The Sewing Room

nuttywoman

stardrops42 wrote: »

Just ordered 2 books from Amazon all about using new and recycled fabrics to make new items, can't wait until they arrive:j
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0715328581/ref=ox_ya_oh_product
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1584797584/ref=ox_ya_oh_product

I keep pondering on buying the 1st book ? let us know what its like when it arrives :j

nuttywoman

stardrops42 wrote: »

I've got the same 2 books:D I love them, so far I've made an angel (minus the wings:D) a dressing gown angel for my friends bathroom and some scented strawberries. I love these, they smell gorgeous and take no time to make. I Just added a few drops of strawberry oil(the stuff used for candle making) I sit or hang them from radiators and they smell divine and look so pretty:D



In the Tilda book she puts a few of theses strawberries in jars, I would love to receive something like that as a gift, would be great for xmas. Maybe change it to a cranberry and add a christmas scented oil, just a thought :0)

Yours have turned out beautiful, i plan to make the bathroom angel as well for my friends birthday in feb :j

parapusher

Great to see a sewing thread - I mean to get my sewing machine out a lot this year, as I have loads of fabric from when I made quilts several years ago.

donquine wrote: »

Has anybody spotted any fabric bargains online?

I like Doughtys online for fabric. They also have roadshows where there are usually lots of bargains. see:

http://doughtysonline.co.uk/roadshow-diary.html

mummy2mygirls

Count me in aswell. I dont have a sewing machine just yet but am looking for one to buy - just dont know where to start!!

To start with i am wanting to make some bandana style bibs for my little girl who is constantly dribberling at the moe and also was thinking about a taggie for when this baby is born!! Have some material for the bibs but at the moe im not looking forward to making them with my hand and want to get the machine first.... will go on at dh till i win

Next christmas i would love to also make some presents so looking forward to getting some ideas.

any one have any dos and dont when it comes to buying a new machine??

craftgirl1960

I would love to join this thread, I'm hoping for a very MSE New year!
I purchased a sewing machine last year and I've only used it the once, I would love to start some projects.

jollymummy

Rummer - my pal made me one of the Prima chickens for Easter last year and it's fab!!! I'd take a photo but my son has borrowed it so it's probably at the bottom of a toy box - harumph !! I used a really easy pattern to make some Xmas chickens, which went down well.
Some great ideas on here already.
I have a little Etsy and a Folksy shop and try to use recycled fabric for my stuff. My hubby has a sharp right knee that seems to go through his jeans every three months, so I make a lot of pincushions, brooches and bags from denim
I also use a lot of my 4 year olds outgrown clothes as he grows so quickly !!!

jollymummy

mummy2mygirls, I'm after machine advice too

tootallulah

I have spent today putting my fabric stash in order and enjoying planning what i could make...............it never gets to actually making much though so this thread is a God send to make me get off my bum and get sewing.

Tonight I am cutting out a dress to go over trousers using some lovely viyella which I probably bought twenty years ago.

I have also found a huge bag of scraps so perhaps a quilt will be in order too. I must stop buying fabric it's like an addiction.

WillowMuse

mummy2mygirls wrote: »

Count me in aswell. I dont have a sewing machine just yet but am looking for one to buy -

any one have any dos and dont when it comes to buying a new machine??

jollymummy wrote: »

mummy2mygirls, I'm after machine advice too

If you are a newbie, I would stick to just a basic machine like me, I got mine from Argos about two years ago, and when I do use it:rolleyes: It does what I need it to, it cost about 99.00 then and is a jerome one, I think someone stated on a ealier post that argos have one for around 80.00 now.....hth

rosalie-lavender

tootallulah wrote: »

I have spent today putting my fabric stash in order and enjoying planning what i could make...............it never gets to actually making much though so this thread is a God send to make me get off my bum and get sewing.

Tonight I am cutting out a dress to go over trousers using some lovely viyella which I probably bought twenty years ago.

I have also found a huge bag of scraps so perhaps a quilt will be in order too. I must stop buying fabric it's like an addiction.

Fabric buying addiction...hmm yes that sounds a bit like me. I have two boxes in the loft, three cloth bags in my sewing room and two baskets full of fabric. I also have a box of fabric still boxed as it was delivered, that I haven't had time to find a home for yet.

I have some dresses and trousers cut out but it all got abandoned when I rashly promised to make my daughter a ballgown to wear when she sang in her latest school show. She has a lovely ballgown but I have a pile of bits still waiting to be sewn up.