THE FHG SEWING THREAD :-D

[ilove2patch]

As requested, a place for us to ask for help and advice from other stitchers and to show the things we make.
Over to you.:-D

[****merlin*****]

good morning:-D

another fabulous card Rhubarb!

love the poodle!

(now there is a phrase i never thought i'd say:^O)

my grans neighbour had a reeeeeeeally old poodle as i was growing up, it had a horrid discoloured wee mouth and it used to shove its snout through the fence at me:_|

its name was BoBo andit was treated like royalty and was a horrid yappy spoiled thing:-(

i sketched out an idea for a quilt last night (and coloured it in:^O)

one bit i couldnt wrok out what to use so it looked like i wanted it to, i woke up at just after 5 this morning, i had a eureka moment in my dream! i must be starting to think like a sewing person:^O (sewer sounded wrong:^O)

so i shall do an exeriment to see if it works

**is excited**

[hightara]

wow, the talent of you ladies

shawl, bottie and card are beautiful 🙂

im just finishing off a skirt for Tára, but ive frozen shoulder and its a slow process.

from some of the donated fabric vamo sent me, i made some little hanging hearts too.

have to steal learnings hot water bottle for my afflicted appendage.

[****merlin*****]

:Oyou made things and there is no piccies??

you will be getting a yellow card:^O

we like piccies of makes

even if you only make a cup of coffee:^O

[petitecalicocat]

Heres one i made earlier :^O

[****merlin*****]

:^O seeeeeeeee

thats how you do it!:-D

[petitecalicocat]

I am stuck with my lampshades:(

Taken the original one apart & cut a pattern from it , cut it out in my fabric newly embriodered  fabic .......now cant get it back on the frame :_|

[petitecalicocat]

As you can see theres only wire for the top & bottom nothing in the middle 😞

[****merlin*****]

can you "unpick" some of it to give you some room to get it on and then stitch once it is back on?

[petitecalicocat]

Theres plenty of seam allowence.... its getting the fabric onto the frame thats the problem ...thinking i may need some stiffener on the back of it

[learning2me]

Morning

Would agree about needing something to stiffen your fabric PCC.

I would never attempt lampshades, but I don't have your talent 😉

Need some advice.

Have made this funky little tea sosy as a gift. Like the idea of the pot having it's own little Aran sweater 😄

It needs some buttons. They don't actually fasten, just for decoration.

I have 3 large buttons, but not sure they look right. Have wooden toggles (but only 2) or should I wait and try and find those buttons that look like leather?

[****merlin*****]

:-Dhow fab are those!

i like the wooden toggles

but leather butons do look good on arran

[petitecalicocat]

Wow now thats talent i couldnt ever knit anything , the toggles will lokk fab .

[learning2me]

Actually PCC it's quite simple.

I specialise in simple things that look effective 😉

I like the toggle too, but I only have 2, which won't be enough.

Have a huge box of buttons and can't believe I don't have anything suitable 😮

[learning2me]

OMG - just looked on here for leather effect buttons.

Packs of 30 for £12 😮

I only need 3

[****merlin*****]

i just looked, i dont have any either:-(

http://www.ebay.com/itm/6pcs-FREE-SHIPPING-Faux-Leather-Brown-Plastic-Shank-Buttons-FL10-20MM-/120846365521?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c23013351

64p inc shipping for 6

[****merlin*****]

thats an auction

they have the same for the same price at buy it now

http://www.ebay.com/itm/6pcs-FREE-SHIPPING-Faux-Leather-Brown-Plastic-Shank-Buttons-FL10-20MM-/120806492373?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c20a0c8d5

[****merlin*****]

better still

10 for 64p

http://www.ebay.com/itm/10pcs-FREE-SHIPPING-Faux-Leather-Shank-Button-FL10-15MM-/110726856791?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19c7d5c057

[learning2me]

Hong Kong - would take a while 😞

Think I might go for these

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/250843720062?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649#ht_5209wt_972

[stampingpat]

That teacozy is so cute!!!

[rhubarbcity]

Learning i have some leather covered buttons and toggles, would you like some sending? i have your address and which would you like?