Rikki wrote > Does anyone have any tips on making smooth even-tensioned sewings? > I am talking specifically Torchon and sewings such as those made down the > centre of a rectangular cloth or when putting two sections together as you > work > the second. On the first piece the edge pair is simply given an extra twist > and wound around a blind pin. When coming back the sewings are made into > this > loop but how do you get a nice neat even appearance on the finished line of > sewings?
Hi Rikki I agree with every tip you have had so far on making neat sewings down the centre of a piece of work, but recently I have been making a number of crosses from Jenny Koops' book 15 Crosses, and I was getting increasingly unhappy with the result on pattern No.2 where it is necessary to make half a roseground on one side and then sew in to the centre while making the other half. So, after many year of making sewings, I decided to seek help and the place I found it was in Ulricke Lohr's "The Beginning of the End". I dont have the book on hand now so cannot tell you the page No. The diagram actually shows you where to set the pin when doing the sewing so that the threads sit correctly, but it took a lot of practicing to figure out how to achieve it as there is no written instruction on such a simple thing that everyone knows how to do. What I have worked out is that when you are making a sewing into a loop on the left side, hook the left thread of your pair through the loop and pull it well over to the left. Set the pin before passing the partner bobbin through. The pin goes back into the pin-hole with the original twisted loop on the right and the sewing loop on the left. Pass the partner bobbin through this loop and as you pull it up, ensure that both threads of the sewing pair sit on the left of the pin (i.e. go around the pin). Make the required No. of twists on your sewing pair and carry on. I the sewing is to be made into the right side, reverse all the rights and lefts. This way the finished effect has the illussion of a regular stitch with a pin-hole in the middle and you can hardly see where the sewing has been made. I am now quite happy with the crosses I am making. I hope you can understand this long-winded explanation. I don't post much as I think I would rival Tamara with lengthy explanations but having just discovered this, I jst had to share it. Janis Savage t/a The Lace Place South Africa [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED]
