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Posted by Doug&Michelle on April 25, 2006, 10:58 am
It has been quite awhile since I posted here, probably over a week since I
even read any posts! I am glad to see that the world still turns without
me.
Studying is going so slowly, its awful. I am having problems studying
around the kids, so I have to sometimes stay up very late, and that just
ruins the next day because I get tired. I am also still working most
evenings and weekends. My test is in 5 weeks, and I am not quite half-way
through the book. But I know I will pass, I only have to get 60%, and I am
confident that I will get at least 80%, because when I was in college I
always got 95-100. That was only a few years ago, I can bring back the
study skills!
To get back on the subject of sewing.....I have to do some mending, which I
HATE!!! My DH has some of those track pants that are lined with the holey
fabric, and the crotch keeps busting out of them. I don't want to take them
apart so I just hand sew them with a ladder stitch, hopefully this time it
lasts a bit longer. If anyone knows of another way to fix them please let
me know!
Wish me luck, I probably will check in in another two weeks or so!
Michelle Giordano
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Posted by Karen Maslowski on April 25, 2006, 11:43 am
Hi, Michelle! We all know you will do a great job with your test! Hang
in there, with the kids. Just remember, it's really good for them to see
YOU studying--you are being an excellent role model for them!
As for the track pants, I know just what you mean about the holey
fabric. If you don't want to do this again, why not try adding a piece
of additional, stabilizing fabric of some kind? I would stitch it to the
parts of the lining that are whole, and additionally stitch it to the
actual seamline, with the stabilizing fabric bordering that area by at
least an inch or two. You'll have to use something equally soft and
pliable, so it doesn't chafe, as that area is a bit, er, sensitive.
Maybe a tricot of some kind would work.
My husband is equally creative about making projects like this for me,
can you tell? :)
Karen Maslowski in Cincinnati
www.sewstorm.com
Doug&Michelle wrote:
> To get back on the subject of sewing.....I have to do some mending, which I
> HATE!!! My DH has some of those track pants that are lined with the holey
> fabric, and the crotch keeps busting out of them. I don't want to take them
> apart so I just hand sew them with a ladder stitch, hopefully this time it
> lasts a bit longer. If anyone knows of another way to fix them please let
> me know!
>
> Wish me luck, I probably will check in in another two weeks or so!
>
> Michelle Giordano
>
>
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