tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90009698361586836482024-03-14T00:44:56.407-06:00ArtsybuildingladyAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14003104131376883603noreply@blogger.comBlogger59125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9000969836158683648.post-89803907615968217692015-09-30T15:13:00.004-06:002015-09-30T15:17:29.830-06:00How To Install A Snap Fastener So It Never Pops Off Again<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Today I'm going to share my secret no-fail trick for putting a snap fastener </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">on so that you don't have to do it again. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Sound like a big claim? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Maybe.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">But it has worked for me ever since I figured it out. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Here's my stash of snaps and grommets. When I sewed company </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">jackets </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I purchased these things in hundred pack bags, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">so there's no shortage of leftover snaps around here. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">(Did you notice I slipped a couple of my paintings into</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Here is Mr. M.'s favorite work/fix-the-truck/chop wood/shovel snow hoodie.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">He's very attached to it, so I must fix it for him.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Especially since I cannot part with my acreage parka that </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I have repaired several times, as in <i><a href="http://artsybuildinglady.blogspot.ca/2014/01/quick-fix-broken-zipper-slider.html" target="_blank">this post</a></i> and <i><a href="http://artsybuildinglady.blogspot.ca/2014/02/split-zipper-fix.html" target="_blank">this post</a></i>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Here's where the snap popped off.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And here are the tools I will use to fix it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">What the heck would a plastic lid or milk cap </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You will soon see.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The first thing to do is cut a piece of plastic out, about 1"x1".</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You can use any plastic flexible lid. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I chose the milk cap for its extra strength.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Punch a small hole in the center using the tool that </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">comes with the snap applicator kit. I just used my </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">leather punch because it was handy. The important</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">thing is to make sure the hole is as small as the snap post.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I trimmed the piece so that it would</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">fit in between the stitch lines on the jacket front.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And rounded the end off a bit to make it easier</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">to insert it in between the layers of fabric.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It may take a little fiddling to get the plastic in there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It helps to curl the piece slightly.Work it back and forth </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">until the holes line up, and push the snap stem through it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Like this.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Following the instructions in the snap kit, hammer the pieces together.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Can you see where the plastic is?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This is not coming apart, folks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And here's Mr. M.'s hoodie, all fixed!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">He'll be very happy now.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Ever have one of those moments when a solution to a little problem comes to you out of nowhere? I had one yesterday. I love when that happens, don't you? </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I am a very easily distracted person, so I'd better tell you how this idea came to me before I get distracted. Again. ;)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I had just started cooking supper when I glanced across the room and spied one of my canvasses leaning against the wall. I had brought it upstairs to take a picture of it, and it had to be put away <i>at that instant</i>. So I turned the burners off and headed downstairs with it, intending to put it in my sewing room </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">(that's where I paint all winter) and go right back upstairs to cook supper</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>Then</i>, I went to take a work in progress off the wall and set it on the worktable</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">, and the wire on the back yanked the hook out. Not the first time this has happened. So I tried to push a Gorilla Hook into the wall, but it wouldn't go because the foundation was made with styrofoam and concrete blocks. <i>So</i>... I went to the garage, grabbed a handful of finish nails, put them in my pocket, and turned around to take them into the house.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And this was staring at me. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I tried hard to win the staredown, but lost. I just couldn't walk past it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So I hauled it across the yard to the trailer(which is where it should have been put already), carried it in, and saw that my canvasses were leaning against the wall exactly where I planned to set it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Then I spotted my garage sale end table, complete with stamped Ivy. Paid $4 for it. Anyway, it basically holds my coffee and a jug of water for painting. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Now here's when the aha! moment happened.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I just flipped the table upside down and set all the canvasses in it. I even had room for a few more. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I used a 12x36 one to keep them from tilting forward onto the table legs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It's so great to have my canvasses organized and off the floor.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">And my shelf is ready to hold all my pots of paint when I set up my summer studio! </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A table like this would make a great place to store my smaller pieces of plywood, too. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">What would you use an old end table for? (I mean besides an end table) Let me know in the comments!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I just finished my Simple Jumpsuit Challenge project, and I'm really excited about how it turned out! It all started with a couple of circle skirts (on sale!) from Jockeywear, my favorite place to buy clothes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">...one of them in this knockout print:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Isn't it gorgeous?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I took the waist sashes off the skirts<span style="text-align: start;"> so that I can use them as scarves.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I <i>love</i> the black and white geometric print.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I used the pattern from <b><a href="http://artsybuildinglady.blogspot.ca/2014/07/tips-for-sewing-with-knits.html#more" target="_blank">this dress</a> </b>for the bodice, and combined it </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">with one of my pant patterns to get the jumpsuit.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">When I cut the back bodice out, I thought a key</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">hole closure would look kind of pretty, so I cut a slit in the center</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">back and trimmed it with binding. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">When I tried it on my dress form it was fine, but on myself it gaped badly. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">And...I had already topstitched the entire neckline. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">At this point I was considering pitching the whole thing right off the balcony, but I managed to come up with a solution that I would like to share with you. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I picked out the keyhole trim with my seam ripper, </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">which improved my mood considerably. Just sayin'.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I closed the keyhole back up, stitching to just above the waist seam of the jumpsuit, creating a kind of fake center back seam. Then attached a new, wider piece for the neck trim.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Stitching goes almost to the waistline seam like so.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">With twin needle top-stitching! I just learned how to do that, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">and it's way easier than I thought it would be.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You'll be glad you did.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And here's my beauty. I'm so happy with it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I now have one less refashion on my list. Yay!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This one I made to wear when we take Mr. M. out to dinner for his 60th!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And two months after <i>he</i> turns 60, <i>I </i>turn 60. Boo!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And Keep on Sewing!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Krafty Inspiration Party @ <a href="http://kraftycardsetc.com/2014/09/krafty-inspiration-party-45/#more-3651" target="_blank">Krafty Cards Etc.</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Say G'Day Saturdays @ <a href="http://www.natashainoz.com/2014/09/say-gday-linky-party-103-share-your.html#more" target="_blank">Natasha In Oz</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sew Darn Crafty @ <a href="http://sewmanyways.blogspot.ca/2014/09/sew-darn-crafty-linky-party.html" target="_blank">Sew Many Ways</a></span></div>
