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maddy hill
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 Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2010 8:23 pm |
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As some of you know my soph has now moved into a support centre - she is getting really bored at nightime... so she thought she would like to have a go at some creative stuff... Shes asked me for a sewing machine - and rach (leggies ) on here is gonna see if she can get one on freecycle for her....
Id like to pick your brains if i may and ask if any of you have any ideas for simple sewing projects or links or books that you would recomend for her....
she likes things like kath kidston and monsoon - funky stuff -
i thought of things like needle books and that kind of thing - it would be fantastic if she could make little things and prehaps do a craft fair maybe later in the year - so maybe simple projects on those lines ...
also if anyone knows of any links to some cheap online fabric shops that they could recomend, would be fab too .x
any ideas would be really welcome
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Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2010 8:29 pm |
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Maddy, I got the Kath Kidston book called "SEW" and it has all the fabric pieces & buttons & stuff for making a bag included. Not tried it yet, but it looks pretty nice on the cover. Will try to make it up this week. It has other nice projects in it too.
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maddy hill
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Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2010 8:38 pm |
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ohhhhhhh are they quite simple to do Lucy ? i might have a look on amazon for her ...
I was looking on ebay at some of cath k s fabric but it is well expensive !! - i might go look in our local charity shop for similar stuff .
let us know (and a piccie ) how you get on with it - it might inspire her lucy.
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Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2010 9:16 pm |
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Is she into recycling Maddy? A popular project is the jeans bag - where you cut up a pair of jeans and turn a leg of it into a bag and made a strap from a strip on the other leg. If she's creative, she'd probably get a kick out of learning how to alter and adapt her own clothes, with embellishments and the like. She could sew a skull and crossbones if she's a bit punk, or flowers if she's more hippy, onto a t-shirt or bag. Had a search on Amazon and these kind of books look pretty cool to me: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Fashion-DIY-Way ... =1-1-fkmr0http://www.amazon.co.uk/Generation-108- ... gy_b_img_c
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Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2010 9:17 pm |
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what about using second hand clothes to make stuff? My friend made some bags using jeans using the seams already there and then sewing the bottoms etc, jeans might be hard to start with - but wonder if some other clothes might suit.
MK market sells fabric in bundles and they are all £1 a yard - you do have to buy the lot normally 5 yds - so there must be other market stalls like that your way.
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Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2010 9:19 pm |
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oops snap on the jeans bag!
Try the library for some books.
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Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2010 9:20 pm |
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How about different shape cushions? They would be good for a fair and not too difficult to make or puppets perhaps?
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Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2010 9:33 pm |
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maddy hill
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Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2010 9:42 pm |
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Thanks girls - ive just been naughty and bought the "sew " book lucy mentioned --- and another easy one for making handbags - total cost £14.85 inc postage !
its her birthday on the 29th of this month so will be just intime for her ... she will be 20 OMGoodness i cant believe it !
she would be really into the t - shirt one , but i could see her ripping her t shirts up to do it with lol ...
any more ideas are welcome --- prehaps some funky christmas stockings might be a good idea for her to make some pennies prehaps ...?
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Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2010 9:46 pm |
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Christmas decorations or stockings? I made some that I just used Christmas fabric on one side and then used plain complementary fabric on the other. You can add some bells and sequins. what about this one that was on the Channel 4 programme http://www.channel4.com/4homes/design-s ... 3_p_1.html
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Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2010 9:47 pm |
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oops I keep posting and then getting sidetracked and not posting my post - sorry to be repeating.... 
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Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2010 9:51 pm |
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maddy hill
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Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2010 12:57 am |
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Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2010 10:19 am |
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A pair of really good sharp scissors . You need to keep these just for fabric .If you use them for card,paper etc it will blunt them and they won't then cut fabric. You probably already know this!! Just thought I would mentiion it.  _________________ Kath Kath's Blog
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maddy hill
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Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2010 10:50 am |
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tis always good to be reminded - i have so many things on my brain at the moment Kath ! ..
soph stayed the night here last night so il be able to show her the books i bought for her!
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- it has got my creative juices flowing - never mind hers !!!