Brittney

Thank you sosew.

I am so grateful to Janice, Deb and Amanda, for organising the sew along.
Or Trixie would be wearing Hugo’s old coat.

Hurrah @sosew, you finished, well done.

Trixies is a bit big but as the wool is so soft, moulds about her and is definitely wearable!

https://www.flickr.com/photos/motherof5/15693553218/in/photostream/

Hurrah @sosew, you finished, well done.

Trixies is a bit big but as the wool is so soft moulds about her and is definitely wearable!

On my fabric sits the cat
And there’s nothing wrong with that
She protects it, you see.

@runciblespoon my pleasure!

On my fabric sits the cat
And there’s nothing wrong with that

(thanks Cybele for prompting me to start a new limerick earlier, and double thanks to Nicole for stepping in for me!)

I find this list so useful, thank you Kim!

I use it for a checklist and (dangerously) a shopping list too for all the ones I haven’t got and want!

Right, Shelley, I understand what you’re saying about different standards for print sizes, but I keep picturing what plans look like for even a simple building project — they easily run to thirty or forty pages. It seems counterintuitive that it would be 10x the cost to Australian builders, especially when you can’t fit as much information and…[Read more]

Right, Shelley, I understand what you’re saying about different standards for print sizes, but I keep picturing what plans look like for even a simple building project — they easily run to thirty or forty pages. It seems counterintuitive that it would be 10x the cost to Australian builders, especially when you can’t fit as much information and…[Read more]

It’s time for my favourite show
But to the sewing room I surely must go
A project is waiting
With smocking and plaiting

It’s time for my favourite show
But to the sewing room I surely must go
A project is waiting

The question to ask is if the shop has a plotter that prints from a 36″-wide roll of paper.

These are standard printers made by major manufacturers like Canon and Epson. They will print on sheets of paper, but that’s where you run into problems with size trying to print a pattern sheet.

It could be that employees just assume you want it on a…[Read more]

Deepa, you are very welcome. I have admired your very snappy sons and your dear little girl in the Flickr pool.

Thank you for your kind comments, you have made my evening.

How lovely to have new people.

Ahhh, Shelley – you beat me to it – your average Aus print shop can’t print the large format sheets 🙁 – but as you say, taping the pages isn’t actually that big an issue – I do it while watching tv – I don’t sew at night any more, so this is a way I can do something sewing related and still be sociable.

However, if you know an architect or an…[Read more]

Ahhh, Shelley – you beat me to it – your average Aus print shop can’t print the large format sheets 🙁 – but as you say, taping the pages isn’t actually that big an issue – I do it while watching tv – I don’t sew at night any more, so this is a way I can do something sewing related and still be sociable.

However, if you know an architect or an…[Read more]

Ahhh, Shelley – you beat me to it – your average Aus print shop can’t print the large format sheets 🙁 – but as You say, taping the pages isn’t actually that big an issue – I do it while watching tv – I don’t sew at night any more, so this is a way I can do something sewing related and still be sociable.

However, if you know an architect or an…[Read more]

We finished our attic conversion in January this year and in February I could finally move into my new sewing space. I put up some progress pictures on Flickr.

Flickr album

I also did a blog post on it here.

After having used it for almost a year I can truly say I love everything about it. I am a messy sewist though so the room is not this…[Read more]

It’s time for my favourite show
But to the sewing room I surely must go

Where in Australia are you? Try googling “reprographics [town name]” and see what that pulls up. I tried it with Sydney and Rapid Reprographics, Allied Reprographics, and Reiga Reprographics all came up on the first page of results. I’m sure if they couldn’t do it they could recommend another printer who could, who might not have the word…[Read more]

Where in Australia are you? Try googling “reprographics [town name]” and see what that pulls up. I tried it with Sydney and Rapid Reprographics, Allied Reprographics, and Reiga Reprographics all came up on the first page of results. I’m sure if they couldn’t do it they could recommend another printer who could.

If you are quoted more than, say…[Read more]