http://www.justsewbrighton.co.uk en-gb justsewbrighton.co.uk 2011-5-22T00:00:00Z justsewbrighton.co.uk http://www.justsewbrighton.co.uk/page13.htm#94534 On Sunday the 5th of June there will be all sorts of crafting happening at Just Sew Jo and Sam will be showing a class how to do simple printing and with the inks and lino prints and stencils we have we will be printing fabric and making our own purses the class is open to ages 8 and above and we have 6 spaces available if you would like to know more or book your child a space please send an email or call Jo or Sam at the shopThere will be a class on the first Sunday of every month and we will be exploring a different craft each month we will be printing knitting embroidering sewing and weaving to name a few the classes are from 13 they cost 16312 and all materials are included. Come and craft at Just Sew 2011-5-22 23:19:30 http://www.justsewbrighton.co.uk/page13.htm#94343 Just to let everybody know that there will be kids classes during the half term break on Tuesday 31st of May the Saturday classes will be happening as normal and there will be the Just Sew Craft Club happening on the Sunday for more details please drop us an email at justsewbrightonyahoo.co.uk I will update soon with the projects we will be doing so watch this space 2011-5-20 10:15:19 http://www.justsewbrighton.co.uk/page13.htm#73354 Weve been having a lot of fun at Just sew over the Summer Holidays weve had extra kids classes in the week on Tuesdays and Wedanesdaysweve been making things like Pajama bottoms aprons inspired by the 50s and this week we tried feltmaking.... ....LOADS of fun Messy but really cool everybody made a terrific few pieces of felt we used carders also to mix colours and get some really cool effects we started out with felt pieces inspired by fish and there were a lot of polka dots and striped going on it was great Next week is a patchwork cushion using log cabin patchwork and an envelope back its going to be really interesting to see what colour combinations the kids come up with I love patchwork We have also been keeping up with the kids classes on the Saturdays too weve been making doormice doorstops Daushaunds galore and this week we are going to try our hand at making a quilted tray will post photos whern we are done. We are going to be starting our teen classes agin in September and... 2010-8-21 11:14:29 http://www.justsewbrighton.co.uk/page13.htm#70122 People are always impressed with the Union Jack cushion and its fun to make It takes about 34 hours depending how skilly you are and you dont need much fabric.You will need measurements will follow red fabric 2 strips 2 78 inches wide 2 strips 1 68 inches wide white fabric 7 strips 1 18 inches wide blue fabric fat quarter plain backing fabric could be calico 22 x 16 calico to make inner cushion 22 x 16 x 2 piping cord optional rotary cutter cutting mat patchwork ruler pins Use 14 inch seam allowance 14 inch seam foot is a great help Its a good idea to have the pattern in front of you while you work that way you can see how each part of the flag looks as youre making it. I drew it out on a large piece of paper but you could refer back to a photograph instead. The piece you can see on the pattern below I will call the block. Cut the red and white fabric into strips and stitch a white strip to either side of the red strip. Iron your strips so they are ... 2010-7-11 18:14:53 http://www.justsewbrighton.co.uk/page13.htm#69856 Weve been up to all sorts the past few weeks we have been making fathers day wallets camera bags and there have been sock pigs make out of some of the craziest coloured socks imaginable but my favourite so far has to be these AWESOME aprons...they were meant to be barbecue aprons but they ended up becoming personlised craft aprons and they all looked amazingMade out of simple cotton and decorated in some groovy Dylon dye pens in neon and normal colours the kids created some amazing stuff so well done guysWe actually stock the Dylon Dye pens in the Brighton Sewing centre for 1633.99 easy to use and incredibly vibrant they look awesome not only on aprons but T shirts bags and loads of other craft projects...coming soon in the kids classes are patchwork cats and Russian dolls amongst other things will have to post photos as they happen 2010-7-8 14:59:46 http://www.justsewbrighton.co.uk/page13.htm#67423 ...We have kids classes on Saturdays at Just Sew and we get up to all sorts of fun we have made bears owls bags picture frames bugs and many many other things too. I love doing the kids classes its always awesome seeing what the kids do with an idea and the way they use colours and textures its always inspiring here are some photos of some of our latest projects...Love this adorable ladybird And beach huts galore Our kids classes are on Saturdays from 12.302.30 and 35 from age 8 up call into the shop or give us a call for more information. Im going to post more photos of the kids work as we finish our projects we try and do something different every week its great fun 2010-6-8 20:50:31 http://www.justsewbrighton.co.uk/page13.htm#65253 Felix and I used to hang out all the time making stuff at our leisure...this is felix hes very relaxed.I then