Any great ideas? I am sewing!

[Bathsheba]

Another surprisingly easy project is fitted sheets... making your own sheets can be very cost effective... especially for cots as they can be very overpriced IMO.

[HotI]

Another surprisingly easy project is fitted sheets... making your own sheets can be very cost effective... especially for cots as they can be very overpriced IMO.

Or, if you have double bed sheets that have a rip in one spot, but the rest are still ok, use the material to make single/cot sheets.

[mbear]

Hi there..

I recently bought a sewing machine too - whislt i sewed at high school i needed to get back to basics....i also made a apron, and some cushion covers - very easy. I also made my DD's some library bags for kindy - dead easy.
Ive recently ventured into little girls dresses and skirts......beware, its very, very addictive !!!!!

[Danni]

would love some more ideas and some site recommendations for tutorials etc?

I have two square cushions where the overs have stains so I would love to sew some new ones but have no idea where to start!

[luna moth]

Tissue box covers. Everyone laughs at me when I say this, but then they see mine and it all changes. I bought this really beautiful satin with a large floral print on it, and it is sooooo pretty.
Cloth bottom wipes are really easy too, or hankies.

Or just come on over and help me with one of my million projects

[helle]

I failed textile classes with flying colours, but I'd love to learn to sew too. Make all my own clothes would be so much easier than trying ti find things in the shops!

Things for kids you could make, doona covers, pillow cases, curtains are fairly easy! I don't know if kids have them now, but when I was in primary school we had library bags to keep our books in that were home made! You could make other little bags as well for the kiddies to keep things in! Even bigger draw string bags to keep their clothes in when they have sleep overs? And smaller matching ones for toiletries etc...

If you want to learn the nitty gritty stuff you could go to Spot Light (dunno if you have that over there) or a craft shop and sometimes they hold classes and teach you different things, and possibly teach you how to use all the fuctions on your machine as well!

[mbear]

Google Living Creatively...they have some great tutorials on their site.....all free of course.