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hart44

hmo wrote: »

Ive finished the second quilt, i will see both girls next week so all i have to do now is wrap them and put a card with them.

if i get any time i may make a small string of bunting too.

Wow! that is beautiful :T well done Hmo

mitziliz

Hi Miss Pixie i have applied to join FB, I am mostly a lurker and love every ones makes on here. My name is Meryl

handsewn

Sarahjovi wrote: »

Sounds like a knitting loom to me... Have a look at this website, http://www.loomroom.com/knitting-looms.html it has some instructional videos on it!

Cheers

Sarah:D

THANK YOU! I managed to get the loom working. Feeling daft that I just didn't search for a 'knitting loom' to find out what it was, but I fancied my new gadget probably had a stranger sounding name!

To who asked about the Cath Kidston book...it is marvellous isn't it? definately the best sewing project book that I've bought in a long time. If you didn't like Cath's prints, I think it would still be very useful. I made the needle case from the book and I'm starting on a bird mobile!

In other news, the Moda scrap bag arrived and I cannot recommend them enough. Tons of gorgeous material strips that could be used for so many things. There is no way I could afford to buy this fabric in it's usual form.

I have realised that I find this forum style a little hard to keep up with and I end up getting muddled up with all the posts. I am more suited to messages being posted 'blog' style, I think I just find it hard to concentrate on so many posts at once. Would love to be able to comment and be helpful to everyone who posts. Alas

Loving the patchwork blanket a few posts up, I hope everyone has a lovely weekend!

MissPixie

Love the patchwork quilt it is such pretty colours

No sewing for me at the moment as we are at OH parents till monday and I have spent 12 hours reading harry potter (woops) lol so I didn't even get any embroidery done. I really want to make a bag to take on our honeymoon when I get back but I don't know if I will have time as I still haven't found a pattern I like enough and I have so much to do for the wedding now that it is silly.

hart44

Just a quick hello
I have been a bad girl :rotfl: I gave in and brought the bag making template from Creat and Craft it is for the tote bag.

I will let you know how it goes when it arrives
Happy weekend everyone

Savvy_sewing

Well I have risisted visiting any charity shops, or surfing around for fabrics on Ebay or the web. I am determind to sort out what i have first.
There wont be any sewing done now until Monday when DGD is in the Nursery for the morning.
Any fabrics etc that I want to keep when Biggest comes over to help, I will probably have to justify to her, what its for. Then if I cannot it will have to be listed for sale or something.! I think I may have to forgo some of the dress fabrics if anything. Although Biggest knows that my sewing is important to me. It is more likely the mending pile that will be attacked, and the other clothes that I have horded for upcycling.

Somewhere I have a few books on working with a Serger/overlocker. Mostly written by americans I think, but I will look them out, and see what they are called. I am useless at remembering which is which. I do have the one about making thinks in stretch fabrics, think its by Wendy. Could lend them to you if you want for a while. Remind me on Monday if I havent mentioned them again.

Right time to make a move.

hmo

handsewn wrote: »

THANK YOU! I managed to get the loom working. Feeling daft that I just didn't search for a 'knitting loom' to find out what it was, but I fancied my new gadget probably had a stranger sounding name!

To who asked about the Cath Kidston book...it is marvellous isn't it? definately the best sewing project book that I've bought in a long time. If you didn't like Cath's prints, I think it would still be very useful. I made the needle case from the book and I'm starting on a bird mobile!

In other news, the Moda scrap bag arrived and I cannot recommend them enough. Tons of gorgeous material strips that could be used for so many things. There is no way I could afford to buy this fabric in it's usual form.

I have realised that I find this forum style a little hard to keep up with and I end up getting muddled up with all the posts. I am more suited to messages being posted 'blog' style, I think I just find it hard to concentrate on so many posts at once. Would love to be able to comment and be helpful to everyone who posts. Alas

Loving the patchwork blanket a few posts up, I hope everyone has a lovely weekend!

ive had a moda scrap bag in the past i think i still have some fabric left they are good mine was the birdie range i made bunting from some of it on my blog

hmo

hart44 wrote: »

I have just got back from work and my OH went and got the overlocker and all the bags of fabric
In one bag is a big length (not sure how much yet) of lace, she said it was left over from when her mum did bride dresses and a bag of fringing, every colour you can think of I can't wait to use it now but it will have to wait till Sunday

I have no idea how to use an overlocker so something I will have to look up

Hope everyone has a great sewing day tomorrow and will catch up Sunday

well done on the fabric and overlocker i got one free lat year from freecycle, did you get a manual.

they can be temprmental i had mine serviced and it was worth it as it runs a dream and sounds alot better than it did, also i got some tips from the guy who did it.

its still a beast though! mines a Huskqvana Husylock they guy said it was a seriuos piece of kit:)

hmo

MissPixie wrote: »

Love the patchwork quilt it is such pretty colours

No sewing for me at the moment as we are at OH parents till monday and I have spent 12 hours reading harry potter (woops) lol so I didn't even get any embroidery done. I really want to make a bag to take on our honeymoon when I get back but I don't know if I will have time as I still haven't found a pattern I like enough and I have so much to do for the wedding now that it is silly.

my little girl isnt into HP but went to a party with an HP theme recently so my cousin lent me some of the books.

Ive read philosophers stone, chamber of secrets and am on the prisoner of azkaban and the next one i have is a big thick book cannot remember the title just now.

MissPixie

hmo wrote: »

my little girl isnt into HP but went to a party with an HP theme recently so my cousin lent me some of the books.

Ive read philosophers stone, chamber of secrets and am on the prisoner of azkaban and the next one i have is a big thick book cannot remember the title just now.

-goblet of fire
-order of the phoenix
-half blood prince
-deathly hallows

They get thicker!

I am reading the deathly hallows at the moment because I never read it *slaps hand* I am nearly finished because I spent all day yesterday reading but I am off to the market and dunelm this morning so I can't finish it till this afternoon Who would have thought I would have rather been inside reading than out shopping for crafty stuff!?