Just about finished with the sewing skirt panels. Picked up the tension rods I need for the 2nd table, too. After spending $50 on rolled hem presser feet (2, each of a different width), I realized that this is a quickie home dec project and there is no need for fine couture techniques, or even amateur-looking rolled hems in this case. I could just zig-zag the raw edges and turn the hem as I sew. So that's what I did. I only press at the end, after all the edges have been finished and turned, and the panels look great. I'm returning the presser feet and putting the $$ towards my serger fund. This project would've gone a lot faster with a serger and if I have a serger I don't believe I would need rolled hem presser feet for my sewing machine, since I'd do that on the serger. Now that I've got one table skirted and can see how nice it looks I realize that I need to alter the press-table cover to fit so it looks neater and then make a sewing machine cover. Hmmmm.....I see the main cover out of the same toile as the skirt, with the ends out of the same plaid as my sewing/piano chair slipcovers, and piped edges out of---green maybe?
I wore my navy-blue skirt I made for the plus size contest and discovered that it is quite loose. I need to take it in. After which I may edit my skirt pattern review to include the alteration and add another photograph showing the skirt better. If I edit the review I need to do it by 9/30, 'cause that's when the contest ends.
I wore my navy-blue skirt I made for the plus size contest and discovered that it is quite loose. I need to take it in. After which I may edit my skirt pattern review to include the alteration and add another photograph showing the skirt better. If I edit the review I need to do it by 9/30, 'cause that's when the contest ends.