Hi all!
Thank you to the admin for activating my account and hello to all sewists in the forum!
Obviously, I am new to the forum and also fairly new to sewing. Until recently my sewing has mostly consisted of simple mending and alterations of clothes. However, the latest season of the British Sewing Bee sparked my interest to sew some garments. My ultimate goal is to be able to sew my own shirts and possibly trousers. At Christmas, my family who knows from experience that I am an "all-in" kind of guy, presented me with a couple of shirtmaking books by David Coffin as well a book about sewing your own jeans by fellow Swede Johanna Lundström.
One may wonder, why sewing? In my case it is about a partial change of hobbies. I am in my late fifties and until now, woodworking has been my main spare-time interest. However, having been there, done that as far as woodworking is concerned, a move to an apartment where the noise, dust and space requirements makes woodworking rather impractical, have made me look for something else to keep my hands busy. Especially now, during the long winter evenings. Selling some of my chisels and planes have freed up enough money to purchase a sewing machine and I am now the proud owner of a Juki DX7. I hope it will serve me well. Until now I have sewn some tote-bags, dog coats and covers for different kitchen appliances.
Recently I was given an almost new-in-box Singer overlocker for free since the previous owner had never been able to use it successfully. It may not be the best quality, but with some tender loving care and thread-tension adjustments I can now sew quite nice three- and four-thread overlock stitches.
From my previous woodworking activities, I know how useful and inspiring a forum can be and from what I have read when browsing this forum it appears to be a very friendly and helpful one. I am looking forward to getting involved.
I have one question: I am looking for a source for this beautiful tartan fabric (picture below). To the best of my knowledge it is of British origin so any help with finding a source is much appreciated.
/Mike