If you were Registered and logged in, you could reply and use other advanced thread options
|
Posted by BEI Design on June 29, 2009, 4:33 pm
I move we name a special kind of sewing problem for our dear
Sharon H. We could call it "the SHD" (Sharon H. DISASTER)
for short, (pronounced s__t). You all know the one I mean:
Almost finished with a garment, just a couple more seams to
serge, sew on the buttons, then final press and done. But,
after you carefully serge those last seams, you discover to
your HORROR that you took a bite out of the garment. :-(
I can't even do a neat appliqué over the bite, as Sharon did
with the prom dress. It's on of the front of a shirt, the
print defies matching, too far to the side so no way to add
a pocket as a design feature. About the only fix I can
think of is to buy enough more fabric to cut an entire new
show/hide quoted text
left front. <sigh> The darts are sewn, buttonholes made,
collar is finished and sleeves are in. That's would be an
awful lot of ripping-out, I'm not sure it's worth it for a
cotton camp shirt.
Seconds?
Beverly, tossing it aside for now and starting on the
faux-houndstooth silk jacket...
|
|
Posted by Lizzy Taylor on June 29, 2009, 5:04 pm
BEI Design wrote:
show/hide quoted text
> I move we name a special kind of sewing problem for our dear
> Sharon H. We could call it "the SHD" (Sharon H. DISASTER)
> for short, (pronounced s__t). You all know the one I mean:
> Almost finished with a garment, just a couple more seams to
> serge, sew on the buttons, then final press and done. But,
> after you carefully serge those last seams, you discover to
> your HORROR that you took a bite out of the garment. :-(
>
> I can't even do a neat appliqué over the bite, as Sharon did
> with the prom dress. It's on of the front of a shirt, the
> print defies matching, too far to the side so no way to add
> a pocket as a design feature. About the only fix I can
> think of is to buy enough more fabric to cut an entire new
> left front. <sigh> The darts are sewn, buttonholes made,
> collar is finished and sleeves are in. That's would be an
> awful lot of ripping-out, I'm not sure it's worth it for a
> cotton camp shirt.
How about a line of horizontal trim on one or both sides of the shirt?
Lizzy
|
|
Posted by BEI Design on June 29, 2009, 9:57 pm
Lizzy Taylor wrote:
show/hide quoted text
> BEI Design wrote:
<snip> That's would be
> > an awful lot of ripping-out, I'm not sure it's worth it
> > for a cotton camp shirt.
> How about a line of horizontal trim on one or both sides
> of the shirt?
Just got back from the fabric store, they did not have ANY
of the fabric left. :-(
You got me thinking, though, thanks. The accidental cut is
about an inch away from the front left armscye. I'm using
McCalls 3541, I think I have large enough scraps to recut
the upper left front, starting just below the top of dart
and running up to the shoulder. If I work it just right, I
can make it look like it was supposed to be a shoulder
princess seam on that side, and maybe I'll continue the dart
on the right side up to the shoulder, stitching right on the
fold to make it match.
Beverly
|
|
Posted by Pogonip on June 29, 2009, 5:24 pm
BEI Design wrote:
show/hide quoted text
> I move we name a special kind of sewing problem for our dear
> Sharon H. We could call it "the SHD" (Sharon H. DISASTER)
> for short, (pronounced s__t). You all know the one I mean:
> Almost finished with a garment, just a couple more seams to
> serge, sew on the buttons, then final press and done. But,
> after you carefully serge those last seams, you discover to
> your HORROR that you took a bite out of the garment. :-(
>
> I can't even do a neat appliqué over the bite, as Sharon did
> with the prom dress. It's on of the front of a shirt, the
> print defies matching, too far to the side so no way to add
> a pocket as a design feature. About the only fix I can
> think of is to buy enough more fabric to cut an entire new
> left front. <sigh> The darts are sewn, buttonholes made,
> collar is finished and sleeves are in. That's would be an
> awful lot of ripping-out, I'm not sure it's worth it for a
> cotton camp shirt.
>
> Seconds?
>
> Beverly, tossing it aside for now and starting on the
> faux-houndstooth silk jacket...
>
>
I love sergers, I really do. But they do sometimes get a mind of their
own and sneak a bit of fabric into their jaws, just for dessert, blast
them. Hang up the shirt for a few days while you work on the jacket.
Let your creative juices simmer. An applique does not have to be small,
neat, square or round. It can be rectangular, oval, or even a zig-zaggy
shape. It could even be something as ridiculous as encompassing both
sides of the front -- the cut side and the one that isn't damaged - like
a little boy with a fishing pole on one side and a cord running all the
way across to a fish on the hook on the other side. Or flowers with
bumblebees, dragonflies, butterflies scattered about both sides of the
shirt.
Or it could make a really nice dust rag.
HTH
--
Joanne
stitches @ singerlady.reno.nv.us.earth.milky-way.com
http://members.tripod.com/~bernardschopen/
|
|
Posted by BEI Design on June 29, 2009, 10:04 pm
Pogonip wrote:
show/hide quoted text
> BEI Design wrote:
<snip>
> > awful lot of ripping-out, I'm not sure it's worth it
> > for a cotton camp shirt.
> > Seconds?
> > Beverly, tossing it aside for now and starting on the
> > faux-houndstooth silk jacket...
show/hide quoted text
> I love sergers, I really do. But they do sometimes get a
> mind of their own and sneak a bit of fabric into their
> jaws, just for dessert, blast them.
That's not exactly the word I used. ;-}
show/hide quoted text
> Hang up
> the shirt
> for a few days while you work on the jacket.
The jacket is cut out, back darts are sewn, I made a run to
TSWLTH for matching serger thread. UGH, they have gone to
some off brand with half the thread at twice the cost. No
thanks, I'll run over to The Mill End Store tomorrow.
show/hide quoted text
>
> Let your
> creative juices simmer. An applique does not have to be
> small, neat, square or round. It can be rectangular,
> oval, or even a zig-zaggy shape. It could even be
> something as ridiculous as encompassing both sides of the
> front -- the cut side and the one that isn't damaged -
> like a little boy with a fishing pole on one side and a
> cord running all the way across to a fish on the hook on
> the other side. Or flowers with bumblebees, dragonflies,
> butterflies scattered about both sides of the shirt.
I was seriously going to rip it apart and cut a new left
front, but Fabric Depot had no more of the fabric, so I'm
back in think mode. Lizzy suggested adding a horizontal
band, and while I'm not sure that would work, I may have
large enough scraps to cut a new left front shoulder, making
the new bit look like a shoulder princess seam. I'll work
on it tomorrow.
show/hide quoted text
> Or it could make a really nice dust rag.
There's always that. ;-}
Beverly
|
Page 1 of 16 1 2 3 > last >>
| Similar Threads | Posted | | New "online sewing challenge" proposal | January 10, 2006, 8:01 am |
| Hello and a request for help | August 2, 2005, 6:33 pm |
| Re: Hello and a request for help | August 6, 2005, 1:26 pm |
| NHL logos request | February 10, 2008, 8:47 pm |
| Just playing around... And a prayer request. | June 28, 2006, 7:08 am |
| Irked about previous request for SM manual | August 15, 2005, 3:30 am |
| Request for Kenmore sewing machine manual | November 13, 2005, 11:56 am |
| Ting! Ting! Seconds out... A Saga - in fits and starts! Some slightly OT.. | April 3, 2008, 12:16 pm |
|
|
Yahoo! 
Google 
Windows Live 
del.icio.us 
digg 
Netscape 
XML Sitemap