Does anyone else make their own clothes

Rikki

Measure the sarong you have and work out how much you would like adding to it, both width wise and length.

Plenty of info on sarong sizes CLICK HERE

Edit: Looks like their plus size sarongs are width 92" and length 44".

You would need to buy fabric 45" wide this would give you a hem allowance of 1/2 an inch top and bottom. (if you want it longer than that you need to go for wider fabric)
The amount of fabric you would need is 2 .5 meters would give you 97" round minus the hemming.

Personally I would go for 2.5 meters of fabric at 54" or 60" wide. (Plenty of seam allowance all round.)

homealone_2

hi thanks rikki thats really helpful, have 3 hospital appointments all in one day tomorrow so hoping i get some time to myself am hoping to pick up a remnant from somewhere thanks again

GemmaB78

Hello! I'm new to the thread (haven't read it all yet!) so apologies if I repeat what anyone else has said.

I've just started making clothes with an old Singer I picked up on ebay.

So far, I've only made the one item: a little dress for my niece's 1st birthday and I'm chuffed with it:

tryingreallyhard_2

Hi TomsMom,
I have very heavy curtains, all interlined, which I made myself. I have the Swish deluxe tracks and never had any problems with them (curtains have been up around 10 years).

There is some really useful info on the John Lewis website which may help with your decision. There are other types of track available apart from the plastic ones and one of these may let you hang the curtains in the higher position that you prefer.

Alternatively, have you thought about moving the header tape down the curtain a little bit? Might be too big a job but thought it worth mentioning.

TomsMom wrote: »

Thanks Mooloo. I've had a pole with rings in a previous house and thought about it with these pencil pleat headings but it wouldn't be the right look for this room.

I've asked in two shops. The first one didn't sell anything heavier than the Sologlyde for medium weight curtains and tried to tell me that would be OK. The second shop again tried to say Sologlyde would be fine but when we pointed out that it said medium weight on the packaging she said they could order track for the heavyweight ones but she thought they all were the same, i.e. gliders hang from bottom of track so you can only use the bottom pockets which means the curtains just cover the track but the heading doesn't stand above.

I think I'll have to concede defeat then and forego my little standy up bit above the track.

I did think about eyelet curtains as they would probably suit the room but we couldn't get a pole long enough and we were told the room is too wide for the curtains/pole to be supported by just three supports, i.e. the two ends and middle one.

Never mind, the curtains are lovely and wont be spoilt for the want of a certain type of track, it's just me being picky :rotfl: .

tryingreallyhard_2

Well done Gemma, that's a really pretty dress.

GemmaB78 wrote: »

Hello! I'm new to the thread (haven't read it all yet!) so apologies if I repeat what anyone else has said.

I've just started making clothes with an old Singer I picked up on ebay.

So far, I've only made the one item: a little dress for my niece's 1st birthday and I'm chuffed with it:

mambury

GemmaB78 wrote: »

Hello! I'm new to the thread (haven't read it all yet!) so apologies if I repeat what anyone else has said.

I've just started making clothes with an old Singer I picked up on ebay.

So far, I've only made the one item: a little dress for my niece's 1st birthday and I'm chuffed with it:

love the fabric.....where did you get it from????

Mambury

flea72

TomsMom wrote: »

I think I'll have to concede defeat then and forego my little standy up bit above the track.

you cant really have much standing above the track, as it tends to flop forward

i think the easist route would be to replace the header tape with an extra deep one, think its 6", that way you can use the lower hook placings, but the weight of the tape will hold the top proud

for heavy curtains i tend to go for poles, or metal tracks, as plastic ones do to tend to bend, but maybe putting in more wall fixings along the length, would help to support the rail

Flea

TomsMom

tryingreallyhard wrote: »

Hi TomsMom,
I have very heavy curtains, all interlined, which I made myself. I have the Swish deluxe tracks and never had any problems with them (curtains have been up around 10 years).

There is some really useful info on the John Lewis website which may help with your decision. There are other types of track available apart from the plastic ones and one of these may let you hang the curtains in the higher position that you prefer.

Alternatively, have you thought about moving the header tape down the curtain a little bit? Might be too big a job but thought it worth mentioning.

Thanks TRH. We have the Swish Deluxe in one of our rooms, that's how I know that with the normal tape for pencil pleat headings the gliders have to go in the bottom of the three pockets which makes the top of the heading flush with the top of the track. Our local shop tells us that all the tracks in their catalogue are the same whether plastic or metal. We picked up the curtains last week and at 3 widths each curtain and 100" long I can't face altering them - I can do smaller curtains but these are beyond me!

flea72 wrote: »

you cant really have much standing above the track, as it tends to flop forward

i think the easist route would be to replace the header tape with an extra deep one, think its 6", that way you can use the lower hook placings, but the weight of the tape will hold the top proud

for heavy curtains i tend to go for poles, or metal tracks, as plastic ones do to tend to bend, but maybe putting in more wall fixings along the length, would help to support the rail

Flea

Thanks Flea. I was just hoping to use the middle of the 3 pockets to give about 1/2" above the track as I like that look better but I realise it's not that important. It will probably be only me that notices, everyone else will think the curtains are so stunning they wont even think to look up to the top :rotfl: . They don't make poles long enough, we have asked and the width of the wall is just too wide so it's got to be track. Ditto above for why I wont be replacing the tapes.

Thanks both for your further thoughts. I'm off to the local shop today to order the track so hopefully the curtains will be up by the end of the week.

Savvy_sewing

Lovely little dress Gemma.
I am making a babies night dress today. I cut it out last night, but the light was not good enough to sew it.
The sun is out here so I am going to go out into the garden for a little while and do some weeding/watering of my veg patch. (THen I can justify time at the sewig machine. )
The post man has brought me some lace and elastic that I ordered off of our fav auction site. Having the lace etc makes me want to sew.. pretty little things.

Icey77

I was up bright and early on Saturday to go to Dunelm Mills, I was there for near on two hours :eek: I had a whale of a time chosing fabrics and other bits and pieces. I lucked out with a lovely sales assistant who was incredibly helpful especially when I told I was a complete novice and didn't have a cluedo about anything. I shall be going back in a few week to let her know how I did :rotfl:

I started with a cushion cover which I made a complete hash of, so much so I will be ripping it apart and shoving it in the remnant bag and starting again tomorrow. I spent most of yesterday getting a pattern sorted for the larger cushions, I expect to have it finished tonight and will cut the fabric out and will be ready to go for Wednesday.

So far, despite the aggravation of the crap cushion cover, I have really enjoyed messing about with the sewing machine and I will be starting to pattern match my blind material once I have finished the cushions. I could quite easily see myself getting caught up in this "making stuff" lark - I might even consider braving something clothing related after I have completed the blind!!!

Does anyone have any tips/advice for pattern matching?

Thanks
Icey x