made a toy like felix as you do when youve got all day This was before christmas thats why hes wearing a scarf..it was cold And yes I did knit that scarf scarves are the only thing I can knit Now we have the new shop theres not as much sewing time as there was before but as we love it we fit it in every week even if its only to make the sample for the kids classes on Saturday. Part of the fun of a shop is having access to so many new and quirky products buttons fabrics ribbons trims etc. Im always on the look out for something new to buy in for my projects...I mean the shop. I will be putting them on this site so you can see them to so watch this space 2010-5-14 11:03:14 http://www.justsewbrighton.co.uk/page13.htm#60339 ...And I think Im in love with it We sold out of them a little while ago but now we have another one in stock a Janome FM725 If you love all kinds of felting and the excitement of creating your own designs this is the machine for you it looks like a sewing machine but dont let that fool you. It uses 4 felting needles that pierce the fibres and base fabric felt works perfectly and joins them as one piece of material.Not only is the Embellisher incredibly easy to use but the creative possibilities are endless. I played with it yesterday and this is what I made. The beauty of it is I can add to it I could add different colours and textures and then with a little embellishment of my own buttons andor stitch. You can create some of the most gorgeous effects just let your creativity run riot We have the Janome FM725 in stock for 163289 so come and check it out 2010-3-11 18:57:10 http://www.justsewbrighton.co.uk/page13.htm#59227 This is our latest window thanks to Pomlove.com and Jane from Stitch Club. If youve been past the shop lately and it appears to be closed all the time its not that were slackers and not getting out of bed...although who could blame us with all this lousy weather We are actually working ever more in our new shop across the road. We are now the proud owners of the Brighton Sewing Centre and we sell sewing machines and parts habidashery and a few fat quarters. We still service and repair sewing machines well Brian and Alan do and they have about 25 years experience each So if youve been wondering why we havent updated our website since about October its because weve been Sooooooo busy getting organised. In fact the new shop is still a work in progress Ive painted one wall and one shelf. Im hoping the rest will get done this weekend as its driving me a bit crazy its not as nice as Just Sew but it will be soon. We are open Monday to Saturday 9.30am 5pm so pop in some time were always the... 2010-2-25 17:32:21 http://www.justsewbrighton.co.uk/page13.htm#50423 Today Jane and I spent all afternoon changing the window its not quite finished but it will stay this way until halloween. It looks better in real life it was already dark when I took this photo so its a bit grainy Ill get a better picture when its finished but Im very pleased. 2009-10-11 21:51:26 http://www.justsewbrighton.co.uk/page13.htm#50277 I was so excited to see this magazine yesterday. I had been contacted by a busy editor asking for an image and I didnt have what she wanted so I wasnt sure if we would be in the magazine or not. After much scouring though I found our Shop listed in the A Z of poundsaving tricks under H for haberdashery. To be clear we dont stock haberdashery at the moment but we do teach people how to sew. Really I dont care what it says Im just thrilled to be in Vogue 2009-10-9 10:13:02 http://www.justsewbrighton.co.uk/page13.htm#48697 2009-9-14 15:31:10 http://www.justsewbrighton.co.uk/page13.htm#48691 We started a new class on Sunday and well done to everyone who attended it started at 10am. That shows the dedication and love we all have for free machine embroidery or the love of the idea of it. As it was our first ever lesson and we didnt really know what we were getting into...Sunday mornings 163100 It was really good fun. Our teacher Sally Goodyer told us we were going to start with zig zag and the normal foot and I was quietly disappointed so I made the tea to put off what I thought would be slightly boring...how wrong was I In all my sewing years I have clearly underestimated this stitch. Free machining is definitely the future I didnt do this one Sally did. I havent had time to take a picture of my masterpiece zig zag yet. 2009-9-14 15:12:36 http://www.justsewbrighton.co.uk/page13.htm#47487 I made the first Bear for a kids class and I thought it was cute But I was told that its a scary bear. I wasnt going to give up though as I knew this bear had potential its easy to make easy to make clothes for...I now have a selection of faces to choose from but I am finding it difficult to find the winning look. The purple button eye bear is not the scary bear by the way even though that would be my first choice. Can you guess which one it was 2009-8-25 08:21:48 http://www.justsewbrighton.co.uk/page13.htm#45981 We started making our own bias binding when I say we I mean me and Stephanie. Steph cut it out and I made the card. Its really effective and looks great although time consuming and somehow feels wrong to cut diagonally through a perfectly good piece of fabric. 