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Beach Girl
True Blue Farmgirl
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Vanessa
Williamsburg
VA
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 Posted - Feb 13 2007 : 05:19:37 AM
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PS~last time (gotta go fix breakfast!)~
I searched through the forum and found other posts on skirts, but I'm a real sewing dummy and need specifics, sorry!!! Sewing WITH a pattern and instructions is hard enough for me, LOL. Tasha, what are French seams? It's stuff like that I don't know. In regards to cutting panels for skirts, do you cut a specific measurement based on number of panels and waist size? I'll keep reading whatever is posted that I found in the search and hope you all don't roll your eyes at this "SEWING IMPAIRED" farmgirl by the sea.
Vanessa 
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BarefootGoatGirl
True Blue Farmgirl
1495 Posts
Corrine
North Carolina
USA
1495 Posts |
Posted - Feb 13 2007 : 05:42:03 AM
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Ok, I cant see Tasha's skirts (BOO HOOO, I WANTED TO SO BAD...guess I'll just have to run over to esty when I'm done here), but the description of the jean skirt makes me think of a trick I use to get more wear out of my girls dresses. We wear long skirts and my long skinny girls find that their favorite dresses are too short long before they are *done* with them. To get a years more wear I take a pair of jeans that the boys have worn the knees out of (that is always the first thing to go...new jeans with holes in the knees) and cut them off just above the crotch, then I seperate the skirt from the dress and attach it to the jeans. This will make a knee lenth (VERY short for our house) dress into an ankle lenth skirt for a little girl. We get tons of compliments on these skirts and they are so simple and frugle!
Trina
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Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds. Proverbs 27:23 |
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GaiasRose
True Blue Farmgirl
2552 Posts
Tasha-Rose
St. Paul
Minnesota
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Posted - Feb 13 2007 : 07:11:37 AM
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I will answer more questions later, but I will answer one now...we are off to Brainderd in a little bit. I am doing some organising and as such, we are buying shelving.
A French seam is this:instead of sewing your fabric the usual way, right sides facing eachother, you sew your fabric the opposite, wrong sides facing eachother...so you have your unfinished seam on the OUTSIDE of the garment. THEN...you turn your garment inside out (I usually trim the seam down a little before I turn it inside out) and then stitch the fabric together again, right sides facing eachother this time, so you end up with a cased seam on the inside of your garment. I honestly prefer a French seam over my serger for two reasons: 1)my serger is a Gemsy and terribly difficult to thread, 2)it looks a lot more finished and clean in my opinion.
Did all fo that make sense?
Off to Brainerd....I shall have photos later of a clean and organised crafting/sewing room.
~*~Brightest Blessings~*~
Tasha-Rose
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GaiasRose
True Blue Farmgirl
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Tasha-Rose
St. Paul
Minnesota
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GaiasRose
True Blue Farmgirl
2552 Posts
Tasha-Rose
St. Paul
Minnesota
2552 Posts |
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Kim
True Blue Farmgirl
146 Posts
Kim
Pflugerville
Texas
USA
146 Posts |
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Aunt George
True Blue Farmgirl
1476 Posts
Georgann
Midlothian
VA
1476 Posts |
Posted - Feb 13 2007 : 3:41:50 PM
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Here is a nice tutorial on french seams:
http://www.sewneau.com/how.to/french.seam.html
I've learned alot from that site.
Vanessa, I know exactly where you lived! Cool. I'm out Midlothian Turnpike almost to Powhatan. You wouldn't recognise Midlo Turnpike past the old K-Mart. It is now a Kroger and they've put in a Wendy's and building like crazy and they are going to build up all around Midlo trnpk and 288. They want to put another mall...can you believe it? And more theaters! sheesh.
I love the outerbanks Hatteras is wonderful. Been there once and will always remember it. I think it is so cool that you have been to The Thrifty Quaker...still looks the same, and you know that sweet tea at PQ's BBQ is the best in town!! If you ever come back here for a visit, let me know. I'll meet you somewhere if you have time!
G
http://auntgeorgeshouse.blogspot.com/index.html
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BarefootGoatGirl
True Blue Farmgirl
1495 Posts
Corrine
North Carolina
USA
1495 Posts |
Posted - Feb 16 2007 : 08:52:02 AM
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I highly recomend that you girls experment with french seaming...I love it. The look is so professional and clean. For those of us with out sergers, it is the best way to go.
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GaiasRose
True Blue Farmgirl
2552 Posts
Tasha-Rose
St. Paul
Minnesota
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faithymom
True Blue Farmgirl
360 Posts
Faith
Sandpoint
ID
USA
360 Posts |
Posted - Feb 16 2007 : 11:26:26 AM
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Tasha, is it threading the bottom looper that is frustrating you with your serger?
I received a serger as a gift, but never opened it and after a year of not using it, I returned it (one of the things I DO like about Wal-Mart...easy returns)
I never came across a need for it and was a little wary of a serger from Wal-Mart because I had a friend who had a serger that was a HUGE PAIN to thread (it was that @#$^%^&& bottom looper...which of course was the one that ALWAYS needed to be re-threaded) and my sis bought a regular machine from WM and it is brand-new and a real piece of dung (not to offend or upset anyone who has one from there that works)
I am going to make pads for myself and it'd be nice to have one for that, but not one I have to fight with in order to use. I'll just zigzag or use my machines overcast stitch.
Faith
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GaiasRose
True Blue Farmgirl
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Tasha-Rose
St. Paul
Minnesota
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