Wow ryatha, you make some gorgeous things :) :shhh: The only thing is a reference to ordering and buying your products in the really early posts, the breast pads in particular
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Wow ryatha, you make some gorgeous things :) :shhh: The only thing is a reference to ordering and buying your products in the really early posts, the breast pads in particular
Thanks Beema - I'll go back and change those now,
Maz - did you check out the curtain fabric? The lighter ones might have something you like
Oh wow Audax, your wedding dress is just gorgeous!! You clever thing :D
Beema- I have the same stripy flanelette material that's in the first pic of your first album. I love it, it's so bright. Made some burp cloths out of it but don't know what to do with the rest of it!
Started on my door snakes today, I think this thread inspired me (and that i would like to get them done before winter is over!). Cut out material for two of them, but I either need to buy more material or find some in my collection that is suitable and large enough. I need two for the double doors in the dining room and our bedroom but the material I have isn't long enough. Thought about making two small ones for each door but I think it might look silly? The material I have is cotton drill in four colours - bright pink, bright yellow, bright green and bright blue.
Great stuff ladies. Pity the gallery here is not working, I would love to post some of my stuff.
MY main project at the moment is finishing off the girls costumes. I have done all the machine sewing and now just the hand sewing is left. They don't need it for awhile so I can take my time now and see if I can add some embroidery to some of pieces.
ss_storm ~ I made a cover for DD's change mat out of what I had left of it, put some microfibre on the inside to absorb any unsuspecting wee's and just some while fleece on the otherside, I should have maybe put a waterproof backing but in the end the mat it goes over is waterproof. And it just slides over with long pieces of elastic to keep it firmly in place :D
Gotta love spotlight fabrics, I was hunting for a rainbow strip flannel all of winter last year in pastel tones (they had the bright ones) couldn't find it anywhere, I eventually found it in January at a new store and it was of $3 a m, I was in heaven and bought about 5m :lol: going to make sheets and hopefully some PJ's for DD :D
Ohhh the constumes sound great Astrid, do you have a photobucket account or something like that you can uplad them to? I thought the gallery here was working again, or maybe it is just that the link is back...
Im a lazy sewer. Or rather, I had sporadic bursts of energy and motivation.
So a challenge would possibly be just the buttkicking I need.
My main love is patchwork and quilting, Its very difficult when you are a perfectionist bordering on OCD though, because if its more and 1mm out, I unpick it. :redface:
Well, no thats a lie.
My main love is FABRIC. I have boxes of it. fat qurters, 1/2 metre lengths and charm squares mainly at the moment plus metres of bamboo, velour and flannel. I only have one box to go and I can gradulate to a wheely bin - you know like the ones for the garbage :)
I buy old clothes and sheeting at op shops and unpick everything to use it in patchwork too.
So....tell me about this challenge
Arcadia - I love the bag! It looks great! :)
Very cute flares wysiwyg :)
*beema* - I have seen your pics on FB and your creations are just gorgeous!
maz - I like the idea of a challenge, but I'm not sure if I'd finish something in a month :rofl: I'm too slow because I'm such a n00b at sewing. But I will give it a red hot try!
Audax - I bought a pattern the other day to make myself a dress (have never made one before) but I just haven't found the right fabric yet. I want something soft and flowy that's not clingy with a bit of a pattern on it. I LOVE your wedding dress and am super impressed that you made that!
ryatha - oooh another blog to follow ;)
Pandora - that IS a lot of fabric! :) I'm interested in getting into quilting as well. When I was in Spotlight the other day, I actually looked at buying a rotary cutter and ruler and mat, but had no idea what size or shapes to get, so I left it. Any advice?
eta: this is the only thing I've made so far
I wont tell you guys how much fabric ive got then will i :redface: Ive spent close to $2000 int he last 2-3 weeks (granted some of it is for work).
Ry - Ichecked out the curtain section...found some gorgeous fabric and thought....of foot rug for the end of the bed...hmmmm challenge coming ;) then i got on line tonight and obught some tillbrook fairy fabric fro mini me's dollies bed.....she doesnt need it cause mini me co sleep's with her baby too :D but likes the 'pretty ladies' material.
I then went and bought some via a FB garage sale type thing...I gotta stay away I tell ya!!!!
See what happens when you do have sex anymore...material is your high, your love making :ROFL: probably get more out of the fabric then spanking the monkey half the time hahhahaa
Have been thinking about this challenge.....would we say make something the same or say give us a target...say 2m of the same fabric (not everyone has to have the same) and see what we can make out of it?
Wow! I love all the creations!
