Just a laugh about fabric
11-08-2015, 01:25 PM
#11
Power Poster
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: East Oklahoma - pining for Massachusetts
Posts: 10,477
This thread reminds me of a discussion I had with friends a few years back, where we were discussing misheard song lyrics. My favorite was Steve Miller Band's song "Jet Airliner", the line goes "Big ol' jet airliner" and my friend thought it was "Big ol' Jack had a light on". Rofl!!
11-08-2015, 05:43 PM
#13
Power Poster
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Michigan
Posts: 11,276
They are two different techniques. A flat felled seam is finished on the right side of the item with the additional stitching to make it flat. Like on your jeans. A French felled seam is the one where you sew the item wrong sides together then encase the raw edges in another seam, like when you finish a pillowcase, although I think most people call the second one just a French seam.
Last edited by PaperPrincess; 11-08-2015 at 05:46 PM.
11-09-2015, 08:38 AM
#15
Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2012
Posts: 673
Reminds me of "Gladly, the Cross-eyed Bear"
More "mondegreens" here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mondegreen
More "mondegreens" here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mondegreen
11-09-2015, 09:58 AM
#17
Member
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Louisiana
Posts: 28
I'm passing along a tip for all Quilters who iron (in case any of u haven't seen this yet)! The BEST thing I have in my Quilting Room next to my Rotary Palm Cutter (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=um_VB4q4ywI) is my STRIP STICKS..... www.thestripstick.com
Hope ya'll Enjoy this and invest in these two Tools that will make your Quilting Life even Better!
Hope ya'll Enjoy this and invest in these two Tools that will make your Quilting Life even Better!
11-09-2015, 10:14 AM
#18
Super Member
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Chula Vista CA
Posts: 7,363
My sister used to live in an area where they did Civil War activities and thought it would be fun to join in. They wore period clothing, did the cooking, set up shops, had quilt shows, a lot of activity from that time 1850's era. Her friend that introduced her to it loaned her a pattern to use to make a dress. It was a shirt waist dress made of the indigo fabric with little white decoration of some sort. My sister told her friend that it looked so familiar, and but decided it was a popular pattern, she must have seen when she was trying to pick out a pattern. So she brought it home, and then looked at a picture of our great-great grandmother, everyone called "Mam" because she was a school teacher during the civil war time and there it was. No only was the dress identical pattern, so was the fabric. (Nice to know my family was stylish for their time. :-D ) When she showed it to our aunt and me, my aunt pointed out the two women could have been sisters, even their hair and expression were the same. We got a real kick out of it.
11-09-2015, 12:09 PM
#20
Super Member
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Central Willamette Valley, Oregon, USA
Posts: 7,695
As of today, I have joined this club. I have been sewing since I was fifteen, and know that the grain of fabric is important to the drape of the results. Today, I read the newsletter articles that I get in my email inbox, to learn about the importance of warp and weft in quilting. Silly me figured it did not matter in quilting....I bet my corners will be easier to match now......��
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
Deb watkins
General Chit-Chat (non-quilting talk)
69
12-10-2010 05:11 AM
dglvr
General Chit-Chat (non-quilting talk)
10
11-11-2010 10:24 AM
