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essexgal

Tamster150 wrote: »

Yay - I have a blog

Would welcome any comments - improvements, any glaring mistakes like my details on show to the world are welcome

and you now have a follower...:D

Love the polka dot cards - also love red & sparkles....:rotfl:

Looks good to me Tamster


essexgal

shirlgirl2004

jcr16 wrote: »

i was gonna ask this. as i been looking at ebay for some and there so many. i don't want to waste my money and buy a pair which won't be very good.

Fiskars are good and expensive but I bought mine on Ebay for the price of a much cheaper pair.

artydoll

Georgiabay wrote: »

artydoll, that is so cute with the opening. I like the icecream ones too. How do you do the ice cream bit?

Thanks for your comment ,
to do the icecream bit you make a long white sausage of fabric ,roll polyester stuffing in as you sew up the long sides together,then roll into a cumberland sausage shape and stitch by hand ,catching each layer of the roll as you go round it tuck the end into the middle and secure with little stitches .
Then attach the icecream bit securely to your ready made and stuffed "cone".
Dont know if you can follow my not too great instructions .Ill try to put up some drawings to help if you want.

artydoll

Tamster150 wrote: »

Yay - I have a blog

Although no sewing on there yet

Would welcome any comments - improvements, any glaring mistakes like my details on show to the world are welcome

Looks good to me ,better than mine was,lol.
you now have your first comment and another follower...............

PootleFlump_3

Tamster150 wrote: »

Yay - I have a blog

Although no sewing on there yet

Would welcome any comments - improvements, any glaring mistakes like my details on show to the world are welcome

Your blog is great Tamster. Much better than my attempt!:)

I know I havent really been sewing much recently or posting much either but Ive changed my blog about a bit to make it (hopefully) look a bit better. If anyone gets the chance can you have a look at it and let me know what you think. I was trying to put in post dividers but cant get it to work so will need to make do with what I have until I figure it out! Still lurking in the background and loving everyones makes. :T I will be recommencing my sewing again soon I hope! Hope everyone well. x

natc

Good evening!

Someone mentioned (think it was Essex Girl) on shabby chic thread today about getting free swatch samples from John Lewis - I think its great! Ive just ordered some now, and also found a few other sites that offer free swatches - you all prob know about this anyway - was just excited! Has anyone made anything from swatches received? Someone mentioned that some can be so small that you cant use them for anything....i was thinking of making little purses or something small like that for my niece to play with if nothing else.

PootleFlump_3

Hi Natc,
I got the John Lewis swatches and loads from another company (linkie is on this thread somewhere) and have made a few pincushions and also made a make up bag by cutting squares from the John Lewis ones and sewing them together. Photo on my blog. Also posted a photo on here somewhere showing all the swatches Id got. There were loads of them! Great for making little projects.

natc

PootleFlump wrote: »

Hi Natc,
I got the John Lewis swatches and loads from another company (linkie is on this thread somewhere) and have made a few pincushions and also made a make up bag by cutting squares from the John Lewis ones and sewing them together. Photo on my blog. Also posted a photo on here somewhere showing all the swatches Id got. There were loads of them! Great for making little projects.

Cant wait to get them!!!! I shall check out your pics :T

jtz

Think some of you might like this:http://www.channel4.com/lifestyle/media/images/content/week_2.pdf
Guide to make drawstring leather bag-looks really easy and don't think you need the machine
HTH someone

artydoll

Just added a tutorial for this icecream pin cushion to my blog ,if anyone is interested.
thanks.