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pennib

Suzy Stripes has come for a visit!

Savvy_sewing

pennib wrote: »

Here is Barry the Biker no2! He has lots of piercings...including a bellybutton and ear piercing....ouch. He has skull and crossbones and heart tatoo, a watch, chains and red hanky for greasy bikes! The back of his 'leather' has a picture of fire on it.

This is really brilliant! love it.!:T

danables

hart44 wrote: »

Love the biker monkey pennib, you make some wonderful monkeys
Ive not been sewing this week, I have been painting my kitchen cupboards instead (don't know why I thought I could get it done in a week )
I said I was going to put the back of my blue and white quilt on here for danables (sorry Im a bit slow this week )



I buy most of my duvets and pillowcases from the CS to make my patchwork quilts

brilliant! and very m.s.e of you well done:T

Savvy_sewing

genieuk wrote: »

I like using duvet covers I have bought a few from our thrift shop. I am using this one at the mo

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/9236923/Trail/searchtext%3EPATCHWORK.htm it has a nice
blue polka dot on the reverse side. so far have made doorstops, bunting and swim bag for DD3. Cheap way for me to buy
material and not so scared of making a mistake with it.

Oh thats a lovely cover.
Alas 99% of what I do is Recycling, but not bought new, usually I get things from friends, family, or the Charity Shop!

chasingsunshine_2

pennib wrote: »

Suzy Stripes has come for a visit!

This is beautiful!!! Ooooh I want to make one, mine wont turn out like this though

Savvy_sewing

chasingsunshine wrote: »

This is beautiful!!! Ooooh I want to make one, mine wont turn out like this though

They are great arent they. Now i have a couple of pairs of long striped socks, that could make a monkey. I shall have to look for the pattern. I remember seeing it somewhere on one of the Blogs. Just so many of them these days that I never remember where I saw what!

xxvickixx

I found this site while trying to see why the stitches on the underside of my fabric are a bit loose. I thought it was really good and easy to identify the problem. I don't think I'm threading my machine quite right as I don't lift the foot up, never knew I should!

http://www.picturetrail.com/sfx/album/view/22521551

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xxvickixx wrote: »

I found this site while trying to see why the stitches on the underside of my fabric are a bit loose. I thought it was really good and easy to identify the problem. I don't think I'm threading my machine quite right as I don't lift the foot up, never knew I should!

http://www.picturetrail.com/sfx/album/view/22521551

You will find that you can alter the tension on the dial on the front of the machine, usually, but also on the bobbin case. You can also make a difference with the Weight of the foot. There is usually a silver thing that looks like a nut and bolt at the top of the arm the foot is on. This can be pushed down to make it grip the fabric etc depending on the type of fabric that you use. The dogfeed also grips the fabric as it passes through between the foot and the plate.

Sorry, maybe I will have confused you with that. Wish I could do tutorials with pictures etc!
I will have to learn how to do all the technical stuff!! Sewing is easy. Machines are usually logical to work out. Its the computer and the photos that mess me up!!

xxvickixx

Thanks Mooloo.

The upper tension dial didn't make any difference at either extreme, so I think that it sounds feasible that the upper thread hasn't been going through the tension plates properly. I can't wait for DS to go to bed so I can have a play.

I've fiddled with everything and had given up, resigning myself to only making things where the underside doesn't show lol!

If it still doesn't work I will report back and see if anyone has any ideas.

xxvickixx

Pennib, I love your monkeys so much. I want to make one for DS, I'm thinking of doing a pirate with a bandana as that way I don't need to knit a hat (which I can't do). Where do you get the socks from and is there a link to a pattern?