Hey Everyone!
Alright. Before you start complaining, yelling and throwing things at me, I am SO sorry I haven't been posting and Thread Thrills has been inactive. Every thing has been so busy for the last year, starting high school, having time to sew, all that stuff. Anyway, I'm restarting Thread Thrills for the New Year (2015 woo!) and there will be some changes taking place. For example, you may have noticed the new background.
Stay Tuned for now- this year brings new projects and ideas, inspiration and tutorials- all the works!
Friday 9 January 2015
Thursday 22 May 2014
Organizing Your Sewing- Storage
I have a fantasy that in an alternate universe I'll have all the sewing materials I want right at my hand and that everything will be super organized. All my fabric will be hung up, my projects in a display cabinet, different sizes of shears in a line together...you get the idea.
Unfortunately, I have a low budget. Wait, let me rephrase that: I have practically no budget at all, so I have to work with what I've got.
I'm sure many of you are in the same situation as me, so let's work together to make our sewing super organized!
The focus of this post will be storage-because as these will be an ongoing collection of posts, and you might as well have all your stuff out of the way before you start organizing the rest of your toolbox etc.
So, if you want to have suitable storage for your sewing, you need to have some ( I guess you call it equipment?!) form of storage.
This could be:
- Reasonably large plastic containers from your supermarket. When I say containers I mean that they're like boxes, pretty big. These can come in a variety of sizes and if you have lots of material or other sewing equipment these are really good.
- Baskets. These are really pretty and can be stacked up and hold a lot of fabrics ( I have a few myself). Disadvantage: Moths and other bugs can get in and eat your fabric! This means that if having a basket you will have to put your fabric or whatevers in it to protect it.
- Tins. Okay, so these are mostly for small things ( such as ribbons, wool, scraps ) but really come in handy! An old biscuit tin that has been washed out will do perfectly!
- Bags. If really in need, you could get some strong plastic bags and store you stacked fabric and things in there.
- Sewing basket. If you have a GIGANTIC sewing basket, or not many sewing supplies, you could store things in there. If you haven't got a large one, I suggest you go to your sewing store or Lincraft, as I am sure they will have some good sizes.
Step 2~Stacking and Folding Fabric!
If you're like me, and have lots of fabric ( this is not all of my fabric pictured of course! ), this wil take a while! It's quite simple really. Follow directions below!
1. Iron all fabric if you wish.
2. Starting with one piece, fold to a size you like or fits your container. 40cm by 40cm I find is a really good size.
- Make sure all sides join up with another and are even.
3. Continue this method, making sure all fabric are roughly the same size folded as the previous one. Stack your fabric up and you're finished!
If you wish, you can colour code your stacked fabric to be even more organized!
If you have misshaped fabric, such as a triangle, try to make a square or rectangle as best as you can.
For everything else, such as ribbons etc, place in an appropriate place. Unfinished projects in a box, donated fabrics in another, ribbon in a tin, endless organization. Believe me, this method works!
Store any other things you find randomly, pack away, and you're done!
Keep checking Thread Thrills for more updates on Organizing Your Sewing! Coming soon!
Unfortunately, I have a low budget. Wait, let me rephrase that: I have practically no budget at all, so I have to work with what I've got.
I'm sure many of you are in the same situation as me, so let's work together to make our sewing super organized!
The focus of this post will be storage-because as these will be an ongoing collection of posts, and you might as well have all your stuff out of the way before you start organizing the rest of your toolbox etc.So, if you want to have suitable storage for your sewing, you need to have some ( I guess you call it equipment?!) form of storage.
This could be:
- Reasonably large plastic containers from your supermarket. When I say containers I mean that they're like boxes, pretty big. These can come in a variety of sizes and if you have lots of material or other sewing equipment these are really good.
- Baskets. These are really pretty and can be stacked up and hold a lot of fabrics ( I have a few myself). Disadvantage: Moths and other bugs can get in and eat your fabric! This means that if having a basket you will have to put your fabric or whatevers in it to protect it.
- Tins. Okay, so these are mostly for small things ( such as ribbons, wool, scraps ) but really come in handy! An old biscuit tin that has been washed out will do perfectly!
- Bags. If really in need, you could get some strong plastic bags and store you stacked fabric and things in there.
- Sewing basket. If you have a GIGANTIC sewing basket, or not many sewing supplies, you could store things in there. If you haven't got a large one, I suggest you go to your sewing store or Lincraft, as I am sure they will have some good sizes.
Step 2~Stacking and Folding Fabric!If you're like me, and have lots of fabric ( this is not all of my fabric pictured of course! ), this wil take a while! It's quite simple really. Follow directions below!
1. Iron all fabric if you wish.
2. Starting with one piece, fold to a size you like or fits your container. 40cm by 40cm I find is a really good size.
- Make sure all sides join up with another and are even.
3. Continue this method, making sure all fabric are roughly the same size folded as the previous one. Stack your fabric up and you're finished!
