The Sewing Room

Sarahjovi

Hi Ladies,

I thought I better post something, as I keep coming here to see if anyone has posted as I haven't had an email notification...!

I have been busy this last couple of days making more felt covered hairslides and some more Crayon Rolls. I got some of the Crayon Fabric shown on here by Hart44 and have made 4 so far, to go onto my craft stall. I will take some pics later to show you.

I went out this morning to buy some crayons, would you believe I couldn't find any normal crayons in Toys R Us! The cheapest they had were glitter crayons at £2.99. I know they have some in hobby craft at 99p or Tesco at 99p (packs of 24). Anyone have any suggestions where to buy cheaper?

Cheers

Sarah:D

deborah64

I am after some of you wonderful peoples knowledge, the doors on my cupboard under the sink have seen better days and i have taken them off,:eek:
I am now thinking of putting a curtain across the space, now i have about 3 single duvets that my dds have out grown, would these be suitable to use, I' m thinking I could open them up and cut to size, then hem the top and thread curtain wire through, does this sound right?
Thanks all xxxxx

Errata

That sounds like a perfect solution. In the past, I've made kitchen curtains from suitable patterned bedsheets if I wanted a quick update for the kitchen.

amymac

deborah64 wrote: »

I am after some of you wonderful peoples knowledge, the doors on my cupboard under the sink have seen better days and i have taken them off,:eek:
I am now thinking of putting a curtain across the space, now i have about 3 single duvets that my dds have out grown, would these be suitable to use, I' m thinking I could open them up and cut to size, then hem the top and thread curtain wire through, does this sound right?
Thanks all xxxxx

Deborah I did this in my kitchen, except there never were any doors there in the first place, I chose to use fabric as I wanted to break up the run of doors and I like a 'country kitchen' style.

I used gingham to make the curtains then put tape and brass rings on the top. I put a bit of dowelling along the underside of the worktop and threaded the rings through it. That's all a bit more complicated than it need be but they work very well (and have been in place for quite a few years now).



If I had had spare duvets that I liked I would have happily made the curtains out of those!

23rdspiral

PootleFlump wrote: »

My photo uploads now working so here is my snowman teacosy.

Pootleflump!! he's adorable!!! :T:T

amymac wrote: »

that looks really good!

here's what i did a couple of years ago and still going strong:



to fill the 3 inch gap each side of my cooker i cut and hemmed some of a old sheet to size and put 4 metal eyelets in each and simply hung them off cup hooks on the underside of the work top. not totally perfect but simple and easy. good luck deborah64!

hart44

I have been sewing but Ive just not had the time to take the pics yet (I just dont know where the weeks are going ) but I will post them soon

Sarah, I had problems finding crayons too so I opted for the colour pencils other wise I would never done the crayon (pencil) rolls :rotfl:

Deborah, I mostly use sheet and old duvet covers for my sewing projects so they should be fine for curtains

Love the kitchens by the way (just wish mine was finished, I started 2nd wk of summer hols and its still not done ) I want to make some window curtains for mine

meggielo

Re: choosing a sewing machine...I'd go for a Brother machine every time. I absolutely love mine and when I upgrade (I can dream) it will be to another Brother. I have found their customer service to be second to none in the UK. Although I have heard bad things about Brother (US).

Over the weekend I made four Chritsmas stocking although only two are totally finished. Here are the finished two which are mine and my sons.


I also made a sock monkey (my first one ever) It came out pretty good for a first attempt and it has now been claimed by my 8yr old daughter:rotfl:I have two more in progress which are to hang out the top of my kids stockings on Christmas Day. I have ordered some eyes and am going to have a go with making the arms moveable. I'm not sure how this will work out yet but I'll keep you posted on the progress:D

Today I have completed an order for three bookmarks. Two were initialled to the customers requirements and the other is a Cath Kidston bookmark. I am very pleased with how these turned out and was also thrilled to get an order:D Thank you Teresa I really appreciate it. Here they are, a denim one for a young man, a brown/green striped one for an 50+ man and the CK for a lady.

Prudent

I am a complete newbie to sewing, but have been very inspired by the lovely ideas on the thread. Thank you everyone

I was wondering if I could ask for some advise?

I teach children with special needs I would like to make some story sacks and theme the material to the story. How much material will I need (I would like the sacks to be about half the size of a pillow case) and what do I use for a drawstring?

I would alos like to make some bunting. Does anyone have a link to a template or any tips?

Thanks

lindens

Prudent wrote: »

I am a complete newbie to sewing, but have been very inspired by the lovely ideas on the thread. Thank you everyone

I was wondering if I could ask for some advise?

I teach children with special needs I would like to make some story sacks and theme the material to the story. How much material will I need (I would like the sacks to be about half the size of a pillow case) and what do I use for a drawstring?

I would alos like to make some bunting. Does anyone have a link to a template or any tips?

Thanks

You've almost answered your own question - why not actually use a pillowcase? A few people on here have made lovely things out of pillowcases bought in the sales or from a charity shop

Tamster150

Prudent wrote: »

I am a complete newbie to sewing, but have been very inspired by the lovely ideas on the thread. Thank you everyone

I was wondering if I could ask for some advise?

I teach children with special needs I would like to make some story sacks and theme the material to the story. How much material will I need (I would like the sacks to be about half the size of a pillow case) and what do I use for a drawstring?

I would alos like to make some bunting. Does anyone have a link to a template or any tips?

Thanks

What sort of things will you be putting into the story sacks? At work we have hand puppets, board games and more books to go with that theme/story. So I know that half or even a pillowcase wouldn't be big enough for us. Ours are at least 60cm square, if not bigger, but they stay in school - I suppose they would need to be smaller if the students are taking them home.

I have found simple instructions for you here
http://thelongestyear.typepad.com/DrawstringBagInstructions.pdf

And ideas for story sacks here
http://www.storysack.com/sacks/list