Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Near Conniption
I WANT A NEW SEWING MACHINE!! Whine. I'm having tension problems with this knit dress. I have consulted my manual about the proper tension for the stitch I am using, I'm using the right thread and even bought ballpoint needles.... what is wrong with this monster?! This thing was just serviced like half a dozen garments ago... After 11 years together I feel like a bad seamstress because I've been eyeballing this http://www.amazon.com/SINGER-4423-Heavy-Sewing-Machine/dp/B003VWXZQ0/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1337119907&sr=8-7 because let's face it, I can''t afford a Bernina. Sad day. Then my dream of launching this wretched hunk of metal from my highest window can be fulfilled! Thank you, that is all.
Friday, May 11, 2012
How to Iron Your Sofa
First I must say that I slacked last weekend by running off to Arkansas. The people talk funny and most of them seem kinda slow, but they have more than their fair share of gorgeous camping opportunities. After four(ish) hours of driving and miles and miles of this
Oh and a few (hundred) of these
we arrived here:
Anyway back to ironing the sofa...again. I was so excited when I got my foam home that I wrestled it into the cover without ironing it. This was a mistake. I realized at this point that it should probably be washed in super hot water to snug it up.... because I ran out of cushion wrap :( So the next best thing is a super hot iron with steam. can I just say that I tested my irons water spray range and it clears a good 9 feet. Back to business.
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So. More cushion wrap it'll have to be. I need to put the right front arm on and more piping here and there and she's done. Then I get to make a million throw pillows. I've been looking into this
so I can make stuff like this
with all the cool graphics like these
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Most of which were found here.
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