The Sewing Room

sparklygirl1

At the moment I'm trying to sew an ice skating dress formy little girl. Not easy at all. We will see what happens, but without this thread I don't think I would be trying to sew this dress. Also I want to get sew a few dresses for my girl for our holiday. So if anyone has simple patterns or links to any please post.

Sparkly
x

in-the-beach-hut

Kandipandi wrote: »

Here is my first attempt at a book bag, thought I could use it to fold up and keep in my handbag in an attempt to stop using plastic bags.

I followed the instructions from here:
http://www.allaboutyou.com/craft/sewing-book-bag/v1



this is just to show you the size:

The stripey pattern is divine! :T Reminds me of a deckchair and chilling in the sun I cut out my material last night ready to have a go at one but haven't set the sewing machine up yet.... hopefully tonight. Where is your material from? Lucy x

dizzytina

Hi Everyone,

I have been been trying to recycle as much fabric as i can by using unwanted bedding/clothes and buying sheets from the charity shop:money:. However the time has come for me to buy some fabric and i want to do it online.

Where does everyone buy theirs from? Can anyone give me some good links that sell fabric at reasonable/discount prices?. I want to buy different types of fabric but don't know wher to start and what prices are reasonable.

Thanks

Kandipandi

In the beach hut - I thought the same as you, its quite summery in a beach kind of way.
I buy all my materials from a local fabric store in an industrial estate near work. This stuff was 50p for about 2m at 140 wide. I bought a load of these off cuts to make bags, makeup bags from so i can prob make these bags for about 8p cost.

Im sorry Dizzy, I have yet to buy fabric online so cant verify but this site was suggested by someone a while back:
http://doughtysonline.co.uk/clearance-lines/animal-prints/

hart44

I thought it was about time I put something on here that I made lol. I still have the back to put on the other cushion case but this one is now done (I just put a simple envelope back on it)
http://i906.photobucket.com/albums/ac266/hart4334/th_patchwork.jpg

It looks a bit orange as the lighting was a bit naff when I took the pic lol

loopychriss

hart44 wrote: »

I thought it was about time I put something on here that I made lol.

I love the colours you've used, very bright and sort of autumnal.... well done!

witchwoopiggy

I too like the colours hart44 well done

in-the-beach-hut

I just popped into asda to get something for dinner tonight on the way to work (TMI...?) and they had lots of their winter stuff on sale (hats, scarves, gloves, socks) so I bought loads for sock monkeys and other 'recycling'! Going to try and make clothes and accessories for my sock monkeys....

dizzytina wrote: »

Hi Everyone,

I have been been trying to recycle as much fabric as i can by using unwanted bedding/clothes and buying sheets from the charity shop:money:. However the time has come for me to buy some fabric and i want to do it online.

Where does everyone buy theirs from? Can anyone give me some good links that sell fabric at reasonable/discount prices?. I want to buy different types of fabric but don't know wher to start and what prices are reasonable.

Thanks

Dizzytina - nice one on the recycling. :T I tried that too then got sucked into buying from gorgeous online discount shops ! I bought my first fabric from ebay as people sell all sorts on there quite reasonably, but I've also had loads of samples that are brill. Terry's Fabrics (http://www.terrysfabrics.co.uk/) sends huge ones (about A4 size, and their material is quite cheap) and Laura Ashley also provide good sized swatches you could use in patchworking? Charity shops are handy for finding curtains to cut up! Good luck on your mission

PepPop

Alimarcle Your Goose and Chicken are fantastic :T:T:T
Dopey_Dora Love your quilt and tissue holders - very clever
Kandipandi love your book bag. Very pretty.

I have finally finished my gloves and have started to make a bag out of OH old denims. Not sure if i should include it here as there is no sewing involved. Its a woven rag bag. I like it so far so I'll maybe post a pic when I'm finished.

PepPop

hart44 Love your cushion.