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Posted by Kate Dicey on May 9, 2006, 8:51 pm
Fey wrote:
> Who wants to come with me when I go shopping and beat me with a
> flexible curve anytime I go near fabric unsuited to my sewing
> expertise?
> I bought this fairly open-weave suting stuff with feathers and
> glittery thread through it to make a skirt. Then I thought well I'd
> better line it. (Should be worth another laugh/post)
> Just spent 20 minutes trying to get it to sit straight on the cutting
> "aka dining" table long enough for me to cut out a pattern piece.
> Aarrgghh!
>
> Perhaps I should just stick to embroidery and needlepoint. Once the
> canvas is stuck in that frame it never moves!
>
> Fay
>
> (still working on snappy quip)
>
Weight the fabric with tins rather than trying to pin it.
Try laying it out on paper and pinning it to that - especially along the
grain lines. Then pin or weight the pattern down.
When laying out and cutting the fabric and pattern, make sure ALL the
fabric is ON the table.
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Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls
Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
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