Wunderoos July

[Miss Behaving]

Wunderoos July

Lillypond059;1352269 wrote: Morning all

finally getting over the bug I had, busy today making curtains for a freind...

Hope you are all having a good day...

can you make some for me too Lily??!!

Seriously, given how talented you are in the craft department, I'd really appreciate your advice. One of the things I want to do to get the house ready for sale is to make some new curtains. I prefer to not have them at all, as I like waking up with the light and in sync with the seasons. But we have some cheap ready-made sheers in our bedroom (mainly for privacy reasons), no curtains in one bedroom, and the curtains that were there when I bought the house in the office - which are now looking very faded and old. So I was thinking that I'd try and replace them all with something that is the same through all three bedrooms so that it all looks nicer, but I'm trying to keep the costs down as much as possible. (and for that reason I might just go for ready mades)

Anyway, I've been out and got a couple of swatches and I want to make a decision this weekend about what I decide to do. My questions are:
*how easy is voille to sew on a fairly basic sewing machine?? (operated by a fairly mediocre and out-of-practice sew-er!)
*there are normal curtain rails in two rooms, but a rod in the other, and we don't really want to mess around with changing those. But I can't quite get my head around how I would make curtains that would work with both. Any suggestions??

hope you don't mind me asking for your help!!

[Lillypond059]

Wunderoos July

Missy, you can buy rings to go on the curtain rod, they have little holes at the bottom, where you hook the the cutrains onto, that will make them all look the same..

voille is easy enough to sew, I measure and press all the hems first, that makes it a lot easier..for sewing.. also you probably already know this, but make sure you put a new needle in sewing machine before you start, I use a size 14 sharp... if I lived closer to you I would of quite happily made them for you...

[tawnyfrog]

Wunderoos July

Arvo Undies ... back in a while. Sorting out some flue issues because I have a flue ...

[Lillypond059]

Wunderoos July

Techie beautifull photos, and hope you are feeling better:l

[Lillypond059]

Wunderoos July

Hi Tawn, I have a flue too, but no issues, whats wrong with your flue...
has HP still not got a flue ???

[myhappyplace]

Wunderoos July

Lillypond059;1352302 wrote: Hi Tawn, I have a flue too, but no issues, whats wrong with your flue...
has HP still not got a flue ???

No Ive got a flu Lily. Just don't have a connector bit but maybe today....grrrrr
Glad you're feeling better!

[tawnyfrog]

Wunderoos July

Job's done! Lilly - it was smoking inside the house at the joint between sections 2 & 3 so there had to be a blockage. After some stunt maintenance involving a tall step ladder, leather gloves and a very long poking stick I've cleared the bugger of great chunks of accumulated sooty crud. Why this build-up has suddenly occurred is beyond me. But it's all working again.

And as to Happs (( I don't think we should mention the f word - she's a bit sensitive))

[myhappyplace]

Wunderoos July

And that was flue not flu. Being a smart Rse and dictating to my phone hehehe

[tawnyfrog]

Wunderoos July

See? I told you she was sensitive ...

[myhappyplace]

Wunderoos July

Yes I am very sensitive....

[tawnyfrog]

Wunderoos July

myhappyplace;1352321 wrote: No Ive got a flu Lily. Just don't have a connector bit but maybe today....grrrrr

There there ... maybe by the first day of Spring it'll be sorted ...

[Miss Behaving]

Wunderoos July

Lillypond059;1352298 wrote: Missy, you can buy rings to go on the curtain rod, they have little holes at the bottom, where you hook the the cutrains onto, that will make them all look the same..

voille is easy enough to sew, I measure and press all the hems first, that makes it a lot easier..for sewing.. also you probably already know this, but make sure you put a new needle in sewing machine before you start, I use a size 14 sharp... if I lived closer to you I would of quite happily made them for you...

Lily - thank you so much!! I will go to Spotlight tomorrow and make sure I leave plenty of time - my biggest problem is that I get impatient and always try to do things too quickly (and then get cross at myself because I haven't done it properly ). Like measuring and pressing the hems first And note to self - buy some new machine needles! (Of course, whether my eye sight is good enough to be able to thread said needle is another question :H:H)

anyway, I'll keep you posted and may come back for some more advice!

A nice bit of karma happened late this afternoon. As lots of you know, our business has been struggling for a couple of months as the effect of public sector cutbacks trickle through the Wellington economy. We've been putting the word out amongst our networks, without wanting to appear desperate. Late this afternoon I had a ring from an ex-student, a really lovely woman to whom I had given quite a lot of help about fifteen years ago but who I haven't seen since (check out the grammar TF :H:H). She had heard that we were on the hunt for work and wanted to know if she could put my name forward for some short term contract work in the organization that she is working for. It was a lovely thing to happen at the end of what has felt like a hard week

[myhappyplace]

Wunderoos July

tawnyfrog;1352330 wrote: There there ... maybe by the first day of Spring it'll be sorted ...

I shall give you the same look Mr Happs gave me when I said EXACTLY THAT...:H

Thats great news Missy. :l

Well...it turns out the chooks belonged next door....I have explained away my behaviour as chook kleptoism....my need for a large flock got the better of me....

[Lillypond059]

Wunderoos July

Happy that is so funny you taking home next door neighbours chooks, did you get any eggs from them when you had them

Tawn good you got your know what sorted, wont say the f word.... was wondering do you get brushes here for cleaning the ....., you know like the chimney sweepers use...

Missy good news on the work situation.. and hope the curtain making goes well, what tape are you using for the top of them....

[Miss Behaving]

Wunderoos July

Lillypond059;1352349 wrote: Happy that is so funny you taking home next door neighbours chooks, did you get any eggs from them when you had them

Tawn good you got your know what sorted, wont say the f word.... was wondering do you get brushes here for cleaning the ....., you know like the chimney sweepers use...

Missy good news on the work situation.. and hope the curtain making goes well, what tape are you using for the top of them....

Yes Happy - I want to know whether they paid for their overnight board and accommodation by giving you eggs too :H

Lily - I have absolutely no idea of what tape I am using but if you have any recommendations I would be very grateful!! My intent is to go for sheers, so I thinking something quite light (2-3 cm nylon jobbies with 2 draw strings) rather than those heavy duty ones with 4-5cm almost-canvas-like tape. But tell me if I should be thinking differently!!