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The past few days have had 1 chore sewing project but also 1 fun project.  Chris goes off for his annual hunting trip to Nebraska and he came to me with a plea to do an alteration on his heavy hunting pants. He wanted them let out a little but I also noticed that there are also a lot of holes in the pants.  I did all the things that I felt needed to be done and I "only" broke 2 needles. Both of those were broken when I was reattaching the belt loop. Belt loops are brutal! It was a couple hour chore but I got the alteration done, patched all the holes and even replaced a button pocket with Velcro. He's ready to start packing and I earned some good wife points.  But then there's the fun stuff! Over the past several days I've been working on my test floor cloth and I LOOOVVVEEE it! I've learned so many lessons about which designs that work best. Designs that have a wheel in a wheel in a wheel really don't work well, for example. I learned how to layer designs and I've learned about drawing speed to prevent smudges. I will go ahead and turn this one into a floor cloth but it's time to start on the real ones! Chris got the paint for me today so I'll be doing the painting on these probably starting Thursday.
I also loaded some veterans quilts to start quilting, maybe tomorrow evening and I'm making good progress on finishing the crochet afghan. Today is dyeing day but I might be able to finish the crochet blanket tonight. it is amazing how hard those belt loops are to stitch - I have tried numerous kinds over the years and have trouble with all machines and heavy fabric-- I even broke needles making face masks with the pleats - how people were stitching through those easy was beyond me - I was using needles made for denim and they were breaking.
Mary Anne
10/28/2020 06:22:32 pm
You're made of sterner stuff than I! I wouldn't be fixing those pants if they involved belt loops because I know my machine would balk and probably break more than the needles.
patty
10/29/2020 08:05:49 am
I was surprised that those pants were made with the seam in the back that could be taken out just like dress pants. Otherwise, it would have really been hard to let those out! Those pants must be really heavy material for you to break two needles. Belt loops are so hard to sew back on! You could be sewing thru at least 10 layers of fabric! Good job getting those fixed up. I can understand why you thought of me when you were fixing those. Some of the repair jobs I have done over the years were tough! Comments are closed.
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I'm Vicki Welsh and I've been making things as long as I can remember. I used to be a garment maker but transitioned to quilts about 20 years ago. Currently I'm into fabric dyeing, quilting, Zentangle, fabric postcards, fused glass and mosaic. I document my adventures here. Categories
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