Comments on: Sewing… http://www.cherryblossomadventures.com/2008/09/11/sewing/ An Aussie girl living in Tokyo with her Japanese husband and 2 kids trying to make sense of her crazy yet funny Japanese life... Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:29:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Lulu http://www.cherryblossomadventures.com/2008/09/11/sewing/comment-page-1/#comment-15841 Lulu Sun, 14 Sep 2008 13:00:59 +0000 http://www.cherryblossomadventures.com/2008/09/11/sewing/#comment-15841 Heaps and heaps of great info everybody! Thanks!!!! It is great. I planned on getting started on something this weekend...but didn`t but might try tomorrow night if I can. I did buy some material and a pattern to attempt to make a singlet top and my mum will help me. I have also been looking up patterns for headbands and other simple stuff like babies bibs! My hand sewing would be crap- I can barely even sew on a button. But I hope to work myself up to it, one day! Promise to keep you updated! Also wanted to say thanks to those of you who commented for the first time on this post and the post after! Yay for new readers! Heaps and heaps of great info everybody! Thanks!!!! It is great. I planned on getting started on something this weekend…but didn`t but might try tomorrow night if I can. I did buy some material and a pattern to attempt to make a singlet top and my mum will help me. I have also been looking up patterns for headbands and other simple stuff like babies bibs!

My hand sewing would be crap- I can barely even sew on a button. But I hope to work myself up to it, one day!

Promise to keep you updated! Also wanted to say thanks to those of you who commented for the first time on this post and the post after! Yay for new readers!

]]> By: suzy http://www.cherryblossomadventures.com/2008/09/11/sewing/comment-page-1/#comment-15808 suzy Sun, 14 Sep 2008 11:02:01 +0000 http://www.cherryblossomadventures.com/2008/09/11/sewing/#comment-15808 Me again... I just found a couple of posts with advice & links on projects for beginning sewers: http://craftapple.wordpress.com/2008/08/20/the-sewing-teacher-1/ http://craftapple.wordpress.com/2006/10/17/i-have-a-sewing-student/ Me again… I just found a couple of posts with advice & links on projects for beginning sewers:
http://craftapple.wordpress.com/2008/08/20/the-sewing-teacher-1/
http://craftapple.wordpress.com/2006/10/17/i-have-a-sewing-student/

]]> By: jan in nagasaki http://www.cherryblossomadventures.com/2008/09/11/sewing/comment-page-1/#comment-15807 jan in nagasaki Sun, 14 Sep 2008 07:07:18 +0000 http://www.cherryblossomadventures.com/2008/09/11/sewing/#comment-15807 well, if you really want to make things and don't feel like fighting with the machine, there is nothing wrong with hand sewing.... I have made tons and tons of stuff...at a snail's pace... and loved every single stitch. also, as luck would have it, I put 3 kids through hoikuen and didn't even make one bag.... we just used what we had on hand and hand-me-downs!!! you don't need a machine to sew!!!! well, if you really want to make things and don’t feel like fighting with the machine, there is nothing wrong with hand sewing…. I have made tons and tons of stuff…at a snail’s pace… and loved every single stitch. also, as luck would have it, I put 3 kids through hoikuen and didn’t even make one bag…. we just used what we had on hand and hand-me-downs!!!

you don’t need a machine to sew!!!!

]]> By: Jessica http://www.cherryblossomadventures.com/2008/09/11/sewing/comment-page-1/#comment-15635 Jessica Fri, 12 Sep 2008 04:58:10 +0000 http://www.cherryblossomadventures.com/2008/09/11/sewing/#comment-15635 Haha you sound like me! I got a new sewing machine (after complaining that the one I had was so old etc) for my birthday in September last year. I only just opened the sealed box about 2 months ago and now I can't get enough of sewing things!! I've made an origami cushion cover, a doll, and i found this fantastic crafting website (www.oneprettything.com) which has links to tutorials for everything!! I'm going to try out this tutorial (http://www.skiptomylou.org/2008/09/02/3383/) which looks quite simple and is useful on the weekend... (maybe be even good for small pressies too!! )wish me luck!! Haha you sound like me! I got a new sewing machine (after complaining that the one I had was so old etc) for my birthday in September last year. I only just opened the sealed box about 2 months ago and now I can’t get enough of sewing things!! I’ve made an origami cushion cover, a doll, and i found this fantastic crafting website (www.oneprettything.com) which has links to tutorials for everything!! I’m going to try out this tutorial (http://www.skiptomylou.org/2008/09/02/3383/) which looks quite simple and is useful on the weekend… (maybe be even good for small pressies too!! )wish me luck!!

