The Sewing Room (part 2)

Savvy_sewing

PixieDust wrote: »

I can chalk up another failure on the knicker front. I was going great guns until the elastic, as usual, and I managed to sew it on wrong. Again.

Perhaps elastic and I are not destined to be bosom (bottom ) buddies!

Is it too tight or too loose?
Sew it on with a zigzag stitch.
Take the measured amount you want, sew it together in a circle. Find the divide lines at half then quarter distance and pin.
Stretch the elastic between pins as you sew. Hopefully that will help.
Perhaps I need to get a camera and start demos on line.

Savvy_sewing

http://youtu.be/Qa1D_9DA4lE
Try watching this one Pixie

PixieDust

Thanks Mooloo, will do! Going to Birmingham rag market later this week, might buy a metre or two of cheap jersey to practice with, I have run out of old t shirts!!!! I can get some elastic too.

Eta, have watched it, thank you will def try again, it's the elastic that's foxing me but I shall not give up!

Eta again, tomorrow I hope to have a go at making a pvc replacement trolley bag for my trolley.......the bag went proper mouldy in the shed and hubby threw it out, but I have found some thick, pretty pvc and I have a walking foot (and a leather foot, now I come to think of it) so nothing ventured nothing gained and all that.

PixieDust

Trolley bag done! aAnd it didn't cost me anything......very mse!

Savvy_sewing

PixieDust wrote: »

Trolley bag done! aAnd it didn't cost me anything......very mse!

Well done.
My Russian Lady came for her first lesson today. It was difficult to speak slowly, clearly and using basic language and signing!!
But we got there.
She's coming back next week so that's good.

The rest of the day wasn't so good as I only managed to sew for about an hour due to constant interruptions. Tomorrow I wasn't going to go to work but I will need to at least spend an hour or so shortening some curtains before I go and help my mum find out why her programme won't upload on to her embroidery machine anymore.

PixieDust

You do keep yourself busy, Mooloo

Savvy_sewing

PixieDust wrote: »

You do keep yourself busy, Mooloo

The upside ( or down) of turning your hobby into a business.
I managed to do the curtains yesterday.
Today I had the luxury of shortening 7 pairs of trousers, a dress and a pair of net curtains. Let out a Chinese dress, and closed the slit a bit.
Then I had to stop to take my little girl to the doctors. But briefly went back in as I left my phone there, and ended up sewing on the embroidery machine "Thankyou Maureen & Ken" and a little picture of green flowers for an old lady who wants to make it into a cards
For the leaders of their Evergreen Club. Apparantly the club is closing.
Then a quick black pleather badge ready to sew on to a jacket that has a hole in it.
Tomorrow I have a leather dress to shorten, a headband to make out of the leather ( the mind boggles), and three pair of trousers to fix for the same person, then three heavy jackets zips have to be replaced.
There is more to do but I doubt I will get it all done tomorrow.

PixieDust

How did you get on with all your tasks Mooloo?
I didn't do any sewing today but I did buy some fabric yesterday and sorted out a pattern that I want to try for a dress. I bought a cheap polycotton print to practice on and then a more expensive fabric to do it properly. She says, optimistically......

Savvy_sewing

I had a busy one.
I managed to do the leather dress and headband, shortened two pairs of trousers, repaired the fly in another. Then I did two of the three replacement zips, mended two ripped school Blazers. Psyched a man's trousers on the back pocket. Repaired s rip to a trouser knee. Took in a fancy dress costume, put hanging tabs on a throw.
Served customers and something else I can remember

PixieDust

I need to shorten a pair of jeans.......should I bother trying to do it using the method where you keep the original topstitched hemline or should I just chop 'em off and double fold under to hem? Is it worth the effort if trying the other way?