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so have you seen the Nov. Threads??? Sharon Hays 09-01-2006
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Posted by Sharon Hays on September 1, 2006, 9:08 am
Mine came yesterday.

Did you see the yellow wool coat? Pg. 78.

I am NOT impressed. In fact, I'm upset it made it into Threads. The
article is discussing how you can use topstitching on the facings of a
felted wool coat. It's about how you don't have to finish the edges because
it's a stable fabric to begin with, then the stitches add more stability.
They used an art deco type design at the top around the neckline. Then
simple lines of topstitching down the front opening, around the hem and back
up. More deco stuff on the back. (I couldn't find pictures of it on the
Threads website. Sorry. It's the article listed under Embellishments on the
table of contents.)

This is a great idea. However the technique was so badly executed, I am
appalled it made it into Threads. Around the neckline, they topstitched the
design then trimmed out the top layer of fabric exposing the facing fabric.
(the coat is yellow and the facings are black. the topstitching is all
black.) The trimmed parts are not trimmed evenly. A couple are jagged.
It's like very little time or thought went into it. And the topstitching
down the front and on the hem is just quickly and sloppily done. The lines
of topstitching are not evenly spaced all the way across. A couple of them
go ~~~~~ instead of --------. There is a thread tail hanging on the front.
It's plain to see where some of the lines of topstitching were Backstitched
at the beginning. Hello???? We can't pull through and tie off or at least
zero out the stitch length???? The whole thing says one of two things.
Either it's: "I had to do this really fast and it shows." Or: "This is the
first coat I've ever topstitched." Yeah, it's that bad.

Ok. Y'all know my hubby doesn't sew. He doesn't even pretend to sew. ;)
I showed him the article and he said "Oh! That's a mess. Those rows aren't
even. The corners aren't even. That line goes all wavy. That's just badly
done."

I really can't believe this coat made it into Threads. Did I mention that?
I'm so upset I think I may actually write a letter to the editor.

Let me know what y'all think of it when you see it.

Sharon
--
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It's a waste of time and just annoys the
pig.



Posted by Phaedrine on September 1, 2006, 11:17 am

> Mine came yesterday.
>
> Did you see the yellow wool coat? Pg. 78.

Mine hasn't come yet. Last time I sent them a letter with concerns
about something, I also gave them compliments on the things I liked in
their new format. They emailed me late at night after I'd gone to bed
saying they were were about to go to print and that if they did not hear
back from me in some ridiculously short time like 4 hours or something
that would just go ahead an publish my letter w/o my permission. And
they did since I could not possibly have responded in time, sleeping
that I was. When I got the issue, I saw they they edited out all my
concerns and published only the positive, making it seem as though that
was all I had written. Boy was I torqued. Even though these people are
not journalists, they should know better.

I'm a charter subscriber to Threads..... great magazine but it seems
like they are getting a bit expedient. Maybe my issue will come today.

Phae

--
I fear me you but warm the starved snake
Who, cherished in your breasts, will sting your hearts. (Henry VI,Shakespeare)

Posted by Pogonip on September 1, 2006, 3:57 pm
Sharon Hays wrote:
> Mine came yesterday.
>
> Did you see the yellow wool coat? Pg. 78.
>
> I am NOT impressed. In fact, I'm upset it made it into Threads. The
> article is discussing how you can use topstitching on the facings of a
> felted wool coat. It's about how you don't have to finish the edges because
> it's a stable fabric to begin with, then the stitches add more stability.
> They used an art deco type design at the top around the neckline. Then
> simple lines of topstitching down the front opening, around the hem and back
> up. More deco stuff on the back. (I couldn't find pictures of it on the
> Threads website. Sorry. It's the article listed under Embellishments on the
> table of contents.)
>
> This is a great idea. However the technique was so badly executed, I am
> appalled it made it into Threads. Around the neckline, they topstitched the
> design then trimmed out the top layer of fabric exposing the facing fabric.
> (the coat is yellow and the facings are black. the topstitching is all
> black.) The trimmed parts are not trimmed evenly. A couple are jagged.
> It's like very little time or thought went into it. And the topstitching
> down the front and on the hem is just quickly and sloppily done. The lines
> of topstitching are not evenly spaced all the way across. A couple of them
> go ~~~~~ instead of --------. There is a thread tail hanging on the front.
> It's plain to see where some of the lines of topstitching were Backstitched
> at the beginning. Hello???? We can't pull through and tie off or at least
> zero out the stitch length???? The whole thing says one of two things.
> Either it's: "I had to do this really fast and it shows." Or: "This is the
> first coat I've ever topstitched." Yeah, it's that bad.
>
> Ok. Y'all know my hubby doesn't sew. He doesn't even pretend to sew. ;)
> I showed him the article and he said "Oh! That's a mess. Those rows aren't
> even. The corners aren't even. That line goes all wavy. That's just badly
> done."
>
> I really can't believe this coat made it into Threads. Did I mention that?
> I'm so upset I think I may actually write a letter to the editor.
>
> Let me know what y'all think of it when you see it.
>
> Sharon

The large picture on page 78 is of the inside of the jacket. They've
turned it inside out to show how they did it. Even so, your eyes must
be much better than mine, because I don't see the backtacking or the
loose thread, and it looks pretty good to me. Much too fussy for my
taste, but still, it looks attractive. I wonder if what you see as
uneven stitching is because the jacket is hanging and not flat for the
picture, and the front has a curve - it wouldn't look good if the bottom
corner sticks out when it's right-side out, though.

--
Joanne
stitches @ singerlady.reno.nv.us.earth.milky-way.com
http://members.tripod.com/~bernardschopen/

Posted by Sharon Hays on September 1, 2006, 5:41 pm

>
> The large picture on page 78 is of the inside of the jacket. They've
> turned it inside out to show how they did it. Even so, your eyes must
> be much better than mine, because I don't see the backtacking or the
> loose thread, and it looks pretty good to me. Much too fussy for my
> taste, but still, it looks attractive. I wonder if what you see as
> uneven stitching is because the jacket is hanging and not flat for the
> picture, and the front has a curve - it wouldn't look good if the bottom
> corner sticks out when it's right-side out, though.
>
> --
> Joanne
> stitches @ singerlady.reno.nv.us.earth.milky-way.com
> http://members.tripod.com/~bernardschopen/


It's right side out. In the caption it says you can see the contrasting
backing from the wrong side. It means you can see the black on the back
from the wrong side between the front openings. Then when you look at the
small picture of the back on the facing page, that's the right side of the
back.

I knew it was hanging, that's what accounts for the wave in the front down
the coat's left side (right side as you look at it.) But even hanging the
rows of stitches should look evenly spaced away from each other above the
hemline. There are a couple that wander towards then away from each other,
and the very bottom one wanders towards then away from the hem. I noticed
that one on first glance at the coat. Then I did look much closer at it.
It's kind of like one of those picture games I played as a child. Remember
the ones where you have to find what's wrong in the picture? Once I found
one thing wrong, I just couldn't stop myself from looking closer and closer.
*sigh*

Sharon

--
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It's a waste of time and just annoys the
pig.



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