{"id":23547,"date":"2012-07-09T05:45:23","date_gmt":"2012-07-09T09:45:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/?p=23547"},"modified":"2018-01-19T15:35:30","modified_gmt":"2018-01-19T20:35:30","slug":"ho-hum-sewing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/2012\/07\/09\/ho-hum-sewing\/","title":{"rendered":"Ho-hum Sewing"},"content":{"rendered":"

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At one time or another, every needlework blog waxes eloquent on the joy and satisfaction that we all get from sewing.\u00c2\u00a0 I absolutely love it and I know you do, too.<\/p>\n

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Good news caption for this photo:\u00c2\u00a0 Sewing also one of the hobby.This hobby is usually for the girls and for the woman,but we can see that mostly housewife will do it.If the person do not know how want to sew but have the interest,they can learn it from the book that are provider for them.If we the person know how to sewing and very good in it,they will normally sew many things such as baju kurung, kebaya, punjabi suit, blaus , pants,gowns, curtain , bedsheets and many more.By sewing also we can do a great business because we know to sew many things so that people will come to us for the help and we help them to sew what they want and they will pay us,so by it we also can earn some money.We also can save our money without buying at outsider.Sewing is a relaxing hobby and now it is considered as a great hobby also.<\/em><\/p>\n

But it’s not all fun and punjabi suit<\/em>,\u00c2\u00a0 embroidery blanks and bana kurung<\/em>,\u00c2\u00a0 heirloom lace and kebaya,<\/em> quilting cottons and blaus<\/em>.\u00c2\u00a0 Sometimes, sewing is just ho-hum, practical and necessary.\u00c2\u00a0 There are projects which generate little enthusiasm but still need to be stitched.\u00c2\u00a0 That’s pretty much what I’ve been doing lately.<\/p>\n

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These last few days, the fabric that has passed under my presser foot is so vanilla\u00c2\u00a0 that I haven’t even bothered to take pictures.<\/p>\n

The grandchildren’s bedroom needed a facelift so I’ve just finished denim dust ruffles to go under the denim blue, country red and neutrals quilts.\u00c2\u00a0 The valances are almost finished and I plan to make a pillow for each of the twin beds, a whimsical girlie one for Laurel’s bed and a more masculine boy design for Robert’s.\u00c2\u00a0 Then, the lampshades have to be recovered.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Yawn….<\/p>\n

I’ve put off making new dust ruffles for some time because I knew there had to be a better way than sandwiching a layer of fabric between the mattress and box spring.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Those dust ruffles have irritated me for 40 years, always shifting and sagging every time the sheets are changed. \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 And the only way to reposition them is to remove the monster mattresses.\u00c2\u00a0 Too much trouble!<\/p>\n

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On Pinterest, I saw a new (to me) dust ruffle\u00c2\u00a0 technique whereby the ruffle is simply attached to a strip of fabric and then pinned to the box spring.\u00c2\u00a0 This worked very well.<\/p>\n

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Of course, a traditional dust ruffle could be pinned this way.\u00c2\u00a0 But this method also makes it easier to remove the dust ruffle for laundering.\u00c2\u00a0 I’m pretty happy with them.<\/p>\n

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The ruffle on my king size bed needs frequent laundering because our dogs spend a lot of time sleeping on the floor by the bed.\u00c2\u00a0 So my dear husband wrestled that big mattress off the bed, yet again, and I cut away all the fabric from the inside,\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 leaving an 8″ strip for pinning.\u00c2\u00a0 The raw edges were serged.\u00c2\u00a0 He was pleased to know that now the ruffle can be washed without him breaking a sweat.<\/p>\n

The mattress just needs to be pushed several inches to one side or another and I can unpin or re-pin it with ease.\u00c2\u00a0 You know, the more I\u00c2\u00a0 think about it, I\u00c2\u00a0 really am pleased.\u00c2\u00a0 I think I will even take a few pictures tomorrow.<\/p>\n

If you don’t like working with safety pins, there are other similar solutions, like this one<\/a>.<\/p>\n

These should not have taken so long to sew.\u00c2\u00a0 But we’ve had the grandchildren here for a few days and then spent a good bit of Saturday in the ER with my poor husband.\u00c2\u00a0 That used up a lot of hours.<\/p>\n

Just before the ER visit, the children were waiting for their grandfather to clean the pool chlorinator so they could all swim together.\u00c2\u00a0 As per the directions from the pool store man, he used muriatic acid.\u00c2\u00a0 Contrary to what the pool man advised, he did not take the chlorinator apart and was unaware that a chlorine tablet was stuck in the tube.\u00c2\u00a0 It bubbled like a volcano and he breathed in dangerous fumes.\u00c2\u00a0 My poor guy was nearly convulsing as he violently choked.<\/p>\n

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Apparently, he was not working Saturday.<\/p><\/div>\n

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His airway was so irritated that he had severe bronchial spasms.\u00c2\u00a0 At the ER, they were more concerned about his heart, which has always been good (believe me, this is a good-hearted man!) but was beating only 44 times per minute.<\/p>\n

After lab tests, X-rays, EKG, IV’s and more, his heart stabilized and we brought him home.\u00c2\u00a0 Whew!<\/p>\n

After that,\u00c2\u00a0 I thought I needed some fun sewing for therapy, so I did embroider an athletic bag for Robert to haul his gear for basketball camp this week.\u00c2\u00a0 In the rush to deliver it, I forgot to take a picture.<\/p>\n

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So most of my sewing has been ho-hum, and so is this post.\u00c2\u00a0 But it will be better next time, I promise.\u00c2\u00a0 Because I am going to need more fun sewing therapy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  At one time or another, every needlework blog waxes eloquent on the joy and satisfaction that we all get from sewing.\u00c2\u00a0 I absolutely love it and I know you do, too.     Good news caption for this photo:\u00c2\u00a0 … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1214,19],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23547"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23547"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23547\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37553,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23547\/revisions\/37553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}