Please Help Me Understand How Moles Behave
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Comments (33)Ill start near the beginning (minus the cutting out of pattern pieces, although that in itself was an ordeal since I realized as I went along that I hadn't cut out all the pieces required...). I hate to bore the experienced sewers, but there may be people out there learning, like me. : ) I had no idea that I was going to have to hand-sew anything. lol. Oh, how naïve. I mean, when looking at the pattern in the store, how did I figure those spools of thread were going to magically 'get the thread on them? So imagine my surprise when the pattern instructions told me to baste. You want me to what? The only thing Ive ever basted before was a turkey. Then I had to trace the cat out on the fabric. That was do-able. Then I put the appliqué cut-out onto the fabric and ironed it on (Ill spare you the ironing part). (The cat in the photo below was not in its correct place yet, by the way.) I peeled off the paper the next day, and presto it looked like a cat! Wow. Then, I applied the things that went onto the cat. I actually enjoyed the whole process of applique, and look forward to doing it again. I found out I have an applique stitch on my machine, so I used that around the cat and the spools. I used straight stitch on the nose and stripes. Then oh then, I had to put the embroidery thread onto the spools. I went to bed that night with only one spool finished, and I woke up at 3 am and couldnt sleep, so I did the other two in bed. Later on, I would find that the threads are very delicate and would have to repair two of the spools. I just tied any broken threads into knots near the surface of the spools, and you cant really tell. I doubt they would survive the washing machine. I also did the whiskers that was enjoyable (really)! And the buttons. I have at least 500 buttons now bought two bags-o-buttons. But, I digress. Then came time to add the back of the cover. The cat seems to be looking up at it wondering, wussup? Then came the piping. I know someone had mentioned using fabric cut on the bias, but I missed it the first time since I was so confused about everything. I followed the pattern instructions (and the pattern piece) and it didnt mention anything about cutting on the bias. So, I didnt. When I googled sewing in piping, it mentioned it there, too. So, by now I was concerned the piping wouldnt work correctly. I had minimal problems making the piping I used the zipper foot because my selection of feet is minimal. It did the job, though although not perfect. I figured the unevenness of my stitching would be hidden in the end any way (and it was/is). But, it was sewing in the piping onto the sides, front and back that gave me a huge headache. I tried the zipper foot it wouldnt work. The piping was almost ½", and it was just too big for the zipper foot to handle. Mainly, I couldnt get the stitches close enough to the piping, so it just didnt work. I ripped it out at least 4 or 5 times before I gave up and decided to HAND SEW (gasp!) the piping in on both sides of the cover, and then I hand-sewed the sides to the front and back. Oh the inhumanity. My hand-sewing is nothing to write home about, believe me, but you cant really tell from the outside. And, I was so delirious by the time I got the sides attached, that I ended up cutting some of the piping TOO SHORT because I read the diagram incorrectly (or the diagram was confusing). I came up with a fix by cutting out small pieces of matching piping fabric, and patching up two of the ends. You can see where I added on some piping fabric: By this time, after appliquéing, sewing teensy threads onto spools, sewing in piping; making the liner was a day at the beach. That went smoothly and without incident. Thanks to the internet, I was able to figure out how to get the lining into the cover. I admit, it took me a few minutes to understand how putting the cover *into* the lining will eventually lead to the lining being inside the cover. *confused for minute or two* Then after I got the lining in, I figured, ah, now all I have to do is sew the bottom, and Im finished!. Uh, no. I had to slip stitch. : / Slip stitch? What is that? And why cant I just skip that part? But, I knew better. For some reason they wanted me to slip stitch, so I did. More hand-sewing. That turned out ok, though. Then I finally sewed the topstitching on the bottom of the outside. There were a few tense moments when I doubted my foot could get over the piping humps, but with a little pushing and pulling, and flattening, I got it done. And on my sewing machine. Now I'm going to make another one. : )...See Moreplease help me to understand...
