Any seamstresses on the forum?

Discussion in 'Lounge' started by figaro, Nov 2, 2013.

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  1. Got to make a seat pad for the Guzzi, but I ain't got a sewing machine (or the knowledge to use one, frankly). I've found loads of companies that'll recover a standard seat, adding memory foam if need be, cutting the padding down, fitting posher covers, all sorts of mods, and they rarely top £100. The second you mention 'cafe racer' the price doubles:mad:
     
    #1 figaro, Nov 2, 2013
  2. Say it's a "tea shoppe" racer. That'll make it cheaper :upyeah:
     
    #2 El Toro, Nov 2, 2013
  3. Sod that! Have you seen the price of cream scones in Surrey..?:eek:
     
    #3 figaro, Nov 2, 2013
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  4. Come off it........Croydon's in Surrey isn't it? :wink:
     
    #4 El Toro, Nov 2, 2013
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  5. Good point well made:frown:
     
    #5 figaro, Nov 2, 2013
  6. Wanders in


    Two grown men discussing needle craft and afternoon tea in the Home Counties

    Walks quietly backwards and closes the door
     
    #6 Char, Nov 2, 2013
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  7. I love you Char, deeply and unreservedly. You are the light of my life.

    By the way, are you any good at sewing..?
     
    #7 figaro, Nov 2, 2013
  8. Do it by hand. I can get you a set of needles and some extra strong yarn if you cant get them yourself. Cost less than a tenner,
     
    #8 higgy748, Nov 2, 2013
  9. By hand..?:eek:

    This is an age of technological brilliance, no-one does anything by hand any more. To that end I have taken the bull by the horns and sought help from high technology to complete my task...I've just bought a sewing machine...that's 50 years older than me!
     
    #9 figaro, Nov 2, 2013
  10. I have a staple gun
     
    #10 Char, Nov 2, 2013
  11. Put an extra one in for me...
     
    #11 figaro, Nov 2, 2013
  12. #12 TT600, Nov 2, 2013
  13. Anyone who reads Terry Pratchett would have thought this thread was about something completely different!
     
    #13 Archer17, Nov 2, 2013
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  14. Wasn't she in "desperate housewives"?
     
    #14 ducati dad, Nov 3, 2013
  15. Oi you can't diss Croydon !!!!
     
    #15 He11cat, Nov 5, 2013
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  16. Croydon Park Hotel is where the riff raff go ..,

    Now please drive a further 15mins to the Selsdon Park Hotel :) :)
    Far superior ..
    Or go another 5 mins down the road and tap my Mum up for tea and cakes :)

    Selsdon Park Hotel is much much nicer :) honestly !
     
    #16 He11cat, Nov 5, 2013
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  17. Edward Heath thought so.
     
    #17 Pete1950, Nov 5, 2013
  18. Ah, Croydon, home of the 'Croydon facelift' - pull you hair back so tight it pulls the wrinkles out of your face.

    If Vicky here pulls it back any further she'll end up with a beard...

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    #18 figaro, Nov 5, 2013
  19. Oh well, here goes nothing...please say hello to my new acquisition, a Singer!

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    Okay, she looks a little care worn, but then so would you after 111 years of service! She was born in 1902, and still works a treat, all bar requiring a bit of lube. Now all I've got to do is teach myself how to sew, and buy a magnifying glass so I can thread the fkin' needle:mad:
     
    #19 figaro, Nov 5, 2013
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  20. drive past Selsdon park hotel, every couple of weeks on me way to me ma's.

    could always play golf there!!!
     
    #20 TT600, Nov 5, 2013
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