A Christmas make for my VW mad brother.

I've spent a lot of time thinking about what I can make for my brother for Christmas and following the success of my previous sewing projects I figured that it made sense to add another sewing project to my belt.

After a lot more thought and a lot of head scratching I decided that with his splitty being repainted ready for the summer he would need some new cushions go on his rock and roll bed. I wanted to find some fabric with campers on but that looked retro and subtle this was harder than I had expected as all of the fabric that I could find was wacky to say the least. I did however finally find the perfect thing.

So with my book in hand I set off to produced my first zipped cushions. And I think that he liked them as then asked if I wanted to help fit out the rest of the van! 

Sewing Fun!!

Sewing Fun!!!

On the 6^th of November I had my first ever sewing lesson with an old friend and ex colleague Sarah Waghorn who runs a company called i.make (https://www.facebook.com/i.makehomedecor) she welcomed me into her home along with a friend and current colleague of mine. We had a lovely evening and were made to feel very welcome, there were a few giggles alongside a few frustrated groans and the night was an overall success.

 At this time I had kindly been given a sewing machine by John’s mum but I did not have the pedal and therefore no power, it wasn't until the evening of November  14^th that I received the bits that I needed to get the machine working. 

During the evenings of that week I spent my time tinkering and testing my new machine and developing skills. I found out whilst at Sarah’s that I could sew a lovely straight line but curves weren't my thing. so I spent my time practicing this on John’s old shirts and sewing bits of fleece onto old fabric.

Before my lesson I had ordered a book from Amazon called 'Sewing Machine Basics' I had been reading it for a little while now so I decided to go ahead with my first project the envelope cushion cover. I cut up an old quilt cover and set to it. I completed the cushion cover very quickly and was surprised how easy it was it didn't even look that bad ;-)

I had already decided that I wanted to make my Mum an apron for Christmas and this happened to be project 3 in the book. So I cut up some more of my old quilt to start practicing. I got about half way through when I decided that I was going to go for it and start the real thing. I ordered the fabric from the internet then set off into town to pick the bindings and thread. I made the apron without any real dramas and it looks really impressive (even if I do say so myself) I felt soo proud of my work and really enjoyed every minute of it. And so my new addiction begins!! Watch this space for more projects and interesting makes.