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Sewlicious Craft & Recipes @ <a href="http://sewlicioushomedecor.com/saturday-showlicious-craft-recipe-party/" target="_blank">Sewlicious Decor</a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I whipped up a little t-shirt to wear to a golf dinner last weekend.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I started it forty-five minutes before my friend arrived to pick me up,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">and it only took twenty minutes to make! </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">It's amazing what a person can do when they put themselves </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">under a little pressure. </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I'm not wearing this tunic much anymore.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">refashion <b><a href="http://artsybuildinglady.blogspot.ca/2014/08/tunic-to-t-shirt-tutorial-easy.html#more" target="_blank">here</a></b>, and I am getting so much wear out of it, </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Would you like to sew up a quick and pretty t-shirt for yourself? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Whenever you are serging or zigzaging a raw hem edge,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This also helps when you turn your hem under to do the topstitching.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Plus, it helps keep your hem from bunching up as you stitch it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I love that I can wear this little top so many different ways.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Well ladies, I am about to show you a fix for one of </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">the most annoying fitting problems ever. You ready?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Pants that feel like they're crotching you to death. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">You know what I'm talking about. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">You make a new pair of pants, excitedly try them on, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">and find that they pull in the front, or you can't sit in them. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Grrr!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">It's the one thing that can </span><b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>really</i></b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> keep you from getting </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">any fashion mileage out of your newly-sewn creation. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I can tell you that there are two possible reasons for this.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">One: The front crotch area is improperly shaped </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">for the body of the wearer. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>The rise needs to be reshaped.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Two: </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The pants are shorter waisted than the person wearing them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>The rise needs to be lowered.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Let's start with the reshaping. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I have a favorite pattern I use when I want to make some </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">comfy pants </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">or PJ's. Everything about it is perfect. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Except for the part where </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">they pull in the crotch. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Not comfy at all.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Lay the pants out so that you can get at the center front</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">seam. You will be changing the curve, or </span><b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Reshaping The Rise.</b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Measure 1 1/4" up from the leg inseam. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">M</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">ark 1/4" out from the crotch seam at this point</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Now draw a new curve down to the inseam, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You are making</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> the curve deeper.</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sew along the line you made, and trim off the excess fabric.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Finish the new edge with your serger or a zigzag stitch.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Try your pants on. Do they feel better? If so, your work is done.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">If they need to be adjusted a bit more, </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Measure 1/4" - 3/8" down from the crotch seam and mark.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Draw a new curve, but this time carry it up </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">along the </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">back seam as well as the front. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">so that I don't do anything drastic. Not that I've done</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">(much of) that sort of thing when I'm sewing.</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Stitch along your line, trim, and finish your edge.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You should now be able to sit down comfortably in your pants.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I marked the original curve on the pants so that you can</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">see the difference. You have cut the rise lower, making</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This alteration comes in really handy for pants, shorts, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">coveralls, </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">jumpsuits, and rompers. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I've used it many </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">times.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Hope it helps you, too!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Till next time, keep on sewing!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: center;">Today I want to talk about sewing with knits. My favorite fabric. Knits are so varied and versatile. Endless possibilities. From swimwear to activewear to t-shirts to dresses. There are so many things you can do with knits it's mind-boggling. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: center;">I fell in love with knits the day my pattern drafting instructor took my classmates and I on a field trip to the DuPont factory near Kingston, Ontario. I watched in fascination as a pair of pantyhose was created in hmmm...about five minutes. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: center;">Lycra. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: center;">Invented in 1958.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: center;">Stretches to the moon and back. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: center;">I've been sewing for over 40 years. Long time. And learned a few </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: center;">sewing </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: center;">tips and tricks along the way. Many from mistakes that I prefer to call alterations. Some from paying attention to the construction of factory garments. And some from working in a sweatshop one summer when I was still in school. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Many of you may struggle with knits. But you will get better.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Just like most things we try for the first time, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">there's nowhere to go but up, ladies!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The best way I can think of to do this is to share </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">my tips as I make myself a garment. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I need a new dress anyway, right?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br />Note: I used my regular domestic machine to illustrate the tips below.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I normally use my serger, but I think it's important</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">to see that any machine with a zigzag feature can be used.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So here we go!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Use needles specifically designed for stretch fabrics,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">ballpoint needles. Universal needles will cut the fabric</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">and cause skipped stitches.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Use lots of pins. Long ones.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">(This would be about how many I used as a newbie stretch sewist.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Use a scrap of the same fabric you will be working </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">with to </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">set up your stitch length and width.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">See what is happening with the top and bottom stitching? The center one works without pulling or pinching the fabric. I set my width on 2 1/2 and length on 3. Test on your machine to see what works for you.