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Posted by Kate XXXXXX on January 15, 2009, 6:49 pm
Bill Boyce wrote:
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> Kate XXXXXX wrote:
>> Or Full Steam Ahead!
>> Iron On is a misnomer. Even Fusible is misleading.
>> Each iron sized area take 20 seconds to fuse, 10 with full steam, 10
>> without. Mind you, this IS a good quality wool and horsehair canvas,
>> and once fused, it sticks like it has been araldited in place!
>> I have boiled fingers and steam cleaned nails, and new scortch marks
>> on the ironing board from wandering off and leaving the iron face down...
>> I'm OK at welted pockets. Jetted pockets with flaps take a wee bitty
>> more care, especially when trying to get nice 1/4" welts on them, and
>> match the stripes... Not *quite* managed to get the stripes fully
>> lined up as well as I'd like, but Alan thinks it looks OK, and it's
>> better than cheating and cutting them on the cross!
>> Collar is going well, though I'm not convinced this pattern has the
>> best collar construction... I think I prefer the single piece collar
>> with the under collar cut on the cross in Melton, in two halves...
>> Bit more traditional, you know.
>> Next: put the upper collar/facing on, and do the side seams. Then we
>> get to play with setting the sleeves in.
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> Kate, you are awesome. At my age and skill level, I can't imagine taking
> on a project like a suit, especially under time constraints. Maybe you
> thrive on it; I hope so.
After regularly working 70-90 hour weeks as a teacher, this isn't so hard...
After the suit is done, I look forward to
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> pictures on your website. And say why you wouldn't instead take a trip
> to Marks and Spencer for a garment for occasional use, in lieu of this
> project, which I would have done, given my aforementioned limitations.
There are pix...
And the last one is cash flow! There is fabric in the stash, and there
was money set aside for the tailor's dummy. But not enough to get a
suit made for Alan. His shoulders are so square that off the peg stuff
look a mess on him. He NEEDS tailored stuff, and we don't have the cash
for that.
Anyway, this suit will have cost us £140 INCLUDING the tailor's dummy!
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> Carry on and Godspeed oh gifted one! JPBill
Iz got jets on me feets and a hyperdrive for the sewing machine! ;)
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Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
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>> I did not wake up this morning... Little Puss Sugar Puff snuck in
>> beside me and smothered me in Z-waves...
> You type really well in your sleep!