Seamripping
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Ever had a happy moment in a sewing project when you were so excited that you were almost done only to realize that one of the rows in the middle of your quilt is sewn in the wrong direction? I had one of those late Saturday night. I had pulled my Impromptu quilt out of the UFO pile to finish up (thanks Works in Progress posts), which went fairly well, as long as I paid attention to the direction of those disappearing 9-patch blocks.
I had all my blocks done. I had them sewn into rows. I pieced the rows together. All that was left was to add the border. I’m glad I took a break from it for the evening to work on some cushions for mom. Otherwise, I’d have to rip my borders out and not just two of the row seams.
The worst part is that isn’t technically anything wrong with how the blocks are set. I just really don’t want those two big black blocks so close together. Oh well… seam ripper, here I come.
Am there, doing that! Only in my case it’s shortening the sleeves of dress shirts for my husband, whose arms are disproportionately short for his body. No one does that kind of alteration anymore because modern dress shirt sleeves are much, much wider at the top than the bottom, making it a weeny job, so I spent the weekend unpicking cuffs and sleeve guards, cutting off about 2-3 inches per sleeve (depending on the shirt), replacing the guards and pleating the excess sleeve into the cuff, and then basting them back on prior to sewing. Thank goodness for basting, or I’d have reversed the cuffs on one shirt!
You know the old saying: As ye sew, so shall ye rip!
I’m so glad I don’t have to make alterations to any of my husband’s clothes. Alterations scare me.
I was making decorated towels to hang on the stove door for a wedding gift this week and I had sewn one piece of fabric w/cats on one end and I had the cats upside down. I had ric rac sewn on the top and bottom of it so I sure didn’t want to rip, so I cut off the towel and sewed it on to another towel. IT WORKED and no one will be the wiser.
There is a smart woman! I’ll keep that idea in mind for the next time I can’t find my seam ripper(s).