Puppet Couture

I didn't sew this unfinished puppet I'm just hand sewing the fairy outfit...

Cushion Make Over

I've donated my time my time to unpicking, squaring up, and re-sewing lots of school cushions which have screen printing on the front that needs covering....It's kept me very busy and given me lots of practice doing invisible zippers. Not so easy when your recycling them. The big plus is my stash is shrinking, all those little bits of cotton fabric I've been keeping forever are on their way out...

Easy Kwik Sew Cardigan

Finally after spending so much time fixing my overlocker I didn't need it because my thread was not an exact match to my fabric...This would have bugged me for ever thread not matching so I re-cut the cardigan and used French seams then turned over the hem so it looked tidy.

Juki F600 Stretch stich 3

The pattern I used was Kwik Sew 3721 Sizes: XS-S-M-L-XL. It is a loose fitting cardigan designed for double knits etc. The fabric used is a 2-way stretch Merino blend. Very easy patter to sew I didn't change or alter the pattern...

Not So Merry Merrylock...

I don't sew for myself very much but I thought I'd make the effort using the Merrylock overlocker....It was a case of 'dumber and dumber'. Two hours later I emerged from trying to fix my stitches. I hate changing thread on my overlocker because nine times out of ten I'll stuff up my stitches...

What a messy stitch!

What was wrong? The owner of course, all I needed to do was shift the switch from rolled hem to normal which I finally figured out once I got the manual after a couple of hours....

Easy instructions!

It goes very well now. Moral of the story: It's always important for you to actually remember you have a manual to your overlocker. Duh...could my brain be any foggier!

Fixed!

Timeless Sewing

My camera battery was so low I've ended up with these lollipop girl pictures...Myself and cameras are a hit and miss affair...they never work when I want them too.

I wanted to take a pic of this dress that I made over 20 years ago. I knew once the dress came off my girl after she's been out to her dress-up party I'd never get her in the dress again. It would once again live in a black plastic bag in the garage...

 I sill love this dress as much as I did when I sewed it for her high school dance....I'm glad I never let her throw it out. The fabric is a pink taffeta with black velvet flocking. I bought the fabric from Ballantynes when they still had a fabric department, it was about $18.00 per metre, pretty expensive back then. The sewing pattern I used was Style 1462.

Wearing it 23 years later...