The Sewing Room

PootleFlump_3

Dizzytina, thats great news about your OH. I was made redundant in November and still havent found anything yet. Its starting to really get me down now but Im trying to stay positive and therefore sewing as much as possible in between job hunting to keep my mind off it.

Thanks for info Fruitloop. My bag is now finished (thank god!!) Its on my blog if anyone wants to have a look. The pictures make the fabric look scary but its actually really nice!! Hart, thanks again for that link. I didnt make it the same as her as didnt have all the right fabrics but the principal was the same. Really helped me, cheers. x

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Kandipandi

Dinah ~ :wave:Hello :wave: and welcome to this thread! Please post pics of your stuff if you can as we love to have a nosey!

Dizzytina ~ I'm so pleased that things are turning around for you - fantastic news about your OH's job! :beer: Great news about fabric too, what a week, perhaps you should put an extra line on the lottery this Saturday!

Pootle ~ Sorry you have been arguing with your fabric again :rotfl:isn't it funny how something we do for pleasure can make us sooooo mad:mad:. It appears to have paid off however as your bag is fantastic!!! :T

I posted this on my blog but should also put it here, I found a use for a couple of those Yo-Yos I made from my scraps bag earlier this week, I made an ipod cover from a tutorial on Sew Christine's Blog (she is super talented - have a look at my blog and link through to hers, it's brill!), its the same tutorial I used for my blue phone cover that I posted a while back:

hart44

Im so glad your bag turned out ok in the end Pootle, it looks fantastic :T, I have not attempted a zip yet (well only in a make-up bag and that was a bit easier :rotfl:).

Kandi, I love your ipod cover, very pretty :T

Welcome Dinah, so glad you have found us everyone here is very friendly and we all try to help out were we can

Promise this weekend I will do my blog :rotfl: as I have more pic's to show and keep track of

Well done Dizzytina for being able to get fabric off freecycle and glad your OH has a new job

PootleFlump_3

Kandi, thats great!! Love that you made them into flowers. :T

fruit-loop

Kandi ~ your Ipod cover is lovely.:T

Pootle ~ Your bag is stunning! Looks like it was well worth the effort.:T

23rdspiral

kandi - i love the ipod cover, and it may the best use of yo-yos i've ever seen!

Dinah - welcome to the thread. do you have a dfw diary? you seem familar iykwim!

PootleFlump_3

Got bored when I came home this afternoon so thought Id make something else. I had loads of fabric swatches that I got ages ago and hadnt done anything with them so cut 4 of them up into squares, chucked in a zip and made this make up bag.

shirlgirl2004

Love your ipod cover Kandipandi.

I found this to make. There's not much sewing to be done but it looks really eays and lovely. It is going to be so much cheaper to make than buy. They cost about £75 to buy new.

It cost £27.50 for 10metres of canvas which will be enough to make 3. The eyelets and press cost £3.75 which gives me loads.
The canes cost £2.69 per tent.
The plastic rings 6p each.
Lacing cord was 63p for 6 metres (so enough for 2 tents).

The only thing missing is the rubber bands which I think I'll just get the OH to tie it with string because he used to be into scouting so tying knots and making things with garden canes is his forte.

I make that about £13.80 if I make 3 of them and about £40 even if I threw the spare bits away after making one. Lets see how it turns out before I celebrate though!

shirlgirl2004

PootleFlump wrote: »

Got bored when I came home this afternoon so thought Id make something else. I had loads of fabric swatches that I got ages ago and hadnt done anything with them so cut 4 of them up into squares, chucked in a zip and made this make up bag.

I wish I could just chuck a zip in! I haven't been brave enough to try it yet.

Kandipandi

Pootle ~ thats fantastic!!
Shirlgirl ~ That tent is brill, I think you are dead brave attempting that, you must share pics once you have made one.

p.s. Thanks for the kind words ladies.