All Things Mum

I recieved this bookby Chris James from Fishpond the other day and I read the whole thing whilst we took a trip to the city to pick up Little Miss' new car seat. I must say how fabulous it has been already. It has lots of great pictures although I am yet to understand why my loops don't look the same as hers. I sat with it last night and played around with my overlocker/serger. It was still annoying to see the 4 thread pictures regarding tension so I opened up my manual and referred to 3-thread diagrams. Things finally began to click . I also tested on a folded piece of fabric rather than only one layer. It makes the stitching come out nicer and more visible. I jotted down notes: test 1: tensions 4, 3, 4 = loops too loose test 2: tensions 5, 4, 3 = loops sit right on edge, maybe a little bit under test 3: tensions 5, 3, 2 = a bit better? blue - upper loper orange - lower looper ... stuff like that.... it really does help. I'm still getting my head around the terms and wha...

You are my sunshine My only sunshine You make me happy when skies are grey... My mother's day present arrived yesterday and I've been playing with it ever since. It was a bit daunting reading the manual and thinking, this couldn't be any easier if it were written in Japanese : p I did a trial of the jacket with some spare fleece and cut out the 110cm size templates first. I tested it by placing the pieces directly on Little Miss and decided that the sleeves were way too big and long. So then, I placed the 100cm template on top and snipped to size. This is how it has turned out so far. So far as good. I tried it on her this morning and it fitted quite well. I'm not sure if I want to finish off making the collar, buttonholes and pockets or jump right into the real jacket. I'm so in love with how it overlocks the edges while cutting it neatly for me. Such bliss.