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Reception => Hi, I'm new... => Topic started by: TartanPaint on July 27, 2020, 15:00:48 PM
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Hello there, from a very rainy Glasgow.
My name is William. I've been into sewing on and off since I took it up as a hobby in my 20's. I do furniture restoration as well.
I got a call from my sister a while ago saying that, due to ill health, she was having to give up her little sewing business. It was nothing major; just a little side interest making things she could sell at car boot sales and craft fairs. She asked me if I wanted my machine back and it was only then I remembered I had given her mine ages ago. So, being a big brother, I did what big brothers do and took my machine back and made off with about ten grands worth of fabric for absolutely nothing. I feel a bit guilty because some of it goes for £30 per metre.
Anyway; I'm more into decorative stuff and upholstery rather than clothes and I admit I'm a bit of a lurker so I'll no doubt benefit way more from your posts than you will from mine. If this introduction goes for much it should demonstrate what I mean.
Thanks a lot,
William.
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Hello and welcome William. Make you self comfortable. :drink: :cake:
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Welcome from me too @William .
You appear to be joining an ever growing band of gentlemen sewists that TSP has attracted. The more the merrier.
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Welcome fro me too @William :drink:
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Hello and welcome .
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Welcome @TartanPaint :flower:
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Hi William.
Welcome to TSP.
Oo, I now have fabric stash envy. :|
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Welcome @TartanPaint to the forum. Ten grand of fabric you say. A lot of us would be very interested. 0_0
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Hi William.
Welcome to TSP.
Oo, I now have fabric stash envy. :|
She got it from a woman who was selling up her fabric business. Some of it is incredible. It's beautiful. Riley Blake, Tula Pink, vintage licensed Disney stuff, some really exclusive high end decor stuff too. One I'm allowed to post photos I'll let you see some of it.
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Welcome @TartanPaint to the forum. Ten grand of fabric you say. A lot of us would be very interested. 0_0
Yes, there's like 10 big storage boxes full of it. It's a shame she needs the space and needs rid of it....
:)
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Hi @TartanPaint :)
You can post pictures that are hosted elsewhere on the internet (tutorial here (https://thesewingplace.org.uk/index.php/topic,9742.0.html#new)). In addition, subscribers (https://thesewingplace.org.uk/shop/) can add images as attachments however new they are.
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Hi @TartanPaint :)
You can post pictures that are hosted elsewhere on the internet (tutorial here (https://thesewingplace.org.uk/index.php/topic,9742.0.html#new)). In addition, subscribers (https://thesewingplace.org.uk/shop/) can add images as attachments however new they are.
I see. Thanks for that. How does one subscribe? :)
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Hello and Welcome @TartanPaint - your name reminds me of a joke that some senior men in a works place sent the young new junior to buy striped paint! Sure you've heard that one...best wishes on all your sewing endeavours...we are all green with envy (although the good Lord says we shouldn't be) at the stash you've been given.
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Hello and Welcome @TartanPaint - your name reminds me of a joke that some senior men in a works place sent the young new junior to buy striped paint! Sure you've heard that one...best wishes on all your sewing endeavours...we are all green with envy (although the good Lord says we shouldn't be) at the stash you've been given.
@hernibs
Once I subscribe I'll post photos of some of it. I'll mainly be looking to make cushion covers etc. out of it. There's some stuff, like stretchy white super soft babyish stuff, I've no idea what to do with. :)
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@TartanPaint just under the Sewing Place banner at the top of the page on the right hand side there is a Support the Sewing Place link. It's by no means compulsory but it would be much appreciated.
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@TartanPaint just under the Sewing Place banner at the top of the page on the right hand side there is a Support the Sewing Place link. It's by no means compulsory but it would be much appreciated.
@wrenkins
Can I just give you the tenner up front and that makes me a subscriber? :)
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Yes.
If you follow that link you'll find a big blue button that'll take you into the back of the wardrobe. Go in there. :)
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@wrenkins
Done and done. Thanks :)
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ooooOOoooo look at you four buttons!
Thank you very much for your support. <3
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ooooOOoooo look at you four buttons!
Thank you very much for your support. <3
@wrenkins
:angel:
So much for lurking lol. I take it four buttons are good?
Support? It's only a tenner.
I spend more than that making my office smell nice but if it helps then that's awesome. I'll probably have a badge too. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction :)
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Welcome @TartanPaint . 10 big boxes of fabric - almost as big as my stash! ;) No, not really *whispers* not quite.....
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Welcome @TartanPaint . 10 big boxes of fabric - almost as big as my stash! ;) No, not really *whispers* not quite.....
@Tamnymore
10 of those big boxes that slot into shelving units yes. The rest is in storage....for now.
So now then; how big is your stash? :)
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:o Now really @TartanPaint ... You really shouldn't ask that sort of question on such short acquaintance :faints:
She got it from a woman who was selling up her fabric business. Some of it is incredible. It's beautiful. Riley Blake, Tula Pink, vintage licensed Disney stuff,
I ... errrmmm ..... Dont suppose you have any Elvis fabric in there do you ??????
