Well my name is helen,i am a mother of three,and a step mother to three and grandmother to two.....but thats another story.
It all started a month ago when hubs and me visited Diss Auction rooms(T>W>Gaze)....and sitting on the shelves up for auction was dozens and dozens of Sewing machines all laying there in a row ready to be bought,loved and treasured by their owners to be.......along with them was dyson hoovers and water coolers and i had my eye on a nice second hand leather sofa which was purple in colour and would have fitted in my living room perfectly.....so i left a reasonable bid on the sofa and a cheeky bid on a sewing machine......and left it til the following day......
By the time lunch time came round i knew the household department had finished its auction so i thought i would give them ring and check to see if i got my sofa...i had completely forgotten about the sewing machine!!!!!
Within 5 minutes of calling and giving them my buyers number they told me i had won the sewing machine but the sofa had gone way over my budget...but i wasn't that bothered,just a little dissapointed..but there will be other days and other auctions...
What baffled me was how i had managed to get a newish sewing machine for the end price of £18.00 plus £1.25 fee's....but i was happy...my hubs had then revealed to me that at one point he was going to buy me a sewing machine for christmas...only because he was a bit fed up with me buying clothes and then either not being able to find anything to fit me(i'm a size16!!) or having to cut 10" off a pair of jeans to fit me because i've only got a 26" inside leg.....so he gave me a budget of £20.00 per month to buy material's for my sewing machine......
So because i didn't know much abouit sewing machines i sat down and calmly read the instruction manual which went vague at the important bit,but nonetheless i read it from cover to cover and decided to get it serviced before i used it...i found a brilliant man in botesdale who did me a full service and pick up and delivery all for the princely sum of £39.00!!!including vat and taxes.......when i got it home i had bought myself some stretch denim effect lycra cotton and thought that i would make myself a pair of 3/4 length trousers.....i bought myself a sewing machine pattern magazine and got to work......my first project was a little girls swing dress,i wanted to make something small to start with...and it was a sheer pleasure to make and enjoyed every single moment of it!!!!
within one day of owning this i caught the sewing bug.......................i bought a length of suit trouser material,some purple cotton,and some patchwork pieces...and started sewing...i made the dog an experimental patchwork blankie for her bed......she liked it anyway...and to be honest i did too...am thinking of making a full size one for us to go on our bed....but thats for the wintertime......
and then this week i did an exercise in recycling...i bought a pair of jeans from a charity stall at the carboot they cost me 25p and have turned them into 5 lovely hand bags...i decorated one with felted flowers,one with gold embroidery,and the others with buttons...all over it like sequins!!!!the project gave me a smile a mile wide...and kept my brain ticking...
i have bought 2 patterns from burda and am really looking forward to making myself some pretty summer tops,and i am definitley making myself a winter coat this year...have seen a gorgeous one sitting in my burda magazine and i adore the cut and colour....so will be definitley be doing that one........but my hubs has now got in the habit of taking me to Eye to the material shop to buy material...its a real aladin's cave and i could spend all day in there and still come out grinning from ear to ear....my middle son bless hi has got a real taste for my sewing...he's asked me to make him a pair of stretch red skinny jeans.....and i am going to make them for the weekend whilst he away at his dads so he'll have them as a nice surprise....
this week i have made 8 costumes for my little'uns play...it took some doing as i only had two days to do but it was fun in a way.....and the more i sew the more i learn!!!Don't get me wrong i am still knitting and crocheting...but am constantly busy and i am happy!!!!!
Here's some piccies of what i havebeen upto in the time i have had me new toy......
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