For machine sewing I just use the guide on the platen. For hand
sewing, yes, I measure as often as needed (very often on curves,
twice or three times on the straight) and connect the dots with pencil.
I'll bet you could take one of those little compasses we used to get
in our pencil boxes, set the gap between the pencil point and the
pointed leg to 5/8, and use the point as a guide along the edge of
the piece, marking 5/8 inch with the pencil end as you go. If it's a
better-grade compass like the ones my father the engineer used to
have, there's a nut at the end you can tighten to keep the
measurement constant. I've never tried this, just thought of it this
minute--but boyoboy it sounds easy, doesn't it? (Probably a lot of
people on this list have thought of it long ago...?)
--Ruth Anne Baumgartner
scholar gypsy and amateur costumer
On Feb 6, 2007, at 8:06 PM, Lauren Walker wrote:
Does anyone know of a clever tool for measuring the 5/8 all round
the outside? I usually draw it on the cloth with a pencil, but the
measurements get a bit, um, impressionistic on some of the curves.
Lauren M. Walker
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On Feb 6, 2007, at 7:21 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
And I agree with the person who expressed frustration that the
stitching
lines aren't marked on patterns anymore. What a pain to have to
measure 5/8"
all the way around.
Ann Wass
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