Hemming problem

OK, I can deal with the shoes, but I don't understand what goes inside the skirt/pants. Perhaps it's been redesigned? I clicked on the instruction sheet from the like you sent me, and don't what you mean - but then again, it's just a basic line drawing. Would you take a look, please (it's an Adobe PDF file) and let me know? Thanks.

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This one is very different. It may work very well for marking pants. I googled for "chalk hem marker" and linked one of the results without really looking at the illustration, sorry.

Beverly

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BEI Design

No problem, I appreciate the tip. I'll pick it up as soon as JoAnne gets its stock of them replenished.

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Sparafucile

Be sure you wait until you have a 40% off coupon. ;-)

Beverly

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The one Beverly probably has was a sort of yardstick on a stand thing like that one, but ISTR only 24" or so tall. You stood with the yardstick up your skirt and a little metal clamp with a string that was attached to the yardstick could be pulled down against your skirt, so you could slip a pin in to mark the spot. I think someone gave me one of those once -- it was fairly useless for pants because of the inseam issues, and too short to do me any good with the skirts of that era unless I balanced it on a paint can or something. String was easier.

Kay

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Actually, I have one of each, and my favorite by far for making a hem accurately is the one which uses pins. It's exactly like this:

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down to the red pink cushion. It was my mother's My DH was very proficient in marking hems for me, but it's definitely a two-person jobI purchased the first generation chalk marker out of desperation for when no one was around to help. Beverly

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right down to the red pink cushion. It was my mother's My > DH was very proficient in marking hems for me, but it's > definitely a two-person job> > I purchased the first generation chalk marker out of > desperation for when no one was around to help.>

I have a photo of this in use in one of my Ebay used books, the 1997 SINGER PHOTO GUIDE TO SEWING, and it is definitely a two-person operation. I'll stick to that chalk marker one, I think.

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