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Posted by on July 7, 2009, 5:42 pm
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>It is that. When I'm doing more original, or non-commercial pattern pieces
>- and have the fabric - it's always part of the fun figuring out where I'm
>cutting, to make sure things match properly. At lunch yesterday, Donna & I
>were talking about this kind of thing - and me pointing out to my SIL that
>the no doubt pricey, custom pelmet in their breakfast room had been done
>with the flowers running the wrong way (upside down). Similarly - the back
>of two armchairs. She was definitely not happy. Pelmet - easy enough to
>fix, but.....
>Ellice
A friend in the UK bought some very beautiful, hand painted, French
wallpaper and took it home. It was an Audubon type thing of various
birds.
Her trusted old wall paper man came in to apply same to a large
kitchen/livingroom type of room. Her surgery was attached to the
house and she saw patients all morning then came over for lunch and
viewed work done so far. All the birds were hanging from the branches
lol She stopped him and I guess the French roll their rolls of wall
paper the opposite way to the English and he was quite unmoved when
she asked "Couldn't you see something was wrong on the first sheet
when you saw birds hanging from the branches" to which he said "I just
take what you give me and apply it" - cost her an arm and leg to get
back to the shop and commission the artist to paint more !
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Posted by ellice on July 7, 2009, 6:29 pm
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>> It is that. When I'm doing more original, or non-commercial pattern pieces
>> - and have the fabric - it's always part of the fun figuring out where I'm
>> cutting, to make sure things match properly. At lunch yesterday, Donna & I
>> were talking about this kind of thing - and me pointing out to my SIL that
>> the no doubt pricey, custom pelmet in their breakfast room had been done
>> with the flowers running the wrong way (upside down). Similarly - the back
>> of two armchairs. She was definitely not happy. Pelmet - easy enough to
>> fix, but.....
>>
>> Ellice
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> A friend in the UK bought some very beautiful, hand painted, French
> wallpaper and took it home. It was an Audubon type thing of various
> birds.
>
> Her trusted old wall paper man came in to apply same to a large
> kitchen/livingroom type of room. Her surgery was attached to the
> house and she saw patients all morning then came over for lunch and
> viewed work done so far. All the birds were hanging from the branches
> lol She stopped him and I guess the French roll their rolls of wall
> paper the opposite way to the English and he was quite unmoved when
> she asked "Couldn't you see something was wrong on the first sheet
> when you saw birds hanging from the branches" to which he said "I just
> take what you give me and apply it" - cost her an arm and leg to get
> back to the shop and commission the artist to paint more !
Ouch. I have a vision of this, another of those horrible lessons learned.
My DA, for her first condo when she'd gotten married had gorgeous
hand-painted wall-paper for the foyer and living room. The decorator
actually decided to have the large motifs - it was some kind of scene with
columns and statuary in the foyer, then flora/fauna in the LR - cut out. I
think they only wasted a roll as they had to get someone other than the
paperhangar to cut the large column motifs out. Pretty interesting that it
did finally end up hung correctly. I was just a kid so I don't remember all
the details - just there was much angst involved.
ellice
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Posted by Judy Bay on July 7, 2009, 10:41 pm
I made a pants & top of zebra-print corduroy! Actually wore them a few
years(!)
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>>>> That's how you can tell an item is homemade - the stripes & patterns
>>>> match!
>>> Or well sewn - as in really good clothing, suits, etc.
>>> Ellice
>>>> "You forgot to add very expensive.
> True. True. Not necessarily very, but certainly more expensive than not.
> I remember the first year I went to services at the synagogue I now belong
> to, the woman sitting in front of me was wearing a gorgeous suit - with
> kind
> of a fleur-de-lis variation pattern on the fabric. Black on white.
> Stunning details in the darting, inset waist, etc. I had just taken
> another
> sewing design/tailoring class - and was mesmerized by the perfect matching
> of this pattern. It was very fitted - and this is a very athletic,
> well-built woman with curves. Amazingly well done. She and I are a bit
> friendly, and we've laughed about my complimenting her on the suit - and
> I've always remembered that. So, I guess in the ready-to-wear world it is
> striking when something like a suit is so well matched. I expect easy
> things - like skirts to be matched properly. But, maybe I ask too much.
> OTOH, I still remember my home-ec sewing project of a pair of hip-hugger
> bell bottoms, done in a long, broad, floral & stripe alternating on the
> solid background. I had to match all those inseam angles, and the rear of
> course. I did actually wear them on one of my first dates!
> Ellice
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Posted by ellice on July 7, 2009, 2:38 pm
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> Changing to another kind of yardage:
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> Yesterday a retired lady at church who is "cleaning out" brought me a
> 6-yd piece of *original* 1970s unbound double-knit in bright floral
> pattern. DD (21 y.o., into "retro") LOVED it -- and the dear lady also
> included a few 1970s-era patterns, to boot!
>
> Woo-hoo!
>
> Sue
>
Hey, Sue - I found in a box some 1970's-80's patterns - want'em? Also -
some printed cordurouy - clearly of the era. I'm getting ready to trash the
stash from DH's mom - which I think is more 60's and some really horrid
synthetics. But, OTOH, there is some really different looking print
material. Hmmm .
ellice
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Posted by Cheryl Isaak on July 7, 2009, 3:15 pm
On 7/7/09 2:38 PM, in article C6790E72.15AB0%egirl22@verizon.net, "ellice"
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>> Changing to another kind of yardage:
>>
>> Yesterday a retired lady at church who is "cleaning out" brought me a
>> 6-yd piece of *original* 1970s unbound double-knit in bright floral
>> pattern. DD (21 y.o., into "retro") LOVED it -- and the dear lady also
>> included a few 1970s-era patterns, to boot!
>>
>> Woo-hoo!
>>
>> Sue
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> Hey, Sue - I found in a box some 1970's-80's patterns - want'em? Also -
> some printed cordurouy - clearly of the era. I'm getting ready to trash the
> stash from DH's mom - which I think is more 60's and some really horrid
> synthetics. But, OTOH, there is some really different looking print
> material. Hmmm .
>
>
> ellice
>
I'll take the corduroy if Sue doesn't want it... Got a nice bag of pieces
from gowns from Bobbie today.
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>It is that. When I'm doing more original, or non-commercial pattern pieces
>- and have the fabric - it's always part of the fun figuring out where I'm
>cutting, to make sure things match properly. At lunch yesterday, Donna & I
>were talking about this kind of thing - and me pointing out to my SIL that
>the no doubt pricey, custom pelmet in their breakfast room had been done
>with the flowers running the wrong way (upside down). Similarly - the back
>of two armchairs. She was definitely not happy. Pelmet - easy enough to
>fix, but.....
>Ellice