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Taking a break
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! -- Kathyl remove "nospam-" before mchsi http://community.webshots.com/user/kathylquiltz |
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