The Sewing Room

danemi1

yay for your daughter - what a fab job she has done - I hope when she looks at it = it fills her with pride - she has done a great job!

hmo

hart44 wrote: »

He is beautiful :T your DD has great skills already Please tell her how great her sewing is from us here as Im sure the others will agree

thank you i will tell her in the morning

Prudent wrote: »

He is so cute! A big well done to your daughter

thanks

danemi1 wrote: »

yay for your daughter - what a fab job she has done - I hope when she looks at it = it fills her with pride - she has done a great job!

she has taken him to bed:)

pennib

Well done your daughter. The little monster is great. Do keep us updated on her projects. It's lovely when children are interested in making things with their hands and using their imagination with different colours etc.

Kaz2904

hart44 wrote: »

Hi everyone
I love the work that has been going on here :T

I have been to Norfolk at my mum's for the weekend I had a wonderful time, we went to loads of CB's and CS's so I have come back with loads of fabric I got a beautiful cream duvet with cream and gold embroidery on it and some Laura Ashley curtains

I got a lovely cross stitch book from a CS with loads of patterns to do in it, I love the alphabet section

This week I am going to be playing catch up with Kaz :rotfl: with the patchwork squares as my hand is so much better and I still have 3 weeks off work yet

Glad you had a lovely weekend. Now, when you get started, could you tie one of your hands behind your back please? I could do with the head start :D.
I have got multiple tabs open on my laptop with the next blocks in order so that as soon as I have a few minutes I can go on and start cutting the next block. When it's cut, I label it and close the tab. It's dawning on me just how much work I have left to do :eek:.

hmo wrote: »

well here he is the first project my dd (8) has done on her janome sew mini, we got it tonight threaded it up and off she went.

this is a monster kit that was free with sew hip, we had a few tears and in the chaos we forgot to sew on his ears, but i think she did great.




Next project to practice her applique skills is bunting for her friend jade with an initial on each flag:)

That is a VERY COOL first bit of sewing for your DD. I bet she's really impressed with herself. Patterns aren't that easy to follow are they?

MissPixie wrote: »

Oh dear if I must Silly thing is I am the one who rather like red although you would never guess looking at me with my bright red hair and our very very red bedroom! We are moving out this year so I will have fun covering our whole flat in homemade loveliness!

I have just spent 2 hours looking at fabric bundles and charm pack pondering which way to do it and there so much choice but I can't afford to have them all!

I wouldn't go for charm packs or anything like that. Yardage seems to be by far the cheapest way to buy fabric. If you are really desperate to have a large selection of types, how about getting some cotton shirts from charity shops? So long as you get each shirt for less than £2, you'll be about on par with yardage costs with the added advantage of having buttons to pop into your button jar

Had a quick squiz at the duvet cover last night and it also has buttons on it so we could make DS a button up shirt for his pyjamas. I think that this could turn into (yet another) massive learning experience for me!

rufusdog52

Hmo - well done to your daughter, that monster is brilliant, I bet all her friends would want one if they saw it xx

avstar

Prudent wrote: »

Please can someone give me some advice?

We are trying to make tote bags from the fabric in the photos above. The bags are being made from instructions in a recent edition of a patchwork magazine. There isn't a pattern, but it asks for the fabrics to be cut into different sizes of pieces. The lines of the cutting board could be seen through the pink spotty fabric. We can't see the lines of the board through the green and pink floral fabric. How do we cut it to the right size?

For now we have cut out some grease prove paper in the right sizes to make a kind of pattern.

Sorry for the silly question, this is all new to us!

Hi Prudent - I don't have a cutting mat (yet!) so I either make a paper pattern if its complicated or just draw on the fabric with tailors chalk if its simple.

HMO - oh my, the little monster is so cute! Your DD (and you!) must be v proud :T

irishgirl62

Bias tape maker arrived! Thank you so much Mooloo!:A

no sewing for me my back has gone and I am sooo cross i only bent down to pick something up and it went!! :mad: I am grounded and cant move

clairewop

Good Morning

Irish Girl sorry to hear about your back horrible isn't it??.

HMO love the monster, you have a very clever little girl.

I've just had a quick tidy through after having a Lie in . Still in my PJ's so going to get dressed after I have finished my coffee, then I'm getting the sewing machine out and having a go at sewing the jean bag, although I do not know whether the needle in the machine will sew throuigh denim.

Kaz2904

No, it won't you'll need some sturdier needles. You can pick needles up in Asda or other supermarkets but I don't know how fit for purpose they are. Maybe will tide you over until you know whether you're going to need more sewing done.
Am being dragged out shopping now but DH has Alice in wonderland with the freaky people to watch tonight so I'll carry on cutting out then.

tirlittan

Hello ladies (and gents if there are any out there)!

Just coming in for a bit of advice/ideas where to look for a sewing machine. I've started researching a bit but don't really know what I want/need.
Bit of backround/what I want to do. I used to sew clothes (shirts,skirts etc) when I was a lot younger (at school) but haven't ever owned a sewing machine and it's been a long while since I last used one. However, I want to get one and start doing clothes,bags, quilting and all sorts, so need a good all round machine that can sew heavier fabrics as well. The problem comes with how much I can spend - £300 at most I think, maybe could stretch to £350 if needs be. Not sure on the electronic/computerised thing as I don't know which is better. Just want something that is a quality product, will last and do all the different jobs I want it to do.

So, any ideas/ advise would be most welcome. Thanks a lot in advance.