]]> By: suzy http://www.cherryblossomadventures.com/2008/09/11/sewing/comment-page-1/#comment-15634 suzy Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:28:51 +0000 http://www.cherryblossomadventures.com/2008/09/11/sewing/#comment-15634 Don't worry about it being 15 years old - the machine I used up until last year was my mum's 21st birthday present, so 30 years + :) If you have trouble threading it, try taking it along to a local sewing machine shop - they are usually staffed by nice sewing types who will help you out. I have turned up a few times with my machine when it was being temperamental and they've always been able to sort it out. To start sewing, just practice on anything you have handy... often Vinnies has fabric, and that way if you mess it it up it's no big deal. Then, when you get your confidence up you can venture into Lincraft / Spotlight or (very dangerous!) online fabric shopping. <a href="http://craftapalooza.typepad.com/crafted/2008/08/52-weeks-of-n-1.html" rel="nofollow">This post</a> has lots of links to online fabric stores. Amy Karol's book "Bend the Rules Sewing" is good for ideas for beginner projects too. Good luck! Don’t worry about it being 15 years old – the machine I used up until last year was my mum’s 21st birthday present, so 30 years + :)
If you have trouble threading it, try taking it along to a local sewing machine shop – they are usually staffed by nice sewing types who will help you out. I have turned up a few times with my machine when it was being temperamental and they’ve always been able to sort it out.
To start sewing, just practice on anything you have handy… often Vinnies has fabric, and that way if you mess it it up it’s no big deal. Then, when you get your confidence up you can venture into Lincraft / Spotlight or (very dangerous!) online fabric shopping. This post has lots of links to online fabric stores.
Amy Karol’s book “Bend the Rules Sewing” is good for ideas for beginner projects too.
Good luck!

]]> By: Katie http://www.cherryblossomadventures.com/2008/09/11/sewing/comment-page-1/#comment-15633 Katie Thu, 11 Sep 2008 22:14:57 +0000 http://www.cherryblossomadventures.com/2008/09/11/sewing/#comment-15633 I've been fantasising about owning a sewing machine lately..ha ha :) I went to this huge Spotlight store on the weekend and I've been making weekly trips to Lincraft in the city lately! Let us know how you go with it :) I’ve been fantasising about owning a sewing machine lately..ha ha :) I went to this huge Spotlight store on the weekend and I’ve been making weekly trips to Lincraft in the city lately! Let us know how you go with it :)

]]> By: marianne http://www.cherryblossomadventures.com/2008/09/11/sewing/comment-page-1/#comment-15630 marianne Thu, 11 Sep 2008 21:07:51 +0000 http://www.cherryblossomadventures.com/2008/09/11/sewing/#comment-15630 Oooh,good luck.I would be so stumped at the bobbin stage:) Oooh,good luck.I would be so stumped at the bobbin stage:)

]]> By: tj-injapan http://www.cherryblossomadventures.com/2008/09/11/sewing/comment-page-1/#comment-15572 tj-injapan Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:24:04 +0000 http://www.cherryblossomadventures.com/2008/09/11/sewing/#comment-15572 No advice to offer, but when you learn how to thread the bobbin, can you come and teach me? haha. I think I am going to take the plunge and buy my own sewing machine this weekend. By the way, why don't dogs have a belly button? No wait, I will go google that myself and find out. No advice to offer, but when you learn how to thread the bobbin, can you come and teach me? haha. I think I am going to take the plunge and buy my own sewing machine this weekend.

By the way, why don’t dogs have a belly button? No wait, I will go google that myself and find out.

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