2 hours of sewing and I've bent 4 needles trying to sew the waistband. I think the material is too thick when multiplied. It's jumbo cord (8 wale) and I've been using denim needles due to the heavyweight material.

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The Craft of Clothes celebrates its ten years!
Liz is an Australian sewing blogger who specialises in no waste patterns. She is very generous with sharing her ideas, and her experimentations. I love her writing, and the hand designed sketches in her patterns and tutorials. Her books and slow magazines are as good. And her newsletter is THE one where I click all the links!

Thank you @lizhaywood for being awesome!

#thecraftofclothes #lizhaywood #sewingblog #sewing
https://lizhaywood.com.au/celebrating-10-years-of-blogging/

The algorithm blessed me with this guy recently, and that's very rare for Youtube to do.

Here's his latest video where he sews and shows off a strongman costume.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NZccT7T0QE

#sewing #crafts #strongman #lgbt #DoubleMakes

And a finish.

Seven Japanese indigo cotton chair covers - totally cat fur magnets, but the fur just brushes off easily.

Machine quilted top with a simply cotton batting and calico back. The rest was hand sewn and the seams overlocked for reinforcement. The edge from side to back was also reinforced with black cotton twill tape. This project ate four spools of Gutermann denim thread. The loops at the back of the chairs are a cotton rope, toggles are separate so the wood doesn’t go through the washing machine.

The original Ikea chair covers are wonderfully washable, but you have to unscrew the seats to get them off. As the elderly Cookie now eats (messily) from hands, oft on these chair, we needed something much more easily washed, and swapped out when guests are here. I wanted it to be very steam iron-able too, for that extra level of sanitising.

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