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August 29, 2004
admirably productive
this morning i woke up in the midst of some dreams, but not too early (dreamed that crazy-guy-who-dissed-me threw a catered party at which we had to give up our keys and prove to the caterer that we weren't drunk before she'd give them back). had a nice breakfast on the back porch with kitty, then cleaned up a little in the back yard-- not everything i had cut down had been bagged and dragged to the curb.
went to ooh la latte and worked for a few hours. got the nbeast registration form done quicker than i thought i would, plus the nice hat-wearing guy who works there was playing all kinds of great music. (he complimented my shoes last week and even knew they were borns!)
came home and decided to work on curtains for the westy. actually, as it turned out-- curtain. one down, nine more to go! i think the rest will go a little faster. it's the first real little bit of creation i've done for the van... the rest has all been restoration, maintenance, and destruction. the new curtain is installed; it looks a little out of place but i think it's adorable anyway :) it's too dark to take a picture now, but i'll get some snaps maybe when a few more are completed.
for the record-- sewing black snaps onto black fabric with black thread is kind of a pain!
Posted by lisa at August 29, 2004 10:47 PM | TrackBack
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I find sewing projects like this go faster if you do all of each stage at once -- in other words, rather than making each curtain, one at a time, I would cut them all, then sew all the channels on top, then hem them all, then sew on all the snaps. (or whatever order works best.) You're also more likely to have them all end up looking the same that way. Though you were right to do one all the way through first in case you ran into any pitfalls you needed to know about.
Posted by: Sarah on August 30, 2004 10:11 AM
I find sewing projects like this go faster if you do all of each stage at once -- in other words, rather than making each curtain, one at a time, I would cut them all, then sew all the channels on top, then hem them all, then sew on all the snaps. (or whatever order works best.) You're also more likely to have them all end up looking the same that way. Though you were right to do one all the way through first in case you ran into any pitfalls you needed to know about.
Posted by: Sarah on August 30, 2004 10:11 AM
whoops, I got an error message which caused a double post :(
Posted by: Sarah on August 30, 2004 10:12 AM
yes, that was my idea-- do one "proof of concept" to get it worked out, then mass produce the other five that are exactly like it. the front, rear, and sliding door curtains are all unique, though.
the slowest part was ironing and pinning down the many hems. basically, it has to be hemmed on all four sides, and each hem has to be turned twice. ugh. that, and i need to stop losing snap halves :)
Posted by: lisa on August 30, 2004 10:32 AM
ok, so a) your comment won't post right away because i have to approve it first and b) you might get a server error but your comment probably posted anyway and c) previewing doesn't work so i've removed the preview button.