Any great ideas? I am sewing!

[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.

[sconeonamission]

what about patterns? I'd love to make some clothes for me and ds, maybe even dh. I have a spotlight down the road, but are patterns expensive? are there ones on the net? An Apron would be awesome!

ANY pattern really! Fitted sheets would be an awesome idea coz I can't find (or afford) a fitted sheet for ds' king single bed

[Mother Goose]

I make a lot of quilts. I've just finished sewing Christmas Decorations for Christmas Gifts (they turned out pretty well!). My next project is some toys and possible a mobile.

How does one make a slip dress? My DD is obsessed by dresses and I promised to make some skirts/dresses.

MG

[HotI]

what about patterns? I'd love to make some clothes for me and ds, maybe even dh. I have a spotlight down the road, but are patterns expensive? are there ones on the net? An Apron would be awesome!

ANY pattern really! Fitted sheets would be an awesome idea coz I can't find (or afford) a fitted sheet for ds' king single bed

I think spotlight had a free pattern for an apron advertised recently. It was one you picked up from in store.

Lincraft also has patterns in store you can pick up. I have seen one with the measurements for bedding sheets and doona covers. You can always measure one you have and work off that (with seam allowances).