Thank you all for giving me a new productive hobby!

Well after becomming obsessed with this forum I decided to spend some of my hard earned maternity pay on a sewing machine, the first one I have ever used in my life (bar a two week trial on my mums!) and have since then become like a woman possessed
So far i've made a dress for DD2, shoes for DD3, trousers for DD's 2 & 3, 2 pairs shoes and 2 taggy blankets for a friends new baby and several more babygro bunnies for people! I have fabric ready and waiting for a dress for DD3, some cushions for DD1 (she doesn't "do" handmade clothes!!), a wall hanging for DD1, some wipes, and some taggy's for DD3!! On order I have some lovely cord fabric for coats for the younger 2, and am going to order some PUL for a wetbag and maybe a go at a nappy.............





....... and I've only had it a week

here's photo's of abbie in her new dress and abbie and olivia in their trousers, which incidentally were tea towels being sold off at 10p each in wilkos

Fantastic!!

Well done you! I love the tea towel trousers! So clever.

Wow! you've totally become a sewing machine! Those trousers are amazing. You've spurred me on to do some stitching. xxx

they look fab well done

ah, amazing, well done! Do you mind me asking which sewing machine you bought? I'm wanting to buy my first one.

Thanks everyone

Do you mind me asking which sewing machine you bought? I'm wanting to buy my first one.

I bought the Bush 2301 from Argos - no reason other than that I didn't have a clue and I did have a budget and this one was reduced to £71.49 from £142.99, so I figured it must be quite good for that to be the original price, only I could afford it! And it's great - I love it!!!

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/p ... 418697.htm

Thanks, will have a look!

How did you figure out how to make all those things? I haven't really sewed before and wondering where to start.

WOW! The dress is beautiful. Love the idea of the tea towel trousers too!