tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post5165388317729878911..comments2024-03-28T03:17:28.911-04:00Comments on Art With a Needle: How not to embroider your socksKathleen Loomishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05930922068379938756noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post-15146904439601913532024-01-23T03:08:53.230-05:002024-01-23T03:08:53.230-05:00Nice bllog you haveNice bllog you haveWe Are Here For Youhttps://wearehereforyou-otherkin.tumblr.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post-50821162331783392082020-05-16T18:25:02.541-04:002020-05-16T18:25:02.541-04:00What a hoot!!!! You can make us laugh!What a hoot!!!! You can make us laugh!Robbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13506964994589004458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post-86517970388745967602020-05-16T13:15:35.286-04:002020-05-16T13:15:35.286-04:00Hilarious, I was so much in need of a good laugh!Hilarious, I was so much in need of a good laugh!blandina https://www.blogger.com/profile/00116066798221969471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post-8276123527863430302020-05-14T20:30:34.591-04:002020-05-14T20:30:34.591-04:00I had a good laugh over the sock instructions! I a...I had a good laugh over the sock instructions! I am imagining the cursing that will occur when the sock becomes unwearable...Rachel Rattenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09990433119319364546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post-22305822238190339552020-05-14T17:15:54.233-04:002020-05-14T17:15:54.233-04:00I know just what you mean! I decided to make The ...I know just what you mean! I decided to make The Olson mask after making a bunch of pleated ones. They were too easy and I hated having to tuck the elastic inside before sewing all around etc , Well I have been sewing since i was five, by hand, and then by machine when i lied to my babysitting grandmother and told her of course i was allowed to use Mom's machine. I made a skirt and a top, no pattern and went on from there to wear my new outfit to school. I was off to the races and sewed everything for years, until one day i discovered "Stretch Sewing" and then you really couldn't stop me. I made T-shirts, T-dresses for everyone and then graduated to the rest of the patterns and made bras, panties, bathing suits etc. I loved it so much that I opened a fabric store and taught how to sew with knits. On the side i taught, needlepoint, crocheting, knitting and then i found the new love of my life quilting. Had the store for 5 years but decided I was needed at home for my children. Continued to teach quilting for years at all places to all ages and loved and then i decided to help a friend who had developed some quilting patterns and i thought i would go out of my mind. A sewer she was not and nobody would have been able to assemble any pattern she wrote. Fast forward or backward to the Olson mask which is the easiest mask to make but the instructions were impossible. Right sides together were words that were not in the writers vocabulary. Try back and front instead. And the pictures also told me nothing because they were not taken in any sequence that would correspond to the directions. Boy I am glad I got that off my chest and I am glad someone else understands my frustration. Love your blog and look forward to your newsletter.llynndahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14427761596481748444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post-13397152364099725502020-05-14T16:21:24.192-04:002020-05-14T16:21:24.192-04:00I can't stop laughing!
This spate of amateur ...I can't stop laughing!<br /><br />This spate of amateur DIY guides reminds me a little bit of the many people jumping on the no-sew mask bandwagon with their own how-to videos. Everyone raving about Matthew McConaughey's while I cringed as I watched it. NOOOO, that is NOT how you do it, leaving that single layer in the middle where your mouth will be. Sigh. I still stand by the first one I saw, demonstrated by a Japanese lady. After all, the Japanese are masters of the fold.<br /><br />As for bad regular mask instructions, I'm guessing most of them are sized too small, if the number of too small and ill fitting masks I'm seeing on TV interviews is any indication. Everyone well meaning of course but few truly knowledgeable enough to be instructing others.The Idaho Beautyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09979439849662755082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post-58715072551019519482020-05-14T11:47:58.619-04:002020-05-14T11:47:58.619-04:00Al my life, I've wanted to volunteer with vari...Al my life, I've wanted to volunteer with various newspapers as an editor, in response to all the mistakes they publish. Maybe you could be the needlework/craft editor for the NY Times.<br />Kim in NDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06434793919377634253noreply@blogger.com