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Cynthia Spilsted Apr 19, 9:12 pm show options

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Never, Cea! To quit collecting is to quit living! By the way, did you see any black lace fabric? For some strange reason, there seems to be no lace fabric in this part of the world! My DD is graduating this year and has decided that for her prom dress she wants an iridescent wine taffeta fabric overlaid with black lace.....but there's no lace to be seen! I might end up phoning across the country to Montreal...... Cynthia

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uttered> Why, yes, I did see black lace. Offhand, I cannot remember if it was >in the markdown section, or in regular bridals. I was looking for some >sheer stiff shimmery stuff to make tiny see-through jewelry bags, so I >eyeballed everything.> Check Joann's online to see if they have any listed. If you get >desperate, I can go back and check the price/ydg, and let you know >about shipping it to you.I can get black lace in UK no prob. Also shot taffeta - silk or polyester.

Lots of shot taffeta around here, far less bridal satin or satin crepe and absolutely no lace fabric this year! Unfortunately, getting it sent from you, Cea, would do me no good because of the international border (parcels sometimes sit in customs for two weeks without moving!). I was just wondering if it was a trend or just lack of stock in my corner of the world. I guess that it is just our depressed economy creating the shortage. Drat and double-drat!

As I curse the lack of fabric shops where I live, I do have to remind myself that there is an upside: I think that we'll be having fresh pacific halibut for supper tonight - that is if the fellows come home soon enough for supper. (Otherwise, it'll be pasta deja vu!) Cynthia

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I dream of the day that polyester crepe-backed satin disappears off the face of the planet...

Evil stuff! OK if you don't have to sew seams on the straight grain, but nasty whatever way you look at it! Mind you, it can look fantastic under stage lights!

Why? For many items, bridal satin is far too heavy, poly-silk has the wrong feel, and either Chinese or Vietnamese lightweight silk is too light - and too expensive. Just wondering, because I've sent one girl out expressly to buy the satin/crepe (which also works well when wanting a matte to shiny combo). Like most fabrics, it comes in a wide range of quality - but I have never had any problems sewing with the stuff. Of course, anyone trying to substitute it for regular satin or regular crepe will not get the desired results. Cynthia

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Why? Because IMHO it is vile. It is far too bulky for fine seams. It clicks/ marks as soon as you look at it, it frays like there's no tomorrow, threads pull at the drop of a hat, you can't unpick and remake a seam without it showing most of the time ... and has to be pinned within and inch of its life to stop it shifting as you sew (and then it clicks again)

I've just had to remake a bridesmaid dress twice because the kid snagged it on a shoe buckle at the fitting - the garment won't be fit to be seen 5 mins after the reception starts ... if not earlier ...

need I go on? Just the feel of the stuff sets my teeth on edge! It is the work of the devil and should not be allowed to exist

I trust you are charging extra for this?!

Sarah

In article , Sarah Dale of Our House uttered

I get paid for all the sewing - wish the boss would discourage people from ordering the damned fabric

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It is never ok under any circumstances

and only looks good at a very great distance

and it looks so *naff*

Tiz iffn it's only £3.50 a metre and you need what feels like 100 miles of it for a school production... ;)

Or under school stage lights, which are hardly world beating...

Yeah, but for some things naff is what you need!

I used it for a 1931 Vogue pattern as a dress for Tallulah in Bugsy Malone, and it looked and behaved really well (and that dress had a LOT of hand finishing! I was mad... ) And the one on my web site for the Hotel California adventure was the same stuff, and by then I had the big serger, and the fabric behaved impeccably throughout both construction and the show. And it washed and tumble dried fantastically without needing ironing! Poshest frock in the show, and it took half the time to make of some of the other stuff!

OK, so they would all have looked much better in silk, but when you have a budget of £10 per head and it may only get a week's wearing, £3.50 poly satin backed crepe/crepe backed satin begins to look very nice indeed.

What is all this alpha dot hotel, etc. stuff? I see it else where and cannot figure it out. Must be a code obviously.

For airplanes in the States, it used to be: able baker charlie, etc.

Just wondering.

Betsy

Just reply here, if you're interested.

a.heywood @ tesco.net

It's an attempt to prevent address harvesting.

In article , BEI Design of uttered

Thanks

thanks for defeating the object, you chump

next time I want my email address publishing, I'll do it myself. Until then, you'll kindly do me the courtesy of leaving it alone. Find something else to show off about, why don't you?

in fact, I'm outta here. Thank you and good night.

would like to be obeyed once every Preston Guild Apr 22, 12:43 pm show options

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Thanks

thanks for defeating the object, you chump

next time I want my email address publishing, I'll do it myself. Until then, you'll kindly do me the courtesy of leaving it alone. Find something else to show off about, why don't you? in fact, I'm outta here. Thank you and good night. AJH email address now withdrawn

alpha bravo charlie delta echo ... able baker charlie dog easy ... ace beer charlie don edward ... There are many variations on these alphabets - historical and current Originally a way to communicate letters without (much) error via radio. Every time I spell my email address out I just say "fenris, that's f as in frank, e, n as in nancy, r, s as in sam" saves hassle. I used to take phone orders and often older customers would spell their name and so on in that alphabet right off the bat. Confused the heck out of me the first time, but it is so useful. same kind of deal saying fife for 5 and niner for 9

liz young, f> What is all this alpha dot hotel, etc. stuff? I see it else where and

I hate poly velvet. Stuff crawls sideways when sewing.

liz

Which you now ruined by publishing the address..............