Today I caved. . . .
Of course, I cave a lot. I
encourage others to cave, too. What did me in today was the way my knit fabrics
kept bunching up as I sewed ‘em. I could adjust ‘em as I went, but sometimes
ended up with puckers or unintended pleats. Very frustrating. I thought using
the tear-away stabilizer would help, but that keeps fabric from stretching
while being nudged along by the feed dogs (after all, it goes on the underside
of what I’m sewing) – it doesn’t keep the top and bottom fabrics moving together,
not at all.
That’s what a walking foot
does. Feeds the top fabric through at the same pace as the feed dogs do at the
bottom. I’ve never had one. While I understood what they did, I figured if I’d
sewn fairly well this long without one, why bother with it now ? Well, I may
have known what they did before, I don’t think I truly understood what a
difference one could make. I mean, I look at most feet and can see where they’d
help a bit, but most are guides more than anything else. I use a chalk pen and
masking tape on the throat plate when I need a guide, not a specialty one-use
device ! I mean, I kinda growled at m’self for buying that ruffle – I usually
just gather stitches, why do I really need that thing ? Turns out, it’s
awesome, too, but we all gotta learn.
Imagine, not being timid
around any knits anymore ! Any knits, not even Lycra, or that often cursed
fold-over elastic ! That’d be well worth the $12.99 I paid for one on Amazon
today – it’s due to arrive Sunday. So excited ! I’ll be sure to have a good
review of it Monday. I hope it does what I think it does, well.
I also mailed off my last
piece of the notary puzzle – my bond and stamp filing, with the required fee.
So, yay, I’m a notary now !
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