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Make sure your scissors and rotary cutter are ultra sharp. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hold the fabric as you cut, </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">to prevent it from shifting.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Keep your scissors at a slight angle. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">(You will not have to do this with the rotary cutter.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Start your seams about a half inch away from the end. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hang on tightly to the threads. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sew to the edge.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Lift the presser foot and pivot your fabric around to the direction in which you wish to sew. Put the presser foot back down and make your seam. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">This method will avoid the </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">needle pushing the lightweight fabric down </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">through the throat plate.</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Although it's not shown here, when you get to the end of a seam, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">set your stitch length to zero, and make a couple of stitches on the spot instead of backstitching.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Stabilize shoulder seams by pinning a strip of fabric on.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">To lengthen seam binding, cut two strips at a 45 degree angle.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Like this:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Flip one around like so. Pin and stitch.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Use a straight stitch for this part. It may ripple slightly, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">but that won't be noticeable when your binding is attached.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Fold the binding lengthwise and put about 500 pins in it.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Just kidding. But don't skimp on the pins.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Attaching binding to an edge. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Start right after a seam to reduce bulk.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Notice that the binding curves in at the beginning.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Here's how it looks from underneath: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sew all the way around, stretching the binding </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">slightly around the front and back neckline curves. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This will keep the </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">binding from gaping. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Stop an inch past the starting point.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Curve your binding in and sew past it, running your seam off the edge.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Trim off the excess binding.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Anchor the binding on the inside with pins.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Topstitch with a wider and longer zigzag. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I used a width of 3 and a length of 3 1/2.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Pick a spot on the presser foot as a seam guide. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Don't watch the needle.</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sew 1/4" from the printed edge. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You want to catch </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">the fabric underneath.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Like this. The light colored stitching is the topstitched seam.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I'll show you my completed dress next time!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hope this makes sewing with knits a little easier!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Have a great day, and keep on sewing!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">How To Easily Alter A Pattern To Make A Cap Sleeve T-Shirt</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Morning Everyone!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I thought I would share a simple </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As I was making my <a href="http://artsybuildinglady.blogspot.ca/2014/06/simple-dress-challenge.html#more" target="_blank">Simple Dress Design</a>, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">it occurred to me that I could show you the easy pattern for it. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I will start off with the cap sleeve pattern for the bodice. It's pretty </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">straightforward, but if my </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">instructions don't make sense </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">for you, </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">please ask in the comments or send me an email.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And if you are a newbie sewist, give it a try!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The Cap Sleeve T-Shirt</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> One of my abslolute favorites. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Goes together quickly. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">No set-in sleeves. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">No zippers. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">No hand-hemming (love <i>that</i> part!). </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">All by machine.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Want to make a cap sleeve t-shirt pattern for yourself?</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">You can trace a purchased pattern to do this alteration. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Or</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You can trace your favorite t-shirt and use it as your pattern. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I used this one </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">because I like the way it fits.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">(I don't want any surprises at try-on time)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Draw a line 9" out from the center front and mark.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Extend your shoulder seamline to the 9" mark.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; text-align: start;">Raise the shoulder seamline 1/2" and make a line </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="text-align: start;">(shown in purple) f</span><span style="text-align: start;">rom </span><span style="text-align: start;">the neck base to the 9" mark.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> <span style="text-align: center;">Mark 1/2" down from shoulder extension and </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="text-align: center;">draw a curve to the raised shoulder.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Lower the underarm seam 1/2" and draw a new armhole curve.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The sleeve pattern is done!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">If you are starting from a basic bodice block draft, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">you will need to follow the next steps.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Trace the pattern you just made onto a piece</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">of paper, leaving at least 8" below the waistline.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Fold the paper under at the waistline and t</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">race </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Draw a line for the hem 7" below the waistline.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Now take your own hip measurement at the same point.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Let's say it's 38". Take 1/4 of that, so 9 1/2". </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Measure out from the center front </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">along the hemline 9 1/2" and mark.</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Measure up and in 1/2" at the bottom and draw a curved line.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This will keep your t-shirt hem from puckering at the side seams.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Here's how your pattern will look after cutting it out. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You can trace this and use it for the back piece.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You will just need to make the neckline 2" higher.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In my next post I will show you how easy it</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">along with some tips for sewing with knits.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Have a great day!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: start;">Friday Link Party @ </span><a href="http://www.thepinjunkie.com/" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: start;" target="_blank">The Pin Junkie</a><u style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: start;"> </u><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Worthwhile Wednesdays @ <a href="http://thecraftiestallie.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">The Craftiest Allie</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Do Tell Tuesday @ <a href="http://www.vintagezest.com/" target="_blank">Vintage Zest</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: start;">Wake Up Wednesday </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: start;">@ </span><a href="http://sewing4sofia.com/" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: start;" target="_blank">Sewing4Sophia</a></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14003104131376883603noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9000969836158683648.post-79666250900153692912014-06-05T12:12:00.001-06:002014-06-18T12:42:35.816-06:00Simple Dress Challenge<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hi everybody!