The Sewing Room

pennib

Clicky thumbnail pics.



Made some more patches for the quilt

this is a close up of the middle bits that I'm handstitching



Slowly going in the right direction

PootleFlump_3

Tamster150 wrote: »

oh dear...

the Little Man had a play on the keyboard and managed to report some of your posts for spam! I have "unspamed" them but just to prewarn you incase you get a message from the techies! He is only 16 months, seems he knows more about the computer than me!

Sorry X

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Awww, bless him. Thats really funny!! :T

Lovely makes everyone! x

Emzy81

Hi everyone I will finally be able to join you all on here tomorrow :j Im getting a sewing machine, just the £60 argos value one but hopefully that should do me. If you don't think its ok please shout now lol

Can't wait to join to all, although I have 261 pages of this thread to read through :eek:

Quick question..what else do I need to buy when I get this sewing machine? Where do you all get your scraps of fabric from? Also I know I need thread but what type? Sorry these questions probably sound stupid
Im so excited but have no idea where to start

pennib

Forgot to add lovely pirate/tutu what a good idea.

Louise; I would go to your local library and have a look at the sewing books in there you and see if anything takes your fancy. They usually stock a good selection of lovely books - try before you buy!! Welcome to the thread by the way.

pennib

Emzy81; I have recently bought a Tesco £69 sewing machine and it does me fine. (hasnt got loads of fancy stitches or owt) In Llidl they did have boxes of assorted threads/needles and bobbins at only £3.49 a bargain so bought 3! Mostly for the bobbins which fit into the Tesco machine perfectly (only got 1 spare one with it) so now I dont have to keep messing about with colour changing on the bobbins. Also they had another box with scissors and other stuff which was also handy......the scissors I've found are quite sharp and does cut fabric really well. (bought 2!)
As for fabric pick up in charity shops/ebay/cut up discarded clothing!
Hope that helps

tiamai_d

I got my machine from eBay and it came with abox of threads, bobbins, spare needles, scissors and stuff.

And here for fabirc very much not top quality, but it is cheapest I have found so far and the delivery has been good for me. They accept best offers, usually 20% lower than the asking price if you are buying more than 1mt. Material will need washing first because it has a smell. But as I said, it's cheap and if like me you need a bit of practice, its good.

Emzy81

Thanks for the replies that sewing machine you got looks very good, I have some money on an argos card though so wanted to use that up,

but having doubts as to whether the argos value one is worth getting now lol, is having automatic stitches better than having manual stitches?

In your honest opinions which would you go for....

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/4602284.htm

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/4602318/Trail/searchtext%3ESEWING+MACHINE.htm

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/4602260/Trail/searchtext%3ESEWING+MACHINE.htm

Really need some help off you experts

shirlgirl2004

Emzy81 wrote: »

Thanks for the replies that sewing machine you got looks very good, I have some money on an argos card though so wanted to use that up,

but having doubts as to whether the argos value one is worth getting now lol, is having automatic stitches better than having manual stitches?

In your honest opinions which would you go for....

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/4602284.htm

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/4602318/Trail/searchtext%3ESEWING+MACHINE.htm

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/4602260/Trail/searchtext%3ESEWING+MACHINE.htm

Really need some help off you experts

If you really have to buy from Argos I'd go for the Brother machine as they normally come with a 3 year guarantee.

emzeebabez

Emzy81 wrote: »

Hi everyone I will finally be able to join you all on here tomorrow :j Im getting a sewing machine, just the £60 argos value one but hopefully that should do me. If you don't think its ok please shout now lol

Can't wait to join to all, although I have 261 pages of this thread to read through :eek:

Quick question..what else do I need to buy when I get this sewing machine? Where do you all get your scraps of fabric from? Also I know I need thread but what type? Sorry these questions probably sound stupid
Im so excited but have no idea where to start

Hellooo I've just followed your blog.. I only posted a few days earlier for help on machine picking too! (they have fab ideas on here dont they!) and it sounds like we have the same name too hehe btw all the questions youve asked in your posts was what I wanted to ask too so thank you :A
Em x

Emzy81

shirlgirl2004 wrote: »

If you really have to buy from Argos I'd go for the Brother machine as they normally come with a 3 year guarantee.

Lol im guessing its a bad idea to buy one from argos then