cashs_mom

I'm glad you put it back on him to get help! Good job!

I have on question? Do they have to be muslin? If you could make them out of cheap poly felt, it would be much easier. No hemming or seam finishing. Just cut them out and sew them up. I use felt all the time for costumes because of that.

juliasb

I just finished ordering 45 yards of unbleached muslin (108" wide). This should be enough for all the tunics that this KofC group is going to need. My friend will bring by a single yard so he can visualize just how this will make 2 tunics. I will give them general washing instruction and tell them do not put in the dryer. Hang to dry and opps they will have to iron them. I Will be supervise 8 men cutting 4 men and 2 women in how to get this going quickly. I will put my serger to use on the primary seams that should make short order. I even have a couple extra machines if they have a couple others who want to sew. Now I have to figure out how much thread and how many pair of scissors to cut the fabrics. Believe me it won't be my expensive sheers. The fabric will be here in 6-10 business that will put us almost to the middle of July to prepare for a marathon of sewing. If they can come up with a couple other people to do some sewing I have a couple extra machines that can be used too.

bearisgray

This should be an interesting saga!

QuiltE

Instead of scissors ..... what about cutting with rotary cutters?
Could layer the fabric and cut several at once.

Yes sharp items ... but they can man up!!!



I sure hope we keep getting installment updates, along the way! D

carolynjo

This article reminds me of someone wanting a quilt done in a day or two. They should research the requirements, etc., required before they ask anyone to do such a job.

Quilter 53

Glad to see your big project is still in the works. Glad to hear that at least some of them are jumping in to help. Nothing like showing a non-sewer just what is involved in the whole process. They will definitely have a better understanding and maybe think twice before asking for something this big again.
But on the other hand, when it's all done and you get a look at the 70 KofC's in their tunics, you are going to smile and say, "I did that"!

leonf

How is the project coming along?

juliasb

So many ideas poured in from here that tomorrow is the day that we implement a few of them. We have rounded up about a dozen people and asked for more to join us. We have 4 women and 2 men to do the sewing and 4 men so far cutting the fabrics. So we are a go for tomorrow morning to cut and sew and lightly press all these tunics. The will be made in much larger sizes so we can account for some shrinkage when washed. We are making big signs to wash in cold water and hang to dry. Then Press. I just hope they guys will remember these instructions. We did not buy tags to put on the neck line. We have large table space to lay things out and to work. Lunch will be served with a snack along the way. We will start at 9:am and hope to have it done before 5 pm. If we just keep moving we will accomplish this. Thanks for all the suggestions and brain power that you have supplied. I will post a pic of the workaholics doing this feat when I get a chance to take a couple pics.

juliasb

I was amazed at how wonderful the day went. There were some who stayed all day and others that were there a few hours. We completed 54 Tunics for the RenSen. Three of us took took the remainder home to finish. A much lighter load. With coffee and donuts for breakfast, pizza for lunch, and bbq pulled pork sandwiches for dinner with the trimmings it was great. We had 6 men cutting fabrics while we averaged 6 people sewing. We had as many as 9 sewing at one time! About half way through the day I was able to sit down and do some sewing. The best part of the morning I was teaching and supervising things. It was great and everything went pretty smoothly. Two sewing machine I bought with me decided to burp first thing in the morning and buy lunch time I had them working and they were in use the rest of the day. One other machine decided that it was going to act up but the person using it was content to sew with it since she had not been at a sewing machine since junior high school. I offered to change out her machine but she was happy with it. I bought with me 5 machines and as many as 7 others bought their own machines. I should have taken more pictures in the morning but I didn't think if it.
Again without all your feed back it would have not happened. Thanks again.

juliasb

It was quite the talk this morning. That we finished as much as we did. Now to just finish my last 10 this week