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Sewing Machines / Re: Guess what I've got!
« Last post by Silver Rose on Today at 07:39:42 »A lovely present @Greybird , enjoy using it.
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Embroidery and Embellishment / Re: Pillowcases for Mom
« Last post by Sara-S on Today at 01:25:50 »@William thank you. I finally got around to embroidering another set. Royal blue on blue & white print. Same font.
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Sewalongs and Competitions / Re: Weekly Sewing Club Wednesdays 2-4pm
« Last post by TangledBloke on Today at 01:03:19 »Nothing productive from me today... unless you count online shopping. I've ordered a few cheap bits from Pound Fabrics to give me something to play around with other than alterations.
Nothing too exciting. A few metres of cotton for hankies (nice easy projects for bad brain days, I reckon), a chunk of cotton for lining an outdoor wool shirt, some £1/m polycotton for prototyping/fit checks, and some crazy skull patterned polyester which was far too bonkers to ignore
Nothing too exciting. A few metres of cotton for hankies (nice easy projects for bad brain days, I reckon), a chunk of cotton for lining an outdoor wool shirt, some £1/m polycotton for prototyping/fit checks, and some crazy skull patterned polyester which was far too bonkers to ignore
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Sewing Machines / Re: Guess what I've got!
« Last post by Greybird on Yesterday at 22:53:34 »Yes aren't I lucky! I'm slightly stunned to see you describe it as lightweight - I can barely lift it!
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Vintage Machines / Re: Singer 431g
« Last post by BrendaP on Yesterday at 22:06:39 »If the guy at SewLincs doesn't have one try Helen Howes. She's in your neck of the woods too.
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Sewing Machines / Re: Guess what I've got!
« Last post by BrendaP on Yesterday at 22:00:43 »What a lovely present.
The "lightweight" aluminium 201s are every bit as good as the heavier cast iron ones. Excellent workhorse for all the jobs that require good straight stitching.
The "lightweight" aluminium 201s are every bit as good as the heavier cast iron ones. Excellent workhorse for all the jobs that require good straight stitching.
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A Good Yarn / The Repair shop - Irish Clones lace
« Last post by BrendaP on Yesterday at 21:52:58 »This evening's Repair Shop on BBC1 (available on iPlayer, series 13 episode 2. starting 30 minutes in) featured an Irish dance dress worn by two year olds which was stained and had very fragile and tattered Clones lace around the collar and cuffs.
Clones is pronounced Clo-ness.
The dress dated from 1980 but the lace came from her mother's dance dress in the 1950s. As always they did a painstaking repair job and got the dress looking as good as new.
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But nit-picking me spotted a few inconsistensies:
The restorer said "it's referred to as lace but it's actually like a crochet" It IS crochet and if the definition of lace is a fine open fabric with small holes incorporated as part of the design then it IS lace.
They then briefly spoke about the history of Irish lace, their first image showed girls working with a crochet hook (correct for Clones) and the next one showed others doing what looks to me like needle run lace (embroidered net) which although made in Ireland was totally different to Clunes crochet lace, which itself was developed during the 1840s famine years a way to (relatively) quickly reproduce the intricate Venetian needlepoint laces.
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Clones is pronounced Clo-ness.
The dress dated from 1980 but the lace came from her mother's dance dress in the 1950s. As always they did a painstaking repair job and got the dress looking as good as new.
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But nit-picking me spotted a few inconsistensies:
The restorer said "it's referred to as lace but it's actually like a crochet" It IS crochet and if the definition of lace is a fine open fabric with small holes incorporated as part of the design then it IS lace.
They then briefly spoke about the history of Irish lace, their first image showed girls working with a crochet hook (correct for Clones) and the next one showed others doing what looks to me like needle run lace (embroidered net) which although made in Ireland was totally different to Clunes crochet lace, which itself was developed during the 1840s famine years a way to (relatively) quickly reproduce the intricate Venetian needlepoint laces.
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Sewing Machines / Re: Guess what I've got!
« Last post by Bodgeitandscarper on Yesterday at 19:04:59 »Oooh, a nice 201k 
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Sewalongs and Competitions / Re: Weekly Sewing Club Wednesdays 2-4pm
« Last post by SewRuthieSews on Yesterday at 18:56:25 »I've unpicked some old curtains into fabric panels for reuse at some point. Most likely for Auntie A to make into Moresbags.
Also looked at some of my older patterns but not really come to any conclusion about what I want to sew next.
Also looked at some of my older patterns but not really come to any conclusion about what I want to sew next.
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Sewing Machines / Re: Guess what I've got!
« Last post by SewRuthieSews on Yesterday at 18:52:16 »Lovely, enjoy!