The Sewing Room

hmo

i bought my machine from then in the summer i ordered it one afternoon it arrived the next morning.

they sell on tv too

Chillout5892 wrote: »

It's a real company, been there for years. I used to pass Coopers on my way to school. My mum was a dressmaker doing piecework from home and they used to service her machines. Coopers have been going for decades.

I'm going up to Finchley when I get a car and I hope to pick up a dress form. I don't know anyone who does decent one cheaper.

I would highly recommend them. Although my experience of them is as someone who used to live locally.

genieuk

pennib wrote: »

That bag is gorgeous, I would still use it for autumn. I couldn't bear to put it away till next year

Thanks for the lovely comments once again. I have been using the bag to be honest as still nice & sunny here.

I have a lovely friend who goes round telling everyone that I have made
it or some others I use as well.

The material is once again from a duvet cover that I bought from Primark.

cuddles123

Hi hmo and welcome.

Tutorial for the Sewing Tidy is here

http://sewmamasew.com/blog2/?p=765

Look forward to seeing pics when you make one.

Emzy81

Im slowly getting through all these pages just wondered if anyone has any tips and maybe links for some easy beginner things to make please?

and genineuk I can't wait until I can make a bag like that its gorgeous

and the cat door stops like cuddles123's and pootleflump's

but think I need something very very basic to start with!

cuddles123

Emzy81 wrote: »

Im slowly getting through all these pages just wondered if anyone has any tips and maybe links for some easy beginner things to make please?

and genineuk I can't wait until I can make a bag like that its gorgeous

and the cat door stops like cuddles123's and pootleflump's

but think I need something very very basic to start with!

Try a Crayon Roll - good practice for cutting and sewing straight lines

http://chocolateonmycranium.blogspot.com/2008/04/crayon-roll-tutorial.html

Or a Tissue Holder

http://www.skiptomylou.org/2008/09/02/3383/

Emzy81

cuddles123 wrote: »

Try a Crayon Roll - good practice for cutting and sewing straight lines

http://chocolateonmycranium.blogspot.com/2008/04/crayon-roll-tutorial.html

Or a Tissue Holder

http://www.skiptomylou.org/2008/09/02/3383/

Thanks that tissue holder looks nice and easy will pop into a charity shop and buy some old clothes and then give it a go!

Emzy81

Im so sorry to ask another question but im having problems knowing what a 'good' price for fabric is. Would you buy fat quarters? is about £2.25 a good price for a fat quarter....just seemed expensive to me or am I being cheap and probably underestimating the size of it.

Just been having a look on ebay for it

shirlgirl2004

Emzy81 wrote: »

Im so sorry to ask another question but im having problems knowing what a 'good' price for fabric is. Would you buy fat quarters? is about £2.25 a good price for a fat quarter....just seemed expensive to me or am I being cheap and probably underestimating the size of it.

Just been having a look on ebay for it

That's about average for a fat quarter but I don't buy them because they are expensive compared to buying a metre of fabric. I did buy a few when I started sewing but most of the time a FQ just isn't enough material.

Emzy81

shirlgirl2004 wrote: »

That's about average for a fat quarter but I don't buy them because they are expensive compared to buying a metre of fabric. I did buy a few when I started sewing but most of the time a FQ just isn't enough material.

Yeah I was thinking it probably wouldn't be enough....off now to look at metres of fabric lol! thanks for your help

amymac

Emzy81 wrote: »

Im so sorry to ask another question but im having problems knowing what a 'good' price for fabric is. Would you buy fat quarters? is about £2.25 a good price for a fat quarter....just seemed expensive to me or am I being cheap and probably underestimating the size of it.

Just been having a look on ebay for it

Emzy this is basically a yard of material that is about 44" wide divided into 4 pieces to give four fat quarters. Each 'fat quarter' will be 18 inches long by 22 inches wide. So at £2.25 that makes it equivalent to £9.00 a yard. The term seems to be mostly associated with patchwork but of course if you were making little items it is a way of only buying small amounts of one pattern.

I tend to buy by the metre and I personally would only pay that sort of price per metre for something very particular, but of course if you see a fabric you just gotta have....