Sewing Bee

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New thread for this weeks 🙂

Evening all, aw, just wiping my eyes, that was a very sweet Repair Shop.

Art week? What’s this about then?

That is gorgeous ✊✊

Taffeta seems an old base fabric

Hello my dears.

The example skirt is hideous.

It bliddy IS @Binglebong !

Agree. I don't think the flower is very modernist

Have they run out of ideas? That skirt is rubbish.

Thankyou for that hunka munka mouse picture, I don’t look nearly as composed and competent in real life. More likely to be bleeding from pin pricks and needle stabs.

I hate that skirt. It’s awful.

Funny that Fauvism was a modernist art movement. If her name's Fauve?

I was just writing that before she said it

Hello hello. This has the potential to be polemic. I'm hoping for some surprisingly good creations...Not so keen on the clown colours.

Looks like kids dress up clothes although the kids wouldn’t choose this

There's a risk of pre-schooler vibes

Well, that is a revelation about Fauve’s name!

They should definitely have a contrast belt.

I think I'd try and do monochrome but does it have to be bright colours? I wasn't really listening

I like a bit of Fauvism.

I like the theme but I'm not keen on this first project.

I'm not loving the zig zag stitch, does applique always look shit??

I’m calling Fauve as our early front runner to go home…

Love that chat 🤣🤣

This is getting a bit old, Fauve.

There's a queue here for Patrick, mate!

Those are certainly "Esme" bows!

Zig zag is usual because you stop fraying. But you can use something like felt and attach it invisibly. Iron on interfacing helps too.

If I do it (rarely!) I tend to use a far shorter stitch so it just looks like a fat outline.

First impressions - they're all shit

I think the orange and the green are the least worst colours