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Ripping out seams in dark fabrics Sarah Doyle 03-17-2008
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Posted by Emily Bengston on March 17, 2008, 2:24 pm



On 3/17/08 3:24 AM, in article
47de2ad9$0$16742$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.com, "Sarah Doyle"

> Last week while sewing a black dress I sewed a seam in error. ARGH!!!
> Ripping out seams in itself is a chore, but in dark fabrics (in this case
> black) is next to impossible. I immediately went to my stack of hint and
> tips books to see what I could find that would be helpful. I found TWO
> hints that actually saved my sanity, and I'd like to pass them along to
> you. "Ripping out a seamline on dark fabrics is almost impossible to do.
> If you run a tailors chalk line down the seam line, you'll be able to see
> the stitches much better", and then "an old soft toothbrush will be a big
> help in removing thread ends that remain after ripping out a seam" AND
> gets rid of the tailors chalk line. Figured I might not be the only one
> that makes mistakes while sewing and has to start ripping seams.
>
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Thanks for the hint; it comes at just the right time for me, as I am making
some navy and black pants for myself.
Emily


Posted by Kay Lancaster on March 17, 2008, 10:42 pm
> Last week while sewing a black dress I sewed a seam in error. ARGH!!!
> Ripping out seams in itself is a chore, but in dark fabrics (in this case
> black) is next to impossible. I immediately went to my stack of hint and

If you're getting up into the 40's or older, consider a pair of low power
reading glasses... it's amazing how much you can see that way. <g>
Drugstore glasses usually start at about +1.50, but if you're nearsighted
or you don't need much in the way of magnification, there are some +0.50,
0.75, and 1.0 available on the web for pretty cheap.

Two other things that can help:
decreasing the contrast between what you're trying to rip and what's behind it
(it's actually harder to see black stitching on a black garment on a white
worktable than black stitching on a black garment on a medium grey table),
and side-lighting.

Kay


Posted by trisha f on March 19, 2008, 3:01 pm

> If you're getting up into the 40's or older, consider a pair of low power
> reading glasses... it's amazing how much you can see that way. <g>

Haha...I have prescription progressive lenses and I still can't see
some things worth beans!

Trisha in MO

Posted by Taria on March 19, 2008, 4:43 pm
I have tried the hard top bifocals and the progressive lenses
and there are some things I just can't see well anymore. Is
there hope for us?
Taria

trisha f wrote:
>
>
>>If you're getting up into the 40's or older, consider a pair of low power
>>reading glasses... it's amazing how much you can see that way. <g>
>
>
> Haha...I have prescription progressive lenses and I still can't see
> some things worth beans!
>
> Trisha in MO


Posted by BEI Design on March 19, 2008, 4:53 pm
Taria wrote:
> I have tried the hard top bifocals and the progressive
> lenses and there are some things I just can't see well
> anymore. Is there hope for us?
> Taria

While working on the hand sewn kilt, I used a lamp like:
http://www.nationwidedrafting.com/store/5diopterlamp.html


It helped a great deal, not only threw lots of light exactly
where I needed it, but the magnification was very focused,
and about 5-to-1 IIRC. I could not have done the kilt
without it.

NAYY, (the skuzzy one I used was dragged home from work by
DH)

Beverly



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