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I saw this & I thought you may be interested! / Poundametre
« on: August 13, 2023, 18:25:49 PM »
If anyone's interested Pound-a-Metre are offering free shipping until midnight with code FREEAUGUST no minimum purchase price. I had a quick look and there's some nice fabrics at reasonable prices, no I haven't succumbed........ yet but there's five and a half hours to midnight  :laughing:.

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The Haberdashery / The denim company
« on: September 29, 2022, 19:51:07 PM »
If anyone's interested the owners are selling the company. I've had an email from them about a flash sale, children's patterns £2.50, adult patterns £5 and some good prices on selected fabrics.

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Patterns Discussion / Sarah Veblen patterns?
« on: August 19, 2022, 15:34:28 PM »
Does anyone know if you can buy her "Eureka pants that fit" printed paper pattern in England please? I don't want a PDF pattern, there are usually too many bits and I nearly always get them muddled up. My figure shape changed after menopause plus I've lost over 2st in weight this year and get get to my sewing buddy to give me a hand fitting trousers properly.
I think I can get a printed pattern from the US but I'm not prepared to pay the handling charges the PO and customs charge, they get enough out of us as it is.
Thanks in advance.

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In the wardrobe / Damned printed patterns.
« on: July 15, 2022, 20:46:50 PM »
Not sure if this should be in the rant thread or here!
I hate printed patterns but do use them when I either don't have time or can't be bothered to draft my own but please can anyone tell me why most pattern company's insist on printing 7" shoulders when the average width of most women's shoulders in the UK are 4"!
I only wanted to make a couple of quick cool tops for this upcoming 40° we're supposed to be getting next week, I dug an unused pattern and some cool fabric out of my pattern box and stash, start measuring and anticipated the darts, waist and hips being in the wrong place for my height.  That's OK, easily sorted measured the shoulders, low and behold 2.5" too wide, abandoned that one and dug another pattern out, same story and found the same with 4 others.
This is only the 2nd time I've been able to make time to sew properly this year, now I'm too flipping mad to set about drafting one of my own or faffing about reducing the shoulders on the printed pattern :rant: :rant:.

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The Haberdashery / 5mm black velcro
« on: July 10, 2022, 14:26:17 PM »
Does anyone know where I can get some 5mm black Velcro by the mt please? D/H fills his pockets with so much stuff he's complaining about it falling out of the pockets. They are sports trousers and impossible to put a zipper in them, from the way they've been constructed they'll finish up looking like a dreadful mess.
I've searched and searched the internet fruitlessly this morning with no luck but my guess is one of you will know.
Thanks in advance   :)

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The Haberdashery / Cotton interfacing?
« on: June 22, 2022, 14:56:38 PM »
Does anyone know where I can order some lightweight cotton interfacing please at a realistic price please. I've Googled, looked on eBay, Amazon all I seem to be getting is medium and heavyweight, the ones I've looked at all seem to be wanting silly money for it :rant:.
Thanks in advance.

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In the wardrobe / I squeezed in my sewing room
« on: February 23, 2022, 20:50:03 PM »
 :dance: I actually got to squeeze some time in my sewing room this afternoon  :dance:, only for about an hour mind you but I managed to cut some fleece out and sew 80% of it to make a nice warm dressing gown for when I'm stood outside at 3:00am with the new puppy in the bitterly cold howling wind and rain we're having now. He's getting there with the toilet training but can't manage to go right through the night yet, but he does tell me he wants to go   :).

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In the wardrobe / Polo shirt alterations?
« on: January 17, 2022, 19:49:16 PM »
DH has lost 4 stones in weight and has about 12 branded polo shirts He want's me to take in for him. They are too good (& expensive) to donate to a charity shop and there'd be no chance of me trying that one. I'm quite cautious about altering sports wear has anyone tried anything like this? Give me a tailored suit, dress, shirt or anything on similar lines and I wouldn't have a problem but sports wear  :thinking:.
Any help would be really appreciated

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Tech Know How / Problem posting a photo!
« on: December 20, 2021, 21:33:14 PM »
I tried to post a photo a little while ago in the cafe but when I had a look to see if I'd done it right my post wasn't there. I tried again but got a message saying I'd already posted it. My subscription is paid so I know it can't be anything to do with that. Can anyone shed any light on what if anything I've done wrong or is it something to do with the site. Thank you.

I've tried again 3 more times but I'm still getting the message saying I'd posted it, I'm also getting what could be am error message saying
attachment 0 msg = 265716 and the screen is going totally blank, I've even tried a different browser.

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Tech Know How / Are we having site problems again?
« on: June 09, 2021, 15:20:13 PM »
It's running very slow again and when I click on some of the sections I keep getting "we cannot open the page because the connection was lost". It happened on
The Cafe,
Competitions,
Fun with fabric.
I'm having no problems opening the site, I tried a clean-up but it hasn't helped  :S.

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Fun with Fabric / Ticking?
« on: June 01, 2021, 13:29:59 PM »
Does anyone know where I can get hold of some good quality cream/natural colour feather-proof ticking please? I don't really want the old fashioned striped stuff because the outer cushion covers are a shampagne colour and I don't want it to show through.
All of my scatter cushions are feather, I've tried covering the original pads with a second layer of waxed cotton cambric which was supposedly feather-proof (hmph) but a few feathers still manage to poke out.
Thank you in advance.

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The Haberdashery / Guttermans thread.
« on: May 11, 2021, 19:14:38 PM »
I had a email from Minerva this afternoon saying there is 40% off Guttermans thread plus an extra 10% if you're a member of their club if anyone's interested.

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I've been trying to have a shift round in my sewing room and found these, are they any good to anyone, all are uncut. I can't remember why I bought the pins but I'd say they are not really any good for dressmaking as they are quite thick.
All free for the price of the postage.

Amazing Fit K8258 gone
McCalls M7390  gone
New Look K6397  gone

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Your Favourite Suppliers / Calico Laine
« on: February 03, 2021, 11:35:23 AM »
Has anyone used Calio Laine for online fabrics? I'd appreciate any feedback please  <3

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Fun with Fabric / Question about cable jersey?
« on: January 09, 2021, 21:41:02 PM »
Has anyone used this,
https://www.higgsandhiggs.com/cable-knit-jersey-ivory-white-020.html
I like this but am wondering if it runs like a hand knitted piece and if it pills. I've got very little time for sewing at the moment but I'm determined to find time to make a simple top and don't want to waste my energy, time or cash if it's going to end up in the bin after a couple of washes.
Thanks in advance  <3

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