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Posted by Cindy Schmidt on July 20, 2006, 8:12 pm
I normally lurk on RCTQ but I do have a sewing question that I hope someone
can help with.
I made a bunch of flags for my daughter's high school colorguard unit. The
instructor purchased suit lining. Very thin and flimsy if you ask me. But
that's what he wanted, so off I went into making them. These are just
practice flags. So all I did was serge around the edges and then made a
sleeve area for the pole to slide through. Did a double stitch where I
flipped over the sleeve. Well it was brought to my attention tonight that
some of the flags are tearing.
Any idea on how I can reinforce the sleeve section?
Thanks in advance.
--
Cindy from MO
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Posted by Kate Dicey on July 20, 2006, 9:23 pm
Cindy Schmidt wrote:
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> I normally lurk on RCTQ but I do have a sewing question that I hope someone
> can help with.
>
> I made a bunch of flags for my daughter's high school colorguard unit. The
> instructor purchased suit lining. Very thin and flimsy if you ask me. But
> that's what he wanted, so off I went into making them. These are just
> practice flags. So all I did was serge around the edges and then made a
> sleeve area for the pole to slide through. Did a double stitch where I
> flipped over the sleeve. Well it was brought to my attention tonight that
> some of the flags are tearing.
>
> Any idea on how I can reinforce the sleeve section?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
Hi there, Cindy! :)
Not on lining fabric. It just isn't man enough for that kind of job,
even for practice flags. Once it starts tearing, you need to start
again. As they are used for practices and rehearsals, I'd suggest light
weight rip-stop nylon. This can take the strain of practice, then they
can use posh ones for the real event. :)
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Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls
Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
http://www.katedicey.co.uk
Click on Kate's Pages and explore!
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Posted by Cindy Schmidt on July 20, 2006, 9:22 pm
Hi Kate:
Unfortuantely he didn't think of that before hand and there isn't any extra
money to get the right fabric now. So that's why I was wondering if there
was something I could "mend" them with. They look like crap and I feel like
I wasted a whole bunch of time doing these
--
Cindy from MO
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> Cindy Schmidt wrote:
>> I normally lurk on RCTQ but I do have a sewing question that I hope
>> someone can help with.
>> I made a bunch of flags for my daughter's high school colorguard unit.
>> The instructor purchased suit lining. Very thin and flimsy if you ask
>> me. But that's what he wanted, so off I went into making them. These
>> are just practice flags. So all I did was serge around the edges and
>> then made a sleeve area for the pole to slide through. Did a double
>> stitch where I flipped over the sleeve. Well it was brought to my
>> attention tonight that some of the flags are tearing.
>> Any idea on how I can reinforce the sleeve section?
>> Thanks in advance.
> Hi there, Cindy! :)
> Not on lining fabric. It just isn't man enough for that kind of job, even
> for practice flags. Once it starts tearing, you need to start again. As
> they are used for practices and rehearsals, I'd suggest light weight
> rip-stop nylon. This can take the strain of practice, then they can use
> posh ones for the real event. :)
> --
> Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls
> Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
> http://www.katedicey.co.uk
> Click on Kate's Pages and explore!
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Posted by Olwyn Mary on July 20, 2006, 9:40 pm
Cindy Schmidt wrote:
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> Hi Kate:
>
> Unfortuantely he didn't think of that before hand and there isn't any extra
> money to get the right fabric now. So that's why I was wondering if there
> was something I could "mend" them with. They look like crap and I feel like
> I wasted a whole bunch of time doing these
>
Sadly, there probably isn't anything you can do at this point except
chalk it up to experience. This sort of thing has happened to most of
us at some point in our various careers, which is why we may seem
positively shrill in our refusal to work on fabric until we have
approved it.
He bought the fabric without checking with other people, let him carry
the blame.
Olwyn Mary in New Orleans.
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Posted by Cindy Schmidt on July 20, 2006, 9:49 pm
Yeah I know but I feel so totally awful about it. It looks like shoddy
workmanship on my part.
--
Cindy from MO
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> Cindy Schmidt wrote:
>> Hi Kate:
>> Unfortuantely he didn't think of that before hand and there isn't any
>> extra money to get the right fabric now. So that's why I was wondering
>> if there was something I could "mend" them with. They look like crap and
>> I feel like I wasted a whole bunch of time doing these
> Sadly, there probably isn't anything you can do at this point except chalk
> it up to experience. This sort of thing has happened to most of us at
> some point in our various careers, which is why we may seem positively
> shrill in our refusal to work on fabric until we have approved it.
> He bought the fabric without checking with other people, let him carry the
> blame.
> Olwyn Mary in New Orleans.
> --
> Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com
>
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> can help with.
>
> I made a bunch of flags for my daughter's high school colorguard unit. The
> instructor purchased suit lining. Very thin and flimsy if you ask me. But
> that's what he wanted, so off I went into making them. These are just
> practice flags. So all I did was serge around the edges and then made a
> sleeve area for the pole to slide through. Did a double stitch where I
> flipped over the sleeve. Well it was brought to my attention tonight that
> some of the flags are tearing.
>
> Any idea on how I can reinforce the sleeve section?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>