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Reception => Hi, I'm new... => Topic started by: Jane-K on April 06, 2018, 09:07:27 AM
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Hi - I'm Jane from North Staffordshire. I was put off all forms of needlework by my Domestic Science teacher at school and for many years I refused to have anything to do with it, but now I'm a keen although not very proficient Dark Sider (think chopped-off points, corners that don't meet and crooked seams). I also do some basic sewing, mainly girls' dresses, for our charity knitting and sewing group, and I collect American Girl dolls so I want to sew some outfits for them. If the impression I'm giving is of someone who likes sewing but is basically pretty useless although hoping to improve - that's me ;)
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Hello and welcome :toast:! You'll find lots of like minded people here ;)
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Welcome Jane. You will get plenty of help and encouragement here and you will soon find yourself attempting stuff you never thought you would.
How about having a go at the Project Linus quilt challenge over on the dark side - details here (https://thesewingplace.org.uk/index.php/topic,3937.0.html)
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Welcome Jane-K!
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Welcome @Jane-K and a special welcome to The Dark Side where we have lots of fun :toast: :devil:
Do, please join in with the charity ( Project Linus ) quilt
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Hi from me too.
Lots of help and encouragement here. You'll be amazed at what you can do soon.
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Welcome Jane-K, this is a great forum full of encouraging and supportive people.
Enjoy having a look around, it's great :flower:
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Hi Jane - and a welcome from me too. :) The Dark Side is very active on this forum so you're bound to enjoy yourself on here. As others have said, the Project Linus quiltalong thing is just starting so you'd have plenty of time to perfect your skills on it.
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Welcome Jane , Do hurry along to the Darkside and don't be shy .... :devil:
think chopped-off points, corners that don't meet and crooked seams
We'll soon get you sorted on things like that ....
Perfect Points Everytime (https://thesewingplace.org.uk/index.php/topic,12.0.html)
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Welcome, Jane. I hope you will enjoy being part of TSP. See you on the dark side. :)
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Hello and welcome from me, enjoy the forum. I'm a 'dark-sider' too so I'll probably see you there.
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Welcome Jane-K
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Welcome @Jane-K :drink:
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think chopped-off points, corners that don't meet and crooked seams
These are design features! :)
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Hello and welcome, we have quite a few members that follow the "dark side" who I'm extremely jealous of, I know you'll be among good friends who will be more than happy to give you loads of hints, tips and advice
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Hello jane-k. I had a similar reaction to domestic science teaching! I remember sewing up some very strange items, often not fitting. Thankfully I put that behind me and enjoy garment sewing mainly for myself. Hope you find many new ideas and inspirations here
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Hello & welcome from me too.
Sounds to me like you've got it right, enjoying it is the most important thing & knowing where you need to improve gives you a sense of direction & motivation to get there.
Still hoping to get there myself but more paths constantly appear & I think the trick is really to continue to travel hopefully forever. :D
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Your first post in this thread sounds very similar to my sewing style too.... 0_0 0_0 nice to know I'm not the only one with quilting catastrophies.... 0_0 0_0
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Welcome to TSP
(think chopped-off points, corners that don't meet and crooked seams).
Can't be any worse than my quilting attempts! My project linus quilt is now ready to go to Iminie, most of the piecing was OK but in one place I found that there was a small strip missing, so a bit of unpicking followed by some reasonably inconspicuous "applique" to get the missing bit in. :ninja: Then I did some really wobbly quilting, but from a distance it looks OK.
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Hello there Jane, and welcome from me too!
Have a good look round, then jump right in, there is always someone around who can help, and no question is daft - we've all asked them!
Jessie
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Did you have the same sewing teacher as I did? If I had not already been sewing she would have stopped me for life! My only project with her was stopped at 3 weeks, when I took it home in tears, made the thing that night with Mum's advice and wore it next day! Stupid teacher!
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I am sure that most teachers get immense satisfaction from seeing their students do well. But do they ever consider the effect that an off the cuff criticism can have.
Anyway, welcome :). All you will get here is good advice.