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For Sale & Wanted => I saw this & I thought you may be interested! => Topic started by: Iminei on November 21, 2020, 11:30:43 AM

Title: Verrrrry interesting
Post by: Iminei on November 21, 2020, 11:30:43 AM
Sewing tricks (https://fb.watch/1UIWDqlKfG/)
Title: Re: Verrrrry interesting
Post by: Bodgeitandscarper on November 21, 2020, 19:23:06 PM
Some right bodges there - and I did chuckle at the "bias" binding that wasn't cut on the bias...
Title: Re: Verrrrry interesting
Post by: Tamnymore on November 21, 2020, 20:10:50 PM
Unbiased binding?  :laughing:
Title: Re: Verrrrry interesting
Post by: Bodgeitandscarper on November 21, 2020, 21:30:09 PM
Unbiased binding?  :laughing:
Excellent!!  :laughing: :laughing:
Title: Re: Verrrrry interesting
Post by: BrendaP on November 22, 2020, 00:14:20 AM
And the 'felled seam' which was actually a double hem turned up with double sided sticky tape!  Not only was it wonky, the sticky would soon gum up the needle.
Title: Re: Verrrrry interesting
Post by: Renegade Sewist on November 22, 2020, 08:57:59 AM
Unbiased binding?  :laughing:

What! Are you biased about the bias of bias?   :thinking:
Title: Re: Verrrrry interesting
Post by: jintie on November 22, 2020, 09:01:46 AM
I love watching other people machining  - I had to teach myself as my mother wouldn't let me near her hand Singer. Silly really, as two heads would have been better than one - she was always getting in a mess.
Someone I knew gave me one when his mother in law died. He came back a few weeks later and asked for it back - they had changed their minds, and wanted to give it to charity. Luckily I hadn't taken it out of the box.
Title: Re: Verrrrry interesting
Post by: Bodgeitandscarper on November 22, 2020, 09:05:36 AM
I know we were all beginners once (and I still am in some respects!), but making videos and putting it on t'interweb as though it's correct really doesn't help other people.
Title: Re: Verrrrry interesting
Post by: Iminei on November 22, 2020, 09:10:15 AM
I liked some of the ideas .. like the bobbins
Title: Re: Verrrrry interesting
Post by: Greybird on November 22, 2020, 10:23:38 AM
Yes  liked some of them too. Obviously, given more time and attention, improvements could be made but it's the idea that counts in this case and some were better than others. After watching this I actually used one of them. I had a lot of unpicking to do and I used an eraser to get rid of the "unpickings" - worked brilliantly!
Title: Re: Verrrrry interesting
Post by: Iminei on November 22, 2020, 18:41:31 PM
My very favourite Quick unpick basically has an eraser rubbers on both ends ... clever!
Title: Re: Verrrrry interesting
Post by: Lowena on November 22, 2020, 18:43:08 PM
Since when did we use the Americanism eraser.....they're rubbers! :D
Title: Re: Verrrrry interesting
Post by: Mr Twingo on November 22, 2020, 19:09:03 PM
I know we were all beginners once…

I will forever be a beginner. There's always new things to learn, techniques to improve, a different type of sewing to try. When the wind blows from the right direction, I hear quilting calling…
Title: Re: Verrrrry interesting
Post by: Greybird on November 22, 2020, 20:19:06 PM
@Lowena I did type "rubber" to begin with, but then anticipated misunderstandings from our US contingent - so I changed it for clarity's sake.
Title: Re: Verrrrry interesting
Post by: Lowena on November 22, 2020, 22:01:07 PM
Hmmm... :thinking: :D
Title: Re: Verrrrry interesting
Post by: Manuela on November 22, 2020, 23:30:59 PM
Since when did we use the Americanism eraser.....they're rubbers!
Since when is there a ‘use of English language’ police on The Sewing Place?
Title: Re: Verrrrry interesting
Post by: BrendaP on November 22, 2020, 23:40:13 PM
There's always new things to learn, techniques to improve, a different type of sewing to try. When the wind blows from the right direction, I hear quilting calling…

Now there's a slippery slope down into the darkside ;)
Title: Re: Verrrrry interesting
Post by: Renegade Sewist on November 23, 2020, 07:08:12 AM
Since when is there a ‘use of English language’ police on The Sewing Place?

@Manuela.  :hug:   :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Verrrrry interesting
Post by: Puzzler on November 23, 2020, 08:08:44 AM
Since when is there a ‘use of English language’ police on The Sewing Place?

Hear, hear @Manuela.
Title: Re: Verrrrry interesting
Post by: Greybird on November 23, 2020, 11:04:10 AM
All of which detracts from the original purpose of this thread.
Title: Re: Verrrrry interesting
Post by: sewingj on November 24, 2020, 08:17:01 AM
All of which detracts from the original purpose of this thread.

That's true but it doesn't hurt to be reminded that we are an international community and that some careless comments are disrespectful to other readers
Title: Re: Verrrrry interesting
Post by: Greybird on November 24, 2020, 10:22:52 AM
There was no disrespect in this case, merely that I knew perfectly well that the word "rubber" means something completely in the US than it does here, so I used an alternative!
Title: Re: Verrrrry interesting
Post by: Mr Twingo on November 24, 2020, 17:08:43 PM
There was no disrespect in this case, merely that I knew perfectly well that the word "rubber" means something completely in the US than it does here, so I used an alternative!

Rubber = French Letter.  :ninja:
Title: Re: Verrrrry interesting
Post by: PollyWally on November 25, 2020, 23:25:52 PM
Better not mention the Aussie rubber thong then, very popular here in summer.
Title: Re: Verrrrry interesting
Post by: Manuela on November 26, 2020, 02:48:13 AM
In German a Rubber refers to an family planning item used by males....
Title: Re: Verrrrry interesting
Post by: Celia on November 26, 2020, 10:16:22 AM
I used to live next door to a Canadian and we used to often refer to things differently, pavement sidewalk etc. In the end we used to do it deliberately just for fun and also to promote our understanding.
 The trouble with texts etc is that we can’t t always see if someone is upset or just smiling and doing what my friend and I did.
One that I didn’t understand for a long time was a trailer, was a caravan to me.