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Current Projects / Re: Log cabin Star
« on: Today at 18:57:39 »
That's gorgeous.  Log cabin was my first foray into quilting and will always be my favourite.

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Sewalongs and Competitions / Re: Weekly Sewing Club Wednesdays 2-4pm
« on: March 21, 2024, 18:25:08 PM »
@Elnnina Barnyarns sell 'pop up' irons.  Rather pricey (£170 ish) but I suppose that depends on what you usually pay for an iron.

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A Good Yarn / Re: Ploshkin - Weaving Along
« on: March 20, 2024, 08:10:31 AM »
Many of the patterns are different on the reverse side so, even more choice.

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A Good Yarn / Re: Ploshkin - Weaving Along
« on: March 19, 2024, 10:18:25 AM »
I have woven a sampler with 9 different twill weaves (+plain weave) - all the same threading but different treadling sequences.  I have used each of the two colours in the warp and the weft so there is a block of 4 for each pattern.  It is really interesting to see how the colours play with each other - 2 blocks of the same weave pattern can look entirely different depending on which colour is in the warp / weft.  It's also interesting to see the textured patterns in the plain colour sections.
I am sending it to sis for her to choose what she wants.  She was quite keen on the idea of having each chair in a different weave and I sampled the ones she picked out of my pattern book and added a few extras until I ran out of warp.  There were a couple of treadling errors that I have marked so that she knows it is not part of the pattern.

Here is a bit of the sampler
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A Good Yarn / Re: Ploshkin - Weaving Along
« on: March 14, 2024, 16:14:21 PM »
I'm embarking on a new weaving project.
Sis in FoD (not Flobear) has a set of 4 dining chairs, inherited from mum.  I remember them being bought  c1967.  They are Scandinavian design and look every bit as modern today as they did then.  I don't know what the wood is but it is a very light colour - she has the table too.  The seat and backrest covers are now decidedly threadbare (mum had re covered the seats once many years ago) so I have offered to re cover them with handwoven fabric.

I have warped my floor loom with some thread to do a pattern sample.  The yarn is 100% cotton, recommended by Haydn, the weaver in the weaving shop.  These are the colours I am using to fit in with her slate floor and newly painted 'Sahara' walls.
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I'm doing the 6" wide sample warp half and half each colour and I will do the weft in blocks of each colour too as I am trying various twill patterns and don't know which colour will be dominant with each pattern.   I have threaded the warp through the reed and heddles but haven't tied on yet.
Watch this space.

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Technical Help / Re: bias wrinkles with photo, finally
« on: March 10, 2024, 21:06:00 PM »
If the neck is right you may need to add a bit to the armhole end of the shoulder seam so that the slope is a flatter angle.  You will need to experiment to see whether you need   to add in a bit to the front as well - maybe not.   Just do one bit at a time until you've eliminated all the issues. The armhole shape will need to move up with the shoulder

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Technical Help / Re: bias wrinkles with photo, finally
« on: March 10, 2024, 14:00:03 PM »
It looks quite clear to me in the photo that your right shoulder is higher than your left, not lower.  I think that can occur through always keeping your shoulder positioned to stop a bag sliding off.  The neck is ok so you need to change the angle of the shoulder slope and lift the armhole, then look again.
I have the same issue - it is surprising how different your shape can be each side.

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In the wardrobe / Re: Mary Quaint Shift Dress
« on: March 10, 2024, 07:26:13 AM »
The dress looks perfect on you.  I was a bit young for Mary Quant first time round.  Our dad was accountant for a fashion house in the early 60s and Mary Quant was one of their new, young designers.  Perhaps if I had been a few years older I might have had a freebie or two.

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I did try snipping off a teensy bit of corner @ iminei, then a teensy bit more, then a .......... But it was just the same leading me to think i had got it wrong at the folding stage.

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I think I must have been doing one of the corner folds to  the wrong place.  I was doing the folding level with the quilt corner edges which I can see wasn't giving me enough fabric for a decent mitre.  So, there's something I need to do differently but not sure what.

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I know how to get nice corners on narrow quilt binding but as soon as I try to do wider binding I can't get the corners to be nice and square.  They just end up rounded with the corner of the wadding squished down.
Ive just been trying to do a 5/8 inch binding using a 3" strip folded in half but I've given up and trimmed off the excess wadding and reverted to a narrow border because I just can't get decent corners.

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Sewalongs and Competitions / Re: Weekly Sewing Club Tuesdays 2-4pm
« on: February 27, 2024, 16:48:16 PM »
Oh, I've been in my sewing room since about 3.00.  I've machined the binding on to the first third of my wall hanging and trimmed the batting and backing so that I can fold and stitch the binding, which I will do by hand.

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A Good Yarn / Re: Why didn’t I make this years ago?
« on: February 26, 2024, 07:27:41 AM »
That's very useful.  It's something I've been intending to do forever to house my interchangeable needles.  They're in the plastic, zip up case they came in but the needles are attached to a piece of card with elastic and i have bought a couple of extra sizes which are separate.
Having seen yours I will resolve to get on with it.  There, I've said it now  :)

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In the wardrobe / Re: Men’s pyjamas
« on: February 25, 2024, 11:50:51 AM »
What about an 'African' style top - can't think what they are called.  They generally have a round neck with a V slit at the front.
I would have thought though that a stretch fabric would be the most comfortable to wear.

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I never trust the grid on the cutting board, I don't think it would be accurate enough.

I think I would fold the fabric into 4 lengthways ( ie selvedges together then in half again) then measure down and mark 6½" each side to cut wof strips.then leave each strip folded in half and do the same to cut pairs of squares.  A bit laborious but with a quilting ruler you can at least be sure of getting 'square' squares.

or
I would buy a 12" square ruler  :)



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