Sewing meme.
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jenthompson
1. Five-eighths, one-half or three-eighths?
Three-eights of an inch. Or rather, 1 centimeter. This is the usual seam allowance I use. It creates enough space for a three- or even a four-thread lockstitch and the straight seam.
2. Linen, cotton, wool or silk?
I've had a terrible wool spurt recently and now I'm back to linen full-time. I like silk in nighties and stuff, but I hardly sew with it. Wool is great, can be shaped, molded and hammered into shape.
3. Stripes, solids or prints?
Solids are nice, and I've had a short bout of stripes, but prints are good too. I love brocades, which are woven, not printed.
4. Drape or draft?
Draft. My dollies are nowhere near my size or anyone's size for that matter.
5. Pins or weights?
Pins.
6. Nipper or seam ripper?
Mr. Seamripper Is Your Friend. Damned, I'll need an icon that says just that.
7. Pleats or ruffles?
Pleats. I love Cartridge pleats. They just stand out.
8. Wheel or scissors?
Scissors, I've not got the hang of that Rotary cutter just yet. I can draw a very straight line alongside a ruler, but when it comes to the rotary cutter I am a bit wobbly. Practice makes perfect!
9. Princess seams or darts?
Princess seams, even though they're not in the right place. Some really nice things can be accomplished with them.
10. Flat-line or bag-line?
Neither.
11. Serge or French seam?
Depends. I like French seams when I need to make something historically correct, but like flat-felling it feels so wrong to go over one seam two or three times. I serge everything before I put it together, except for corsets and other fused stuff that doesn't really fray.
12. Invisible or original sliding?
Both, but only for mundanewear. I just used a normal zipper the right way in a pair of jeans last night! I've always had problems sewing these in. For dresses, invisible zippers are nice, but I'm still struggling to get them in right and proper so they're really invisible and stay that way.
13. Hooks & eyes or lacings?
Lacings! I like lacing best. Even in mundanewear!
14. Corset for comfort, or corset for look? (And no, you can’t claim both.)
Looks. I find that corsets are pretty comfortable and I wouldn't mind wearing one, but for shape and look they're just necessary. I met a girl who blushingly admitted she was wearing a victorian corset under her 16th century dress, when I remarked about her shape.
15. Bind, pipe or face?
Face. I love facings. They're easy and make stuff look well. I never got the hang of binding - I don't know how to finish the edges of the binding anyway.
jenthompson1. Five-eighths, one-half or three-eighths?
Three-eights of an inch. Or rather, 1 centimeter. This is the usual seam allowance I use. It creates enough space for a three- or even a four-thread lockstitch and the straight seam.
2. Linen, cotton, wool or silk?
I've had a terrible wool spurt recently and now I'm back to linen full-time. I like silk in nighties and stuff, but I hardly sew with it. Wool is great, can be shaped, molded and hammered into shape.
3. Stripes, solids or prints?
Solids are nice, and I've had a short bout of stripes, but prints are good too. I love brocades, which are woven, not printed.
4. Drape or draft?
Draft. My dollies are nowhere near my size or anyone's size for that matter.
5. Pins or weights?
Pins.
6. Nipper or seam ripper?
Mr. Seamripper Is Your Friend. Damned, I'll need an icon that says just that.
7. Pleats or ruffles?
Pleats. I love Cartridge pleats. They just stand out.
8. Wheel or scissors?
Scissors, I've not got the hang of that Rotary cutter just yet. I can draw a very straight line alongside a ruler, but when it comes to the rotary cutter I am a bit wobbly. Practice makes perfect!
9. Princess seams or darts?
Princess seams, even though they're not in the right place. Some really nice things can be accomplished with them.
10. Flat-line or bag-line?
Neither.
11. Serge or French seam?
Depends. I like French seams when I need to make something historically correct, but like flat-felling it feels so wrong to go over one seam two or three times. I serge everything before I put it together, except for corsets and other fused stuff that doesn't really fray.
12. Invisible or original sliding?
Both, but only for mundanewear. I just used a normal zipper the right way in a pair of jeans last night! I've always had problems sewing these in. For dresses, invisible zippers are nice, but I'm still struggling to get them in right and proper so they're really invisible and stay that way.
13. Hooks & eyes or lacings?
Lacings! I like lacing best. Even in mundanewear!
14. Corset for comfort, or corset for look? (And no, you can’t claim both.)
Looks. I find that corsets are pretty comfortable and I wouldn't mind wearing one, but for shape and look they're just necessary. I met a girl who blushingly admitted she was wearing a victorian corset under her 16th century dress, when I remarked about her shape.
15. Bind, pipe or face?
Face. I love facings. They're easy and make stuff look well. I never got the hang of binding - I don't know how to finish the edges of the binding anyway.
