The Sewing Room

In_Search_Of_Me

yay top and back finished so now just need to baste which Im going to do on church floor tomorrow because its massive! Spent ages trying to find my basting machine but luckily under the bed!

irishgirl62

wendym wrote: »

How did you manage you get half price please? It's only showing 10% off for me.

I do not need more patterns..I do not need more patterns

:rotfl: :rotfl:

when i clicked the link, on left side there is a link that says sewing patterns it shows you the half price ones ,... i got two :-) I am now looking at this site http://www.sewingpatterns.com they do them in downloadables too

pamperedprincess

I didn't need any patterns either but 6 fell into my cart and I felt obliged to pay...............:o

Thanks Irishgirl - I'm £20 worse off now;)

By the way, I'm from the same part of the world as you, I'm in Bangor, you?

rufusdog52

ISOM - I like the door stops, good idea for using up scraps left over.

Finished my third top (pic on blog), thats all of them done for now, the fabric for all three came to less than £20 so well chuffed. I have loads of the brown and gold left so might make another one in a different style out of it save wasting it. Have cut out a skirt in the butterfly fabric, made one yesterday but didnt get it all straight (was rushing it and didnt tack or anything just to see how pattern would come out) so starting again. Might get a bit done later, but have lots of other jobs need doing today as going out to Hobbycrafts with my son tomorrow. Looking forward to that as havent been for ages.

nykied

I'm going finally to get up the courage to make a dress. I've bought a sheet from a CS and I was going to make the voile (or whatever it's called, the dummy run!) out of that. Do I need to or should I just crack on with the real fabric?

irishgirl62

pamperedprincess wrote: »

I didn't need any patterns either but 6 fell into my cart and I felt obliged to pay...............:o

Thanks Irishgirl - I'm £20 worse off now;)

By the way, I'm from the same part of the world as you, I'm in Bangor, you?

6???:rotfl: I am in bangor too!

pamperedprincess

Hi Irishgirl. Small world! Yes, 6 patterns - mostly for bags and sewing room accessories although I ordered one to make summer tops for my daughter.

Where do you buy fabric etc? We are a bit hard done by here. Apart from Craftswomans Fabrics we haven't much choice really. Spinning Mill/Wheel isn't great, Paragon has gone downhill - mostly satin and extremely bright coloured netting.

MissPixie

PootleFlump wrote: »

MissPixie not sure if this is any good for you

http://mariskavos.nl/blog/index.php?op=ViewArticle&articleId=21&blogId=1

Thanks
I had a look at the one already and I might use it if I can't find anything else I was looking for more of a '3d' one if you get what I mean but I seem to be failing in finding one so I might have to do that one and alter it's face a bit and make it much bigger

wendym

nykied wrote: »

I'm going finally to get up the courage to make a dress. I've bought a sheet from a CS and I was going to make the voile (or whatever it's called, the dummy run!) out of that. Do I need to or should I just crack on with the real fabric?

If you are a reasonably standard shape and have chosen a simple pattern I'd be inclined to use the real fabric. When cutting out, remember that you can easily take in a dress that's too big, but if you cut it too small you're stuck. I have always been too impatient to use a toile, but I can see that it could be a confidence booster, or a Horrible Object Lesson that spares you making mistakes on the real thing.

PootleFlump_3

Finally started my adventure into patchwork. Here is the front of a cushion Im making. Got a few queries about it which Ive put on my blog if anyone wants to pop over and help me!!