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Ripping out seams in dark fabrics Sarah Doyle 03-17-2008
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Posted by enigma on March 21, 2008, 7:38 am
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> 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!

i had those. absolute crap!
i couldn't see properly near *or* far. i seriously tried to
adjust to them but they were just awful. i now have regular
glasses & close work glasses. it's so much better.
one tip: take whatever kind of handwork you normally do with
you to the optometrist. they tend to focus on the ability to
read a certain standard type size at X distance, which may not
be the focus you need for what you are actually doing. this
last trip to my optomotrist i took a box of size 13 seeds
beads & a beading needle and told him i needed lenses that
allowed me to thread *this* size needle & use at least *this*
size bead. i'm very happy with the results, because i can read
*and* thread a needle without additional magnification.
lee
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Posted by Emily Bengston on March 21, 2008, 1:59 pm



On 3/21/08 6:38 AM, in article Xns9A684DC633EFFenigmaempirenet@199.125.85.9,

> oups.com:
>
>> 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!
>
> i had those. absolute crap!
> i couldn't see properly near *or* far. i seriously tried to
> adjust to them but they were just awful. i now have regular
> glasses & close work glasses. it's so much better.
> one tip: take whatever kind of handwork you normally do with
> you to the optometrist. they tend to focus on the ability to
> read a certain standard type size at X distance, which may not
> be the focus you need for what you are actually doing. this
> last trip to my optomotrist i took a box of size 13 seeds
> beads & a beading needle and told him i needed lenses that
> allowed me to thread *this* size needle & use at least *this*
> size bead. i'm very happy with the results, because i can read
> *and* thread a needle without additional magnification.
> lee

Thanks for this suggestion, Lee. I have my appointment with the
ophthalmologist at the end of the month and will try this.
Emily


Posted by trisha f on March 21, 2008, 7:28 pm

> =A0one tip: take whatever kind of handwork you normally do with
> you to the optometrist.

Now THAT is a great suggestion!

I love my progressive lenses but they are, indeed, crap when it comes
to threading needles, hand quilting and such. Maybe I'll go get some
glasses just for that kind of thing.

Trisha in MO

Posted by Joy Beeson on March 20, 2008, 12:41 am

> 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.

Jump straight to +3.5. Once you've unpicked a seam sewn with rope on
burlap, you'll never again be happy cutting threads you can't see.

Joy Beeson
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Posted by Sharon Hays on March 19, 2008, 4:35 pm
Sarah Doyle wrote:

> 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.


Well, I will tell you what I do. You can use it or not. :)

I press open the seam. Then I put the end of the seam under the presser
foot of my sewing machine with it still open. Drop the presser foot down
and it will hold the work in place. Then I use a razor blade and just zip
through the seam. It's fast. You do have to be careful. But between the
presser foot holding the work in place, and the bright light from the
sewing machine shining right on it, it's pretty easy to see what I'm doing.

Sharon
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