Sewing Gauge--Trishty

Donna Gennick · 2003-07-11T22:11:37+00:00

Don't know how you've managed without a sewing gauge, Trishty. I usemine nearly every time I sew! Especially for hems. Anyway, there's apicture of one at the site below: aren't expensive at all; about $2 or less, at any fabric store.Oops, I forgot, are you outside the US? (Sorry, I have a hard timekeeping track of where everyone is, sometimes.) Still, it shouldn'tbee too hard to find one. Good luck!Donna G.Michigan

Jul 11, 2003 26 Replies

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Valkyrie 23 years ago

Years ago, when Pendleton still had very nice wool I would go to Oregon once a year for the factory fabric sale. All the people who where measuring would hold the fabric at the tip of the nose and pull out an arm's length and count ONNNNNNNE, and so on. The first trip with my friend's Mom who had gone for years shuffled me and my arms full of bolts of cloth to this one table on the far end of the building. I was just a bit miffed about not just going to the nearest cutting table and one with shortest line when it was pointed out to me......"look how tall she is!" Ah ha! get the longest limbed cutter available, they give you more bang for the buck. After remeasuring at home I found that I got 40-42 inches per 'yard'.

Val

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Ray Gelotte 23 years ago

Wasn't it the Greeks who said "Man is the measure of all things"? Body measurements were the basis for many mathmatical measurements. I'll rummage around and try to find more info on this.

The Biblical CUBIT is the distance from elbow to finger tips.

Ray

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sewingbythecea 23 years ago

Re: Sewing Gauge--Trishty Group: alt.sewing Date: Tue, Jul 15, 2003, 2:39pm From: snipped-for-privacy@webtv.net Re: Sewing Gauge--Trishty

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Trishty 23 years ago

And I can manage a poxy 7.5in. Told you - midget dwarf.

:) Trish

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joy beeson 23 years ago

The span was measured on a man's hand, actually.

But you made me realize: my span is 8 inches, and my glove size is also 8 -- when gloves came in sizes, the size was the number of inches around your knuckles.

So is this a co-incidence, or is it common for glove size to equal span?

Back on the topic, I find the maximum distance between my thumb-tip and index fingertip is just six inches. This has been convenient on many occasions.

Joy Beeson

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