Howdy!
What a neat, newsy post.
Thanks, Kathyl. Good luck on the hemming project.
Story of my life: hemming! G
ooo swing dancing--cool!
Enjoy your break.
Ragmop/Sandy
"KJ" wrote in message
news:Ej9Id.19457$OF5.4920@attbi_s52...
I'm taking a break before tackling the last part of a project. DD's
friend
called me yesterday to ask if I could hem some dance pants for her.
Sewing
buttons and hemming pants...some of the most practical sewing projects but
I
put them off as often as possible. It must be my "time" though. DH left
me
a jacket on the kitchen table yesterday with one of the front buttons
lying
beside it. I promptly fixed it to get it off my conscience.
Last night DD and friend stopped by so I could mark these polyester wide
legged pants. The pants come unhemmed and VERY long. I now have them
marked, trimmed, and the edge serged. Of course that meant I have spent
an
hour rethreading my serger after retrieving it from the closet.....where
HAS
that manual gone??? (And I DID try to rethread it by tying the new threads
to the old ones....didn't work out this time.) I now can't decide if I
should blind hem or just topstitch the hems. I did leave a 2" hem for any
further adjustments in the future. We marked the pants to her flattest
dance shoes. This girl is quite an accomplished swing dancer and this is
part of a new costume. I'd never make any money with alterations or
custom
sewing. Too slow!

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