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Mar 2019
9:24am, 1 Mar 2019
25,080 posts
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HellsBells
Thoughts please.
I finished this yesterday. The pattern also includes an unstructured jacket to go with it. I'm thinking a plain dark, inky blue linen, but I'm rubbish at fabric choices. Anyone got any better ideas?
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Mar 2019
9:40am, 1 Mar 2019
16,254 posts
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EvilPixie
👍🤩🤩
Great work
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Mar 2019
10:19am, 1 Mar 2019
40,711 posts
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Velociraptor
Looking good! A very dark blue linen would complement your dress beautifully and be a safe choice provided you don't mind dealing with linen.
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Mar 2019
1:21pm, 1 Mar 2019
10,192 posts
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Garfield
Fantastic work HB! 
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Mar 2019
5:54pm, 1 Mar 2019
3,745 posts
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Cyclops
That's beautiful. Definitely a blue linen jacket. And if you could make it all again for me for work that would be good too...
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Mar 2019
6:09pm, 1 Mar 2019
6,183 posts
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Helegant
Lots of really nice work on here.
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Mar 2019
6:11pm, 1 Mar 2019
36,837 posts
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purps
I think I'd like to try a GBSB challenge although I'm not sure when I'd be able to commit to if, I suppose I'd just have to make the time.
That dress is wonderful, fantastic work.
I've not done much recently, although I have made some cloth sanitary pads to save me money and the world! They work well despite looking a bit rough and simple.
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Mar 2019
11:39am, 6 Mar 2019
25,113 posts
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HellsBells
Who's got an overlocker?
I want one for my birthday but don't know what to look for - prices seem to go from ÂŁ200 to over a thousand and I don't quite know where to start.
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Mar 2019
1:11pm, 6 Mar 2019
1,286 posts
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panad
I do...it’s an old one toyata that i got on ebay from a local seller years ago.. nothing fancy, but more than good enough for my needs. Wouldn’t know where to start with newer machines. They are supposed to be tricky to thread, but i’ve never had any problem as long as the right thread goes in the right place, and it’s all colour coded on the machine so tbh hard to go wrong..
The only thing i would say if you want to sew a lot of knits get one with with a differential feed so you can control stretch properly - mine has and it”s brill!
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Mar 2019
1:42pm, 6 Mar 2019
36,842 posts
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purps
I bought one from lidl 2 years ago when they had them in, there was something wrong with it and no matter what I did the tension was all wrong, I threw my teddies out of the cot and took it back. I'd still like one, but I'll research it better next time.
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