Shopping bags and pencil cases

The makes this morning. Although the shopping bags are all in their little holders. 

Back to The Beginning.

It is time for me to go back to the basics. After buying the replacement car, then Yesterday buying DS his motorbike and the gear the bank is now empty. Well I left £5 in the account to start me off again. It's time for me to focus on my makes and use my skills to create for Christmas, and to sell surplus when ever I can. But first I have the bags to finish for the Zimbabwe challenge over on Elaine's blog. 

Children's Room Sofa

Finally here is a picture of the children's room Sofa

that I have created for a client. 

Stop-tober the Frugal Challenge

My friends on Mortgagefreeinthree are doing a budget Stop rather then the advertised smoking campaigne. I think that this is one for me to get my teeth into after buying the new car. 

So for me this means aiming to not spend any money on fabrics or notions either but also to continue with my making. 

It's time to concentrate on the Christmas presents. I know the 'C' word is out there now. 

New Car

I realise this post is not about making, it's about replacing my old car with a slightly newer one. But if I hadn't started Mooloos in April, then I would not have managed to have any savings. So with a little savings and a help from my lovely Dad today I have bought a new car. Well new to me! I get to pick it up on Thursday. 

Swimming Bags

I have had a request for one of my children's bags to be a waterproof swimming bag. Some adaptation will be required as original bag picture customer has seen is a small child's hand bag. But not to be defeated I will do some adaptations with the fabric and come up with something I hope will be suitable. 

With the machines back and ready to sew, I hope to finish my alterations and get cracking on the bag before the weekend. Fingers crossed. 

Alas the customer has changed her mind. The cost of £8 - £10 for a bespoke bag was too expensive. As it takes over an hour to make a bag, plus the cost of all the fabric etc I can't make it for less. 

Machines Fixed

Well the machines are both now sewing perfectly fine. The problems? My thread seams to have been the trouble as as soon as he put in his threads and changed a needle (although I had done that already), both sewed fine ! Grrrr so two hours driving and five minutes in the workshop! Needless to say I have invested in a few boxes of their threads and will not use the cheap stuff on my machines anymore. (Until its my last resort because I need the colour for an urgent repair or something! )