Now for something REALLY ambitious…
When we moved into our house I left most of our curtains behind except for our bedroom curtains. These are huge for our new bedroom window so I thought, with my new sewing machine, I would alter them.
What a disaster!!
I’ve never worked with fabric so large and I struggled to keep up with the width of fabric (probably 5 metres) and measured and cutting. Fortunately I don’t plan to keep these curtains once we redecorate but what a nightmare! I did one curtain and then didn’t have time to do any more. There is one more curtain and two linings to do too!
I have since had a tip – fold the fabric and cut through several layers. This makes a lot of sense!
Time taken: so far about 2 hours but this project isn’t finished yet!
world is my oyster in terms of what I can make! My daughter has a small cloth duck which she has when she goes to sleep at night and I wanted to make a small stuffed toy for her. I trawled the internet and finally found something which looked easy. It wasn’t too bad but it came up too small so I had to size it up by half again (trying to remember GSCE maths!). I managed to size it up successfully and I made my first stuffed toy. A pink elephant. The ears were supposed to be made of felt but I didn’t have any so these are double fabric sewn on. My hand sewing leaves a lot to be desired.
