Awesome April's NSD Challenge!

cathybird

It's 10/15 for me.

bloomfelt

cathybird said:

Well done doingitanyway and bloomfelt Bloomfelt, learning to sew is an incredibly useful thing, I have thought on and off for years about learning how to do it properly. I only sew in a really basic way. I do darn socks, very badly, but enough to hold them together. One of the reasons landfills are so full of cheap discarded fashion is that people no longer sew.

I don't think i will ever be able to make my own outfits which is the reason i bought the sewing machine in the first place but i give up too easily at the first hurdle so time to change that for the better i think

MoneysavingmadGem

bloomfelt said:

cathybird said:

Well done doingitanyway and bloomfelt Bloomfelt, learning to sew is an incredibly useful thing, I have thought on and off for years about learning how to do it properly. I only sew in a really basic way. I do darn socks, very badly, but enough to hold them together. One of the reasons landfills are so full of cheap discarded fashion is that people no longer sew.

I don't think i will ever be able to make my own outfits which is the reason i bought the sewing machine in the first place but i give up too easily at the first hurdle so time to change that for the better i think

Take a simple pattern to work through, you will be surprised what you can do. Take time to prep it, cutting and tacking together take the time but getting this right helps in the long run!

A no spend day on sat for me, but yesterday (Sunday) I was tempted to online shop!!!! Pair of flip flops on the way, but were in the sale! In need of a pair as I only have 1 pair a year, threw out last years which I'd had for 3 years and worn through so I'm verifying the purchase as a need but still wasn't a nsd! 

doingitanyway

9/16 for me please cathybird

cathybird

April

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April results

bloomfelt 9/20

Butti 2/20

cathybird 10/15

delta13 5/20

doingitanyway 9/16

Dottles1 7/20

Honeysucklelou2 3/11

jammy dodger 8/18

karenccs67 6/18

kathy40uk 2/18

MoneysavingmadGem 9/15

Money Choices 6/15

Optimistic Saver 3/25

shopaholicnumber1 1/25

short bird 9/15

SuperSavingD 6/20

TrushTush 4/25

Van Girl 7/15

ALL WELCOME TO JOIN!

cathybird

Well done doingitanyway and MoneysavingmadGem

cathybird

MoneysavingmadGem said:

Take a simple pattern to work through, you will be surprised what you can do. Take time to prep it, cutting and tacking together take the time but getting this right helps in the long run!

I often get repairs done at the dry cleaner's (jeans worn at the knee etc) but have often thought it would be useful to be able to do it myself. They do a really good and professional job and it's cheap considering, but even so. It should be quite simple, I would have thought. Maybe not? One of these years I'll get a sewing machine and try it. I used to sew decades ago so would probably remember the basics.

Van_Girl

doingitanyway said:

I really wanted a physical weekend paper, some nibbles and some milk but I'm going without the milk, reading the paper online and sod the nibbles. Claiming my 7th NSD

I miss having an actual paper to read. Just isn't the same on my phone. But I just can't justify it

Adding Sunday and today as I won't be doing anything else today other than house bits and bobs. Brings me up to 9/15! Hope everyone has had a nice Easter weekend and managed to get a bit of sunshine 

Honeysucklelou2

Good Friday/ Easter Saturday & Easter Day were all NSDs bringing the total to 6/11.

bloomfelt

MoneysavingmadGem said:

bloomfelt said:

cathybird said:

Well done doingitanyway and bloomfelt Bloomfelt, learning to sew is an incredibly useful thing, I have thought on and off for years about learning how to do it properly. I only sew in a really basic way. I do darn socks, very badly, but enough to hold them together. One of the reasons landfills are so full of cheap discarded fashion is that people no longer sew.

I don't think i will ever be able to make my own outfits which is the reason i bought the sewing machine in the first place but i give up too easily at the first hurdle so time to change that for the better i think

Take a simple pattern to work through, you will be surprised what you can do. Take time to prep it, cutting and tacking together take the time but getting this right helps in the long run!

A no spend day on sat for me, but yesterday (Sunday) I was tempted to online shop!!!! Pair of flip flops on the way, but were in the sale! In need of a pair as I only have 1 pair a year, threw out last years which I'd had for 3 years and worn through so I'm verifying the purchase as a need but still wasn't a nsd! 

I will start off with just figuring out how to thread the machine  have bitten the bullet and bought a couple of fat quarters - hoping that will motivate me to actually make a start now i have spent some money. my step daughter wants to make headbands having looked on pinterest for ideas so hoping that will be fairly easy.  
In this weather having one pair is definitely essential even just for the garden