Godfuckingdammit... this 1cm cotton ribbon that I wanted to use to finish the centre back seam edges (so I could leave the seam unfrenched and hence adjustable) is just slipping right off the fabric, despite pinning it at every inch(!). They didn't have any wider ribbon, and even if, using 2cm or wider would eat up all the seam allowance and make the adjustability unfeasible.
I despite overlockers from the bottom of my soul, but right now, I long for one :|
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Oh and somehow, despite using 10 cm MORE ribbon than the seam length, I ended up being 5 cm SHORT.
Each time I start a project, I'm full of enthusiasm and think I've finally spotted and fixed all issues from last time, and each time, I run into new problems and come out of the project embittered and vowing to never touch a needle again (finished item optional).
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OH COME THE FUCKING FUCK ON
First of all, the tension is suddenly off. Everything warps like hell.
Second, this time I tried to do everything right. I seamed two ribbons together to create a double-width ribbon, I pinned carefully like hell (didn't help, it still warps like shit), and I sewed it on SO CAREFUL
...halfway through the bobbin thread broke.
I fucking can't with this.
This SINGLE FUCKING SEAM has been plagued by more problems than most people's entire projects is2g
And in true me fashion, because I have never ever had a machine that just worked, the machine has once again started to make suspicious clank-clank-clank noises, get stuck, and the motor cries out horrible when I try to sew.
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If the fabric weren't so goddamn prone to fraying, I would fucking STAPLE it in place.
I just don't get it. The top thread tension was at 4 (out of 9) and the bottom tension is perfectly fine, and yet the fabric puckers and curves to the top as if the top tension were MASSIVELY to high?! I've reduced it to 2 and the problem persists. I don't get it.
This was a nearly straight edge when I cut it, now look at it. What the hell.
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I don't believe in gods or spirits, but since every single sewing endeavour I've tried has failed catastrophically in unforeseen and often heretofore-thought-impossible ways, the conclusion that I must be cursed becomes ever more inescapable.
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@amberage@eldritch.cafe
Haha, while I read your planned sewing process and think, "Not in a million years!" Your projects sound extremely daunting, and there's that small issue of a tight timeline. But, keep on keeping on, if you enjoy the process, the product, or both!
Mx Amber Alex (she/it)