The Sewing Room

loopychriss

ceebeeby wrote: »

Is it possible to patchwork both sides of a patchwork blanket - the reason I ask is that I don't know if I'll have a 'lining' sheet anywhere - although, I might have an old pair of curtains somewhere that I could sort of chop and shape if that makes sense???

Yes, you can patchwork both sides, but it would be a lot more work and might be difficult to quilt with all the thicknesses of fabric (thicker where the seams join). What a lot of people do is to sew 2 or 3 large bits together to make the backing. I've seen on lots of blogs the backs of quilts where they've done this.

I made a lap quilt for my mum for Christmas and backed it just with a fleece from Asda, cost me £2, and only 2 layers to quilt through!

Kandipandi

Ive been and borrowed many books from the library recently thinking that I would copy the bits i wanted but there was nothing in any of them that I liked at all - all seemed a bit dated IYKWIM.
I am not an expert, but have made curtains, cushions, altered clothes etc so am not a complete beginner, but I would like to make some different bits.

Im planning to sew for pleasure and not out of necessity, I am definately wanting to make some baby blankets like Stardrops made (they are wonderful!) and would like to make some handbags/purses/cushions and things I can give to others.

I have some christmas money left and I would like to get myself a nice book and some fabric with it - can you all tell me what your favourite sewing book is?
Thanks guys x

lellypants

zombiecazz wrote: »

How about this little project. It's for sewn slippers and here's the tutorial

nice to see anither craftster :j

wendall

Rummer wrote: »

Happy Happy Joy Joy my sew pretty homestyle book arrived today!!!! Now I have to read through decide what I want to make first and order some materials!

I ordered the 3 sew pretty ones, spring, homestyle and christmas and guess where i ordered them to be delivered? yes you've guessed work and we have been closed yesterday for inset day, today and tomorrow snow closure days and we might be off for the rest of the week if this weather continues. So i may have to wait till next week to get mine

stardrops42

Kandipandi wrote: »

Ive been and borrowed many books from the library recently thinking that I would copy the bits i wanted but there was nothing in any of them that I liked at all - all seemed a bit dated IYKWIM.
I am not an expert, but have made curtains, cushions, altered clothes etc so am not a complete beginner, but I would like to make some different bits.

Im planning to sew for pleasure and not out of necessity, I am definately wanting to make some baby blankets like Stardrops made (they are wonderful!) and would like to make some handbags/purses/cushions and things I can give to others.

I have some christmas money left and I would like to get myself a nice book and some fabric with it - can you all tell me what your favourite sewing book is?
Thanks guys x

It has to be the Tilda books especially if you just want to sew for pleasure and make "pretty" items for your home;) My favourite would have to be "Sew Pretty Homestyle" it's full of lovely items to make. Some are easy and some are a bit more of a challenge:D Think you can get it off Amazon now for about £5

Kandipandi

stardrops42 wrote: »

It has to be the Tilda books especially if you just want to sew for pleasure and make "pretty" items for your home;) My favourite would have to be "Sew Pretty Homestyle" it's full of lovely items to make. Some are easy and some are a bit more of a challenge:D Think you can get it off Amazon now for about £5

Yes!!! That is exactly the sort of thing I meant Thank You :T
Im gonna order one now!

yippee_kye_yay

ive just finished making my cushion!!
it was a no zip one and although the overlap on the fastening could have been a couple of cm's bigger (my cushions too fat!) im quite impressed with my self!

unfortunatley i couldnt do the design on it (the bow cushion on the prima site) as the voile i bought was too small, should have really checked the measurements lol!

now, what to do next......

deejane

Can I join in too.

I made a start today and made an apron for my friends little girl who is 4 tomorrow. Just a basic apron. I place the fabric on the ironing table and then put one of DS on top and cut round it. I'm very pleased with it, and hoping to make more.
I have so many more thing I want to make, from finishing off a quilted christmas wall hanging, so the person it was originally for, can have it this year!
I also want to make little pvc tote bags, fabric tote bags, baby quilts and so much more.
Plus I spend the other half of my time on the crafting forum, doing lots of crafts and making things too.

ceebeeby

I borrowed a couple of books from the library also today, jsut to get some 'how to start' ideas. The internet's fab, but I need the instructions written down in front of me as I'm going along.

I've just finished my 'timmy the sheep' knitted toy that was a Christmas gift, have also cross-stitched my Gran's bookmark that was a Christmas gift for her (but was too fiddly for her fingers), so making a reasonable start to crafting in 2010!

stardrops42

yippee_kye_yay wrote: »

ive just finished making my cushion!!
it was a no zip one and although the overlap on the fastening could have been a couple of cm's bigger (my cushions too fat!) im quite impressed with my self!

unfortunatley i couldnt do the design on it (the bow cushion on the prima site) as the voile i bought was too small, should have really checked the measurements lol!

now, what to do next......

I think we definitely need to see pics:D I'm starting to feel like I'm the only one with a camera:o:rotfl: