The Sewing Room

pennib

The prize goes to Errata for trapunto, see got there in the end!

Lovely bags Mooloo, sold already thats brilliant.....hands off family!!

Danemi1; no its not driving me potty, yet. Got a load of sock monkeys to do for someone so can't get cracking on it. I've only just got into bright colours so it's something new for me to try. (and the lovely fabrics are sooooo juicy!)
Sorry cant help with the beanbag.

Dizzytina; no not following a pattern just looked on loads of blogs for a bit of inspiration and then doing my own thing.

Errata

My first MSE prize :j And for something I learned about at convent school several centuries ago. Education is a wonderful thing

pennib

notsorichandnotsofamous wrote: »

I see you have all been very busy again Ladies and what wonderfull things you have been making.
I made this bag yesterday

I just need to adjust the strap slightly as it is higher on one side than the other
and this one I made today


The one I made today was made from a couple of teatowels I got from Dunelm for about 25p each,the lining is made from a Hobbs pillowcase I bought from a cs and the inner pockets from the emergency bundle I bought from fabric rehab.

Deb

They are stunning you are clever. Cant believe that one's made from a teatowel. :TDoes anybody actually wipe up with them :rotfl:So two bags for next to nothing very MSE :A

pennib

Errata; It's funny how obscure things stick in your mind from centries ago!

Georgiabay

Love all the bags, the bird and the applique cushion.
Everyone's been so busy; it's great seeing the photos.

danemi1

notsorichandnotsofamous wrote: »

I see you have all been very busy again Ladies and what wonderfull things you have been making.
I made this bag yesterday

I just need to adjust the strap slightly as it is higher on one side than the other
and this one I made today


The one I made today was made from a couple of teatowels I got from Dunelm for about 25p each,the lining is made from a Hobbs pillowcase I bought from a cs and the inner pockets from the emergency bundle I bought from fabric rehab.

Deb

I looked on here rather blearily eyes and my mouth dropped open - how has someone got a picture of my bag - eh - what - then saw your s was lined with gingham whereas my one is plain rose pink - we must have similar taste hun - I have done one in exact same green fabric - clarke and clarke from Dunhelm - just havent had time to finish it one little bit on it before loading on here - such good taste hun - will post piccie when things are quieter - kids are about at mo x

notsorichandnotsofamous

danemi1 wrote: »

I looked on here rather blearily eyes and my mouth dropped open - how has someone got a picture of my bag - eh - what - then saw your s was lined with gingham whereas my one is plain rose pink - we must have similar taste hun - I have done one in exact same green fabric - clarke and clarke from Dunhelm - just havent had time to finish it one little bit on it before loading on here - such good taste hun - will post piccie when things are quieter - kids are about at mo x

Can't wait to see your piccies Danemi,
When I started the first one I honestly didn't think it would turn out so well,I don't usually have much paitience but the bag is just so easy peasy to make !

moneysavinglaura

Hi All,

I've just bought some fabric, a nice fabric border, lining and interlining so that I can make a stab at creating curtains and was rather hoping for some advice.

It has not started well given that I have only bought enough fabric for one curtain and not a pair. Atleast that way I can only mess up one today!

Anyway, I'm trying to decide whether I need to sew a little hem in all the sides of the fabric beore I start to prevent it from unravelling. Particularly, the border that I'm about to sew. Should I hem the end of the border first before I sew it on given that the edge of the fabric will be on show.

The problem is that I don't know any of the terminology so I can't even explain the other option which is to sew it the wrong way up and then turn it over so that the edge of the fabric is NOT on show.

I sound quite clueless don't I?!

Rikki

LINED CURTAINS INSTRUCTIONS This should help.

Basically your lining is not as wide as the curtain fabric. Make up as a tube and turn right side out. This leaves a 2" border of the curtain fabric on the inside edge. Hem and add curtain tape.

Tete_en_l'Air

Hi ladies, haven't been keeping up too well with the thread as I've been moving house and we don't have internet yet, so having to sneak my webby antics in during work! Just wanted to pop on and show you some bunting which I made for my friend's birthday, was very quick and easy, I'm definitely going to make some for myself one of these days!




Oh I'm sorry - it's huuuuuge! And blurred! More details and pics on my blog - *CLICK*

Hope that house moving and sorting will be much calmer after the weekend so I'll be able to get more sewing and internetting done and keep up a bit better!