Anyone else going to join me on the Sewing Bee watch?

[flubba]

A bit excited about it

:o

it's planes. the lady in the shop said it was spitfires. DH insists it's hurricanes. I could care less!

It's not a dummy really, it's just a thing for hanging clothes on that I bought to sell some old clothes on ebay. it's sort of half a torso so no use at all for fitting clothes. I'd love a real dressmakers dummy though.

Love that your dh can argue over abstract planes on material!

Nevergoogle I love the dress. It's certainly shows that sewing is worth the effort, it's just so special to wear something you have made yourself. What's your next project?

Did a fun sewing session yesterday with my daughters, sewing dolls/ teddy clothes. I had thought they had outgrown their barbie dolls as my youngest is in last year of primary school (and nearly my height!), but now I see the barbies becoming fashion models for their latest creations.

I plan to watch the repeat tonight, just to ogle at all that lovely material!

i might pop along to the fabric shop today and see if i can find some inspiration. I live 200yards from http://www.stonefabrics.co.uk/ stone fabrics. I'm tempted to try an A-line skirt now.

zips worry me though. i've only ever done them with supervision in a class.

Lovely dress and fab fabric!

I feel I am carrying out my role of "non-sewing person who is impressed by sewing skills of other posters" very well. TBH though, it's not at all difficult

you're doing an excellent job , keep up the good work.

You're doing brilliantly LetUsPrey.

What is it about zips that worries people?

I can probably stretch to making my own pom-poms.

Ooooh nice dress Google!

I love the material too.

Aaaaaaaargh Zips. [scared of scarey zips emoticon] Tunip.
I don't know, I think it's because a badly done zip just makes all the rest of your beautiful hard-work look totally pants. Several hours work ruined in about three hours twenty minutes--

But then you can take it out and do it again, can't you? The only things you can't redo are things that involve cutting fabric, and zips are generally along seams so they don't come into that category.

yes it's the fear that a badly done zip can ruin the whole thing. i hate unpicking too.
i will conquer my fear though.

But I'm oof to buy McCall's M3341 to see if I can slay the zippy dragon!

I can't afford material, so It'll be made of something highly inappropriate.

This thread has inspired me too, but I'm not going to make anything - I'm going to tackle my mending pile.
There is a pair of dh's trousers he's been asking me to do for, ooh, about 18 months

do you think that pattern would look good in a corduroy?

I think it would look wonderful in corduroy.

But not in any of the thing that are in my stash.
Tunip is spot-on.

But there's lot of different ways to do zips - not just invisible ones.

You can even make it a feature using a chunky jeans zip. :)

go on- face your fears....you know you can do it really! :) :)

Just had a look at your "stone" website, Nevergoogle, some of their printed cotton designs are absolutely gorgeous, I could spend a fortune there! Must be fantastic living so close to a beautiful shop like that, but also very expensive if you make a lot of impulse purchases!
Noticed they do a swatch service, so I may get a sample or two of my favourites, I don't have a really decent shop near me.

I have just bought a set of 3 bias tape makers :)

I don't need this do I?

www.amazon.co.uk/Simplicity-Bias-Tape-Maker-Machine/dp/B002CT3YX2/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1365257554&sr=8-1-fkmr0&keywords=simplicity+2314

[procrastinating emoticon]

Lol... I didn't dare look at that one :o I think that, for the amount of tape I need, the manual version is ample!

And where, oh where is my big bag of patterns?

I know where MY patterns are, the ones I bought myself, but I've lost the BBOP which is full of patterns that I've inherited from various friends and relatives over the years. I obviously have never bought anything as sensible as an A-line skirt pattern, but I'm willing to bet there are a couple in the BBOP.

I couldn't get through the door of my local material shop this morning, it was packed! So I spent half-an-hour in the loft looking for the BBOP to no avail.

Answers on a postcard please

Ps.
This is an excellent easy-make dress. I've seen it done with all-sorts of fun fabrics and it looks fab:
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/STUNNING-VINTAGE-RETRO-BUTTERICK-1950s-FIFTIES-SWING-DRESS-PATTERN-NEW-UNCUT-/261061137199?pt=UK_Crafts_SewingPatterns_EH&var=&hash=item3cc874d32f

I've made it with a plain black front and black gingham back. It's great with a big poofy 50's petticoat and wide belt. PLUS, it has no zip