The Sewing Room

cuddles123

Hippychick wrote: »

I made this yesterday as a Christmas present for MIL. It's a scrap bag holder so a bin for threads and also has a pin cushion and magnet for needles. She sews a lot so hopefully it'll be useful.

Love this idea - did you follow a tutorial?
Exactly what I need when I'm sewing.

cuddles123

gingerandrubarb wrote: »

think i may need to ask the wish fairy for your model then :rotfl:if he tested it and it works on all those materials and for quilting then it's a goer in my book :j keep us updated though as it would be interesting to hear what you think of using it also hunny x

Have sewn a chenille sock to make a sock monkey tonight. Took about 6 minutes and was sooooooooooo easy.
Really stretchy loopy material and no problem at all.:beer:

Plan to try fleece, which is notoriously difficult to sew, and also make curtains - sewing on tape will mean going through 3 thicknesses of fabric and 2 thicknesses of tape in places, so a good test.:)

Have also tried out all the different stitches - brilliant
Just need to read up on blind hems etc to use them.:p

gingerandrubarb

cuddles123 wrote: »

Have sewn a chenille sock to make a sock monkey tonight. Took about 6 minutes and was sooooooooooo easy.
Really stretchy loopy material and no problem at all.:beer:

Plan to try fleece, which is notoriously difficult to sew, and also make curtains - sewing on tape will mean going through 3 thicknesses of fabric and 2 thicknesses of tape in places, so a good test.:)

Have also tried out all the different stitches - brilliant
Just need to read up on blind hems etc to use them.:p

post pics, would love to see the little guy/girl, i think i may try :cool: one tomorrow now, i will post pics even if it looks like a blob :rotfl:
How cute would a sock monkey be using the Minky super soft fabric... :j or theirs also this ebayer http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220654231589&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT its a yard of multi dot Minky type material for only £1.99 the seller is away until the 5th but im hoping she/he relists it then :T as i want it for my xmas taggy blankets for the kiddies x

Georgiabay

Pooky, your curtains look great. I love how you've used the different sized ginghams.

PootleFlump_3

gingerandrubarb wrote: »

Sorry if this seems silly but what is the difference between an 'overlocker' and a 'sewing machine' i hadn't heard of an overlocker until 3 weeks ago

An overlocker finishes ends and seams off and has a blade that slices off the excess material (thats the non technical explanation!)

shirlgirl2004

gingerandrubarb wrote: »

post pics, would love to see the little guy/girl, i think i may try :cool: one tomorrow now, i will post pics even if it looks like a blob :rotfl:
How cute would a sock monkey be using the Minky super soft fabric... :j or theirs also this ebayer http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220654231589&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT its a yard of multi dot Minky type material for only £1.99 the seller is away until the 5th but im hoping she/he relists it then :T as i want it for my xmas taggy blankets for the kiddies x

I love minky too, that listing is just for fleece though. Minky is also sold as Velboa and the cheapest I have found is here .

LJM

hippychick thats a great idea and a lovely pressie

pennib

Triple trouble mini monkies!

LJM

pennib your monkeys always make me smile they are so cute

SEGGA1986

I love your sock monkey's pannib,Are they very hard to do? Im a newbie to sewing but would love to make these for my kids and nepthew for xmas,Also do they have to be a certain type of sock ie adult?? :think:

thanks xx