t.v. sewing and quilting shows

One caveat to that.... There are a lot of them out there, but many of them
are....less helpful than they could be. One that immediately leaps to mind
is about Euro hems on jeans. Thing is, the gal talks about Euro hems all
through the video, but she does a regular hem. The Euro hem is where you
turn up on the inside and then top stitch in the ditch. She was doing a
regular 2 fold hem. YouTube is pretty cool, but since anyone can post
anything they like, the chance of getting someone who doesn't really know
what they are talking about is 50/50.

So, for our beginners here, like Jerry, if you see a video on YouTube about
sewing, post a link here. That way we can look at it and tell you if it's
correct information or not. I'd just really hate to see a beginning sewist
be given misinformation. We all know how frustrating that could be down
the line.

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

Posted by robb on April 10, 2008, 9:44 pm

> So, because of a new owner of a sewing machine, I

have begun to

> watch the local shows on t.v., such as sewing with nancy, the

two quilting

> shows, the embroidery show.

> Its so funny to me watching the shows, because they might

as well be

> talking a language that is foreign to me.

> I want to see the machines in action, and whole shows go

by, without a

> machine ever being in the picture.

> Seems like a lot of folding, pasteting, cutting, binding,

etc going

> on.

> I do appreciate what people are able to create from raw

materials, thats

> why I am hooked on the painting and craft shows.

> But one day, I hope to understand what they are talking

about. :)

> I watched a whole infomercial on Sunday, on a singer

serger(5 thread).

> Gee, I had no idea what they were doing or the machine was

doing, except

> to make some seams on tee shirts.

> It almost seemed cheaper to just buy a tee shirt in the

store, then

> to buy a serger and the materials needed. What am I not

understanding on the

> serger?

> It makes me feel inadequate, just having a sewing machine.

LOL I guess

> you would call this "serger envy" LOL

> Much regards Jerry

Well Jerry since no one else as said it yet then i will say it...

The actual machine usage is a very small fraction of making sew
projects with it :(
(interested to see if anyone disagrees)

Example: It took me about two hours to drape fabric, cut and pin
up a slip cover for a a T shaped cushion(square w/ears) . I
marked it with tailors chalk along the pins because i wanted to
add some piping (that is the fabric bead on the edge of cushions)
so i had to dis-assemble the pieces, then cut fabric for piping,
make the piping and the re-pin the sections for sewing and well
you get the idea ? If the whole job took me 3 hours then i spent
about 15-20 minutes actually sewing with the machine.

Alot of those things they are trying to show on the TV shows are
interesting or novel techniques for creating interesting or
novel sewing effects and as you have ascertained it is more about
the folding, pasting, poking, adjusting, binding, pinning....
*prep work* .

As for sergers, i think they are great things for sewers who know
exactly what they want to do with them. I do not really want to
get a serger as there are numerous ways to do/finish things on
regular sewing machine with out need for a serger, maybe not as
pretty or fast or impressive but then it would take a bite out of
the little sewing i do already.

As for reasons, I think there are lots of reasons people sew and
i am not sure any have much to do with saving costs as much as
having fun, doing the work and making it exactly to your own
taste (color, fabric, embellishments, etc)

robb

Posted by The Wanderer on April 11, 2008, 2:26 am

On Thu, 10 Apr 2008 21:44:41 -0400, robb wrote:

<snip>

> Well Jerry since no one else as said it yet then i will say it...

> The actual machine usage is a very small fraction of making sew

> projects with it :(

> (interested to see if anyone disagrees)

You are so right. I'm in the middle of making a late Victorian wedding gown
for a 30" doll. The machine work probably accounts for something like 10%
of the total time input. I usually finish up having to make a 'first'
attempt on bodices to sort out the fit - porcelain ain't quite as yeilding
as flesh, and the patterns are only ever a guide. I also find increasingly
that I tack awkward pieces together before trying to machine stitch them.
The finish is far better.

As well as the tacking, I'm also doing quite a lot more hand stitching
these days, all part of the quest for a really good finished appearance.

--
the dot wanderer at tesco dot net

Posted by robb on April 11, 2008, 4:53 pm

> On Thu, 10 Apr 2008 21:44:41 -0400, robb wrote:

> <snip>

> > Well Jerry since no one else as said it yet then i will say

it...

> >

> > The actual machine usage is a very small fraction of making

sew

> > projects with it :(

> > (interested to see if anyone disagrees)

> You are so right. I'm in the middle of making a late Victorian

wedding gown

> for a 30" doll. The machine work probably accounts for

something like 10%

> of the total time input. I usually finish up having to make a

'first'

> attempt on bodices to sort out the fit - porcelain ain't quite

as yeilding

> as flesh, and the patterns are only ever a guide. I also find

increasingly

> that I tack awkward pieces together before trying to machine

stitch them.

> The finish is far better.

> As well as the tacking, I'm also doing quite a lot more hand

stitching

> these days, all part of the quest for a really good finished

appearance.

> --

> the dot wanderer at tesco dot net

hi Richard,

I found this is true in other disciplines like engineering and
software as well, where some of the best product efforts seem to
come from about 85-90% preparation and 10-15% actual
building/constructing.

we had a local icon that prefered hand sewing drapes. Supposedly
when asked "why don't you just machine sew the drapes ? they
said, "if i wanted machine sewn drapes i would buy them".

i would think hand stitching (the precision control) is proabaly
the only/best way to get great finished appearance

If i had the patience and *time* i might consider hand sewing
some projects for the nostalgic experience. :)

robb

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