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Posted on June 2, 2012 at 10:00am 0 Comments 0 Likes
Well I have been quiet because I have been making some special occasion bunting ready for a craft fair this weekend. This one is "Congratulations"…
ContinuePosted on May 21, 2012 at 4:00pm 2 Comments 2 Likes
Sorry for the delay replying, my camera needed charging and the other half's camera was full, but here we are.
My mother had collected scraps for several years, so they include bits from dressmaking by my sister and I as well as recycled garments and pieces bought as remnants. I still have my Sindy with dresses made from some of these for instance, so it is also a memory collection.
She then cut them to rectangles and hand sewed them around card templates. She had started to…
ContinuePosted on March 19, 2012 at 1:30pm 6 Comments 4 Likes
Well here is my new overlocker cover. I decided it should show something it could do rather than the sewing machine, so I did some decorative rows of flatlock stitch, alternating between loops up and bars up, instead of adding lots of applique. I need to buy thread for it in more colours, but the red I has worked well. I just had to add the heart and some more machine embroidery.…
ContinuePosted on March 14, 2012 at 6:30am 5 Comments 1 Like
Well my new overlocker needs a cover, so I decided to make a new one for the sewing machine too. Thought I'd do the sewing machine one first as technically it was a simpler shape. I then proceeded to make it complicated by using patchwork and machine embroidery and applique. As I have never learnt the correct way to do patchwork I had trouble with the presser foot making pleats in the fabric when I added machine embroidery. However, I enjoyed myself and I love the end result so that's all…
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Linda Lubbesmeyer said… oh my - that is beautiful! I love how you did the lining at an angle like that. And heavy is good, if I'm using it for bulky stuff. Thanks so much for sharing this.
Linda Lubbesmeyer said… Thanks...yeah, I really liked that project. I actually made a sewing machine cover today! Not as nice as yours, but I wanted to try it with old material before I used the good stuff. LOL And it came out not bad for a first try - I put a zipper in where you have the flap.
Dee said… Hi Karen.
In 2008 we moved to South East Pennsylvania. Arizona was way to hot for us. We like it here, as I'm originally from Minnesota. The ice box of the U.S. We've had a very unusual winter. 79 and in 70's. No snow. But we haven't finished March yet.
Take care, and I bet your other cover is pretty to.
Susan said… No you don't have to post it twice, or move, it or anything else for that matter, if you don't want to. It might be handy, for another member, if you pasted it into the serger review group, but certainly not absolutely necessary. :D
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