Comments (42)I don't know that 'blame' applies to the freedom that younger people have now compared to what people had in the 1960's. I tried to watch "Giant" the other night. couldn't get my teeth unclinched, & when I thought the top would blow off my head, I stopped watching. The way the women, *grown women*, were treated was appalling ("Leslie, you're tired, go to bed", when Leslie wanted to talk with the men after dinner, & her husband said it in front of all the couple's guests). I'll take pink hair & tattoos any day over that kind of oppressive, restrictive lifestyle any day. My mother used to laugh about how her future mother-in-law frowned when she (my mother) sat on my future father's lap. My mother said, "Mama Texas went into the kitchen & brought a chair for me to sit in." My parents were of the WWII generation, not free-love hippie freaks by any means (had that term been available at the time). They were both Texas farm kids who had worn feedsack clothes & carried dinner buckets (syrup or sorghum molasses buckets) to school for their midday meal of syrup & biscuits. & they still managed to bring Granny out of the kitchen with a chair to correct their scandalous behavior! Things change, & each generation has its own expressions & rites of passage & so forth, its own row to hoe as my grandmother would have said. I don't blame myself or my generation or anybody else for a young person having the freedom to have tattoos or a ponytail; if I were going to claim responsibility, 'credit' would be a more accurate word than 'blame'. & I've seen tattoos & ponytails on young people who have good jobs, managers & techies. better than the IBM or FBI 'clone' looks that we saw in the past. edited to add: I was typing while OP was posting, & she said, 'Don't they realize they all look alike?' Back in my mini-skirt, long straight blonde hair days, I would have turned up my nose & argued, but I think the answer is yes, they do realize they all look alike; all the peers look alike, so they can identify with each other. They look different from everybody else. which is fine, because they're going to spend their lives with each other & their offspring, not with us, sad to say. Dang, what a waste! Just as I'm getting old enough to be any good at all, I'm obsolete! also, I think that the corporate & military powers-that-be will relax their attitudes about tattoos; they'll have to. It seems like every other healthy young person I see has at least a little butterfly or a purple rose or a cross. This post was edited by sylviatexas on Wed, Jul 30, 14 at 13:43...See MoreFacebook..please help me understand
Comments (11)You can't go back and you can't choose! It's a total pita! When I try and read stuff at the FB page for the local animal shelters, I'll be in the middle of reading and the page will jump and I'll have to scroll back down and find where I was then BOOM it jumps again! It's totally screwed up if you ask me! There is no way to hold the page in place, I tried to hold it with the scroll bar and even that doesn't help any!...See MorePlease help me understand about rose gall :disinfecting soil???????
Comments (4)Perhaps incorrect but here is another. Gall can also enter thru the roots. Even if you never once dug within a roses root zone there will always be the underground insects ie. grubs wireworms among others that feed on roots. Most of us have nerver been so lucky to have placed our roses in the correct spot every time we plant. Sorry bart as that had nothing to do with your question. If we were able to have access to Galtrol we would be able to treat our plants before planting and when moving. Gall is a garden nightmare in a way. I'm not too bright when it comes to things like this but it seems as if the higher prices rise the less people purchase. Drop the prices to something doable and few in the nursery business would wish to deal with gall problems. Just a dumb thought. I did a bit of an experiment here in an area of my garden known to have had gall issues. Many years ago I removed all roses from this spot as several roses had become galled. For years only grew other plants here and they did well. The ground there had been dramatically improved. This is the sunniest spot in my yard and I needed it for roses. Three years ago I took the plunge and planted 7 Flower Carpets to see what would happen. I was not careful with the roses. they all received wounds right below the surface. I dug those out this year. Removed all the soil and carefully examined them. No gall was present. I'm now replanting this area in the coming spring. What did my little experiment tell me? Nothing really but I'm planting there now and hoping for the best....See Morerhizo_1 (North AL) zone 7
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