I've finally remembered to look at the brand of iron I got from Costco. It's Sunbeam. The linen and cotton settings are *awesome*. The iron has the auto off safety feature, but the warm up time to the high settings is super fast.
And I really like the fact that I can choose to not have steam at the higher settings, for iron on stuff. So, now I have two great irons. One's for my costuming and the other is for my quilting. Elena/Gia -------------- Original message -------------- > What I've done in the past is to cut a bit of elastic, and sew ribbon to > *both* > ends. This way the ribbon doesn't need to be very long (shorter dangly bits) > and you get a bit of 'give' for sizing. > > When I thread the elastic/ribbon through the casing, I also tack (backstitch) > 'across' the elastic in the casing at least in the middle (I hope that's > clear), > so it doesn't keep slipping out. > > I hope this helps! > Elena/Gia > > -------------- Original message -------------- > > > How about threading a pretty ribbon through the casing so your (very > > lucky to have a grandma sewing for them!!) granddaughters can just tie > > off and have an attractive bow showing? Although, maybe not a good > > solution for babies...someone in an earlier post suggested leaving an > > extra length of elastic for Mama to finish off? > > > > Good luck, > > > > Theresa Eacker > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I've been sewing for my granddaughters for Christmas and have come > > > across, > > > again, something that has long bothered me in most commercial patterns. > > > The > > > sleeves have elastic in them and the directions say, "Cut elastic to a > > > comfortable measurement." Now, the girls are in Florida, and I am in > > Maryland, so > > > how am I supposed to do that? The same holds when making baby clothes for > > > babies who aren't born yet, for example. (Snipping....) > > > Does this peeve anyone else as it does me? > > > > > > Ann Wass > > > > _______________________________________________ > > h-costume mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