If you wish, you can colour code your stacked fabric to be even more organized!If you have misshaped fabric, such as a triangle, try to make a square or rectangle as best as you can.
For everything else, such as ribbons etc, place in an appropriate place. Unfinished projects in a box, donated fabrics in another, ribbon in a tin, endless organization. Believe me, this method works!
Store any other things you find randomly, pack away, and you're done!
Keep checking Thread Thrills for more updates on Organizing Your Sewing! Coming soon!
How To Thread A Bobbin-Video Tutorial!
Hi Guys!
Here is the second video I've made: How to Thread A Bobbin! It's not as informative as my other video ' How to Thread The Sewing Machine ( eg, it doesn't have voice over or as many titles) but it's pretty understandable, I think.
So I hope you guys enjoy it! Thanks to Freya who was the demonstrator and Riddhi ( http://livingmylife-riddhi.blogspot.com.au/ ) who was hanging around in the background!
Video Tutorial- How to Thread The Sewing Machine
Finally, finally, I have put up my video tutorial! We created these iMovies in textiles class and this is mine. It is operated by Riddhi [ http://livingmylife-riddhi.blogspot.com.au/ ] and film and audio is done by me. My voice sounds really weird in it though so please don't laugh! :-)
So, please sit back, relax and enjoy the show! You can refer back to this video if you forget how to do it.
My next video is How to Thread A Bobbin! Coming soon!
So, please sit back, relax and enjoy the show! You can refer back to this video if you forget how to do it.
Please note the 'go fishing' part, is a term where you continuously bring the hand wheel forward until the thread from the bobbing pulls though to where the other thread is.
My next video is How to Thread A Bobbin! Coming soon!
Friday 9 May 2014
How To Thread A Sewing Machine- Delay due to technical diffuculties
Unfortunately there has been another delay of the video tutorial ' How To Thread A Sewing Machine'. This time it's due to major technical difficulties which should be over soon.
So now the tutorial will most likely be available within the next 2 weeks.
Sorry for the delay!
So now the tutorial will most likely be available within the next 2 weeks.
Sorry for the delay!
Monday 5 May 2014
New Collection of Posts- Organizing Your Sewing
Hi Guys,
I thought I would start a collection of advice about keeping your sewing materials in order. This is quite important because half-finished projects could be lost under that towering pile of fabric. It is also quite dangerous to have pins lying around, which I will talk about later on.
So that's going to be a new collection of posts to look forward to! Keep checking Thread Thrills for updates!
I thought I would start a collection of advice about keeping your sewing materials in order. This is quite important because half-finished projects could be lost under that towering pile of fabric. It is also quite dangerous to have pins lying around, which I will talk about later on.So that's going to be a new collection of posts to look forward to! Keep checking Thread Thrills for updates!
Sunday 4 May 2014
Sorry for the Delay- Winner of My Favourite Sewing Project Announced!
Hey Guys!
I am really sorry I haven't posted much in a long time, I have been really busy with school work!
So, there are a few things I need to catch up on! Most importantly...
The Winner of My Favourite Sewing Project!
Ok, so I had not many entries but as this is the first time this competition has been introduced, this is to be expected.
Anyway, the winner is....
ROSALIE!! ( aka Rosie )
Rosalie, a sewing pal of mine, has made this Arno Cat all sewn by hand. Wowee! Good work Rosalie!
An interview will be coming up next with Rosalie about her piece of work, so keep checking Thread Thrills for more updates on our winner of the month!
Our next My Favourite Sewing Project has begun and entries close on the 30th of May!
So get sewing now!
Also I'm thinking of adding themes to this competition; eg. You have to make something with the theme of animals or space or something.
Let me know what you think in the comments or send me an email at etskps@gmail.com
So that's about all for now guys, I'll try to keep more posts coming! Any questions you need to ask or if you need help on a project, don't be afraid to ask! Just drop a line and photo in the comments1
Bye for now!
I am really sorry I haven't posted much in a long time, I have been really busy with school work!
So, there are a few things I need to catch up on! Most importantly...
The Winner of My Favourite Sewing Project!
Ok, so I had not many entries but as this is the first time this competition has been introduced, this is to be expected.
Anyway, the winner is....
ROSALIE!! ( aka Rosie )
Rosalie, a sewing pal of mine, has made this Arno Cat all sewn by hand. Wowee! Good work Rosalie!
An interview will be coming up next with Rosalie about her piece of work, so keep checking Thread Thrills for more updates on our winner of the month!
Our next My Favourite Sewing Project has begun and entries close on the 30th of May!
So get sewing now!
Also I'm thinking of adding themes to this competition; eg. You have to make something with the theme of animals or space or something.
Let me know what you think in the comments or send me an email at etskps@gmail.com
So that's about all for now guys, I'll try to keep more posts coming! Any questions you need to ask or if you need help on a project, don't be afraid to ask! Just drop a line and photo in the comments1
Bye for now!
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