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hart44

irishgirl62 wrote: »

I am going to make a bag its been one my to do list (never made one before) can anyone tell me what size of the magnetic closure to get?

I fell in love with this fabric, and I really want a bag made with it! http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190529758588&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT#ht_1954wt_1057

I use 18mm magnetic fasteners when I make my Amelie bags and it seem fine for that size I have also used them for the Buttercup bags

jonty Im sorry I can't help you as Ive never sharpened pinking shears I brought mine off ebay cheap and I was given a better quality pair

PootleFlump_3

Jonty,

Got this (below) from web (I thought tinfoil would do it but thought I best check before I posted!)

Fold a large piece of tin foil into multiple layers. Cut repeatedly through the foil, using the entire length of the blades. This will temporarily sharpen the shears.

Cut a sheet of sandpaper. Using the entire blades, not just the tips, make numerous long cuts. The sandpaper grain must be extra fine, or it will cause further damage. Rough sandpaper will pit and scratch, rather than sharpen, scissors.

hart44

PootleFlump wrote: »

Jonty,

Got this (below) from web (I thought tinfoil would do it but thought I best check before I posted!)

Fold a large piece of tin foil into multiple layers. Cut repeatedly through the foil, using the entire length of the blades. This will temporarily sharpen the shears.

Cut a sheet of sandpaper. Using the entire blades, not just the tips, make numerous long cuts. The sandpaper grain must be extra fine, or it will cause further damage. Rough sandpaper will pit and scratch, rather than sharpen, scissors.

I have heard about that method Pootle but my brain is on holiday this morning :rotfl:
I am getting so fed up now I want to sew all the projects and ideas I have but still have to behave for a bit longer

hmo

jonty03 wrote: »

Hi, not sure if this is the right place to ask but I wondered if anyone knew how to sharpen an old pair of, what I think are called, pinking shears (zig zag scissors)?
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try cutting them through several layers of good quality tin foil

hmo

sorry pootle, didnt see your reply above.

PootleFlump_3

hart44 wrote: »

I have heard about that method Pootle but my brain is on holiday this morning :rotfl:
I am getting so fed up now I want to sew all the projects and ideas I have but still have to behave for a bit longer

You poor thing. Wont be long now until you are back up and running again. My sewing machine is still MIA so Im not doing any either

jonty03

Good morning :hello: and thanks for all your replies, I will try them.

I'd like to be able to use the scissors as they were my mums and it's nice to think I can make use of something that she used to use a lot.

I've never really done any needlework (had a bad experience with a nightie at school when I was 12 and it put me off sewing ) but I have been 'volunteered' to help with some small craft items for a fair. We're trying Lavender bags and I said I would cut the nice, fancy zig-zaggy edges, if someone else did the sewing.

Thanks again

irishgirl62

hart44 wrote: »

I use 18mm magnetic fasteners when I make my Amelie bags and it seem fine for that size I have also used them for the Buttercup bags

jonty Im sorry I can't help you as Ive never sharpened pinking shears I brought mine off ebay cheap and I was given a better quality pair

Thank you hart... one more question i just looked on ebay and there is thin and thicker fastrners... would i be better going for the thicker one?

hart44

jonty03 wrote: »

Good morning :hello: and thanks for all your replies, I will try them.

I'd like to be able to use the scissors as they were my mums and it's nice to think I can make use of something that she used to use a lot.

I've never really done any needlework (had a bad experience with a nightie at school when I was 12 and it put me off sewing ) but I have been 'volunteered' to help with some small craft items for a fair. We're trying Lavender bags and I said I would cut the nice, fancy zig-zaggy edges, if someone else did the sewing.

Thanks again

I was like you Jonty I hated sewing at school and never had the time to bother again till last year when I found this thread
Im now adicted to sewing and getting withdrawls at the moment but until my hand is better Im stuck

Hope everything is going well for you Pootle and hopefully you will be back to your sewing

hart44

irishgirl62 wrote: »

Thank you hart... one more question i just looked on ebay and there is thin and thicker fastrners... would i be better going for the thicker one?

Hi these are the ones I use http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Magnetic-Bag-Fasteners-18mm-Nickel-x-10-sent-1st-Class-/170589870556?pt=UK_Crafts_Sewing_Supplies_MJ&hash=item27b7f2d9dc

The seller is fast and friendly and Ive had no probs with the fasteners

I always iron a small sqaure of interfacing on the wrong side of the fabric where the snap is going to give it a bit more strength