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0_0 That's like asking Tamny's age... OR WEIGHT!!!!! :faints:
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:o Now really @TartanPaint ... You really shouldn't ask that sort of question on such short acquaintance :faints:
She got it from a woman who was selling up her fabric business. Some of it is incredible. It's beautiful. Riley Blake, Tula Pink, vintage licensed Disney stuff,
I ... errrmmm ..... Dont suppose you have any Elvis fabric in there do you ??????
@Iminei
I'll ask. :)
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0_0 That's like asking Tamny's age... OR WEIGHT!!!!! :faints:
@wrenkins
You have.....more buttons than me so I'll agree with you.
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No indeed one would never reveal one's weight though I fear it is proportional to the size of the stash although there's a bit less of me since the lockdown diet!
On the stash - well I have three large (but not, alas, mothproof) seagrass trunks, another cupboard and a couple of plastic boxes. I have been thinning out the stash and some will go to schools and other bits to charity shops when it is practicable. @TartanPaint some of the folks here are very disciplined and only buy what they need. Others, me included , suffer from a condition you may have heard of called SABLE (stash accummulation beyond life expectancy). :D
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No indeed one would never reveal one's weight though I fear it is proportional to the size of the stash although there's a bit less of me since the lockdown diet!
On the stash - well I have three large (but not, alas, mothproof) seagrass trunks, another cupboard and a couple of plastic boxes. I have been thinning out the stash and some will go to schools and other bits to charity shops when it is practicable. @TartanPaint some of the folks here are very disciplined and only buy what they need. Others, me included , suffer from a condition you may have heard of called SABLE (stash accummulation beyond life expectancy). :D
@Tamnymore
I have an Engineers brain and I'm much more pragmatic about it. Like one of my old teachers used to say:
"Better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it"
I know there are probably exceptions that prove the rule but I've found when it comes to camera equipment, woodworking tools, and sewing stuff (and a few other things I wont mention on here) that the above sentiment, applied liberally, works very well for me. A big stash is just...........forward planning and makes perfect sense from a project management and resourcing standpoint.
:)
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@TartanPaint
She got it from a woman who was selling up her fabric business.... Riley Blake, Tula Pink, vintage licensed Disney stuff,
:scream:
Forgive me, I’ve just feinted :faints:
Can we be friends??? ;)
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@TartanPaint now I feel better. My stash habit was just forward planning after all!
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@TartanPaint
She got it from a woman who was selling up her fabric business.... Riley Blake, Tula Pink, vintage licensed Disney stuff,
:scream:
Forgive me, I’ve just feinted :faints:
Can we be friends??? ;)
@WildAtlanticWay
Of course :)
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I've attached one of the ones I got from my sister. Reminds me of being a kid.
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Chocolates fabric for the laydieees! 0_0 0_0 0_0
You're like the pied piper @TartanPaint.
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Chocolates fabric for the laydieees! 0_0 0_0 0_0
You're like the pied piper @TartanPaint.
@wrenkins
I'll have the chocolate then!
I'll see if I can get a screen shot of her Etsy where she's selling some of it. No links or names or advertising, just some of the different kinds.
Here's another one of my favourites. Think this would look awesome in a camper or caravan :)
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@wrenkins @WildAtlanticWay @Tamnymore @UttaRetch
Heres a few photos of some of the stuff I have or stole.......I mean........helped out with space creation.....
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Yummy! BTW I got some of that biplanes and balloons fabric for £5 pm from Immanuels. It's a John Louden fabric. Immanuels may have some of it if you dig around their FB site.
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Yummy! BTW I got some of that biplanes and balloons fabric for £5 pm from Immanuels. It's a John Louden fabric. Immanuels may have some of it if you dig around their FB site.
@Tamnymore
Yes, Flying High it's called. When I saw it my first thought was a full bed set for a kids bedroom. Not sure if it's wide enough for curtains, though, but the kid in me loved it. :)
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Yes it is surely a fabric for kids but I'm going to transform it into something fabulous for me to wear... being a big kid... :dance:
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Yes it is surely a fabric for kids but I'm going to transform it into something fabulous for me to wear... being a big kid... :dance:
@Tamnymore
You're in good company then :P
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Thanks for the snaps. Nothing catches my eye in that batch.
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Fabric porn. :faints: Good thing there's a lot of water between us. That and my already gargantuan Fabric Archive. I was the primary recipient of one person giving up her garment making stash, a friend moving hundreds of miles away and wanting to trade for 2 small but pricey hat blocks and another where a quilting friend bought a deceased womans collection to get her vintage sewing machine collection. I ended up with bolts of linens and garment fabrics..
Welcome to the fold William.
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Fabric porn. :faints: Good thing there's a lot of water between us. That and my already gargantuan Fabric Archive. I was the primary recipient of one person giving up her garment making stash, a friend moving hundreds of miles away and wanting to trade for 2 small but pricey hat blocks and another where a quilting friend bought a deceased womans collection to get her vintage sewing machine collection. I ended up with bolts of linens and garment fabrics..
Welcome to the fold William.
Thank you. Have you seen the thread where I've posted photos of most of it from yesterday?
:)
@Renegade Sewist
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Hello @TartanPaint welcome from me too :D
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Hello @TartanPaint welcome from me too :D
@Surest1tch
**waves to Yorkshire**
Flat caps and Ilkley Moor etc.
:)
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@TartanPaint,