Sorry, just wanted to head this with something other than " Hi I'm new here."
Hi, I'm new here.
I'm Mandy. I've been living in rural Central France since 2004. I've been sewing since I was a girl, making clothes for my Pippa dolls. ( Anyone remember them?)
My Mum was a machinist and helped me with my first wardrobe additions. I always had problems with off the shelf clothes as I was thin and short waisted with a sway back.
Since then I've made everything from furnishings to beaded belly dance costumes.( Never wedding dresses though.)
Most of my present sewing has been in making leather hence the name "hide"out Hen. I have an embarrassing amount now in the under stairs closet. I rarely use commercial patterns, preferring to draft my own. I also like painting fabric. I recently acquired a laser engraver so hope to have some fun with that. If I don't blow it up first!
I'm looking forward to conversing with like minded sewists.