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Showing posts with label sew for others. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sew for others. Show all posts

Monday, October 6, 2014

I Have to Learn to say No!

So  a guy I work with brought me this fabric and asked if I could make covers for his furniture. I said, "You mean dresser scarves?" Yup that's what he wanted. He has antique furniture and knick knacks displayed on top and wants to keep the tops protected from dust and scratches.
 I am just apalled that the person who sold him this fabric thought it was the best choice. Not in a million years would I even suggest this fabric.
 It's like LINING fabric! It's acetate or something ravel-ee and fuzzy, and slippery, and slimy and is just awful to try to get and keep square. And on top of it all he wants 5 pieces and 3 of them are 40" long! FORTY INCHES OF HELL I say! I starched the crap out of it, and pressed it to death.
 ON the first piece I turned the hems under, on the 2nd one I just serged the edges-after spray starching and pressing to death!
 This method ordinarily makes a really nice flat mitered corner......well it is flat, but not so square as I would like. Oh well......
 Two down 3 more to go. I really need to say no whenever I get asked to work with awful fabric, but who knew it would be this bad!?

Friday, May 23, 2014

Those Coupons!!

 So, I had a coupon for JoAnn's Fabrics...of course, those things just suck me right in the door!!!
I needed to try to match some purple fabric that I'm sewing for others. You remember SFO, Sewing For Others?
 Anyways, I did get a good deal a t JoAnn's I got Kona cotton in a really close match and had a 50% off coupon in the mail! Yay for me!
Our Joann's got in a bunch of new fabric. I've been so busy with baby quilts, I think I'm missing good old garment sewing. Maybe the Girlfriend-in-laws kids will let me sew for them....

Friday, August 31, 2012

A Sew For Others Post

Now tell me this. When's the last time you saw a full pair of coveralls?
Yup, it's been awhile. A guy at work loves these denim, uninsulated coveralls. These had a little tear in the knee.
NO problem-I got you fixed right up!
Now back to that weave-the-fabric baby quilt!