snip
how to make it easier and faster. And I hit on something this
weekend. As
long as the finished part is longer than my forearm, I can pin the
edge
under my right elbow (I'm right-handed) on a table, and hold the
unfinished part of the hem in my left hand, rolling the hem toward me
with
(snip about sewing birds and other clamp-type things)
I've seen those, and also wondered about the heavy/stiff pillows it
looks like stitchers are using in some of the 17/18C paintings. A
couple of examples:
http://www.arthistory.cc/auth/velazquez/index.htm scroll down to 'The
Needlewoman'
