Re.Any help available on here please?

Posted by on May 6, 2006, 6:59 am

I am trying to find...a group named....uk.rec.crafts.sewing.

The help I am looking for........I want to make myself a couple of skirts
....I love the a.line design..so if anyone can help me with a way to do one
like an a.line....(but because of disability)...the easier the better for
me.............Can anyone please help me???

Angiexx

Posted by Kate Dicey on May 6, 2006, 7:12 am

Angie.@the. rainbowsend.com wrote:

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I'm a member of the UK group, but it's very low traffic. The highest
traffic sewing group is alt.sewing.

If you are in a wheelchair, you may find that you need extra length in
the back of skirts for added coverage and comfort. There are not many
patterns about that cater to this sort of need, but there are a few
books. I'll look them up and see what I can find.

Where in the UK are you? I'm down in Kent, if that's any help to you.

--
Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls
Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
http://www.katedicey.co.uk
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Posted by on May 6, 2006, 9:06 am

Thank You both very much.....I felt sure everyone would be out
shopping....so it was a nice surprise to find you at home.....
In reply to Kate's question....I am not in a wheelchair...24/7........but
cutting out is very very difficult.....And painfull most of the time........
The only skirts I have are shop bought.......But i would love to be able to
do this myself...I find sewing very therapeutic...

Judging by your site Kate.....you are a very busy lady.......I live in
Bedfordshire.......Hubby has just gone out for his game of bowls....so I
won't have him hovering around me.....:-))

Angiexx

Posted by Kate Dicey on May 6, 2006, 9:44 am

Angie.@the. rainbowsend.com wrote:

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I'm off to visit a part-time wheelchair using friend who also sews this
afternoon. She's just had a knee replaced, and then broke her toe! :(
Anyway, I'll ask her hwat she does about cutting out. I'm lucky in
that while I can neither stand nor sit still for too long (I have
fibromyalgia), I *do* have a cutting-out table that is the height of a
kitchen worktop, so I can cut in comfort! :) Well, except when the RSI
and the hands are playing up... Then I drop things a lot!

--
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!

Posted by on May 6, 2006, 8:23 am

Dear Angiexx,

If you have a straight skirt pattern that fits you well, you can make
it into an A-line skirt. Slash through the center of the darts, front
and back, all the way to the hem. Tape the darts closed. Now you have
an A-line skirt.

Teri