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I can't believe it has been nearly a month since my last post.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">But I have a special one today that I'm excited and happy about.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I joined Diane Vin's Stitch Once Rip Twice sewing group on Facebook. It's great to share ideas and interact with other sewists.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Her latest challenge was to make a simple dress.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Yesterday was the deadline, and just when I thought </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I might </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">not make it, inspiration hit.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Suddenly all I could focus on was creating a design, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">drafting the pattern, and trying on my new dress!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I spent my entire day on it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> house quickly </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">turned into my design headquarters. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">A total mess of </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">tape, paper, pins and fabric. Fun!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I will share the tutorials and tips with all of you </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">soon.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Promise.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The cowl neck collar on this top was used to make the dress bodice.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Look at how much fabric there is in that neck piece. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">When I unfolded it, I realized it would be </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I forgot to take a picture of the original dress, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">but here's the leftover piece. The bra cups and </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">it, the fit was just not right anymore. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The casing under the bust had a tie running through it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I needed to use the tie as my neck and sleeve trim.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I pulled the tie out and noticed it was topstitched using</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">the chain stitch method from the factory. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">That's a <i>good</i> thing. See why <a href="http://artsybuildinglady.blogspot.ca/2014/03/undo-chain-stitch-quickly.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I took the skirt completely apart and used it as the fabric</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I attached the bodice to the skirt, right sides together, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">matching the side seams and center notches.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Here we are, all finished.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I so enjoyed making my dress! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hope all of you have a great day, and Happy Sewing!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Val</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Linking to these great blogs:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: start;">Krafty Inspiration Thursdays @ </span><a href="http://kraftycardsetc.com/" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: start;" target="_blank">Krafty Cards etc.</a><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Wake Up Wednesday @ <a href="http://apeekintomyparadise.com/2014/06/wake-up-wednesday-link-party-3.html" target="_blank">A Peek Into My Paradise</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Worthwhile Wednesdays @ <a href="http://thecraftiestallie.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">Crafty Allie</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Brag About It @ <a href="http://www.vmg206.com/2014/06/brag-about-it-link-party-no-57-vmg206.html#more" target="_blank">VMG206</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Say G'Day @ <a href="http://www.natashainoz.com/2014/03/say-gday-saturday-linky-party-79-come.html" target="_blank">Natasha In Oz</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The Creative Collection Link Party @ <a href="http://www.craft-o-maniac.com/" target="_blank">Craft-O-Maniac</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Monday Funday @ <a href="http://www.linesacross.com/" target="_blank">Lines Across</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Best of the Weekend @ <a href="http://www.littlemisscelebration.com/2014/06/06/best-weekend-party-fabulous-new-host/" target="_blank">Little Miss Celebration</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: start;">Saturday Show=licious @ </span><a href="http://sewlicioushomedecor.com/" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: start;" target="_blank">Sewlicious Home Decor</a><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Do Tell Tuesday </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">@ </span><a href="http://www.vintagezest.com/" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" target="_blank">Vintage Zest</a><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: start;">Wake Up Wednesday </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: start;">@ </span><a href="http://sewing4sofia.com/" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: start;" target="_blank">Sewing4Sophia</a><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14003104131376883603noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9000969836158683648.post-67111745625890286522014-05-08T00:54:00.002-06:002014-06-18T12:42:52.613-06:00Shoulder Adjustment On A Pattern<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> The Shoulders Are Too Wide On My Pattern.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">How do I fix that?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">If you are just new to the wonderful world of sewing, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Congratulations</b>!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It's lots of fun, full of challenges, and yes, frustration too!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Learning how to make fitting changes on the flat pattern can save</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">time, dollars, and disappointment in the final fitting of your project.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My quick tutorial will show you how to overcome a common</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">fitting problem with a <span style="font-size: large;">simple fix.</span> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Is the shoulder measurement</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">on a pattern wider than yours?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Having the shoulders fit incorrectly can negatively affect the </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">college </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">(Class of '76 </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">believe it or not!), pattern-drafting was one </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">of my </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">favorite courses. To me, it was just amazing that you could</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">and make it fit the topography of a body. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I hope my tutorial makes sense for you. If it doesn't, just ask any questions in the comments </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">and I promise to reply as soon as I can.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">One very important thing to have on hand is some muslin </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">or inexpensive cotton </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">fabric, so that you can do a test run. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I ruined a few garments before I finally figured that out!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The first picture shows how to properly measure your shoulder width. At the top of your shoulders, there is a little bone that kind of sticks up at the end of the collar bone. Measure across from one to the other, curving the tape <b>slightly</b>, as in my diagram. Following the curve will make your shoulder measurement more accurate, and keep your garment from pulling uncomfortably across the back. Divide that measurement in half. This will be the measurement for your </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Drawing the Blue Lines as they're shown in the next photo </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">gives you the </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">starting </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">point for the measurement you took. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The Red Line indicates the</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> curve from </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">the center </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">back </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">of </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">your neck to </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">the shoulder edge. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The Purple Line </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">is where </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">you mark your new pattern line </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">taken </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">from </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">your shoulder </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">measurement. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Blend the purple line just to the curve of the underarm. