NOTE: If you are a sewer, I’m looking for hints, read the bolded part at the bottom of this post (after reading the rest) : )
I have long admired those who can sew bags and then enjoy looking for fabric in op (thrift) shops. Op shopping is like treasure hunting and you never know what you’ll find. Within 3 mintues of me, there are at least 6 op shops, one within walking distance. I used to go in there to look forgood second hand clothes or even kitchen stuff but now I hone right in to the stash of fabric and patterns in each one.
I’ve learnt now where that is each time. Keziah is fine to take op shopping, she sits there in her pusher and plays with a toy. When she’s bored with it (usually within about 3 mins) she hands it to me and says ‘finished’ and I give her a different one. So far I’ve only had to spend about 50c at a time on her for a book or toy in the op shops while doing this.
Last Friday I had an op shopping day and came back with a great stash. Here’s what I got:
There’s courderoy, knitted houndstooth and cotton in there.
The top two are actually pillowcases which I intend on making into dresses for Keziah. They are quite large so I’ll see how I go. I’ve heard you can make pillowcases into dresses without unpicking them but I like the front of these better than the reverse so I might not do that.
This one is Japanese in style and has a few holes in it but I’ll try to cut around them when I make it into something, maybe a bag.
I also managed to pull off another bag using the green dot fabric. I know there are a lot of flaws and next time I’ll do a few things different but this is my first bag like this. Oh and I got a better shot of the little zippered bag too so here it is.
Long post I know but LAST BUT NOT LEAST……….if you are sewer of any kind and have more than 2 and a half weeks experience in sewing (like me) then I’d LOVE some handy hints. Please add them to the comments and make them as simple as possible because I really don’t understand ’sewing machine’ (the language patterns are written in) just yet. Leave your best handy sewing hint in the comments and I’ll possibly add them to a blog post at some point. Thank you in advance!
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