No. 69

Squirrel Girl and I were out doing some girlie shopping, and she purchased this:

"But!" I protested, "I can make that!*"  And just to prove it I ran out and bought 1/3 yard of this:

And then I dusted off this:

And that was things began to get a little dicey.  Truth be told, I use the "Roll and Shell Hemmer" foot for my sewing machine once every, oh, millenium or so.  And it's a slightly tricky to use.  Actually, it's extremely tricky to use, as it involves growing a third hand, for starters.  But after sacrificing a swath of fabric to appease the Sewing Gods, I finally achieved this:

Hmm...must clip those loose threads, though...

*The woman at Field's Fabrics confirmed that the words most dreaded by any child of a mother who sews are, "I can make that!", because that means that they will then get dragged on a long, boring trip to the fabric store. But why can my children not understand the giddy joy of a fabric store? Why?!

Comments

[Kelaine]

What is is though?? Remember I'm girlie challenged having only a pre-teen boy :-)

[Kelaine]

Oh and call me for a fabric store fix! I LOVE them :-)

[Sue]

My message must have disappeared into cyberspace. I was dragged around to fabric stores by my grandmother and hated it. She had to touch the fabric and hold it in different lights and it was boring.

Now I could live in a fabric store. I have to touch the fabric- all of it- twice and look at it in different lights and pour over patterns.

Keep taking her, it'll pay off someday.

[Esme]

I've never been able to make those rolly hem thingies work, but I did read a tutorial that had a very simple suggestion. Begin by pressing a 6mm fold for about 30cm down the length of fabric where you want the hem. Feed that pre-folded piece into the foot and hand turn the wheel on your machine until you have at least three stitches into the fabric. After that it will supposedly just work.

I haven't tried it myself as I threw that foot away in frustration years ago, but maybe you can have some luck with it!