Well I finally got around to buying my first sewing machine last weekend in John Lewis. Sadly I haven't had much spare time to do very much. I made a small padded birdie for a friends birthday and a heart to hang up. But then I decided last night to make my first bunting. I'm a bit late getting into this but now I've started I think there is no stopping me! It's addictive!
So here is a picture of my in-the-process bunting. I popped into a local charity shop today near to where I work and I was lucky to find a whole card filled with ric rac braid, bargain for £2 for so many metres. I also found a lovely piece of material to keep me going oh and some more buttons.
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I've never been able to sew, I even send school uniform to my mum for her to sew the name tags on. My daughter is really interested in sewing though, and I don't want her to turn out like me so we bought her a sewing maching for the Christmas before last. She does sewing at school too and really enjoys it, and hubby's auntie is a really good seamstress so she helps her along.
Both my grandparents were tailors in the East End so I guess it's in my blood. My sister has made her own curtains in the past and attended night school to learn swags/tails,her youngest is craft mad. I sometimes go round there for dinner and a craft evening. My son is almost 18 and I taught him some basic skills, he can sew quite well.
Hi Amanda,
Looks like you have the same machine as me, the J1012? I (thankfully) haven't had any major issues with it, it seems to run lovely!
Well done on the bunting, it looks brilliant and well done on the bargain finds!
xxx
Thanks Gemma. I looked back at your blog this weekend and saw I bought the same machine as you. It's a great buy and I just love it. I was going to email you as I wondered if you fancy doing a fabric swap? I'm new to all this! I just finished the bunting and I am so proud of my first attempt!
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