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A Good Yarn / Re: Ploshkin - Weaving Along
« on: Today at 13:48:58 »I'm imagining to results if Youngest got his hands on that lot
I'm imagining the results if I did!!
That looks so impressive @Ploshkin !
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I'm imagining the results if I did!!
That looks so impressive @Ploshkin !
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In the wardrobe / Re: Wardrobe switchover time?
« on: April 14, 2024, 17:06:29 PM »
It looked much warmer outside than it really was this morning!
I think @Bodgeitandscarper is the real arbiter of the weather clothes-wise. If she isn't wearing shorts yet, it is definitely too cold. If she is, you might want to wait a few weeks before showing your knees!
I think @Bodgeitandscarper is the real arbiter of the weather clothes-wise. If she isn't wearing shorts yet, it is definitely too cold. If she is, you might want to wait a few weeks before showing your knees!
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The Haberdashery / Re: Fine line marking?
« on: April 11, 2024, 17:40:23 PM »
That's a good idea - if they wash out when they get onto clothes accidentally they must surely wash out when used deliberately!
I'm tempted to do some experimentation there
- if they turn out to be no good I'm sure my goddaughters would be happy to take them off my hands (although I might not tell their mother that they don't actually wash out... 
)
I'm tempted to do some experimentation there
- if they turn out to be no good I'm sure my goddaughters would be happy to take them off my hands (although I might not tell their mother that they don't actually wash out... )
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The Haberdashery / Re: Fine line marking?
« on: April 11, 2024, 17:14:45 PM »
I don't know what I'd do without water soluble pens - I use them for garment making and quilting, and I've often thought that they're one of many reasons why I'd be no good on Sewing Bee! My items definitely need to be washed by the time I've finished!
I did once draw all over a present I was making for my Mum, only to realise that I hadn't picked up my soluble pen, but a normal felt tip...
... astonishingly I managed to wash it out. I'm still not sure how.
I did once draw all over a present I was making for my Mum, only to realise that I hadn't picked up my soluble pen, but a normal felt tip...
... astonishingly I managed to wash it out. I'm still not sure how.
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Sewalongs and Competitions / Re: Weekly Sewing Club Tuesdays 2-4pm
« on: April 09, 2024, 19:51:50 PM »
Excellent!
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Hi, I'm new... / Re: Where to post a sewing log?
« on: April 04, 2024, 18:52:59 PM »
There's a whole section called 'Members' Diaries'! There's a separate section of diaries for quilters, but anything can go in the main diaries anyway.
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A Good Yarn / Re: Or give up
« on: April 03, 2024, 17:17:08 PM »
Yes - I converted an old aran jumper pattern so that I could make it on a circular needle. I was more than two thirds of the way up the body - at the armpits I think - when I realised that the ribbing was lying diagonally.
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Sewalongs and Competitions / Re: Weekly Sewing Club Tuesdays 2-4pm
« on: April 02, 2024, 22:24:00 PM »
@Tamnymore I always have my hair tied up in a ponytail (high up to keep my neck cool) at night, so I'm expecting to have to find a way of making the two work together!! I'm sure there will be a way...
@twopence I sleep on my front and side, so a scarf would have to be fixed in place somehow.
@twopence I sleep on my front and side, so a scarf would have to be fixed in place somehow.
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Sewalongs and Competitions / Re: Weekly Sewing Club Tuesdays 2-4pm
« on: April 02, 2024, 17:39:20 PM »
I've repaired a pair of trousers for Mr Acorn, and almost made an eyemask for myself - if I get up in the night and it has started getting light I can't get back to sleep, so I'm going to give a mask a try. I bet it doesn't stay on, or it annoys me too much though.
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Sewalongs and Competitions / Re: 2024 Jeans Sew Along
« on: March 30, 2024, 15:53:08 PM »
I dare not click on that link...
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A Good Yarn / Re: Ploshkin - Weaving Along
« on: March 19, 2024, 14:51:45 PM »
Wow!!! Just... wow!! 
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Sewalongs and Competitions / Re: Home inspiration Thread
« on: March 16, 2024, 14:20:50 PM »
My door hangings:
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These are on the doors between the kitchen and dining room so that I can hide one room or the other when we have visitors! They are done in machine appliqué and hand embroidery. I have quite a collection of Cornishware, so they fit in well.
It has just occurred to me that the doors have been painted cream since then! Much nicer.
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These are on the doors between the kitchen and dining room so that I can hide one room or the other when we have visitors! They are done in machine appliqué and hand embroidery. I have quite a collection of Cornishware, so they fit in well.
It has just occurred to me that the doors have been painted cream since then! Much nicer.
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Fun with Fabric / Re: Where are you all buying your fabric?
« on: March 13, 2024, 17:10:40 PM »
They have soooo much lovely stuff. I ordered from them for the first time a few weeks ago, and was delighted with the quality of the fabrics - and one of them was £1.50/m. I do need some more jersey bias binding from them, and as you're all being so encouraging it would be rude not to look around properly.
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Fun with Fabric / Re: Where are you all buying your fabric?
« on: March 13, 2024, 16:41:02 PM »
Thank you @Lachica - I made a linen shirt last year, which is very nice but far too warm, so I am a little wary. I will look at the lighter ones.