Process transparent curtain shawls
Only recently I have received thin fabric with the request, from a 1.20 x 3m long scarf to sew 2 different short stores. Oh, ever, already touched I did not suspect anything good.
Since there was no weaving thread for the seam edges at the top and bottom, where I could orient myself, I put the scarf in the fabric fold on the carpet, the upper edges beautifully on each other and complained with so-called Fixiergewichten, which I also otherwise when cutting of fabrics on the table (patchwork mat underneath).
These weights have on their lower surface 3 prongs / pins, with which they grab both through the fabric, as in my case in the carpet and hold the fabric, so that nothing can slip (sometimes a nice gift, because unfortunately are only 2 Weights in the pack and not just cheap).
Then I could pull the scarf on the carpet nicely smooth and cut to length with a tape measure. To mark the lower hem edge I used (m) a long patchwork ruler and instead of tailor's chalk this time a soap residue (thin edge!). The tailor's chalk would probably be "peeled off" when lifting the store again ...
A few more additions:
- Before cutting to length iron, so that you can measure the (even later smooth) surface better = more accurate.
- If the first recorded hem line shimmers through the fabric, just trace this edge when creating the second half of the hem = traverse.
- If there are no fixer weights, heavy items will do the same.
- If you work a lot with long pieces of fabric, instead of a tape measure may take a long square bar (hardware store), which you can even with a cm or inch division at will. It can be better grasped than a tape measure, the upper and lower end of which you always have to lie down correctly and parallel to the threadline and that always slips when you crawl back and forth on the carpet ...
- If 2 scarves (which later hang side by side) should have the same length, this one in front every cut or sew on one longitudinal edge connect with large basting stitches. Then mark the upper and / or lower edge of the hem in every detail, separate the scarves and then work on each one separately. This ensures that the scarves are really identical.
- If 2 scarves are to be sewn together on one longitudinal edge anyway to a broad curtain, this before all other works ... as very first Do a step! Then you have only one area, where you can continue working and all seams / envelopes ... are completely identical in all places.
- If I have the opportunity and the scarves have room height / length, I sew the hem down not yet, but I hang them after sewing the top edge first to the curtain system ... and extend it - squatting on the floor - from, ie, only now I remove the lower edge of the hem. I have often experienced that the floor is not flat - this will destroy the overall impression of a finished curtain if the seam seems to be crooked later).
Maybe you still have additions ... look forward to it!
