New Addiction!

[RozMinis]

I blame Christine at Dot's shop, she has now got me into patchwork. Haven't done any in years, so if nowt else gets done, and I end up skint (again) then I will know who to blame. :mysmilie_466:

Roz

[Jacksmissis]

Aww Roz, what we gonna do with ya?? Theres only 24 hrs in a day and you use up 36 - not gettin any younger tha knows!!

[notmorecraft]

Patchwork will definitely make you skint, I can't walk past a fabric shop, tell myself, I'll just have a wee feel at the fabrics, who am I kidding? Two minutes in and I've spent loads of dosh. Brought some kits back from Alaska excuse-can't get them here! Could have just bought the patterns but the kits were soooo nice I couldn't resist and him indoors encouraged me, happy sewing x

[Muffintop]

I'm not quite sure whether my fabric stash is actually SABLE (Stash Acquired Beyond Life Expectancy) but I do have a nice stash of yummy fabrics which have been gathered over the years. I also got given a lot of fabric by a friend who inherited it and didn't want it (I know I couldn't believe it either!). I tried to be strong and refuse it but the addiction proved too strong and it found a new home in my crafty space. :blush:

Welcome to our world Roz, we would hold an intervention for you but we know what's like to stand up and confess to being a Stash Addict. :mysmilie_507:

[Jilly]

Love the term 'SABLE' - haven't heard that one before!

[notmorecraft]

Haha Muffintop, I don't have a stash I have PIGS ( American acronym) projects in grocery sacks, lol sounds better than saying a stash of unused fabric, especially when you see more you can't resist ����

[RozMinis]

I've heard SABLE before, Jane Greenoff mentions it quite often, but not heard of PIGS. I think I have both, well perhaps not grocery sacks, but plastic bags from Tesco, other stores are available! ;)

Christine emailed me on Sunday to tell me about the chap in the market who sells fabric. £7.50 a metre 100% cotton patchwork fabric, plus fat quarters for £1.50, charm packs and jelly rolls. Soooo there was me mooching through the fat quarters, before I knew it I had picked nine. Had to make it up to a nice round number, so found another I liked. The smile he gave me when I gave him the correct money was priceless.

Better make sure I keep well away from the market for a while, or I will be spending even more. As it was I bought two pairs of fat quarters in Carlisle and Cockermouth, could have spent squillions in that shop. Then to make matters worse I found packs of five fat quarters in Carlisle market at £7.99 a pack. Would have been churlish not to have bought one or two, ended up with three. Drat, should have bought some Christmas ones as well.

My fetish is English paper piecing, you wouldn't believe how difficult I find that to say, piecing always comes out as piercing. Can't be bothered to cut the papers myself, so Christine (her again) told me to try eBay. Found loads, and also a couple of paper templates for nine patch blocks. No fabric, just the papers. Can't find my rotary cutter, so have had to invest in a new one, plus a spare blade. I have looked in the only place it should be, it isn't, so I give up. Also bought a ruler, ruler handle, and some flower head pins. I am ok for a cutting mat as I keep a self healing one stored under my glass cutting thingie. Never used it as I hardly ever use a knife these days, so I know it is in perfect condition, not covered in glue like the glass one. :)

Roz

[Jacksmissis]

If you borrow a razor blade (permanently of course !) from 'himself' you should be able to get your glue off that glass Roz - if he uses the old fashioned blades that is, if not, see if he has a stanley knife, and nick one of the blades from that. That's what I used actually, then I went over the whole glass with glue remover on a make-up remover pad and it was just like new.

Roz whats paper piecing please? I've often wondered but thought peeps had just missed the 'r' out and they meant making a decorative design by piercing - I've led a very sheltered life LOL !!

[RozMinis]

I've got a Stanley knife of my own, what is more I even know where it is, on my craft table. How good is that! ;)

Paper piecing is what us lot over this side of the pond have always called patchwork, but the Americans had to give it a proper title since they were the ones who were keenest on using a sewing machine. Now much as I love 'herself' I prefer doing stuff by hand, it takes longer, but makes less noise.

Anyroadup, it is done using paper patches: hexagons or squares, diamonds, triangles, that sort of thing The papers are cut first, then pinned to the fabric, which is cut around the paper leaving a quarter inch or so to turn over. The turned over bit is tacked, then the pieces are oversewn together with the right sides facing. This website probably explains it far better than me. Pictures are better than a thousand words http://www.paperpieces.com/english-p...the-basics.htm

Roz

[Jacksmissis]

Seeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee, and there's you saying you know nowt ! I've had a look at your link (lovely explanations of terms too, thanks!) but I'm NOT going to do it............. I'm not, really I'm not - I have enough 'roundtuit's' so........................................