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The Emporia => Access All Accessories => Topic started by: Bill on June 12, 2021, 12:48:30 PM
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I've always had a dark sense of humour and find myself amused by the lighthearted misfortune of others.
I'm hoping this thread serves 2 purposes.
1) Entertainment in the mistakes design features of our sewing adventures.
2) The reassurance that even the best of us (clearly not me) make unplanned alterations.
Here goes...
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My 3rd attempt at a box bag this week has also took a deviation from its planned route. The zip should have been sewn on the other edges as I wasn't planning on a long tunnel bag :faints:
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I have recently finished my 'end of two year course' quilt assessment - a 5' square bed topper, appliquéd, quilted, bordered etc. We have to add a 'hanging sleeve' across the top so that they can be hung up for their display at a quilt show. I carefully and beautifully hand stitched mine, really level, pleased with myself.
However:
On turning the quilt over I had managed to stitch the wretched sleeve to the side and not to the top...........
Much swearing and unpicking........and not very good sewing it back on, with a caveat that it is for temporary use only as it needs to go on a bed!
Pillock.
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About three or four weeks ago I made my son a pocket for his handwriting input device thingy for his school laptop. Measured carefully, made a paper pattern. Cut it out. Sewed it up. Looked beautiful. Only problem: I omitted the seam allowances on the sides so the tablet didn't fit!
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I'm in the middle of doing a new machine cover.
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Last night after filling the bobbin with new thread I set off stitching the top squares to the long strip.
Imagine my surprise when having finished stitching, I pulled the lot out from under the presser foot to have it fall apart again.
Guess who forgot to rethread the needle? Doh!
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It takes a bit of imagination to pass off falling apart as a design feature - but not impossible :)
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Well it makes a change from the usual empty bobbin situation.
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Did you know that when sewing diamonds ♦️ ♦️ together, if you get the wrong bits aligned you end up with a little pyramid.
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And how is the Pyramid Quilt @fajita ????
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It’s just a block for the boom sewalong, @Iminei
I had hoped it was finished, but the seams took up slightly more room than calculated expected, so will have to add an extra row.
I don’t like Y-seams.
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But your July Brucie Bonus Block from last years BOM was lovely @fajita
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Heres a linky (https://photos.app.goo.gl/TUxjgjFANyRZbHfw9)to the album for those who missed it/are interested
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Lol. What a memory. I’d forgotten that. And it has triangles in it, this current one does not have triangles.
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I measured the top of the machine...not the bottom. :facepalm:
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We've all done daft things like that....
You could insert a godet to permit it to flare at the bottom.
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You could insert a godet to permit it to flare at the bottom.
Thatv would be a genuine design feature :)
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Godet? This kinda thing?
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Did that on both sides and one at the back.
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Zackly @Bill :thumbsup:
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So there I was, burning away all the fray with a lighter...like I usually do and the inevitable happened. There's now an inch long hole on the back of the newly finished cover and big black burn marks around it.
Oops.
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I don't think a flame thrower is generally part of one's sewing kit! :)
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So there I was, burning away all the fray with a lighter...like I usually do and the inevitable happened. There's now an inch long hole on the back of the newly finished cover and big black burn marks around it.
Oops.
I used to mend a lot of horse rugs, & found the best method of dealing with the frayed bits was to use a lighted candle in a holder, so I could use both hands to guide the piece through the flame! I did try the lighter method, but useless at holding it steady & not burning fingers!
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I don't think a flame thrower is generally part of one's sewing kit! :)
I think it should be! Seriously, I do keep a lighter with my sewing kit, because I often use nylon webbing for straps, when making totes or storage bags. You need to heat-seal the cut ends, so they don’t unravel.