The Sewing Room

genieuk

Lol know what you mean about training yourself. My daughter was even offered a cushion to sit on because she was left-handed how bizarre all to do with support and position. I wasn't even allowed to have my paper slanted to the right at school, the teacher would come up behind me and straighten it.

Tamster150

I was shown on my patchwork course to hold the ruler with "spider legs" not a flat palm - basically only your finger tips touching the ruler. Also stand up so that you are above the rotary cutter & always cut away from you, so that your weight is behind the cutter as the extra presure helps get a smooth cut. I Cant believe what a difference it made to my (self-taught) rotary cutting skills, although I still have to be careful as I tend to go bit astray towards the top of the ruler and end up having to go over the fabric twice. (and I am a rightie) I think maybe I am trying to cut too long a piece of fabric when this happens or it is too far away.

littleowl

Interesting comments - thank you.

Savvy_sewing

These are the pjamas that I made for my granddaughter from two adult pjamas tops!
Shes gone off to bed in them now.

Savvy_sewing

genieuk wrote: »

Lol know what you mean about training yourself. My daughter was even offered a cushion to sit on because she was left-handed how bizarre all to do with support and position. I wasn't even allowed to have my paper slanted to the right at school, the teacher would come up behind me and straighten it.

I got rapped on the knuckles with a ruler and made to write with my right hand. The left was the sign of the devil in you! so the nuns would tell me. :mad: Then when I was in the convent, boarding school and I had several nasty bouts of boils on my bum they also told me it was the devil trying to get out!! Must have been a lot of devil in me then :eek:
so now I write with both hands, but mostly right handed, have learnt to sew with my right, but everything else is still left.

shirlgirl2004

Mooloo wrote: »

These are the pjamas that I made for my granddaughter from two adult pjamas tops!
Shes gone off to bed in them now.

Love those Mooloo. Where did you get the pattern?

danemi1

awwww they are so sweet!

Savvy_sewing

shirlgirl2004 wrote: »

Love those Mooloo. Where did you get the pattern?

I didnt really have a pattern, I based it on some childrens trousers, and then I just came up with the top, made it up as I went along!.
So they are truely unique!

Tamster150

Mooloo The PJ top is really pretty - would make lovely blouse in a summery cotton. I love my boys to bits, but do wish sometimes that i had a girl to make for.

Savvy_sewing

Tamster150 wrote: »

Mooloo The PJ top is really pretty - would make lovely blouse in a summery cotton. I love my boys to bits, but do wish sometimes that i had a girl to make for.

I shall have to see about measuring the sleeves etc. As they were actually just two shapes left of the sleeves from the original PJ's cut out and lying on the table, and I thought....they look like they would fit as sleeves,,,,and hey presto they became the sleeves!

Agree about making for boys seems to be alot harder. They dont seem to have so many things that we can make that are pretty, they are all practical!!:D