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Be careful not to cut</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> all the way down under the arm,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You can also make this adjustment on a finished project or purchased</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Ha! I'm finally getting around to writing up my first refashion post! Things have been a little chaotic around here, but in a good way. I just found out a couple of weeks ago that I got into my first art festival, and I am beyond excited! It takes place on historic Whyte Avenue (also known as Old Strathcona) in Edmonton, Alberta, and I will be painting with over three hundred artists for three days! So...this means I will be extra busy making art for the next couple months.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Anyway, on to the post!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="text-align: center;">I was visiting Serger Pepper not too long ago and saw some of </span><span style="text-align: center;">Irene's</span><span style="text-align: center;"> beautiful refashions. Next thing I knew I was sifting through my closet to find some clothes to make over. It didn't take long either, because many of them need a serious overhaul. </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: center;">Here is the first one. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">It was a beautiful top, but I felt it needed to be simplified.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I thought it would be better to make a more casual look.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Here is how it looked on. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sorry about the face. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>SOMEbody's</i> trying to make me laugh!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">When I turned my top inside out I noticed the front facing was </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I sat down with a cup of coffee, took the top right apart, and </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">set all </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">the pieces out to start cutting out my new design.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> I keep a <b><a href="http://artsybuildinglady.blogspot.ca/2014/01/notepad-from-scrap-paper.html#more" target="_blank">handy notepad from scraps</a></b> on my</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Here is my sketch.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The t-shirt that I'm using as my pattern is an old favorite. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Try really hard not to look at the grease spots on the front, </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The t-shirt shoulders extended beyond the edges of the tunic.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It went together like a dream, and I have a </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">few </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">more </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">(maybe a dozen?) </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">to redesign.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You know, sometimes a post can come out of the most unexpected things; like when Mr. M. was playing with the dogs, knocked my vanity chair over, and the darn thing took a chunk out of the baseboard. Honestly, sometimes it's like the kids never left home.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Anyway, I saved the chunk so that I could try and fix it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I used carpenter's glue and an Estée Lauder eyeshadow brush for applying it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Save your old eyeshadow brushes girls, you never know when they'll be useful!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> I applied carpenter's glue to the broken piece.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And to the baseboard itself. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I put a fair amount on because the MDF really absorbs the glue.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I pressed the broken piece on firmly. I thought I would have to use</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I gently wiped the excess glue off with the corner of a damp rag.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Then left it to dry for a couple of hours before sanding it with an emery board.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I keep one in the junk drawer and one in my tool box.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">They really come in handy for small hard-to-get-at areas.</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Like fitting into the decorative grooves in a baseboard!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I wiped the sanding dust off, then used my white</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">me fix my chipped laminate <b><u><a href="http://artsybuildinglady.blogspot.ca/2014/01/fix-chipped-floor.html#more" target="_blank">here</a></u></b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Mr. M. and I were taking what we like to call a Bumming Around Day a couple of weeks ago. That's where we head into Edmonton with no purpose except to spontaneously stop wherever we get the notion, maybe have a Tim's, you get the idea. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We don't necessarily buy anything. We just hang out. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Once in awhile we all need a day with no goals in mind, yes?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This time the car took us to Chapters...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> ...where I spotted these:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">How cute are they? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I did a double-take when I saw the price tag.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Did you know that you can purchase a 9'x 12' drop cloth for less?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Of course you did; you're a DIY'er!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Anyway, </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">let's get started on these pretties!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Measure your cushion and add 1" for 1/2" seam allowance all around.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My cushions are 18"x 18", so I cut out two squares 19"x 19".</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I chose a much shorter stencil to make for my pillows.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Cut out a front and a back from the drop cloth.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Cut your stencil and c</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">enter it on your fabric. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Use masking tape to hold in it place.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Using a stencil brush or small paint brush with very stiff bristles, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">apply the paint in a pouncing motion. To paint the "o" and the "e",</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">tape the center piece down and fill in as much as you can, then</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Lift your stencil off carefully. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Let the paint dry thoroughly, and heat-set the paint by pressing it on the wrong </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Press the bottom edges under 1/2". Open up the fold and zig-zag or serge the edge.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Pin right sides together, and sew around the three unfinished sides. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Finish the edges with a zig-zag or serging stitch.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Press the seams to one side, and press the fold up.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> Turn right side out. Here is how the opening looks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Insert your pillow form and pin the opening together.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Using a long straight stitch on your maching, sew the opening closed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You may have to squish the pillow form flat to do the seam.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I never hand-sew if I can get away with it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The total cost for these two cushions is about $3.00. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The pillow forms are from our old sofa-bed, which is also</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">where I got the cushions for my <b><a href="http://artsybuildinglady.blogspot.ca/2014/03/my-eight-dollar-ottoman.html#more" target="_blank">$8.00 ottoman</a></b>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> And there is still a lot of drop cloth left to play with!</span></div>
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<u><span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Update:</b></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span></u><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I had a question about the font and size.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It is Snell Roundhand, size 340.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A while back I posted this tutorial for decoupage, and I am not sure </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">what </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">happened, but the post disappeared from my list in Blogger. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I could have inadvertantly hit the delete button, who knows? </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Any way, I'm going to try re-posting it from memory. (We'll see how that goes!) </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">This is my </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">first attempt at decoupage, which I have always wanted to try. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I have been working on Mr. M.'s office closet off and on, and </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">ran across this road atlas while doing some decluttering in there. </span></div>
