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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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Your Favourite Suppliers / Re: Online fabric shops new thread for 2024
« on: February 23, 2024, 19:17:44 PM »
Croft Mill - often have 'end of lines' from big manufacturers.  I've always had good quality and good service from them and found some unusual fabrics, reasonably priced.

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Sewing Machines / Re: Bills New Machine
« on: February 22, 2024, 14:53:35 PM »
Can you work wearing earplugs @Bill ?

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Sewalongs and Competitions / Re: 2024 Jeans Sew Along
« on: February 22, 2024, 14:51:55 PM »
A very neat job @Ouryve .  I never do bartacks on jeans, just go backwards and forwards with the stitching s couple of times.  I have jeans in the farming drawer that I probably made 10 years ago and they get some pretty rough wear.  I've never had a joint / seam / stitching fail on any I have made.

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Sewalongs and Competitions / Re: 2024 Jeans Sew Along
« on: February 21, 2024, 10:02:32 AM »
@Ouryve are you allergic to the metal button?  I have a metal allergy but I always have a t shirt tucked into jeans.  I even have issues with the hooks on bras even though there isn't direct skin contact.

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In the wardrobe / Re: Fabric advice
« on: February 20, 2024, 10:00:10 AM »
Cotton lawn isn't usually st all stiff.  I've used cotton lawn for a very similar pattern and it works just fine.

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Sewing Machines / Re: Bills New Machine
« on: February 16, 2024, 07:49:40 AM »
I think a lot depends on the density / weave of the fabric.
I am currently sewing a water repellent cotton, it is not a heavy fabric at all but a very tight weave and  ' coated' to make it water repellent.  I cannot get a pin through 2 layers of the fabric - it's not easy to put a pin in one layer.  My Pfaff is happy to plod through multiple layers of much thicker denim or canvas ( with care) but I don't think it would cope with the same number of layers of this fabric.  It did go over 2 flat felled seams but I used the handwheel to get the microtex needle through.

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