The Sewing Room

fruit-loop

Dizzytina and hart~ Well done on creating your blogs:T I'm following both of you!

Kandi~ Your pouches are lovely.:D

Bunny ~ Your dress and model are both stunning!:j

Congratulations to all those just getting their 1st machines!:D

Not much sewing going on here this week.:( My son is toilet training so spending most of my time in the loo lol!:cool:

tjc123_3

Hi everyone

Everyones pics look great ...so talented

I have just started crafting & im finding it realy additive I love it.Ive just bought myself my first sewing machine, so far ive made a pair of curtains for my sons room & now im trying to make myself a smock top...its seems to be coming along ok:)Ill try to post a pic when its finished.

hart44

fruit-loop wrote: »

Dizzytina and hart~ Well done on creating your blogs:T I'm following both of you!

Kandi~ Your pouches are lovely.:D

Bunny ~ Your dress and model are both stunning!:j

Congratulations to all those just getting their 1st machines!:D

Not much sewing going on here this week.:( My son is toilet training so spending most of my time in the loo lol!:cool:

Thank you Fruit-loop, I got there in the end :rotfl:I hope to get my embroidered cushion on later

Good luck with toilet training (I still remember it well :rotfl:)

fruit-loop

Thanks Hart, at this rate I'm going to set my sewing machine up in the bathroom lol! We seem to be living in there!

nuttywoman

I`ve made this basque for a friend who is a nurse and loves wearing `fun` things The pattern is a fancy dress one although its got that plastic boning in it.I`ve just to do the eyelets at the back now so i can thread ribbon through it.







The front panel is a shade of purple but it looks more blue on the pics.
Don`t look too closely at the stitching etc :rotfl:
ps: Its being modelled by a pillow NOT my friend lol

hart44

Nutty, the top is brilliant :T love the colours

dizzytina

hart44 wrote: »

:rotfl::rotfl:

Well done dizzy on getting your blog sorted, I am going to have to get mine on now (when I have worked out how to sort the link) :rotfl:

Im a bit nervous of publishing it as my OH is the tech geek in the family and he is not helping me :rotfl: but what the heck it is mine :rotfl:

Blog is now on my homepage, now I need to fill it :0

Well done Hart i'm just off to check out your blog i'm sure its fab. I know what you mean about OH being tech geek mine is too and he sat there talking about hyperlink this and HMTL that and i didn't have a clue - He didn't offer to take over for me though!!!.

hart44

dizzytina wrote: »

Well done Hart i'm just off to check out your blog i'm sure its fab. I know what you mean about OH being tech geek mine is too and he sat there talking about hyperlink this and HMTL that and i didn't have a clue - He didn't offer to take over for me though!!!.

:rotfl: I know what you mean, my OH just rattles things off to me and expects me to know what he means, I think I will have to do the same to him when it comes to sewing :rotfl:

It took me 3 years to pluck up courage to buy off Ebay then another yr before I sold :rotfl:
Im just not tech minded, just crafty :rotfl:

Dinah93

sarahpowell wrote: »

Good Morning Ladies (any any gents if your about on here)

I am a total newbie to sewing, I struggle to sew on buttons - No thats a bit of a lie. I do cross stitch though.

I am hoping you maybe able to point me in the right direction, I have never used a sewing machine in my life, however I am hoping to get a bit more perosnal this Xmas and was hoping to make an apron for my niece and possibly a few other bits and pieces but forst things first I need a sewing machine. I have been looking at the Jerone Mini Sew, would this be ok for a starter like myself who only plans on making little things, no heavy fabric just cotton really.

I dont fancy paying out an absolute fourtune on something and find I really cant get on with it, but the JML Easy Sew does not look as impressive and lacks some other stiches which the Jerone has.

Wow I coul dhave talked a load of drivel then as I really have no idea what I am looking for for a basic beginners sewing machine.

Any advice would be welcomed.

Thanks

Sarah

Don't get a mini machine! I've had two, and they were both a complete nightmare, couldn't even handle cotton, let alone garbadine for workwear. And the complete lack of stitches meant I couldn't do proper repairs anyway. You're much better off saving up an extra £25 or £50 and getting a reconditioned or even new mechanical branded machine that won't make you want to throw it out the window!

Bunny200 wrote: »

Made another dress for my oldest

http://hereswhatididtoday.blogspot.com/2010/04/halterneck-dress.html


I'm itching to make something for myself now as well! So many ideas too much procrastination.........

Lovely dress. I tried to follow your blog, but there doesn't seem to be any way to do this?

For anyone who subscribes to Sew magazine, I've started the jersey maxi dress that was featured in the April issue (yep, I'm working on two maxis atm!), has anyone done this and how did it turn out?

Bunny200

I've added the followers gadget to my blog now, I've never followed anyone so I didn't bother adding it. I use google reader to keep track of the blogs I read (nearly 200 of them! I must prune some, its getting ridiculous!) so I've never understood how the followers thingy works!