Gentle costumes, I got a note from a friend about an odd fabric, and, hmmm, I dont have any help to offer at all. I've never seen this strange phenomena before. Perhaps someone on h-cost can make a suggestion? I'll be sure to pass your words along. --cin Cynthia Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Here is a picture of the fabric that's melting on my needle... http://oort.com/goddess/temp/temp.fabric.jpg I bought a nifty fabric that shimmers, intending to make a shower curtain or curtains. It's a background of stretchy thin knit, with 1/2 cm squares of plastic all over it. (If you cut thin slices and pull them, they turn into the interesting "snakes" pictured in the foreground, which might make cute cat toys.) But when I tried to sew a simple hem, the thread kept breaking. Turns out, the plastic is melting on my machine's needle! I tried sewing slower, with bigger stitches, but that didn't help. I can sew about 5' when the machine is cold, before the needle is irrevokably gummed up. I tried sewing slowly, and occationally sewing through linen soaked in acetone to clean the needle, but met with limited success. Besides, I'm afraid I'll damage my new Singer. This puts a kink into plans I had to sew interesting things out of clear shower curtains, too! Does anyone have experience sewing plastic-y things who can give me advice on what to do? Otherwise it looks like hand-sewing is tne only answer! Best wishes, Renee (or Wendy) _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
