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In the wardrobe / Re: Stretchy fabric novice
« on: Today at 12:54:59 »
@Ouryve although I have a Coverhem machine sometimes I only want to shorten two sleeves and its a lot of messing about to rethread the coverhem just for that so it'd be nice to have a stitch on the sewing machine which would do instead.

I have a Janome 4300QDC which has loads of extra stitches. Initially I couldn't see one like your example but maybe Mode 2 no 17 is it?

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Wow that's gorgeous @Hideout Hen

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Sewalongs and Competitions / Re: Weekly Sewing Club Wednesdays 2-4pm
« on: April 17, 2024, 11:45:49 AM »
I can't join you at Wednesday sewing club this afternoon, but hope those who can have a nice natter!

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In the wardrobe / Re: Wardrobe switchover time?
« on: April 16, 2024, 12:07:04 PM »
yeah the weather is just very changeable at the moment. Layers are the way to go!

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In the wardrobe / Re: Wardrobe switchover time?
« on: April 15, 2024, 17:39:41 PM »
Yes, clearly I was confused by 2 nice days. We've had hailstones here!

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I enjoyed looking at the quilts very much, thank you @Sara-S

Some have a great level of detail and technical accuracy, which wows me, but others are much simpler and more things I feel I could do myself. I love that your group showed them all

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Sew Ruthie Sews' entry #2 Fabric Box
Fabric Box without interfacing from https://jezzeblog.blogspot.com/2010/03/no-interfacing-storage-basket-tutorial.html
The resulting box is about 6 inches wide and 5 inches tall.
I made mine all from the same fabric (scraps from an old curtain), but it would lend itself to a contrast for the lining and could be a great scrap buster.


Thanks go to @indigotiger for the link.

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In the wardrobe / Re: Wardrobe switchover time?
« on: April 15, 2024, 09:28:10 AM »
Yeah I've given up and put the central heating back on today.

Although its not switchover time quite yet I would quite like to have a big try on session and see what needs donating and what might need replacing.

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In the wardrobe / Re: Wardrobe switchover time?
« on: April 14, 2024, 14:44:18 PM »
I'm not wearing my really thick winter jumpers, thickest fleecy joggers or polo necks, but the rest of my normal clothes are sill on the go.

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In the wardrobe / Wardrobe switchover time?
« on: April 14, 2024, 11:11:44 AM »
I am wondering whether its now just got warm enough to switch over the summer and winter clothes.

I keep 3 plastic tubs on the hard to reach top shelves of the wardrobe with shorts, t-shirts, summer stuff generally, and then when I think its time I pull that stuff out and hang it/have it on more accessible shelves and replace with winter clothes in the tubs.

With a bit of effort I can still access the out of season stuff so its not a huge issue...

What do you think, has the day arrived?

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Brilliant thanks @Kwaaked , happy sewing!

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@Kwaaked did you want to enter your item? If so can you just copy across from your diary thread so I can easily find it when it comes to setting up the voting thread at the end of the month - thanks :-)

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Oh @Bjay hope you're able to get your eyes sorted, you can always share your finished items with us when you are able to complete them.

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Sorry to hear about the lost mojo @Flobear

I'm not sure which of my home dec projects I shall work on, we have more than 2 weeks still to go so should be enough time to get something made :-)

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The Haberdashery / Re: Fine line marking?
« on: April 10, 2024, 16:49:12 PM »
I was going to suggest Pilot Frixion Pens. I've recently started using these and like them a lot.

The line goes away with heat. I normally iron them, but from what you've said that's not going to work for you.
The lines do also rub out with a pencil eraser (the friction of the eraser being used generates just enough local heat to remove the line).
I wonder if a hairdryer would make enough heat? Off to conduct an experiment.

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