The Sewing Room

hart44

Hi everyone

Spiral, I have pm'ed you with details

Kandi, I love your bag, beautiful colours :T

Fruit-loop, I know I promised the blog but I am working on it just need to sort some pic's to add on and write something that wont bore you all to sleep :rotfl: wont be long and I will get it done .

Dinah, your dress is beautiful, love the fabric :T

I have been busy sewing this wkend but now it's back to work

PootleFlump_3

Jeez, its been a busy weekend on here!!

Hi to all new people. Dizzytina, thanks for your post. Im trying to stay positive - just have off days but I guess thats to be expected!

Loving all the stuff from your piccies everyone!!!! Dinah, really love your dress. Looks fantastic!!

nuttywoman

Last year i bought some Shawn the Sheep curtains for about £3 brand new, 100% cotton.I only bought them for the fabric lol, so anyway in Sept there`s 10 of us going away , so for us 3 ladies of the group , i`ve made us each a pair of shortie pj`s. also added a little Shawn badge to the waistband lol

23rdspiral

nuttywoman- they are so cute!

Kandipandi

Nuttywoman - they are great! Hope Ewe (:osorry )all have a great time!

cuddles123

Nautical Monkey reporting for duty

fruit-loop

Cuddles ~ That monkey is adorable, I love him! Well done:j

Nutty ~ The PJ's are really cute, I'm sure the others will love them.:T

Kandipandi

Cuddles - He's great! Love the outfit!

Been sewing again at the weekend, made some makeup bags from some swatches that were sent to me by a sofa company and added some bits from my stash:







They are lined with cream cotton and as the fabric is heavy duty I didn't bother with interfacing or wadding at all. They were so easy and quick to make that I could have made loads more but ran out of zips!

midnightraven3

kandi


i think you & i sent for the same samples:D
not sure i am up to your skill of making the bags, but they are lovely
really lovely

xxvickixx

Hi, I didn't know this thread existed until yesterday!
I wondered if anyone knows what this Argos machine is like.
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/4602284/Trail/searchtext%3ESEWING+MACHINE.htm

I can only really spend about £50-£60 on one at the moment but if I get on with sewing I might look to invest in something a bit better when I go back to work in a few years so it's abilitly to cope with my needs rather than longevity is what I'm concerned about.

I'm planning on making some dresses and peg bags, playhouse curtains and cotton cushions. I doubt I'd want to sew anything thick like denim.

What I can't seem to work out is why people are so negative towards the cheaper machines, I went to an independent shop locally and she wouldn't give me a straight answer. If it's the fact that they don't last very ling and repairs are not worth it then that's fine but I don't want sewing to be a pain because the machine keeps jamming for example.

I'd really appreciate any advice, and look forward to joining you once I'm up and running!

Vicki xx