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<span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">There are 87 pages in here. Each one measures 15.5" x 22", </span></span></div>
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<span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">just about the perfect size to cover the long sides of a file box.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Then, when I was in the garage one day organizing </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">our </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">recycling, what did I find</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">but </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">an old file box! </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I'm still wondering whether or not that's a coincidence!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I also found a city map of Victoria, which is a favorite place of ours to visit,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">so I used it to cover some of the box.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Then I grabbed my craft supplies and got started. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The medium I used is called Bindex by Pebeo. It's very similar to Mod Podge.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I troweled on the medium with a piece of a styrofoam meat tray. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Our recycling center no longer takes styrofoam, so I run them </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This file box is the collapsible type, so I unfolded </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Then brushed on a topcoat of medium.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">storage </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">space for his office. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I'd say that worked out just right!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Today I am sharing a little project that took half an hour to make. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">An accessory for my treadmill.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I have to confess I have been neglecting my fitness for most of the winter. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Okay, for all of it, but I decided this morning to get </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">on the treadmill for thirty minutes a day. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So I dusted it off and jumped on. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It really was quite dusty.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">But first I built the table. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I like to have everything at my fingertips when I walk, so I need more than </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">just the water bottle holder. I need a place for all my other paraphenalia, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">like the remote, a snack, music, and earbuds. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">This is what I made. In thirty minutes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A custom table for the treadmill.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> I put it together with my Kreg jig.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I measured across from the outside edges of the arms, and added two inches. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Then I measured for the width. It had to be wide enough to hold a water bottle, snack, earbuds, music, and the remote, but not so wide that my hands hit it while walking. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The piece of wood I used is a drawer back from an old dresser that I got for free.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The end pieces are just short bits from a 1 x 8" scrap. I cut them two inches</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">wide and joined them to the table top with pocket holes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Super easy. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">You could use glue and finish nails instead if you like.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Love my new treadmill table!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">A quick coat of paint and she's done! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">If I need to fold the treadmill up, the table tucks in between </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">the running </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">surface and the front by tilting it slightly.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="text-align: center;">Mr. M. and I love to sit down </span><span style="text-align: center;">and watch a little TV </span><span style="text-align: center;">in the evening with our pets, </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="text-align: center;">a cup of coffee, and some Dad's cookies (our favorites, next to home-made). </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="text-align: center;">The only thing missing was an ottoman; </span><span style="text-align: center;">one of </span><span style="text-align: center;">the </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: center;">handiest pieces of furniture </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: center;">a person can own, wouldn't you agree? </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="text-align: center;">I put one together before I started blogging</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: center;">, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: center;">and thought since I'm making another one, </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: center;">I would share how I did it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This is the one from my pre-blogging days. I made it to serve as a side table </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">in our living room. Whenever I want to move it around, I wish I would have </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">made handles for it, so I am making some for the new one.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">To make my ottoman I used a drop cloth, three couch cushions, </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">a sharp retracting utility knife (the kind with the long blades), </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">permanent marker, tape measure, ruler, scissors, sewing machine, </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">hand sewing needle, and thread. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">All seam allowances are 1/2" except for the long sides of the handles.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Two of my cushions were the same size, so I just traced around the edges onto the </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">larger one with a permanent marker and cut it to fit. My knife blade was not long enough to cut </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">through the whole thickness, so I flipped the cushion over to cut the other side</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I stacked them together and measured the length, width, and height. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I added an inch to the measurements and cut out a top, a bottom, two ends, two </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">sides, and handles for the ends. The handle measurements are 9" L x 3 1/2" W.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sew the sides to the ends.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Stitch a line along each side of the top and bottom pieces. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Open them up and press the long edges under 1/4"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Pin and sew the top to the sides, matching long sides and short sides. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Backstitch where the handles are to make sure they are secure. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: start;">Sew the bottom piece on, leaving </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: start;">one</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: start;">-and-a-half sides open. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: start;">Press all the open edges under 1/2 ".</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I love that it's so easy to move around when I'm vacuuming, </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">See you later, and Happy Sewing!</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14003104131376883603noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9000969836158683648.post-23556639037597675032014-03-07T21:53:00.001-07:002014-03-19T20:17:54.442-06:00Quick Fix: Make a Loop to Hang Up Your Hair Tools<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Today I have another quick fix to share with you. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My hair dryer has a handy loop on it so that I can hang it up and keep it </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">off the vanity counter while I am putting on my face in the morning.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This is where I keep my face. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">(Shhh, don't tell anyone).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My flat iron however, has no loop. :(</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And I need to hang it up while it is heating and cooling.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">But I found a quick fix for that. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It involves my handy-dandy zip ties.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> First I made a loop with the cord.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Then I wrapped a zip tie around it and snugged it up.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I snipped the long tail off the zip tie with my wire cutters.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Nice and short.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And now I can hang up my flat iron, too! :) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">How easy was that? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Have a great day, and Happy Fixing!