2009-7-31 21:43:04 http://www.justsewbrighton.co.uk/page13.htm#45745 Ive booked this class for Sunday the 4th of October 2009 if you would like to learn how to make this cushion. There will be a variety of fabrics to choose from so your Union Jack cushion will be original. 2009-7-28 16:57:26 http://www.justsewbrighton.co.uk/page13.htm#45295 I know everyone is making Union Jack something or others I just wanted to join in I did use a bit of creative licence with the flag apart from the fabric of course the stripes arent exactly correct. But I decided that since Traditionally flying a flag upside down is understood as a distress signal. In the case of the Union Flag Union Jack the difference is so subtle as to be easily missed by many. Wikipedia I didnt want to cause trouble. He he. 2009-7-21 11:22:20 http://www.justsewbrighton.co.uk/page13.htm#45041 These felt balls were made a while ago by my very helpful Mother love you. Im going to include instructions in my new cupcake kits for how to make felt balls because even though it only takes 5 minutes to make one...have you worked out how many hours were spent on this lot 2009-7-16 19:03:18 http://www.justsewbrighton.co.uk/page13.htm#44065 Since the Springwatch day out Soooo much has happened in our little shop I dont know where to start oh yes I do Janes lovely window display mmmm shes very creative. Id love to sit here and talk at length about the fun weve been having but I dont have time. As much fun as it is having a shop sewing still takes a long time and Ive got lots of projects to do Hope to see you soon and thanks for looking at our website. 2009-6-29 12:16:09 http://www.justsewbrighton.co.uk/page13.htm#42954 This is my lovely banner that I stayed up till 1am Saturday night to finish...have you ever started sewing something and known from the start its a bad idea because it will take ages but somehow you think you will this time have time to finish it This was one of those ideas. I should have looked at those 33 letters and thought no you dont have time to stitch around each letter before the Springwatch festival tomorrow just forget it and go to bed. Of course I didnt think that I had to bring my sewing machine home stay up late hunched over the sewing machine on the wrong chair hurting my back...mmm I am complaining alot I think Im tired. It was my way of advertising the shop without cards I thought it could be an environmental statement about not printing cards and wasting paper and ink although I probably effected the environment by using electricity staying up late. It was made out of recycled fabrics though and surely that counts for something 2009-6-7 21:54:54 http://www.justsewbrighton.co.uk/page13.htm#42195 My latest exciting news is that Sublime Stitching has arrived at Just Sew We now stock patterns kits transfer paper metalic and glow in the dark threads Im very excited But you can probably tell that from all the exclamation marks I just want to make them all Luckily you can reuse the patterns up to 8 times. Like they say This aint your grammas embroidery Come in and have a look. There are 20 different patterns to choose from...while stocks last. 2009-5-24 21:20:10 http://www.justsewbrighton.co.uk/page13.htm#42192 On Saturday afternoons we have a childrens sewing class from 2pm 4pm and it costs 16310 including materials. Its for children 8 years and older. I teach kids from 8 years because they use the sewing machine and some hand sewing depending on what we are making at the time. When theyre younger than 8 its difficult for them to use the sewing machine but if your child is really keen to sew there are projects we can do that doesnt require them to use the machines. I have made a variety of projects with the kids and intend to work out a programme of what we are going to make in the future. At the moment though we seem to be making alot of sock toys and other soft animal toys because thats what they want but Im hoping to move on to other projects soon This has been a very popular rabbit I think it might be her jumper Soft animal toys inspired by the fabulous Bobby Dazzlers. httpwww.theworldofbobbydazzler.co.uk 2009-5-24 20:11:29 http://www.justsewbrighton.co.uk/page13.htm#42183 After lots of hard work the shop is open and operational...actually it has been for about 7 weeks and like a new baby Im still counting the weeks. We havent started advertising properly so Im thrilled with the response we have had from people who have just been walking by. We have been deciding what classes to run from what people tell us they are looking for so if theres something youre interested in please ask and if we cant teach it Im sure we can find someone who can. If youre interesting in sewing and textiles and you want to learn or teach please come and see us were always looking for new ideas and inspiring textiles and we love sewing because its fun. Ive heard lots of stories of scary home economics teachers but dont let them put you off Youre older now and it will be much easier and quicker to get the hang of and were really not scary...except on halloween we love halloween. Anyway Ill post new info about the shop here and hopefully meet you one day at Just Sew. 2009-5-24 19:08:27