At the weekend I ran a workshop called Wear Your Curtains where a bunch of us got together with a whole load of old curtains and duvet covers and made aprons, trousers and bags. Fun. This book was very useful and so was this one. Two sewing machines and an overlocker, an iron and board, lots of scissors, pins, thread, needles, patterns, coffee, biscuits and a mighty fine lunch on the opening day of this cafe ... well - what better way is there to spend a day?
I can't think of one? the best thing about having curtains and old jumble sale finds to work with is the pressure is off to create something amazing so you can just concentrate on having fun instead of worrying about spoiling expensive fabric.
And being in a large space like the Village Hall means that you can s-p-r-e-a-d o-u-t and have acres of room. I didn't get enough photos of the things everyone made, but there were some great aprons, bags and a wonderful pair of jammie bottoms for Joe who is two. Result.
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May 26, 2009
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Aha, so that's what you've been up to. Very nice too. I wish we had a Village Hall and a nice cafe to do things like this in - btw what is an overlocker?
Posted by: Lucille | May 28, 2009 at 01:51 PM
Mike says - You've been watching Enchanted! Suse
Posted by: Suse McFarlane | May 28, 2009 at 09:07 PM