</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14003104131376883603noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9000969836158683648.post-87677455666547349722014-03-04T23:37:00.002-07:002014-04-03T13:53:14.608-06:00Undo a Chain Stitch Quickly<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Today I have for you a super quick and easy tutorial on how to undo a chain stitch. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">You can see this </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">stitch everywhere, from blue jeans to exercise wear, t-shirt necklines, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">you name it. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">It is a popular stitch in the garment industry, and can it ever be annoying </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">when it decides </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">to unravel on you. I have a technique that shows you how to take advantage of this </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">when you </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">want to undo a seam. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I bought myself a drop cloth so that I could make some drapes and throw cushions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I just love the oatmeal color and the texture of a drop cloth.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">This thing</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> has a seam from top to bottom that I need to pick out. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">That's a twelve foot long seam. Whew!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">So here is my technique to get around undoing this seam the slow way... </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The first thing is to find out in which direction the seam will unravel. </span></div>
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On the right side of the fabric is a straight stitch. </div>
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Using your seam ripper, cut a few stitches out from this side.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Mark this spot with a safety pin so it's easy to find when the fabric is turned over.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Turn the fabric over and lift up the chain stitch on the other side in that same spot. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In one direction it will stop, in the other it will start to come apart. Pull the thread </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">in that direction until you get to a point where it won't go any further. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Lay the fabric out so that you can grab the threads on both sides. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Hang on to them and pull gently on both at the same time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The stitches should start unraveling now. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Repeat these steps until the seam is </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">completely undone. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Ten minutes to pull out a twelve foot long seam. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Nice. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">If you try this technique, I'd love to hear how it works out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">And just an FYI. I pre-shrunk my drop cloth by washing it in hot water</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">and drying it on high heat because I would like to be able to throw the</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">drapes in the wash later. The length went from twelve feet to 11'6". </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I'm </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">glad I pre-shrunk it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Have a great day, and Happy Sewing!</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14003104131376883603noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9000969836158683648.post-17013502042522015802014-03-02T23:24:00.002-07:002014-03-22T09:14:38.350-06:00Yoga Pants Fix<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Hey Everybody!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">D</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">o you love your yoga pants as much as I do mine? I have several pairs that I bought from Costco. I wear them around the house a </span><i style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">lot</i><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">. They are just so comfortable. But once in awhile when I buy a pair the fit at the waist isn't quite right, or maybe it's just that the fabric is a bit too stretchy. But they slip. Not a lot. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Just enough to </span><strike style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">drive me nuts</strike><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> be slightly annoying.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">But I have a fix for that.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My yoga pants are next in the lineup of alteration to-do's that I keep </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">on </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">my <a href="http://artsybuildinglady.blogspot.ca/2013/12/tension-rod-organizer.html#more" target="_blank"><b>tension rod organizer</b></a> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">in my sewing room. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">To do this you will need a sewing machine, 1 1/4" wide elastic, </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Cut your elastic the same length as the waist plus one inch for overlap. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Create a casing for the elastic by zig zagging around the waistband of your pants according to the width of </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">the elastic plus a quarter inch. My elastic is 1 1/4" wide,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">so I will make the casing 1 1/2" in width.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Cut a 3/4" slit on the <b><u>inside</u></b> of the waistband</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">, at the back</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Once the elastic is all the way through, safety-pin the ends together. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Stitch back and forth a few times to join the ends of the elastic.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Ease the elastic around inside the waistband to distribute it evenly.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Make a few stitches through all thicknesses at each at each side of the </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">been experiencing one of the gloomiest winters ever, as we have up here in </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">one </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">corner of the room.</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">This unit was about to be scrapped by a furniture </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">company my eldest son used </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">to work for, and knowing my love of recycling and repurposing, he brought </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">it straight home. It's four feet wide and seven feet tall! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I traced the end of the shoebox onto a piece of paper, adjusted it to fit inside</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I then labelled them according to their contents, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> This section used eighteen shoeboxes. Total Cost: $12.42! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And now when I open the door I see everything at a glance. Love it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Mr. M. brought this box of chocolates </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It has little compartments inside. I thought if I dressed it up</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I think he knew I'd want to do that, so this post is really <i>his</i> idea.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So I grabbed my paints, brush, gesso, gloss medium (or Mod Podge),</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">handmade paper from my <b><a href="http://artsybuildinglady.blogspot.ca/2014/02/create-valentines-collage.html#more" target="_blank">Valentine's Collage Art</a></b>, pen, and scissors.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">First I ate <b>All</b> the chocolates. Okay, I shared some with Mr. M.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I brushed a coat of gesso on the surface and followed it with a base coat </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">of chocolate brown. (Metallic and iridescent colors appear more</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">While the paint was drying, I traced a heart from the bottom of the box and cut it out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Using serging machine tweezers makes it easier. Once the embellishments</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And I now have a box to keep my rings and favorite earrings in.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I kind of like it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Have a great day, and Happy Crafting!</span></div>
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Linking to These Blogs<br />
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<a href="http://www.titicrafty.com/2014/02/bewitch-me-titi-link-party-43.html" target="_blank">TitiCrafty by Camila</a><br />
<a href="http://mylove2create.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">My Love 2 Create</a><br />