Ss-storm- can you use two different colours for the door snakes? So create four quarters to make up the oblong, then sew the quarters together using fabric that works together either lengthwise or around.
I have waaay too many projects underway ATM so maybe the first challenge can be 'last stitch' to finish all the works in progress.
Then for the scrap heap challenge, maybe they can be themed, like baby or adult, home or leisure etc?
Ooh thats all eh?! It's soooo cute :D:
Hmm.. I guess it depends what you want to make. bigger quilts can have blocks that are 12"x12" or bigger, so I got a cutting mat large enough to easily fit that plus room to work around it.
The thing is that DH let DS use it as a placemat for craft so its covered in glue, paint etc so I need to get a new one.
Oh dear that might mean going in to a fabric shop..hmm..
Rulers: I have a 6" square, 60degree triangle, and 12" ruler. I need a longer one though I remember it being a PITA only having 12" as the longest rectangular one.
12"x12" ruler would be handy though, or whatever size is the most common if doing a block quilt - its a lot easier to see if everything is square.
My rotary cutter is just a midrange one I got at spotlight, the wheel is about 2 inches in diameter.
I'm going to hang round in here, have recently set up my sewing desk and wanting to get started.
Has signed up for sewing classes but they changed the nights and of course the 2 nights they have them are the 2 evenings i work.
But MIL has volunteered to teach me, going to take me to cheap material shops she has hunted out and she also has overlocker too.
Eluned - that little blanket is so cute!!! MIL made DD a Winnie the Pooh cot quilt which is cute ( cot quilt ). I don't think I'm talented enough to make something big like that though! Lol.
Arcadia- I thought about using two colours but don't know if it would look quite right... talked to my mum this morning and she has a huge piece of fabric (about 2.5m x 1.5m!) she said it's been sitting in the cupboard for years and she has no idea what she bought it for, so she's going to post it to me and I'll use it to make the larger snakes.
I'm on a fabric bying ban until DH is working, so only about 8 weeks :crossfingers: but until then I am using up scraps that lovely ladies have sent me and my other fabric I have accumulated lately (other than the microfleece I ordered the other day oops!)
So a challenge to use up current materials and or finish projects that we have sitting around? I have 4 nappies I need to finish for DD2, a dress for lumpy, some liners for a friend and a skirt for me. mmmm sounds like a lot doesn't it :rofl:
ss - the door snake project sounds great and we need them too, but our dog would just see them as toys and try to play with them and eat them. :doh:
I just got a rotary cutter (thank you spotlight gift card) but I don't have a cutting mat so I cant use it yet. It would make cutting out curves much easier and a number of layers at the same time. Hopefully it will speed up my project a bit too.
Astrid - I would love to see the dressed you are making
ah, no hubby or DD1 today - going to get unpicking all the mistakes I have made recently so I can get back to creating :)
im just getting back into sewing.
found mums old overlocker so will eb bringing that home, found my old stash of fabric from my dancing days
so im going to start by making some taggie style blankies and stuff like that simple yet cute.
also do a bit of hand made quilting got a few on the go lol typical really.
once we move i have told hubby i want a room where i can set up my sewing stuff and lock the door with me inside..
love the idea of a challenge, will get me motivated to start something i think :D
I've just started sewing again- probably because i've finally got a sewing machine earlier in the year(My parents gave it to me as a birthday present). But I think you girls all put my work to shame :redface: cos the stuff i've seen so far is really good. I seem to use the quick unpick an awful lot lol.
I started by making my own cloth pads- thought they looked easy, but nope not as easy as they look. But have made a few and I think they're pretty good :rolleyes: - well they work so that's the main thing.
I guess i can almost join in here!!
I am a bit of a beginer but i have made a few things this year!
i have made 32 library bags for everyone in DS kindy class lol
i made pillow cases and a cot quilt cover
and little patchwork quilt thingos for my DD's dollies
and my mum helped me make my DD's curtains!
my project at the moment is curtains for my bedroom.. i am doing them all on my own haha
speaking of spotlight... did anyone else just get a thing in the mail?
i got a card saying if i spend $100 i will get $40 off!! just for next week! i think i may have to have a look! lol
Spotlight sending those things out again...grrr typical after i spend $100 there yesterday!!!
Ive been wondering what I can make for me...and im thinkinking of starting a family blanket. You know a patch work one of sorts were I have a square for each of us that is applicated with what represents each of us. And as my family then grows...eg when my children have children, I can add to it and make it a family heirloom KWIM???
Have to play with my machines soon but its work related :( not for me
Fat Quarter Projects Sew,Mama,Sew! Blog
what about for the challenge one of these fat quarter projects??