

dizzy your work is beautiful

Winnie I take ages to cut things out measure and recheck several times especially if it's for someone else.

I like my rotary cutter but the blade did seem to go blunt quite quickly.

All the things for the caravan are to finished now, they seem happy with them. want to make the door stops now may start today if I get a chance

have a good day happy stitching

winniepooh

Good morning to you all, it's a lovely morning here. So im going to get dressed and take the puppy for a long walk.

Anyway ive been thinking about projects and ive got a couple in mind. Im sure you lovely people who have loads of ideas flying about.

Im determined to finish one project before starting another.

So ive got 8 cushions to make.
A practice in go at rail fence quil with scrap fabric
Then do it properly ( hopefully )

And then I would like to attempt a roman blind for the downstairs toilet. Its a small window. But how easy is it to make.?

What bits would I need to get for the blind to work?

hmo

i made roman blinds for 7 windows in my house after following the roman blind dvd by debbie shore

i have some on my blog here

http://www.aandhcrafts.co.uk/blog/?s=roman+blind

in you scroll to the bottom and click older posts there will be more, the kitchen blind is the biggest ive done and that window is over 8ft wide.

winniepooh

Thanks hmo you always give me great advice

Florenceem

hmo wrote: »

i made roman blinds for 7 windows in my house after following the roman blind dvd by debbie shore

i have some on my blog here

http://www.aandhcrafts.co.uk/blog/?s=roman+blind

in you scroll to the bottom and click older posts there will be more, the kitchen blind is the biggest ive done and that window is over 8ft wide.

Roman blinds seem to be very in at the moment - got a magazine the other day - lots of the makeover rooms featured them. I have nets and want rid of them. Do you buy the bits or the kits please? Also can you get wood dowel - cheaper? and would it be okay? I have some wide windows.

hmo

i had a little spare time today so i finished a quilt i started a couple of weeks ago.



i have another one but in pinwheel design cut out and sewn into squares i just need to start sewing it together so i may crack on this week with that one.

rufusdog52

thats lovely HMO, I have tacked together a quilt this afternoon, I started it last year. I had done the main piece, just needed a frame round the adge to make it a bit bigger. I cant decide whether to hand quilt or machine. I am not that good at machine quilting and it uses up a lot of thread but then again, its going to be for sale so not sure if I would get a good price to cover hand quilting for days on end.