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The Sewing Room

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  • hart44
    hart44 Posts: 1,610 Forumite
    I love your bag hmo :T
    chocolate well done on your passport holder, it looks great :T love the little rose :D I was looking at how to make them last night, they are so sweet :D

    Ive not done any thing today (well just hemmed some fabric ready to make a curtain for my ceiling to floor shelf unit)
    Getting myself sorted 1 day/1thing at a time :) and Love sewing :)
    "Sewing fills my days,
    not to mention the living room, bedroom, and closets."
    ~ Author Unknown
  • PootleFlump_3
    PootleFlump_3 Posts: 1,110 Forumite
    HMO your bag is fabulous and Chocolate your little passport holder looks great - well done you!!
  • nykied
    nykied Posts: 951 Forumite
    Does anyone have a link for making the flowers on that fabulous passport cover?

    That bag's fab, hmo! Don't suppose you have a link for the pattern? Not the Union Jack stuff, obviously, but I love the shape of the actual bag.
  • There's some video tutorials on youTube if you put in 'fabric roses' in google. I wasn't sure what glue to use so put a few stitches in the one I made as I went along, thought it would help it stay together when being thrown around in my handbag! Thanks for your comments, it's encouraging x
  • hmo
    hmo Posts: 1,213 Forumite
    Hi, I hope you don't mind me dipping in. I find it hard to keep up with the speed that you all turn out your fabulous makes! Am still finding my feet in this sewing world. My auntie very kindly has lent me her sewing machine to see how I go, have made this passport cover
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    topstitch doesn't look that brilliant in photo but generally pleased with it overall!

    it looks great well done
  • hmo
    hmo Posts: 1,213 Forumite
    nykied wrote: »
    Does anyone have a link for making the flowers on that fabulous passport cover?

    That bag's fab, hmo! Don't suppose you have a link for the pattern? Not the Union Jack stuff, obviously, but I love the shape of the actual bag.

    i didnt use a pattern i just worked it out myself its kind of like the buttercup bag but bigger

    main fabric 15.5 x 7.5inch
    top piece 13.5 x 2.5
    lining & interlinning 13.5x 9.5
    handle 23 x 3

    1/4inch seam all round and add 2 x 1/2inch pleates on front main fabric to bring it back to 13.5

    for the curved bottom i used a rotary cutter round a small side plate
  • nykied
    nykied Posts: 951 Forumite
    Thanks for the info hmo!

    Does anyone know if I can use a rotary cutter on glass? To cut through fabric, not glass, hehe...
  • oh_muggy
    oh_muggy Posts: 35 Forumite
    I just want to sing the praises of my old sewing machine. It's a Singer 201k and was made in 1953. It only does a basic straight stitch but will go through any thickness of fabric like a hot knife through butter. I make dog hoodies and some of the fabric I use is very thick, I 'killed' my last 2 sewing machines making them. I can recommend the 201k to anyone wanting a basic machine.
  • nykied
    nykied Posts: 951 Forumite
    Dog hoodies???
  • PootleFlump_3
    PootleFlump_3 Posts: 1,110 Forumite
    nykied wrote: »
    Thanks for the info hmo!

    Does anyone know if I can use a rotary cutter on glass? To cut through fabric, not glass, hehe...

    It will blunt your blade Nykied and probably mark the glass too. :)
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