tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25919723.post3469381149341703081..comments2023-10-24T08:55:14.529-07:00Comments on The Fluffy Pink Blog: I'm Sew Done With School...Ms. Valhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05708956305328177418noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25919723.post-30623729318181354022007-05-07T19:43:00.000-07:002007-05-07T19:43:00.000-07:00This is both informative and hilarious. Where do I...<I>This is both informative and hilarious. Where do I start? You wer able to buy fabric for less than $13.00?</I><BR/><BR/>Actually, Ces, I bought 10 yards of the blue (I'm sorry...cobalt) braided piping that went around the perimeter of the runner.<BR/><BR/><I>Oh that baloney instructor giving you a perfect grade (you deserve it) and then dampening it with telling you she is being generous. yeah right. She could have given you 299, that's genrous. 300 is what you deserved.</I><BR/><BR/>Oh, my runner does have a few flaws in it. For instance, the red and gold pieces on the end are different sizes. Also, the pleating on the purple panels is uneven in spots.<BR/><BR/><I>I have the same question for clothes sewn with expired thread which now really makes me wonder if it had something to do with our seams ripping from a very slight tug when we were in the Philippines. That is why my mother always bought US-made or other imported threads. What an irony because a lot of well tailored clothes are made in the Philippines. Perhaps from imported materials.</I><BR/><BR/>I was perplexed by this as well. I still am, in fact. I have used "old" thread to sew loose buttons onto shirts and they're still in place.<BR/><BR/><I>I have never heard of a seam ripper. I have to have one!</I><BR/><BR/>Here's a picture of a <A HREF="http://www.quiltingmadeeasy.com/images/SEAM%20RIPPER.jpg" REL="nofollow">seam ripper</A>. They're less than $2 in any fabric store or the sewing machine aisle at Target. Every home should have one.<BR/><BR/><I>How do you resolve the pin holes on taffeta?</I><BR/><BR/>Most of the holes ended up being buried under another layer of fabric. But for the visible ones, I used my fingernail to manipulated the fibers into covering up the hole. It was tedious work, but worth it.<BR/><BR/><I>You are the Queen of Shopping and the Empress of Bargains.</I><BR/><BR/>It's funny that you should mention that. The red organza that I used was a 2 1/2 yard piece that I found in a remnant bin. Normally $9.99 per yard, it rung up at $5.09 for the entire piece!Ms. Valhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05708956305328177418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25919723.post-9943564811959876212007-05-07T18:28:00.000-07:002007-05-07T18:28:00.000-07:00This is both informative and hilarious. Where do I...This is both informative and hilarious. Where do I start? You wer able to buy fabric for less than $13.00?<BR/><BR/>Oh that baloney instructor giving you a perfect grade (you deserve it) and then dampening it with telling you she is being generous. yeah right. She could have given you 299, that's genrous. 300 is what you deserved.<BR/><BR/>I like how you matched the runner with Fiesta dishes. Of course! LOL!!!<BR/><BR/>I have the same question for clothes sewn with expired thread which now really makes me wonder if it had something to do with our seams ripping from a very slight tug when we were in the Philippines. That is why my mother always bought US-made or other imported threads. What an irony because a lot of well tailored clothes are made in the Philippines. Perhaps from imported materials.<BR/><BR/>I have never heard of a seam ripper. I have to have one!<BR/><BR/>Ditto about the scissors. Kids don't know the difference between a fabric scissors from a scrap-booking scissors or kitchen shears or my nurse's trauma scissors. They cut, that all they want.<BR/><BR/>How do you resolve the pin holes on taffeta? I guess it should not be done in the first place?<BR/><BR/>You are the Queen of Shopping and the Empress of Bargains.Ces Adoriohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17338000465619901229noreply@blogger.com