<a href="http://sewmanyways.blogspot.ca/2014/02/sew-darn-crafty-linky-partyfebruary_16.html#more" target="_blank">Sew Many Ways</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I have three large candle jars full of beads and old necklaces. Some of them were </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">given to me by my grandma on my mom's side.</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> When I had sleep-overs at Grandma's, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">and if one of her necklaces was broken or she no longer used it, she gave it to me. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">art I made using one of her necklaces. I made it yesterday afternoon.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Here are some of the things I used to make it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My trusty glue gun, a pencil, picture frame, a mat board or thin piece of </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">wood to fit the frame, iridescent gold liquid acrylic paint, gloss medium </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">or Mod Podge (gloss), ruler, utility knife, and a necklace. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I use high speed and medium heat, keeping my dryer about 6" from the surface.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Measure and cut your board to </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">fit the frame, minus an eighth of an inch,</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> so </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">7 7/8" x 9 7/8" </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">for an 8"x 10" frame. Brush a coat of Mod Podge or Soft Gel Gloss </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">a random </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">pattern, creating brush strokes in different </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">directions so they catch the light. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Cut a heart template from a cereal box, to a size that will fit inside the frame, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">center it, and trace around the outside of the heart with your pencil.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Having the necklace is a huge time-saver, as opposed to loose beads. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The strands </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">If you have to cut the strand, put a drop of hot glue where </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">To finish the frame, I brushed on a coat of primer, followed by two coats of pale pink </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Twelve days after I published the post on </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">how to </span><a href="http://artsybuildinglady.blogspot.ca/2014/01/quick-fix-broken-zipper-slider.html#more" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" target="_blank">fix a broken zipper slider</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">this happened:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">To my favorite work coat. I did the zipper up in kind of a hurry, because my tiny dog with the heart of a lion who thinks she can withstand twenty degrees below zero decides to chase the squirrel halfway across the acreage. And <b><i>only then</i></b> remembers that she must travel the same distance to get back again. So I rushed out to pick her up before her feet froze, did the zipper up wrong, and it split open from the bottom.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">She warmed up on Mr. M.'s lap. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">new one in, </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">but I don't want to until I absolutely <b><i>have</i></b> to. I used to repair </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">the </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">zippers on my kids' jackets all the time with this method</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">You will need</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> a pair of wire cutters, a needle, and thread.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">See the little stoppers at the top of the zipper?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You need to snip those off with the wire cutters. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Then pull the zipper slider all the way to the top and remove it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I had to give this one a good yank.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Put the slider back onto the side of the zipper with the slot in it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Do the zipper up and pull it up about halfway to make sure it works properly.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Whipstitch several times until you have created a stopper of your own with the thread. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Do this on both sides of the zipper. I have used bright orange so that it is easy to see. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">If you use matching thread, it isn't noticeable at all. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I'm sure you noticed that the second-last photo in this post has the best color. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Since it was already dark I thought I would try my Verilux </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">daylight lamp.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">motivated to follow <a href="http://blog.homespothq.com/2014/01/making-the-best-of-under-the-sink-space/" target="_blank">this lady's lead</a>. She covered the area under her kitchen </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">sink with vinyl wallpaper and re-organized it. Wallpaper and I are not friends, so I opted to use stick-on tiles instead. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The next time we were in Edmonton we went straight to the Home Depot </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">and </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">bought a package of commercial grade tiles ($35). I wanted to have enough </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">for </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">under </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">the </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">kitchen sink and the two bathroom vanities. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">sense at all, </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">but you can see that reaching back into the </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">cupboard would </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">be the same thing as</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> asking to bump my head on any number of obstacles.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The first thing I did was square up and pencil the center line in the </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Once I had this one lined up, the rest were easier to place.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I used the peeled backing to create templates for all of the odd corners. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">and I can just pull them out without bonking my head. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I now have room for an extra basket for cleaning rags and garbage bags.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This project took seven tiles to complete and only cost $8.40. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And the box that was in there? It will be made into a crate, of course!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Have a good day, and Happy Organizing!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I have another quick fix for you today! It takes about ten minutes max, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">and will keep those pesky bra straps from re-adjusting themselves.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Put your bra on and set the straps to a comfortable length for you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Using a zipper foot, stitch back and forth a couple </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">of times </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It looks like this when you are done.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Simple as that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">it can be very </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">frustrating.</span><span style="color: #474747; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;"><i> </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This is exactly what happened with my latest purchase. After wearing my pretty new bra for awhile, it became apparent that the straps needed some beefing up. We live an hour from the city, and I really didn't feel like running back to make an exchange, so I came up with a solution. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">This quick fix took thirty minutes. </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I used plush elastic since I had it on hand, but any stable elastic slightly wider then the straps will do, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">thread to </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">match the bra, pins, scissors, and a sewing machine.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Pin the elastic on the inside of your bra strap and extend it </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">into the top of the bra 1/2" - 3/4"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Here is how it will look from the right side. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Pin it all the way to the slider adjuster.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Put your zig zag to a medium-wide setting and your stitch length to zero. Zig zag in one spot just past where the bra strap is attached. Now increase your stitch length to a medium setting. Zig zag all the way to the slider adjustment, set the stitch length at zero again, and stitch a few times in that spot. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">When the bra is on, the neutral color of the elastic blends with skin tone and is hardly noticeable. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Now my bra straps are stronger and feel much more comfortable, and I don't have to burn the gas or use my blogging time running to the city. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Quick, easy, convenient!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Have a great day, and Happy Sewing!</span></div>
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