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FifiMo wrote: »

This is my first post on here. I've been a long time lurker and have to say that I have taken advantage of lots of your wonderful patterns and suggestions over the past few months, so I thought it was about time I posted something.

I noticed that someone was talking about cutting mats and how expensive they are - this firm here are the cheapest that I've found (£15 cheaper than my local hobby shop for example!!!) and they supply a lot more sewing items which all seem rather reasonably priced. Unfortunately it won't let me post a link (don't know why - says cos i'm a new user grrrrrrrrrrr) - but you can go to jmm-marketing dot co dot uk and check out page 22 of their catalogue for the cutting mats if you wish.

I sew mostly for Loving Hands charity which I love because i get to pick and choose what projects I can do next.

Kind regards

Fiona

Heres the link.
http://www.jmm-marketing.co.uk/

I will second jmm marketing. I use them a lot, they are good because they don't charge delivery for orders over £10.

PootleFlump_3

Copper and Fifi welcome to the thread!!
Bunny, I love that little skirt you made for your daughter (the love hearts one!) Such a shame about the little tear in your dress. I hate it when that happens!

(p.s Kandi, love your new blog heading and hope your mum ok.) x

rufusdog52

Dinah93 wrote: »

Has anyone any experience in making quilts? I'm trying to find the wadding or whatever you want to call it for making one padded rather than just two sheets of cotton. I've never made a quilt before, but I'm a bit bored of making dressesm and the veil material STILL hasn't arrived.

Dunelm Mill sell wadding and its very reasonalble and fine for quilts. Their thinnest one is what I buy and its only 99p a metre and its 54 inches wide. I have made lots of big bed sized quilts with it and quilted them by hand and found it easy to stitch through.

They do it online as well as in the shop xx

dizzytina

Hi guys and welcome to our friendly thread fifi and copper:D

Kandi you look just like your mum (hope she is recovering ok too).

Bunny i love the skirt and leggings my little girl would love that!!

Here is a pic of a white vest top i altered for my little girl (to cover up a stubborn stain!)

I used the heart template from the Tilda springtime book which i bought yesterday (what a brill book!!)

Kandipandi

Bunny200 wrote: »

Done an update on my nightmare dress (it didn't get any better!) and made something 100% better!!!! Unfortunatly not for me!
http://hereswhatididtoday.blogspot.com/2010/05/failure-and-success.html

Oh, I was just reading youe blog - is't such a shame that you got that far and it frayed - the fabric you used was fab! At least you can put it down to experience and I bet you find another use for that lovely fabric. The skirt/shorts you made were beautiful - a great idea and they look so professional.

dizzytina wrote: »

Hi guys and welcome to our friendly thread fifi and copper:D

Kandi you look just like your mum (hope she is recovering ok too).

Bunny i love the skirt and leggings my little girl would love that!!

Here is a pic of a white vest top i altered for my little girl (to cover up a stubborn stain!)

I used the heart template from the Tilda springtime book which i bought yesterday (what a brill book!!)

This is lovely Tina, it has totally changed that plain top, I wish I had girls to sew for
Thanks for the kind words about Mum, she was really rough yesterday but sounded much better this morning when I called the hopsital. Off to see her again tonight - can't wait

Kandipandi

I don't know if I mentioned it on here, but I made the Cath Kidston bag from the book Sew. I made this a couple of weeks ago but was not too pleased with the handle so I altered it. More info on blog but this is what is was:



And this is it now:



Much better for me.

dizzytina

I love the bag Kandi its fantastic:T

Glad your mum is getting better i suppose it should get easier every day hopefully.

I have made a skirt for my little girl using the lazy days pattern posted on here a bit ago.



It was really easy and quick to do so i think i'll make some more for holiday:D that will save me a fortune in Next!!!.

there is a link to the tutorial on my blog here http://www.scratchycatcrafter.blogspot.com save anyone having to scroll back through past pages

hart44

Hi everyone

Love the change to your bag Kandi, so much easier to use :T
Thank you for the skirt reminder Dizzytina, I need to make one for my grandaughter

Hope everything is going well for you Pootle

Welcome to all who are new on here, we love to help and see what you are making

My sewing has come to a stop as Im still trying to get that pesky chest of drawers sorted I have had to give it 2 coats of undercoat and now just waiting for that to dry so I can do the top coat of paint.

I did try to make a bag yesterday but as usual I didnt take my time and it turned out huge lol so now turning it into a laundry bag for my daughter lol.

I will update my blog and you will see what I mean .

Georgiabay

Glad you're mum's feeling better Kandi.

Dizzy, I'm going to have to check my Dunelm out after seeing your great bargains.

My daughter should be bringing my sewing machine back tomorrow and I can't wait!

dizzytina

Ok just made my second lazy days skirt for my little girl but this time added some yoyo's and ribbon - think i'm going to get addicted to making these. this one took me less than half an hour (although i did have the yo yo's made already!) the tutorial is on my blog if anyone needs it.