Keeping my fingers crossed for your DS too! Don't forget to update us --
especially if he gets the job.

More power to you on that hemming project -- I just don't like that kind of
sewing any more, and I put it off as long as humanly possible. On the other
hand, I can sit for four hours straight and hand stitch the binding on a
quilt and be just as happy as can be.

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Louise in Iowa
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"KJ" wrote in message
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Thanks Sandy...but I can't help to wonder if I was just looking for a
distraction and then bored the group with my musings.
Follow-up: pants are done, used a blind hem stitch with the idea that if
it doesn't hold up, I can topstitch later.
I'm also a little nervous about a job interview (a follow up/second one)
DS
has this afternoon. This kid (in college) has the worst time getting any
feedback on applications. I've told him I want to check the next one he
hands in...is it sloppy? Misspelled? Who knows? Anyway, my fingers are
crossed and I'm hoping and praying it goes well for him. He needs the
confidence a successful interview can give him.



" Ellison" wrote in message
m...
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
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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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