Crafty Thread - what are you working on at the moment?
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RubyToogood
RubyTwobikes
Finished. And now I have enough dresses.
I didn't put the bows on the front and back neckline, I added patch pockets and put them on those instead. If I was making it again, I'd probably make it a couple of inches longer.
I didn't put the bows on the front and back neckline, I added patch pockets and put them on those instead. If I was making it again, I'd probably make it a couple of inches longer.
Callie
Pivoting
I made a dress! I made it out of a sheet as a practice run using a lissette pattern. It's not very exciting but I think it looks quite nice on, bit ropey in places 
Much more familiar with the sewing machine but still haven't worked out how to make it do zig zag stitches, the needle keeps hitting the plate?
Much more familiar with the sewing machine but still haven't worked out how to make it do zig zag stitches, the needle keeps hitting the plate?
wayward bob
i ate all your bees
fab rubes 
and looks ace with the cardi.
callie can you look at the hole in the plate and tell me what shape it is? is it round or a long/thin oval?
and looks ace with the cardi.callie can you look at the hole in the plate and tell me what shape it is? is it round or a long/thin oval?
RubyToogood
RubyTwobikes
Yes. The most fussy parts would probably be the zip/other fastening and the hem.
E2A: ideally you need to let the skirt hang overnight before hemming it.
trashpony
Hag
RubyToogood
RubyTwobikes
Thanks
And good tip re hanging overnight - would never have occurred to me!
Well hems tend to drop unevenly, esp if the side seams are really on the bias and/or it's very full, so it's best to let them get that out of the way first.
NB if you're really pushed for time you could always do the hem with bondaweb instead of hand sewing it. I quite often leave the zips out of things and just sew a seam as well, as I find I can get them over my head fine without (I don't have huge boobs though).
Callie
Pivoting
fab rubes
callie can you look at the hole in the plate and tell me what shape it is? is it round or a long/thin oval?
Is no hole! Well a series of rectangles and a little round hole. I need a bigger hole?!
wayward bob
i ate all your bees
do you have any more plates anywhere? often machines come with a straight stitch plate for delicate fabrics which has a round hole which yours looks like, then there's a general purpose wider one that matches the width of the hole in the foot. does that make any sense? can go dig mine out and check if not?
eta: the rectangular spaces in your plate are for the presser feet to move the fabric. the hole in the centre is for the needle.
wayward bob
i ate all your bees
yep you need a different plate: checked mine and it has a central slot rather than a hole. what make is yours?
wayward bob
i ate all your bees
maybe maggot's got the spare plate knocking around somewhere? 
RubyToogood
RubyTwobikes
This is more of a "detail your latest craft related purchases" post, but I have just got off ebay an ancient hem marker. This is basically a ruler on a stand, with a puffer that puffs out chalk to mark your straight line all round the hem.
Why did I buy this just as I've declared I'm not going to make more dresses for a while?
Why did I buy this just as I've declared I'm not going to make more dresses for a while?
trashpony
Hag
Because it's an ace thing?
RubyToogood
RubyTwobikes
Well hopefully it'll be useful in the future, and save long-suffering friends (eg biddly, who pinned up the above dress) and family members from a bit of grovelling round on hands and knees pinning my hems up (although I don't think it eliminates the grovelling entirely).Because it's an ace thing?
Biddlybee
making knots with sticks
you'd mark it when you had it on though, and with the ruler on the floor wouldn't you?
To lend to me
RubyToogood
RubyTwobikes
Yep, that's the point.you'd mark it when you had it on though, and with the ruler on the floor wouldn't you?
Ah yesTo lend to me
I don't think it's a complete mark-your-own-hem solution, but should make it easier.
Miss-Shelf
I'll meet you further on up the road
I made a quilt square today inspired by the quilts zora and I saw in ryeand winchelsea at the weekend
its a picture of a lovely loch in wester ross where i had an uplifting walk in june
i ll try to post a pic tomorrow
its a picture of a lovely loch in wester ross where i had an uplifting walk in june
i ll try to post a pic tomorrow
so I'm working on my cardy and a present for someone. I should get on and start a baby blanket, did one for my niece and one for my nephew... number three is on the way!
RubyToogood
RubyTwobikes
Nice timewasting type sewing site: http://www.sewweekly.com/
but I did hem my skirt on Friday.I've been working on a copy holder. £7 in Staples, for one that'll only hold A4 sheets in portrait mode (most of my printing is landscape, and I'm buggered if I can find my old £4 one).
First attempt:
£10 the (oak) bannister, £4 the (value) saw, making it already twice the cost of Staples' offering.
And - to date - the slots are too damned small for the documents I want to wedge in there, meaning there's a good hour or three of sawing left 'til it's done.
Second attempt:
15 mins and £2ish of Fimo and it works beautifully HELL YES.
First attempt:
£10 the (oak) bannister, £4 the (value) saw, making it already twice the cost of Staples' offering.
And - to date - the slots are too damned small for the documents I want to wedge in there, meaning there's a good hour or three of sawing left 'til it's done.
Second attempt:
15 mins and £2ish of Fimo and it works beautifully HELL YES.
semi furious
Well-Known Member
Nice!
I'm thinking about making myself a dress. It can't be too complicated, because if it is I'll not finish it, so I was thinking maybe this one. But will it look as if I'm wearing a tent? I'm not as thin as that model. It'd be a bit shorter than even the orange one, probably, and to wear with trousers/leggings and boots. I'm 5'6", size 16/18 and currently quite apple-shaped.
I'm thinking about making myself a dress. It can't be too complicated, because if it is I'll not finish it, so I was thinking maybe this one. But will it look as if I'm wearing a tent? I'm not as thin as that model. It'd be a bit shorter than even the orange one, probably, and to wear with trousers/leggings and boots. I'm 5'6", size 16/18 and currently quite apple-shaped.
