The Sewing Annexe

prudent_princess

Welcome aboard silly rabbit!

Have a look around the internet or try sewing4dummies on the internet for ideas (as i said in an earlier post) or the ones that others on here have mentioned. I am just browsing Alllaboutyou right now.
I cant post the link....sorry.

I think when I first started I had an old hanky (but clean!!) and I practised on that. Looked a right mess when I had finished!!

Good luck!!

tigerfeet2006

sillyrabbit wrote: »

Hi all! I'm new to sewing, and got given a sewing machine plus a lovely box of accessories for Christmas - can I join you so I can get some inspiration? I've made a couple of bits already after a kind person on freecycle donated various fabric offcuts to me, but I'm not sure what to do next. I want to do small things that are quick to make to start with!

What I realised I have is a massive box of odd socks - any suggestions of something to make out of them (not sock puppets!)?

I've also started a blog just to show the things I'm making - can I post it here, or is it not allowed?

You can't post a link on open forum but you can put it on your profile as your homepage so when any one clicks on your name they have an option to view your homepage. I might actually try to do that as well when I get a quiete five minutes.

sillyrabbit

I've added the link to my profile so if anyone fancies checking out what I've made so far on my machine (not much!) it's there.

I have decided, after reading the declutter thread, to properly declutter my very messy and very small house; the final aim of this is to have enough space in my bedroom as a sewing corner. The space is there, I just need to get the mess sorted in order to get a table in that I can store my machine on! I've got a lovely sewing box already, and a stash of weird odds and ends of material in an ottoman in my bedroom already, so I just need to get it all organised properly following the declutter so I can easily just sit there and sew when I want to :-)

prudent_princess

sillyrabbit wrote: »

I've added the link to my profile so if anyone fancies checking out what I've made so far on my machine (not much!) it's there.

I have decided, after reading the declutter thread, to properly declutter my very messy and very small house; the final aim of this is to have enough space in my bedroom as a sewing corner. The space is there, I just need to get the mess sorted in order to get a table in that I can store my machine on! I've got a lovely sewing box already, and a stash of weird odds and ends of material in an ottoman in my bedroom already, so I just need to get it all organised properly following the declutter so I can easily just sit there and sew when I want to :-)

Well done!!

prudent_princess

Had a look at your homepage silyrabbit! It looks great!

loumac

Has anyone else seen the ad for the new quilting magazine? The quilt looks gorgeous but I bet not many people read the small print that says ... complete in 90 issues, normal price £3.99. I make that £359.10 to make the quilt!! :eek: Anyone tempted ... :rotfl:

Justamum

loumac wrote: »

Has anyone else seen the ad for the new quilting magazine? The quilt looks gorgeous but I bet not many people read the small print that says ... complete in 90 issues, normal price £3.99. I make that £359.10 to make the quilt!! :eek: Anyone tempted ... :rotfl:

NO :eek: It would be cheaper to buy a normal quilting book and a pile of fat quarters. For £359 you could make a load of quilts.

They bring out magazines like this every year don't they? One year didn't they have a model of some kind which would have cost hundreds of pounds to make.

loumac

Don't worry, I was definitely being sarcastic - It is crazy! I bet most people give up half way through as well!

miffy257

Found some lovely things on this site .
http://www.themotherhuddle.com/top-sewing-tutorials/
I love the 'fat quarters dress' might try that for my little niece. my daughter goes back to Uni on friday and I can reclaim my sewing room.:j

tigerfeet2006

Oooh! niiice! thanks Miffy.