The Sewing Room

hmo

Georgiabay wrote: »

I've made a patchwork padded glasses case this morning. When I was making the patchwork I thought it looked good but after sewing it up and you can see less of it, I think it would have been better if I'd used blue or green cotton instead of black to make it show up more.

it looks great

hmo

genieuk wrote: »

Take one broken picture frame courtesy of OH
scraps of duvet cover,pieces of fleece blanket, some ribbon and buttons
and voila



The pocket is handy (but also because I ran out of buttons).

it looks great well done

tiamai_d

Lovely stuff girls!

I love that notice board thing (I forget the name my head is full of enzymes). I think DD may need one

Quick question. I have an old coffee table that I am making into a seat by covering with foam and material (won some stunning shantung silk but may use velvet instead). What thickness of foam would you use? Would you double the fabic or line it with something? I'll be making a matching throw for the bed, 2oz ployester wadding okay? And what to back it with? Thank you

Finefoot

hmo wrote: »

my little girl has a couple of these bears and some clothes the last outfit we bought was £10 for a skirt and tshirt, i have managed to make a simple dress but wondered if anyone knew where i can find a pattern to make some more clothes.

My DH gave one of these to our niece, I have one of the dresses here. perhaps if I cut you a basic pattern to use, you could then adapt it?
pm me if you want to do that.

genieuk

tiamai_d wrote: »

Lovely stuff girls!

I love that notice board thing (I forget the name my head is full of enzymes). I think DD may need one

Quick question. I have an old coffee table that I am making into a seat by covering with foam and material (won some stunning shantung silk but may use velvet instead). What thickness of foam would you use? Would you double the fabic or line it with something? I'll be making a matching throw for the bed, 2oz ployester wadding okay? And what to back it with? Thank you

It depends I suppose on how thick/comfy you would like the seat if you look at other seat pads you can purchase some are quite thin. I would go for something a little bit thicker personally ( I have a boney bum lol).

genieuk

Thanks everyone the noticeboard is for my youngest DD but she shares with her sister who doesn't like pink, hahahaha.

Georgiabay

meggielo wrote: »

Loving the patchwork glasses case. Do the glasses slip in the end?

Yes they do. I had a go at making a closure using a metal tape measure. You press the edges to open it like this :

Georgiabay

When I went to the cb the other week I got some lilac ric rac. There was a lots of it on one of those cards that they have it on in shops and it was only 50p.
Today I've used some of it to make this drawstring bag:

LJM

they look great georgiabay

hmo

Georgiabay wrote: »

When I went to the cb the other week I got some lilac ric rac. There was a lots of it on one of those cards that they have it on in shops and it was only 50p.
Today I've used some of it to make this drawstring bag:

great well done