Today I thought I would get to grips with my sewing machine ready for tomorrow.
I followed lots of Youtube video's on how to set it up and wrote down in a little book how to do it and which way round things go.
Tomorrow's first project is the start of making tote bags so I thought I'd find a beginners video and have a go myself. I followed the tutorial on this blog as it looked straight forward enough.
The gingham material was £1 from a charity shop in Porthmadog (there is LOTS more than this upstairs), the cream material was 25p from a charity shop also in Porthamdog and the woven tape for the handles was out of my ribbon box (probably came off pyjamas from Primark).
The gingham material was £1 from a charity shop in Porthmadog (there is LOTS more than this upstairs), the cream material was 25p from a charity shop also in Porthamdog and the woven tape for the handles was out of my ribbon box (probably came off pyjamas from Primark).
Everything cut to size and ironed flat.........
It took a good few hours as I checked, double checked and triple checked before any sewing or cutting was done.
Here it is finished..............
Here it is finished..............
It is lined inside with the cream material............
.........and I put a pocket in, you can just see the scissors poking out.
Am feeling quite proud of my little achievement and it has given me the confidence to know I can go tomorrow and set the machine up and do basic stitches at least :-)
Anais didn't like the sound of this Marmite Easter Egg though she loves Marmite!
Anais wasn't home until 5.30pm today as she had orchestra AND clarinet choir after school.
Anais brought home this speaker she made at school. She said it worked at school but it won't work now, Mark thinks it has been damaged travelling home from school.
Anais wasn't home until 5.30pm today as she had orchestra AND clarinet choir after school.
Anais brought home this speaker she made at school. She said it worked at school but it won't work now, Mark thinks it has been damaged travelling home from school.
Also today I finished my book "Trophy Hunt" C J Box. New download "The Railway Man" Eric Lomax, we saw the film last Thursday.
Browsing the library, found a book dad you might be interested in -
A Birmingham Backstreet Boyhood
Browsing the library, found a book dad you might be interested in -
A Birmingham Backstreet Boyhood
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