The Sewing Room

Kaz2904

Once again, good advice from mooloo .
My friend at work kept hinting last night that her daughter would love a dress like I made DD. Trouble is, I'm not really confident enough to offer to make her one and I know that she wouldn't want to pay even cost price for the fabric. I shall think on and see. Her DD's smaller than my DD and the shirring has still brought up the dress quite loose so I might have a play with the other thin elastic I got from ebay to see how fine that comes up and how far it shrinks it. I also wanted to see what happened with the shirring elastic if I stiched a zigzag stitch with it. That's all for another day though. I have an hour before I go to work so I might see if I can get another block or two cut out. Try to catch you all later or tomorrow.

Savvy_sewing

I have a blister on my middle finger from cutting out too much. Must be the way I hold my scissors. Dont remember that happening to me when I used to sew day and night. But then it was 20 odd years ago.
Oh well.

rufusdog52

Mooloo - thanks for more advice on the selling, I have printed out the ebay receipts for things that are still on there. I need to get myself a book in the week and I can tot down other things I have bought that I dont have receipts for still. I have been reading through your homepage and am following you now xx

Savvy_sewing

rufusd!!!2 wrote: »

Mooloo - thanks for more advice on the selling, I have printed out the ebay receipts for things that are still on there. I need to get myself a book in the week and I can tot down other things I have bought that I dont have receipts for still. I have been reading through your homepage and am following you now xx

Well there isnt much on there! I am still learning and still spend most of my computer time on here.!
I have posted a picture of the ties and bag made yesterday now.
Re the advise, thats not a problem. Just hope I am not trying to teach people who are more qualified then me, to suck eggs so to speak.
You could keep your information on a spreadsheet on the computer. Then it will even be able to do the maths for you!
Although I am still a paper and pencil person a lot of the time.

rufusdog52

Well its all new to me Mooloo thanks. All tips are really appreciated as I would never have thought of half of what you have told me already. Just had another look on your blog, those ties look good dont they. I still have a box full up in my room that I havent even started on yet. Was thinking of unpicking them and ironing them flat or something so they are not so thick. I cut out two bags from the vinyl this afternoon, need to order some more magnet closures as havent got any left, though I might see how much they are in my local sewing shop first, I am sure I saw them in there the other day. Need some of those zip things to that go in the zips you buy by the metre. I have quite a bit left over from other things but no pulls left.

hmo

nuttywoman wrote: »

So, the footmuff on grandaughters pram that we keep here was looking tatty, fabric plucked etc, so i unpicked the turn down part, cut it off and added some pirate fabric.I then added the same fabric all around the edges .Hope you like it ! lol

thats fab well done

pennib

Nuttywoman; The baby is going to be a rocker, with that pushchair. Fab way to re-fresh a pram. :j

Rufus; Congrats on selling your first item in your shop. Bet you were thrilled. :T

Here is my finished quilt at long last. (more piccys on me homepage) It's taken 9 months in all.

hmo

Mooloo wrote: »

Well there isnt much on there! I am still learning and still spend most of my computer time on here.!
I have posted a picture of the ties and bag made yesterday now.
Re the advise, thats not a problem. Just hope I am not trying to teach people who are more qualified then me, to suck eggs so to speak.
You could keep your information on a spreadsheet on the computer. Then it will even be able to do the maths for you!
Although I am still a paper and pencil person a lot of the time.

love the weaving with the ties i did some weaving last week and made a mat for my overlocker to sit on.

well done

hmo

pennib wrote: »

Nuttywoman; The baby is going to be a rocker, with that pushchair. Fab way to re-fresh a pram. :j

Rufus; Congrats on selling your first item in your shop. Bet you were thrilled. :T

Here is my finished quilt at long last. (more piccys on me homepage) It's taken 9 months in all.

it looks fantastic and what an achievment well done

clairewop

Mooloo the tie wave looks good would make a fab front for a cushion.

Pennib that quilt is fantastic