AilbheI've pinned the first bits to the zipper. I always think I'm going to sew these on the wrong sides. I'll find out when I'm well enough to sit at the machine I guess.
I can tell there's going to be ironing though. Ironing. Again.
Recycled and washable.
The external velvet, the outermost padding, the thread, and the binding on the internal seams are the only non-recycled parts. The binding is a polycotton because I had some from a remnants bag, but the rest of the new materials are plastic-free. Because it's stuffed with a stack of quilted pads, it can be laundered and line-dried if pets happen to it. I'm tired but pleased. #sewing #recycling
I later sewed a bit of a wall covering -- there's a patch of our front wall that's definitely losing heat to the outside and I want to give it a quilted jacket. Mockup One is in situ but I was too wrecked by the time it was finished to take a photo or anything.
I think I'm going to make a rectangle with a hole in it for the guitar hanger, maybe a mylar backing, and attach it to the very top of the wall using cable clips like for the phone wires. #mecfs #warmth #sewing
The finished leggings, with a button to show which way round they go, and the waistband edges stitched down inside so they don't tickle -- this is a major reason I use a twin needle, I do all my underpants this way too -- all ready to inflict on a child who didn't even ask and may hate them.
I enjoyed #sewing them ANYWAY though and I'm sure someone will want them.
EDITED TO ADD this is for a heat pack you can warm in the microwave.
So when I cut out the brushed cotton to be the interfacing, it was on my A1 size makeshift cutting table, but the bulk of the fabric was spilling off the edge and so it all cut a little wonky. Like the pieces are stretched diagonally when placed on the main pieces.
It's going to be fine, I'll pin the top edges and lift the pieces so the weight falls where it does, then pin the other edges and trim to match. But I'm glad it didn't happen on the main velvet fabric.
EDITED TO ADD this is going to be a microwaveable heat pad for neck and shoulders
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I wanted to do #sewing but it turns out that first I need to do #ironing. I've ironed the paper pattern and cut out the bits I need and folded the rest back into the packet, and I've read the instructions and figured out what fabric I need, and next I need to iron the blasted fabric. This is ridiculous. I don't want an ironing hobby.
The heat pad was a Simplicity pattern and I'm hoping that my next project will be an Ellie And Mac Slow Sunday t-shirt. I'm figuring out sizing by using Marks and Spencers to turn a UK dress size into bust inches and the Ellie And Mac chart to turn inches into a size. It will either work or not but at least with M&S it shouldn't come out much too small.
Stage 1: print pattern
I did this when I bought the pattern, I sent the file to a printer and got it all on A0.
Stage 2: print instructions
That's 72 pages? What? I'm printing pages 12-25 and hoping that's adequate. I'm pretty sure it would be cheaper to get it done by a professional if you were going to print the whole file, first the instructions and then the whole pattern divided into A4 pages.
✅ Ironed tissue paper salvaged from shoe and lingerie packaging
✅ Traced first part of pattern from A0 printout onto tissue paper taped together
OrjanIs it for hugging hedgehogs? Is it based on some historical armoured garment?
I didn't know walnut- (or rice-) stuffed clothes were a thing.