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LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz
Join Date: Mar 2003
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A Pic Pie , Or it NEVER HAPPENED !!!!
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Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya?
Join Date: Jun 2006
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It's definitely a 'Shop-Op for some clever Dwellar.
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We have to go back, Kate!
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Yorkshire
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Doh Tiki. Hope you feel better soon m'dear.
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Thanks! I was hoping it was just allergies, but no.
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Seattle
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I'm having trouble sewing today.
I am trying to sew a half inch wide ribbon trim down the front of a pair of sweat pants legs, right where the crease would be on a pair of dress pants. I am having trouble because the bulk of the pants leg (pant leg?) bunches up considerably as I get farther along. I tried only sewing halfway from each end and I get a hump in the middle. Unacceptable. Twice now I have sewn the leg together for a few stitches. It's pretty aggravating.
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#1491 |
UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION
Join Date: Mar 2004
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Pin the ribbon in place before you begin sewing.
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#1492 |
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Also, try easing up the foot pressure if you can.
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#1493 |
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Join Date: Nov 2004
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Thanks, both of you. I'm done now. I was mostly done by the time my frustration level had risen to the level justifying a post here. Your suggestions are good ones. I didn't bother with the pins; I've had mixed results with them, not holding the parts where I want them better than my fingers, and I often hit the pins with the needle and I've broken about four needles this way so far. That is mildly irritating as well.
As for the foot pressure adjustment, I'll just tell you plainly, I don't know how to do that, or if it is even possible with my machine. I have stitch width, top thread tension, needle position (L C R), stitch length and reverse. And power. Oh and bobbing winding mode. There are no other controls. There are adjustments that can be made with tools, like screwdrivers for needle replacement and foot changing... but I don't see something like a foot pressure modulator (that sounds like something Marvin The Martian would have...). Regardless, behold!
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#1494 |
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Join Date: Oct 2002
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Uh, are you going to wear those? I mean like in public?
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#1495 |
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Seattle
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No.
Those are the pants for SonofV's costume. I will be wearing overalls, mostly.
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#1496 |
The future is unwritten
Join Date: Oct 2002
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Whew, I'm so relieved it's a costume.
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#1497 |
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Join Date: Nov 2004
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Thread coming soon, webalbum created but under construction.
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#1498 |
I hear them call the tide
Join Date: Dec 2005
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foot pressure adjustment same as gas pedal in car. ease up = go slower = more control
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many sewing machines have a little foot pressure crank on top.
Pins, you remove as you get close, and you use manual tension to keep the fabrics aligned between pins It looks like you did well anyway, congratulations! |
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This morning, irritated because:
1. My friend I'm supposed to go canoeing with drank too much last night and is sick, 2. My housemate who promised to babysit still isn't awake, 3. I was going to go ply aforementioned friend with bananas and Gatorade and see if I can make him well enough to canoe, but I can't leave because housemate isn't up. |
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