KarenK

@katybellabug, I told you so!

@katybellabug, I told you so!

What a pain but clever you for finding a fix!

My little ones have enormous heads as babies (they almost need staking, like dahlias) I tend to do a head tug check before finishing off.

Absolutely, Happy Thanksgiving to those that celebrate it.

Is it a set day? Or like Mothers Day, it floats?

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!

I think it would be sweet! I know I make fun of it (bad childhood memories), but you’ll do it in the classiest way possible. Go for it!

Every time someone asks me about fleece, I always give the same answer – the old Malden Mills – now this website: http://www.millyardage.com/ for yardage. That’s what I used to make my daughter a hooded sweatshirt from the raglan shirt pattern recently – I used Polartec 100 weight which I got at a ridiculous sale for $2.25/yard. I definitely…[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]

Wow, this is beautiful! It must be so nice to pop in and sew for a while. Thanks for sharing!

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]