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Posted by Olwyn Mary on December 31, 2007, 8:41 pm
Going to a mildly dressy do this Friday - nothing special, but
definitely a little sparkle needed. I have two sparkly tops, but the
black long skirt I often wear with either of them is (a) tired-looking,
(b) boring and (c) no longer stylish. Besides which, this really isn't a
"long-skirt" event, although dressy pants will be very acceptable
What to do, what to do. Brilliant idea - use my wide pants pattern I
designed two years ago and still looks good on me. Therefore, need some
soft, drapy fabric in basic black. Off to Hancock Fabrics, and there,
after some searching, I found just what I want. A length of my current
fave, rayon challis, but not much left on the bolt. Now, I need three
yards if I am to give it a self-fabric half lining, four if I line it
completely. It really does hang so much better with at least a half-lining.
Took it to the cutting counter and asked the nice lady to measure it for
me. One yard, two yards, three yards, FOUR yards. Yippee, I'll take
it, I said. She replied........er, um, it's actually four yards three
inches, do you want the extra three inches?...........................
Yerss, I'll take it, I can't see making the poor lady stand there
cutting off a three inch wide strip of 58" fabric.
By contrast, when I ordered some fabrics on line earlier this year, the
one-yard pieces were generously cut, and some which were obviously bolt
ends had anywhere from a quarter to almost a whole yard extra thrown in.
Oh well. It is stitched down the edges, been through the washer and
dryer, ready to lay out the pattern and start cutting in daylight tomorrow.
Olwyn Mary in New Orleans.
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Posted by Bobbie Sews Moore on December 31, 2007, 9:44 pm
Glad you were lucky enough to find the cloth that you wanted in the yardage
you needed!
Barbara in FL
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Posted by Pogonip on December 31, 2007, 11:11 pm
Olwyn Mary wrote:
>
> Took it to the cutting counter and asked the nice lady to measure it for
> me. One yard, two yards, three yards, FOUR yards. Yippee, I'll take
> it, I said. She replied........er, um, it's actually four yards three
> inches, do you want the extra three inches?...........................
>
> Yerss, I'll take it, I can't see making the poor lady stand there
> cutting off a three inch wide strip of 58" fabric.
Which she would do, putting it aside to go in the remnant bin. Leaving
you with a scant four yards - on one end of the fabric, anyway, perhaps
a little less on the other end. It is mind-boggling. Somewhere in the
background is someone counting paperclips.....
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Joanne
stitches @ singerlady.reno.nv.us.earth.milky-way.com
http://members.tripod.com/~bernardschopen/
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Posted by Olwyn Mary on January 1, 2008, 3:43 pm
Pogonip wrote:
>> Yerss, I'll take it, I can't see making the poor lady stand there
>> cutting off a three inch wide strip of 58" fabric.
>
>
>
> Which she would do, putting it aside to go in the remnant bin. Leaving
> you with a scant four yards - on one end of the fabric, anyway, perhaps
> a little less on the other end. It is mind-boggling. Somewhere in the
> background is someone counting paperclips.....
Oh yes, I had an instance in JoAnn's a year or two ago when I pointed
out to the clerk that the fabric had beeen cut decidely unevenly, and I
expected her to allow for that. Instead, she solemnly cut off a
triangle, four inches wide at one end, tapering down to a point at the
other, threw it out, then cut my fabric!!!!!!!
Olwyn Mary in New Orleans.
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Posted by BEI Design on January 1, 2008, 12:04 am
Olwyn Mary wrote:
>
> Took it to the cutting counter and asked the nice lady to
> measure it for me. One yard, two yards, three yards,
> FOUR yards. Yippee, I'll take it, I said. She
> replied........er, um, it's actually
> four yards three inches, do you want the extra three
> inches?...........................
> Yerss, I'll take it, I can't see making the poor lady
> stand there cutting off a three inch wide strip of 58"
> fabric.
I always say, "yes of course, I'll take the extra [bit] 'at
the 50% off REMNANT' price". In fact I have been known to
make a quick guestimate of how much is on a bolt and order
something less than that... but "agree" to buy the excess at
50% off. ;-)
>
> By contrast, when I ordered some fabrics on line earlier
> this year, the one-yard pieces were generously cut, and
> some which were obviously bolt ends had anywhere from a
> quarter to almost a whole yard extra thrown in.
> Oh well. It is stitched down the edges, been through the
> washer and dryer, ready to lay out the pattern and start
> cutting in
> daylight tomorrow.
Post a link to pics!
Beverly
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