Equipment....

Some of my most used pieces of equipment.....

Over the years I've enjoyed making (and adjusting clothes) I'm mainly self taught often referring to the Complete Guide to Sewing for instruction. Quality fabric scissors are essential, I was told never to use them for anything other than fabric.

Just over two years ago I need to replace my old Singer machine and decided to purchase the Janome 2032 from John Lewis, which was on offer at the time and cost £89, the price included a two year warranty. It's a simple machine, but for my needs, perfectly adequate. I've been really pleased with it.

Janome is a leading Japanese manufacturer, the Japanese have been designing and building quality sewing machines for many years. Toyota started making weaving looms long before they started to manufacture vehicles. Juki is another high quality Japanese manufacture producing industrial machines used the world over, below is a picture I took in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam of a tarpaulin maker using a Juki machine.

In this blog I'd like to talk about my experiences and thoughts, and hopefully, help and inspire others to be creative and to enjoy fashion. I'd appreciate feedback and happily answer questions.

Thank you for reading this, I hope you enjoy Over Fashion.