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Sewing
We had a day of weather bemusement today: it eventually turned out that the Met Office was actually more accurate than the various rain radar services that we also use because (usually) they're more accurate. I suspect that that's because only the Met Office realised that the cloud would be at ground level.... Still, the boys got to go outside for a few hours. There was a bit of eating the grass, and then a bit of scrapping, and then it all went quiet and we relaxed. Until we realised that, somehow, Bugs had managed to get onto the other side of the fence.... (Partly our fault, as we forgot to turn the electric tape back on after we poo picked!)
This morning, as it was wet, I noodled around on the internet looking at sewing projects. It started with a vague thinking that I could make little lavender-filled bags to go into the Christmas hampers this year (oh, shut up), which led me to a very nice blog about sewing, which led me to going "Oooh, pretty!" at a lovely patchwork piece, a digression into how it was made and a sigh as it was hand-sewn, which I like but am not currently after (for reasons below), a read through her other posts and, eventually, a few references to a machine sewing patchwork technique. I then dived off into a bit of research into that (with a side trip to buy a pattern for some terribly cute stuffed felt elephants, which will probably be Baby Next Door's first birthday present) and, eventually, to downloading a pattern and sorting out fabric. There may also have been a bit of eBay in there as well....
(It turns out, I think, that I was conflating two or three different patchwork techniques in my head and thus discounting it as Too Bloody Faffy. I am glad to have learnt my error!)
Via a short digression into the manual, and a little playing with exciting new stitches, I have finally actually used the fab new sewing machine that Mike got me for Christmas! (Which is why I was looking for a machine sewing project: I have done a hand sewing project and a weaving one since then!)
And, even better, after I made the square I realised that all I needed to do was stick a square on the back of it and I'd have something that I can stuff with lavender and pop in the Christmas hampers!
It is a very lovely sewing machine. My only non-complaint is that the reverse button is in a different place, so I keep poking the dial above it and wondering why it's not pushing in like it should. It's terribly quiet, and terribly smooth to use compared to my (mother's) old one!
This morning, as it was wet, I noodled around on the internet looking at sewing projects. It started with a vague thinking that I could make little lavender-filled bags to go into the Christmas hampers this year (oh, shut up), which led me to a very nice blog about sewing, which led me to going "Oooh, pretty!" at a lovely patchwork piece, a digression into how it was made and a sigh as it was hand-sewn, which I like but am not currently after (for reasons below), a read through her other posts and, eventually, a few references to a machine sewing patchwork technique. I then dived off into a bit of research into that (with a side trip to buy a pattern for some terribly cute stuffed felt elephants, which will probably be Baby Next Door's first birthday present) and, eventually, to downloading a pattern and sorting out fabric. There may also have been a bit of eBay in there as well....
(It turns out, I think, that I was conflating two or three different patchwork techniques in my head and thus discounting it as Too Bloody Faffy. I am glad to have learnt my error!)
Via a short digression into the manual, and a little playing with exciting new stitches, I have finally actually used the fab new sewing machine that Mike got me for Christmas! (Which is why I was looking for a machine sewing project: I have done a hand sewing project and a weaving one since then!)
And, even better, after I made the square I realised that all I needed to do was stick a square on the back of it and I'd have something that I can stuff with lavender and pop in the Christmas hampers!
It is a very lovely sewing machine. My only non-complaint is that the reverse button is in a different place, so I keep poking the dial above it and wondering why it's not pushing in like it should. It's terribly quiet, and terribly smooth to use compared to my (mother's) old one!