BTW, if you see this fabric anywhere, run away very very fast. Although it looks (and feels) great now that it's made up, it is HORRIBLE to sew. Or, as I described it my mother on the phone this afternoon, it's fabric that could inspire a religion based on the belief that inanimate objects really ARE out to destroy humanity (she laughed at me, the evil woman). The slipperiness I can live with ... that was expected. It was the fact that I could cut a piece of fabric ... lovely clean cuts with smooth edges ... walk away from it for a few minutes, and come back to find the edges fraying like crazy without even being handled. It also introduced me to another sewing first ... using wide zigzag stitch on the hem, with the edge perfectly centred as it fed through the sewing machine, and having sections of it come out the other size with the stitching somehow having having passed through the top layer and only existing in the bottom on. Sort of the thread equivalent of walking through walls. I'd originally bought the stuff with the notion of using it for yet another Miyake twist-front top (because the reversible fabric would have resulted in a garment that was half red-on-black and half black-on-red) ... now I'm SO thankful that I changed my mind because this cloth and that pattern would have resulted in the sewing machine and I making a mutual suicide pact.
Ze dress
BTW, if you see this fabric anywhere, run away very very fast. Although it looks (and feels) great now that it's made up, it is HORRIBLE to sew. Or, as I described it my mother on the phone this afternoon, it's fabric that could inspire a religion based on the belief that inanimate objects really ARE out to destroy humanity (she laughed at me, the evil woman). The slipperiness I can live with ... that was expected. It was the fact that I could cut a piece of fabric ... lovely clean cuts with smooth edges ... walk away from it for a few minutes, and come back to find the edges fraying like crazy without even being handled. It also introduced me to another sewing first ... using wide zigzag stitch on the hem, with the edge perfectly centred as it fed through the sewing machine, and having sections of it come out the other size with the stitching somehow having having passed through the top layer and only existing in the bottom on. Sort of the thread equivalent of walking through walls. I'd originally bought the stuff with the notion of using it for yet another Miyake twist-front top (because the reversible fabric would have resulted in a garment that was half red-on-black and half black-on-red) ... now I'm SO thankful that I changed my mind because this cloth and that pattern would have resulted in the sewing machine and I making a mutual suicide pact.
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From the Cataloguer's Desktop
The book notes have been piling up so I finally got 'round to posting a new title list over at
catdesk … enjoy!!! This entry was…
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From the Cataloguer's Desktop ...
I brought home book notes over a month ago and have finally got 'round to posting them as a new book list over at
catdesk. Enjoy!!!…
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From the Cataloguer's Desktop ...
I've just posted a new book list over at
catdesk. Enjoy!!! This entry was originally posted at…
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