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Category Archives: Sewing Machines
Cover Stitch Happiness Continues
I’ve been playing with my new cover stitch machine doing decorative top stitching, something that was impossible with the old machine. This was my first try and yes the tension is too loose but every line of stitching was fault … Continue reading
A Wonderful New Tool
I have a new cover stitch machine and am very very happy with it. My old cover stitch machine (a Bernette 009DCC) has been difficult more often than not, at times leading me to believe I had figured out how … Continue reading
Posted in Coverstitch, not sewing, Sewing Machines
Tagged baby lock, baby lock Cover Stitch BLCS-2, Babylock, Bernette 009DCC, Coverstitch, Review
11 Comments
Bees
Do you like the bees? They were all over the flowers on a beautiful stand of flax bushes outside some local shops and I just had to take a picture. Besides, the bees are much more interesting than the … Continue reading
Posted in fabric, Serger, Sewing
Tagged 4 thread serged seam, light weight knit fabric, wadder
6 Comments
Spring Blue
I have made this New Look 6976 peasant blouse before and wanted a non-white, non-black floaty crinkly cotton for another one. I love blue so this is perfect. The pattern is very straight forward and has plenty of room so … Continue reading
Posted in Serger, Sewing, sewing machine
Tagged cotton, New Look 6976, peasant blouse, summer
16 Comments
Pajamas for Him
There is something about a good pair of pajamas, don’t you think? It’s all about the fit, the fabric, how the seams are finished. Do you like your PJs fancy or plain? Loose or snug? Long or short? Perhaps you … Continue reading
Black
I like this one. Its not complicated or difficult and goes with everything, even a cardi. Perfect for autumn. Next time I’ll make a smaller size and use a softer slightly weightier fabric. I cut a 38 and swam in … Continue reading
Posted in Serger, Sewing
Tagged BurdaStyle, BurdaStyle 10/2012 #119, BurdaStyle 11/2013 #111, jersey knits, knit tops
28 Comments
Roses and White Linen
Last week I whizzed up a few pairs of leggings for the kids. They were very plain and very practical and by the third pair I was bored. So, as the sewing machine was back I thought I’d try a … Continue reading
Posted in fabric, Serger, sewing machine
Tagged kids clothes, knit fabric, leggings, linen, simple embellishment, Trousers
17 Comments
Orange
The Orange is finished, teamed up with a little more Purple and a smattering of light Pink. Orange is a colour I am pretty sure I have never worn before. How can this be? The pattern is McCalls 5856, size … Continue reading
Posted in Patterns, Sewing, sewing machine
Tagged bias edge hem, BurdaStyle, cotton voile, french seams, giveaway, McCalls 5856, skirt
29 Comments
Ooops
I broke it. My sewing machine. Only a little, but broken it is nonetheless. So this morning into the shop it went for a week’s stay. Oh poo. Now, I do have a rather lonely overlocker and so on the … Continue reading
Posted in fabric, magazines, Patterns, sewing machine
Tagged Marfy, sewing machine repair
25 Comments
Ooo look what I found
I have been checking ‘my’ op shops regularly and haven’t found a single sewing book. Have I found needlework texts? Yes. Home crafts? Yes. Embroidery? Yep. Sewing? A resounding no. So, instead I have drooled over the thrifty finds of … Continue reading