how does one mark fabric?
JAXAshby
I am playing with some ripstop nylon, and ball point pen only sometimes works
(and I think would maybe not wash completely out) and tailor's soap usually
can't be seen. I tried Scotch tape, but I can't see it and it is a bit hard to
remove, masking tape works a bit better and is easy to remove, but is clumsy at
best. There's got to be a better way. How do experienced people do it?
Thanks.
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ripstop= sharpie permanent marker, china pencil, or chalk pencil... lick
first to get a good mark.
Penny S
Greg Monarche
If you own a serger and are tracing a set pattern, you could always
pull all the threads from the serger and then "serge" (using the
serger's knife to cut the panels. (No threads = no stitches.)
Greg,
Kay Lancaster
> how does one mark fabric so one can pick it up and cut it?
Pick it up to cut it? As in scissors blade not in contact with the table?
You can cut much more accurately if you leave the bottom blade of the scissors
on the table surface.
As far as marking ripstop, I usually use either a fine black Sharpie or
a piece of wax tailor's chalk.
Kay
JAXAshby
>first to get a good mark.
available in a fabric store? just ask?
Thanks.
>
>Penny S
JAXAshby
is that the same as a felt tip pen commonly used in an office?
Kate Dicey
Most nylons respond well to ball point pen, and when cutting on the
lines draw, washing out isn't usually a problem for me. For some coated
nylons with a super slippery surface, where the ball point skids rather
than marking, I use a standard HB pencil. Again, when cutting on marked
lines, this isn't a problem. Tailors chalk drops off too easily.
Masking tape is good: You can either use a wide piece and draw the mark
on the tape, tearing it out later, or use the 1/4" stuff for quilt marking.
Have you tried glue and tissue? Use like wide masking tape, but it
washes out really well: use school glue!
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You can get sharpies anywhere. As for the others, I hit the art supply. I
recently added marking tools to my web site:
http://www.specialtyoutdoors.com/tips/tools.asp scroll down to the second
paragraph listing.
Penny S
Karen M.
finer-tipped). They come in narrow, med, and wide tips, various colors.
Helpful hint: sniff a marker (carefully! "what's that on your nose??")
to determine its permanence. Water-based ones either have no aroma or
they'll be fruit-scented. Permanent ones smell like paint thinner or
acetone.
You could always cut small notches or slits in the fabric to mark
various points. I always do this with center and side seams.
HTH
--Karen M.
Karen M.
dnmgiordano
"JAXAshby" <jaxa...@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20041206215546...@mb-m16.aol.com...
I have never used ripstop nylon, but for some other things I sometimes
borrow my DDs crayons. Just a thought.
Michelle Giordano
JAXAshby
>on the tape, tearing it out later,
Thanks. I like that idea.
ss...@pacbell.net
disapears in 48 hours.
Sara
JAXAshby
>disapears in 48 hours.
ah, are you saying "pins" or "pens"? If pens, where do I find them?
CySew
48 hours and pens with water-soluble ink.
Emily
JAXAshby
>48 hours and pens with water-soluble ink.
>Emily
Thank you kindly. Can you tell I might be a bit of a rookie at this? [grin]
Melinda Meahan - take out TRASH to reply
Oh, yes, but there is no better place in the world for a rookie to be
than here. Your own personal reference consultants, support group, fan
club, cheering section, and shoulder to cry on for all your mistakes.
Please do hang around; I promise you that you will benefit as greatly
from it as I have in the 10 or so years I have hung around here myself.
--
Where no oxen are, the crib is clean,
But much benefit is derived from the labor of the ox.
CySew
usually manage to learn a new technique almost daily.
Emily
Kay Lancaster
You should test the pens on scraps of your fabric, with and without ironing...
there can be some interesting results, like marks reappearing weeks later,
or permanent brown marks or...
Kay
joy beeson
wrote:
> We all started out rookies! and although I've been sewing for many years, I
> usually manage to learn a new technique almost daily.
