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A Good Yarn / Re: Ploshkin - Weaving Along
« on: Today at 10:16:53 »
Sis has chosen a different weave pattern for each chair, all of which have the sand warp and grey weft.
In between lambs I have been winding the warp and preparing it to thread the loom.
The total warp is 330 threads (ends) each 5 yards long.  Astonishingly, that makes the total warp I have wound just 110 yards short of a mile!
I have done the warp in 3 sections with 110 ends in each third.
Here is one section on the warping board.  At the top each thread crosses the previous one so that they all stay in order and don't get tangled when putting the warp on the loom.

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The three sections are off the warping board and tied in several places to keep everything in order.  Strips of t shirt fabric make brilliant stretchy ties

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Patchwork & Quilting ... Welcome to the Darkside / Re: Staten Island Quilters Guild 2024 Show
« on: Yesterday at 07:43:57 »
Wow.  A fantastic collection of quilts.  I very much like the chicken one.
It must have been a huge job to set up the exhibition - well done.  I presume the little group of men helped with that ( or are they too shy to show us their quilts?  :) )

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In the wardrobe / Re: Wardrobe switchover time?
« on: April 14, 2024, 14:26:04 PM »
My only nod to a change of season is short sleeved t shirts instead of long sleeves and occasionally shorts instead of jeans.  I do, reluctantly, come out of boots for a few months.

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Patchwork & Quilting ... Welcome to the Darkside / Re: Winding your Binding
« on: April 12, 2024, 09:02:22 AM »
@Sara-S if I cut and join my binding ahead of time I wind it onto a stiff piece of card to keep it tidy.

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The Haberdashery / Re: Fine line marking?
« on: April 11, 2024, 08:31:00 AM »
I have one of these
It can be sharpened to a fine point.  Be wary of coloured chalk on the right side of the fabric though.  I still have a yellow mark on a tweed jacket.

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Sewalongs and Competitions / Re: 2024 Jeans Sew Along
« on: April 11, 2024, 08:22:55 AM »
@realale my first alteration on any trousers is to take a lump out of the centre back seam to prevent a gap ( I have a very curved lower back).  I find it helps greatly to do a curved waistband too - it makes for a much better fit ( on me).

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Patterns Discussion / Re: What size to make?
« on: April 05, 2024, 21:02:42 PM »
Fond memories of 17 years teaching at Glencoe Road School in Chatham. 

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I saw this & I thought you may be interested! / 20% off Guterman threads
« on: April 05, 2024, 20:12:41 PM »
Barnyarns have 20% off all Guterman threads until Wednesday 10th April

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Sewalongs and Competitions / Re: Weekly Sewing Club Wednesdays 2-4pm
« on: April 03, 2024, 17:37:20 PM »
I did manage half an hour in my sewing room this afternoon preparing my wall hanging for hanging.  It was a bit nerve racking at first punching holes in my quilt(s) but it all went according to plan.  I need to do some measuring and drilling now.

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Current Projects / Re: Log cabin Star
« on: March 28, 2024, 18:57:39 PM »
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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