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auntiemeesh) wrote2009-08-26 11:06 pm
auntiemeesh) wrote2009-08-26 11:06 pm
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'cause she knows that / it's demanding / to defeat those evil machines
Progress report for Wednesday, August 26.
*put in a movie and ate yummy food
*bucked up and faced the Evil Sewing Machine
*put new needle in, adjusted tension on thread spool, checked bobbin, totally triumphed over Evil Machine
*finished sewing buttonholes
*slashed holes and turned inside
*pressed
*tacked ends down and trimmed
*pinned one dart in the bodice back
Have I mentioned that I'm not keen on this type of buttonhole? A rectangle of cloth lays over the spot for the button hole, then you sew a rectangle on the spot. Slash through the middle of both layers, turn the top rectangle to the underside. This covers all the raw edges, but it leaves (at least when someone as inexpert as me does it) a rather awkward looking rectangular hole in the fabric. Not terribly pretty, but I'm hoping it won't be too bad once everything is all finished.
I decided to stop with the back half pinned, because really I'm just too tired tonight. But I finally feel as if I'm in position to make some slightly more speedy progress, finally. The buttonholes were, I think, the trickiest thing I'll have to do. I have three more, on the skirt, but now that I at least sort of know how to do them, they should go much quicker. I won't be done tomorrow, as I'd originally hoped, but maybe by Saturday afternoon. It would be so nice.
*put in a movie and ate yummy food
*bucked up and faced the Evil Sewing Machine
*put new needle in, adjusted tension on thread spool, checked bobbin, totally triumphed over Evil Machine
*finished sewing buttonholes
*slashed holes and turned inside
*pressed
*tacked ends down and trimmed
*pinned one dart in the bodice back
Have I mentioned that I'm not keen on this type of buttonhole? A rectangle of cloth lays over the spot for the button hole, then you sew a rectangle on the spot. Slash through the middle of both layers, turn the top rectangle to the underside. This covers all the raw edges, but it leaves (at least when someone as inexpert as me does it) a rather awkward looking rectangular hole in the fabric. Not terribly pretty, but I'm hoping it won't be too bad once everything is all finished.
I decided to stop with the back half pinned, because really I'm just too tired tonight. But I finally feel as if I'm in position to make some slightly more speedy progress, finally. The buttonholes were, I think, the trickiest thing I'll have to do. I have three more, on the skirt, but now that I at least sort of know how to do them, they should go much quicker. I won't be done tomorrow, as I'd originally hoped, but maybe by Saturday afternoon. It would be so nice.
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I would say that you are rocking this project.
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Good for you for defeating the machine! Throw that old needle away!
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That's exactly what I'm hoping for. I'm also hoping the buttons and buttonholes work well together. Otherwise I may just be sewing the buttons on decoratively and then pinning the dress together, lol.
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Did the machine have an automatic buttonhole attachment (which are not really automatic, of course) or did you have to do the whole back and forth thing with the satin stitch? If the latter, you have my sincere admiration, because I always hated making those.
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Sounds like you did well so, Congrats!
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