Soap Avoidance!
No, I am not being a dirty git by not washing with soap! What I mean by soap avoidance is that I've been doing anything to do with craft but not soap. I've got a fairly good stock at the moment but would like to add a few more bits and pieces, unfortunately I can't be bothered getting all my soapmaking stuff out. What a lazy so and so eh?
I've got a big craft fair coming up in May and will need to buckle down soon and get some soapy bits and pieces done, maybe when I get back off holiday in a couple of weeks.
Anyway, instead of making soap I've been sewing, with a machine. I bought the machine a few weeks ago, a bargain from good old Argos
I've always had a dread of sewing machines. It stems back from high school, the only sewing project I finished was the apron I made in the first year. The blouse, unfinished with no sleeves, button holes or buttons. The skirt with no zip and uneven hem. Ugh, dreadful. The worst bit though was threading up the bloody machine. There were two types of machine in the sewing room and each threaded up a different way. I always got it wrong and my tension would be too tight or it would get all tangled up, disaster!
So I managed to bite the bullet and thread up the new machine, I've now sewn quite a few 'shabby chic' style lavender door hangers and mini scented pillows. I'll try and get pics up soon. I have to say, they've turned out not too badly at all, although with the heart shaped ones I've only just about got the hang of controlling the stitching speed so that I can get the curves right. But the end result isn't oo bad at all.
The material I am using is really nice, a bit girly but would look great in the romantic boudoir stylee, shabby chic Cath Kidston style that seems quite popular at the moment. I'm hoping they will complement my cupcake soaps and bath bombs, which I haven't made yet! The other day in TK Maxx I bought a lovely big hat box in a similar style which I thought would be great for displaying my sewing acheivements on. Thought they would look good on the stall alongside the 1950s and 60s cake stands I'm borrowing off Mum for my soap cake.
I normally have mostly brightly coloured soaps on my stall, but this year I thought I'd go along the shabby chic route and introduce a range in pastels. I've also bought some more mulberry paper, which should arrive soon, and some feathers and bits and bobs. I want to wrap my plain pastel coloured lavender, rose and lemongrass and ginger soaps up in the paper and then decorate them with the marabou feathers. Tres girly!
I've got a big craft fair coming up in May and will need to buckle down soon and get some soapy bits and pieces done, maybe when I get back off holiday in a couple of weeks.
Anyway, instead of making soap I've been sewing, with a machine. I bought the machine a few weeks ago, a bargain from good old Argos
I've always had a dread of sewing machines. It stems back from high school, the only sewing project I finished was the apron I made in the first year. The blouse, unfinished with no sleeves, button holes or buttons. The skirt with no zip and uneven hem. Ugh, dreadful. The worst bit though was threading up the bloody machine. There were two types of machine in the sewing room and each threaded up a different way. I always got it wrong and my tension would be too tight or it would get all tangled up, disaster!
So I managed to bite the bullet and thread up the new machine, I've now sewn quite a few 'shabby chic' style lavender door hangers and mini scented pillows. I'll try and get pics up soon. I have to say, they've turned out not too badly at all, although with the heart shaped ones I've only just about got the hang of controlling the stitching speed so that I can get the curves right. But the end result isn't oo bad at all.
The material I am using is really nice, a bit girly but would look great in the romantic boudoir stylee, shabby chic Cath Kidston style that seems quite popular at the moment. I'm hoping they will complement my cupcake soaps and bath bombs, which I haven't made yet! The other day in TK Maxx I bought a lovely big hat box in a similar style which I thought would be great for displaying my sewing acheivements on. Thought they would look good on the stall alongside the 1950s and 60s cake stands I'm borrowing off Mum for my soap cake.
I normally have mostly brightly coloured soaps on my stall, but this year I thought I'd go along the shabby chic route and introduce a range in pastels. I've also bought some more mulberry paper, which should arrive soon, and some feathers and bits and bobs. I want to wrap my plain pastel coloured lavender, rose and lemongrass and ginger soaps up in the paper and then decorate them with the marabou feathers. Tres girly!
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