UK meet (and swap?) - anyone interested?
Some of us have started saying we'd like a UK meet up.... sooooo, who is interested? And where do you live? And are you willing to travel???????
I have just looked at the rail map of the uk, we could meet centrally somewhere, sometime this summer? We seem to have people from Edinburgh to Devon....
I'll start, I live in Lincolnshire, I can travel within reason (!), but I need some time to organise babysitting ;0) I would LOVE to meet some of the people I have met online and chat about sewing...
Who's in?
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Permalink Reply by margueritedesigns on
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I haven't! But I'd make an effort to be at an annual get-together anyway.
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Permalink Reply by Jen on
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Darnit! I'm in Victoria, but there is no Albert around. Ballarat Victoria, Australia is a long way from London so Ladies, have a lovely gettogether and take loads of photos. Hopefully we'll see a few Horrocks dresses, but we'll love to see you in red, white and blue no matter what style it takes.
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Permalink Reply by Cathe on
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I concur, no Victoria or Albert here but l look forward to pictures and posts. So very exciting!
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I've been out shopping in the sunshine today and I have my fabric for the red, white and blue challenge! I've also sellotaped together my downloaded pattern, so I'm all set - how exciting!
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Permalink Reply by charlotte tilley on
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oh, exciting! are you doing the Horrockses? I have stickytaped mine but it will need considerable grading around the bosom!
what fabric did you get????
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Permalink Reply by Judy Roberson on
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Charolette, what about you? are you doing the horrockses dress? what about fabric.have you found yours yet? Hope your having a good week.
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Permalink Reply by Shannon Gruber Burchard on
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Ladies please post pictures of your Horrockes dresses for those of us on the other side of the pond. Finding fabric to get the effect in the picture is proving a challenge. These have promise http://www.hartsfabric.com/echino-fabric-etsuko-furuya59489.html and http://www.hartsfabric.com/39808.html, but the price is slowing me down.
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those fabrics are beautiful - and loads cheaper than what you would pay here, I am very jealous, I like the first one best Shannon....
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OOOH.. Can't wait to see it...Is it the horrockses dress?? I sure have been hoping some one does it..can't wait to see it..hope you have fun sewing this week.. You need to give us a peek at the fabric you chose..
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Hi Charlotte and Judy - Yes, I am doing the Horrockses and I will have to add substantial margins all around the pattern too! I've got some red and white fabric - I went to King's Lynn. There's a brilliant shop there called The Fent Shop. It's been there for years and it's full of rolls of fabric - an old fashioned type fabric shop. This year they were given a Royal Warrant of all things (Sandringham is nearby)! They are very reasonable though and I got some stuff at £3.45 per metre. I'll post a picture at the weekend. It's just a simple flower print on a red background, but it's fun and jolly.
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How exciting! I may have to have a trip to King's Lynn very soon ;0) Is the Fent shop easy to find?
I have got some fabric too, I got mine from croftmill, it's white with red roses, I thought it was very 50s.
http://www.croftmill.co.uk/products/cottons-poly-cottons/cotton-law...
I have no idea if I will manage the dress though, it seems a bit complicated for me, I have only managed the Colette dress patterns and they were super easy and already in my size.
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That's nice! Mine's a bit more modern, but I like it and I think it'll be ok. I've looked at the pattern instructions and they seem quite well written, so I'll give it a go.
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