[Loch-ruadh] Fw: Thoughts about sewing

[PBW]

I dont know if its a good or bad thing but I can relate to MANY of these
sewing-isms!  Especially numbers 4, 6, 21, 22, and 23!

MagD'Leigha
Who always has the best intentions of having the sewing done at least a week
before an event...  yeah right.
>
> >
> > 1. I hate hemming.
> >
> > 2. Satan lives in my bobbin winder.
> >
> > 3. The more you try to fix the hem, the more you will screw it up.
> >
> > 4. I need a serger.
> >
> > 5. Don't use red chalk to draw the pattern on white fabric when you need
> the
> > garb the next day.
> >
> > 6. If the neck hole was too little the first time, only cut a little bit
> off
> > at a time. There's no going back. I now have an off the shoulder under
> > tunic.
> >
> > 7. If you're trying on the garb you're sewing over and over to get the
> right
> > fit, it's easier just to sew naked. Someone please tell me I'm not
alone.
> >
> > 8. The first time you sew it together, use a big stitch. They're easier
to
> > pull out.
> >
> > 9. Trying to convince yourself that no one will notice that the sleeves
> are
> > two different lengths gets easier as the night goes on.
> >
> > 10. They play really crappy music on the radio at 2:00 AM.
> >
> > 11. Ignore the "Buy 1 more yard then you think you'll need" rule.
Replace
> it
> > with the "Buy 7 more yards than you think you'll need" rule.
> >
> > 12. Get $1/yard fabric. Then you won't swear at yourself so much.
> >
> > 13. You can see a black bra through $1/yard white cotton.
> >
> > 14. You can see a white bra through $1/yard white cotton.
> >
> > 15. You can see you're not wearing a bra through $1/yard white cotton.
> >
> > 16. The warning on cold medicine that says you shouldn't operate heavy
> > machinery while on this drug should state sewing machines specifically.
> >
> > 17. If you're going to be trying on something that's pinned, and have to
> > pull it over your head,remember to wear protective eye gear.
> >
> > 18. The numbers on my tape measure move. They must.I've measured 3
times,
> > and it's still not working.
> >
> > 19. You really do have to match plaids or your butt looks funny.
> >
> > 20. Remember Rule 6? Don't do that again on the over tunic. Next time,
try
> a
> > key hole.
> >
> > 21. At 4:00 AM, leaving the garb too big sounds perfectly acceptable.
> >
> > 22. No matter how far in advance you start sewing your garb, you will be
> > finishing it at 2:00 AM the night before the event.
> >
> > 23. No matter what you learned from your last 2:00 AM sewathon, you're
> gonna
> > do it all again.
> > (No actual original author/attribution given)
> >
> > 24. Do not sew without someone else in the house. -Shock makes it hard
to
> pull >your finger off the sewing machine needle by yourself when you've
run
> the needle >through your fingernail.
> >
>
>
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