I’ve got to say (right up front) that I’m a proud member of team barefoot.
I absolutely cannot understand any circumstance sew with shoes on. And I’m prepared to defend my honor in this! 😂
So what team are you on?
Special consideration will be taken for those who sew with socks on. I think it’s the same as barefoot.
EDIT: Sorry Team In-the-Middle… I didn’t even think to add a third option. 🫣
So I was asked to make a padded strap cover for a customer, who said that they wanted to have a little something to make the strap comfortable on their shoulder. No problem. I can do that. It’s just a little thing. And it really wasn’t a problem…. Until…
I bet I sewed binding around this thing six times today! I thought I had my binding pretty well under control. Today just wasn’t the day to be binding anything! 😂🤬
The ends were just way too curved and the grosgrain just kept bunching up. I tried both 1 inch and 3/4 inch grosgrain, 1 inch mil-w-4088. Quarter inch seal allowance, 1/8 inch seam allowance. The Juki 9010, Juki TL18, and even got out my mother’s Janome 1600P to be sure.
In the end, I wound up with 1 inch mil-w-4088. It seemed to work out - not by sewing it halved all the way around like usual but by sewing it like bias binding. Not very conventional but it did the trick for now.
I decided that today just wasn’t the day. It’s ok to have days like this too - as frustrating as they are. They’re good reminders that there’s always more to learn - even in areas we think we’ve got things under control!
That said…
I REALLY need to get a proper binding setup! 🤣
Draft one is done. Now I can work on replicating it!
What was your most recent example of “today just isn’t the day?”