Well, *I* started out as an obnoxious brat^H^H^H cute little
kid. When going down the stairs at my sister's house a few
weeks ago, I remembered sitting in that same stairway sewing
with a double thread. What I was making, or how I graduated
to single thread, I don't recall.
I started my embroidery class (Kids are more fun!) out with
single thread, but I give them three strands of fuzzy
embroidery floss, so they don't ask me to rethread their
needles *too* often.
That said, this group still gives me new basic techniques
and the occasional "well, duh!" moment.
Joy Beeson
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>
> Well, *I* started out as an obnoxious brat^H^H^H cute little
> kid. When going down the stairs at my sister's house a few
> weeks ago, I remembered sitting in that same stairway sewing
> with a double thread. What I was making, or how I graduated
> to single thread, I don't recall.
> >
> Joy Beeson
I seem to recall making horse blankets for my Breyer horses as one of my
first projects when I was maybe 9 or 10. I started sewing clothing pretty
steadily in Jr Hi. First quilt at 16. What does this all mean? Nothing I
suppose. ;-)
Penny S
Kate Dicey
I started with dolls clothes at 5 or 6. Helped my granny make my doll
(a dark brown dolly with bright orange eyes! She was called Topsy for
some reason I don't recall) a pink silk velvet dress, on the treadle
she'd inherited from her mother. I graduated to people clothes aged 7
or 8 in Malta, dewing with my mother. That's when I put my first zip
in. I've never looked back...
twil...@cybermesa.net
Probably 1946, I was 10, Washington, DC, winter, my Dad was patching
my jeans knees with my help and encouragement, using my Mother's
Singer portable. We laid the leg out flat, stitched down the patch,
Dad said "Gee, that was easy!" Then I tried to put them on. He'd
sewn through the leg, closed it up.
Then we did it the difficult, rigorous way, leg rolled up.
Would a free-arm machine be a lot easier?
Tom Willmon
Mountainair, (mid) New Mexico, USA
"Remember: It only seems kinky the first time!"
Net-Tamer V 1.12.0 - Registered
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> Probably 1946, I was 10, Washington, DC, winter, my Dad was patching
> my jeans knees with my help and encouragement, using my Mother's
> Singer portable. We laid the leg out flat, stitched down the patch,
> Dad said "Gee, that was easy!" Then I tried to put them on. He'd
> sewn through the leg, closed it up.
>
> Then we did it the difficult, rigorous way, leg rolled up.
>
> Would a free-arm machine be a lot easier?
easiest, open up the inseam seam.
Penny S
Kate Dicey
> On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 18:49:26 +0000, Kate Dicey
> <ka...@diceyhome.free-online.co.uk> wrote:
>
>
>
>>I started with dolls clothes at 5 or 6. Helped my granny make my doll
>>(a dark brown dolly with bright orange eyes! She was called Topsy for
>>some reason I don't recall) a pink silk velvet dress, on the treadle
>>she'd inherited from her mother. I graduated to people clothes aged 7
>>or 8 in Malta, dewing with my mother. That's when I put my first zip
>>in. I've never looked back...
>
>
>
> treadle. What an experience! The first things we made, of course, were
> doll clothes. I had a baby doll (well, I still do have her) that we
> made a ton of stuff for. From then my older sister and I started making
> stuff for school, or shortening/hemming store bought dresses and pants.
> I made all my prom dresses and most of my jr & sr high school dresses
> and blouses. It's been a long, fun trip!!
>
> With any luck, I'm having some effect on two of my neices, both of whom
> have taken a huge intrest in sewing. I sure hope they come to really
> love it.
>
> -Irene
It's funny how it goes... My mother disliked sewing as a kid: not a
good teacher at school, plus an impatient mother - who turned into an
indulgent and patient grandmother! One Ma got over her dislike, she
made lots of summer dresses for my sisters and I, even copying the style
of one my best friend had without a pattern! I think she was patient up
to a point with me: I seemed to have a natural bent and learned quickly,
as Ma always said she was far too impatient to teach!