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I hate pinning, but I do it for the accuracy. I guess I am getting used to it. Anyone who can have something turn out right without pinning is either very good or very lucky.
#22
This was interesting to read, Shelly, as I just came across a "ruffle" when sewing on my last row of the baby quilt I'm working on. I wondered how that happened. Thought I was going to have to rip the whole row but somehow I managed to smooth it out, but I thinking it could come back to haunt me, don't know. I had pinned, but maybe not enough?
#23
In the case of the picture I showed, she just took a length of fabric, sewed it on, then whacked it off. If you measure across the middle, cut, then sew, you won't end up with the waves. As your feed dogs grab the fabric, they can slide the lower fabric more than the top, if they are not held securely, as what happened here. This is how you get ruffles.
When you are making garments and want to ease in fabric, you put the larger under the smaller to ease it in.
When you are making garments and want to ease in fabric, you put the larger under the smaller to ease it in.
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