The Sewing Room

Kandipandi

Bunny - your dress is great! I think you are so brave - I am too scared to even attempt clothes following a pattern already made! Well Done.

GenieUK - I also do lots of other crafting and enjoy making jewellery, sewing, knitting (a little bit), crochet (just learning), card making, drawing. If only I didn't work full time.......... (*dreams*)

Sunshine - Fantastic bag! The colours are brilliant and it looks really professional, the flower farbic is beautiful.

Sunshine12

Kandipandi wrote: »

Sunshine - Fantastic bag! The colours are brilliant and it looks really professional, the flower farbic is beautiful.

Thanks Kandipandi, I made it from tea towels I bought last week. (2 for £1!)

in-the-beach-hut

karmacookie wrote: »

Hi

Well i finally finished a fully lined bag! I wish I could share it with you but still can't find camera! Oh, and I made some small curtains for the inside of the doors on my welsh dresser!

Not having such a good day today, discovered fraud on my bank account so a bit stressed. Decided to make a spec case, simple and stress free I would have thought, wrong. What a flipping pigs ear I made of it! Still another learning experience as I broke the needle and needed to change it and discovered that it is in fact very easy to change a needle on a sewing machine!

I continue to be so very impressed and inspired by the creations on this thread, I really am in awe!

Found this the other day, thought it looked good and very usefull
http://www.isew.co.uk/kids_makes/quillow-c-00041.htm

it's from the 'kids can make' section so should be quite easy?

Need to go and do housework/cooking/walk dog/clean fish tank now then go to work this evening

Hi karmacookie - Hope your bank thing is sorted - we had the same thing the other week with both of our bank cards so had to cancel everything and start again - such an inconvenience. Well done on still getting some sewing done :T - hope you find a cam soon so you can share. Your cutesy curtains sound ace.

Sunshine I love your bag! So bright and pretty.

Genieuk - I tend to be quite faddy so have done loads of crafts (card-making, jewellery making and gardening if that's a craft, but sewing is the most enduring!)

My latest fad: I ordered some floral fabric a few days ago and am using it for these fab little boxes:


(More info over on my blog) Just need to move my sewing machine into the garden to make the most of the weather! It's B-E-A-utiful

Sunshine12

genieuk wrote: »

I don't know about anyone else but sewing isn't the only 'craft' I like.

So what other crafts do we like to do in our 'spare time'.

I Like:

Cardmaking
Jewellery
Mosaics
Knitting
Baking (is that a craft)

I attempted card making (bought loads of stuff, tried twice then realised Im no good at it.) So now have a box full of card making stuff Im trying to flog on ebay!!

I know Im going off subject but have you seen the Bakerella website? Its great! Cake Pops are the new craze I believe!

Kandipandi

in-the-beach-hut your boxes are brilliant, I will have to add them to the bottom of my ever increasing list of things I need to make!

Sunshine - where did you buy those T-towels?

Sunshine12

Hi Kandi,
Poundland believe it or not. I normally dont go in there but as I was on a teatowel mission I thought Id see what they had. You get a floral one and the duck egg blue coloured one (the lining) for a pound! I bought 3 as you need one set for the handles. They also have loads of packs of socks some of which are suitable for sock monkeys.

Kandipandi

Sunshine12 wrote: »

Hi Kandi,
Poundland believe it or not. I normally dont go in there but as I was on a teatowel mission I thought Id see what they had. You get a floral one and the duck egg blue coloured one (the lining) for a pound! I bought 3 as you need one set for the handles. They also have loads of packs of socks some of which are suitable for sock monkeys.

Teriffic - thanks :j

trixietoes

My latest fad: I ordered some floral fabric a few days ago and am using it for these fab little boxes:



These are lovely, the fabric is great too - where did you get it from? I tried to make a fabric box a few weeks ago and it ended up looking more like a bag as the interfacing I used wasn't heavy enough. I have to get some more so will try again when it arrives.

This is mine made out of old Pj bottoms and OH's shirt LOL.

http://s239.photobucket.com/albums/ff296/trixietoes/?action=view&current=The1stbasket2.jpg

Crafty_JuJu

trixietoes - Love the box now added to my list x

trixietoes

since having my new sewing machine a few weeks ago and lurking in the back ground on this post, taking inspiration from you all.... I have gone mad with sewing and I love it.

Here are some of my creations (not all great but I like the challenge )

Knitting needle roll (made from old shirt and jama bottoms again) - http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff296/trixietoes/Knittingneedleroll2.jpg

My Hoot (made from old work trousers and some odd fabric) http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff296/trixietoes/The1stHoot3.jpg

Coloured pencil roll (adjusted from the original crayon roll) I actually bought this fabric :-) - http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff296/trixietoes/Projects031.jpg & http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff296/trixietoes/Projects033.jpg

Union jack draft excluder - http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff296/trixietoes/UJDraftExcluder.jpg

Wine glass coasters - http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff296/trixietoes/Projects021.jpg

and my what I am most proud of so far... actual clothes LOL. My 1st attempt - Trouser jeans.

http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff296/trixietoes/Projects016.jpg

I hate jean/trouser shopping and have probably wasted thousands over the years on stuff I end up not wearing and giving away so this was an experiment - spend just over 20.00 in total inc the pattern for them. This is the way I will be going in the future as they actually fit how I want them too!

Keep all those fabulous creations coming ladies they are really inspiring, it is also good to feel as if I am learning with others too and not alone in my experiments :j

xxx