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What on earth do I do with this?
Marvellous!
I just have to tell a story he On the old TV programme 'The Good Life' (which some of you might have seen), Tom and Barbara were trying to do everything from 'the land' = their garden. They were given some fleeces, as I recall, and Barbara spun this into wool yarn. This was then dyed with dye made from nettles - a very bright green! She then wove this bright green wool yarn into cloth, and made Tom a suit. It was quite well made; but, of course, looked hysterical. It was somewhat of the texture of Harris tweed! They went to some function (I've forgotten what) and Tom wore his hand made suit. He wore a cream trench coat over it, but, when he had to remove the coat, the reactions of those around were predictable gg I'm sorry if I'm spoiling the story by bad telling, but it really was very, very funny. So, John, no dyeing with nettles (or other garden weeds perhaps?)! .. In message . com, John writes I threatened to make a stretch leisure suit and my wife almost spit her coffee across the breakfast table at me, and she couldn't stop laughing. I am definitely NOT the leisure suit kind of guy. Everything I own is 100 percent cotton or wool. The one exception is bicycle clothing. Lycra is the only exception I make, and I have started to make cotton and wool cycling clothes to eliminate that exception. I have a long range goal of producing all of the clothes I wear. I am going to learn to knit this winter, so I can make myself some Merino wool socks and then I plan to get a cover-stitch machine after the first of the year so that I can sew jersey t-shirts. I then can make cotton boxer briefs and with the addition of pants and shirt and jacket, I will have an outfit that is 100 percent custom made by me. I will probably be so stressed out from the endeavor that they will have to bury me in it. But, I will be a rather nattily dressed corpse. John -- Best Regards pat on the hill |
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What on earth do I do with this?
Is it really stretchy? I've seen a lot of ready-to-wear that has a very
small amount of lycra in it -- maybe 5%, just enough to give it a little "give" when wearing. If that is what it is, you could use it for a shirt or two. Julia in MN John wrote: Here is a question for all you knowledgeable folks. Somebody gave me about 5+ yards of Stretch Blue Chambray. Aside from the obvious of making a pair of hot pants for the entire Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader squad, what in the world could I use this stuff for. I don't use stretch stuff for anything so I am totally at a loss. I can't use it for quilting because, well, it stretches. You thought you had trouble making your points match; well, this stuff would be the ultimate challenge. It is off the bolt, so I assume it has been washed, but maybe not. Perspiring minds want to know and any and all replies will be given careful, if mirthful, consideration. John -- This message has been scanned for viruses by Norton Anti-Virus http://webpages.charter.net/jaccola/ |
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On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 00:55:09 -0700, John
wrote: Here is a question for all you knowledgeable folks. Somebody gave me about 5+ yards of Stretch Blue Chambray. Aside from the obvious of making a pair of hot pants for the entire Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader squad, what in the world could I use this stuff for. I don't use stretch stuff for anything so I am totally at a loss. I can't use it for quilting because, well, it stretches. You thought you had trouble making your points match; well, this stuff would be the ultimate challenge. It is off the bolt, so I assume it has been washed, but maybe not. Perspiring minds want to know and any and all replies will be given careful, if mirthful, consideration. Well, maybe hotpants for the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders is a bit out of line. However hotpants for the Penguins ice girls would be OK, especially since some of the ice girls are ice boys. Lord knows they could use some costumeing help, at least as of a few years ago. Since you are an upright married man, I will make the sacrifice and come down and measure all those fine looking bods for you. There are an awful lot of them so those hotpants will have to be very tiny.... NightMist no hotpants for Iceberg -- I'm a little teapot, short and stout here is my handle, here is my...other...handle? Bloody Hell!! I'm a sugar bowl! |
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What on earth do I do with this?
On Aug 28, 3:55 am, John wrote:
Here is a question for all you knowledgeable folks. Somebody gave me about 5+ yards of Stretch Blue Chambray. Aside from the obvious of making a pair of hot pants for the entire Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader squad, what in the world could I use this stuff for. I don't use stretch stuff for anything so I am totally at a loss. I can't use it for quilting because, well, it stretches. You thought you had trouble making your points match; well, this stuff would be the ultimate challenge. It is off the bolt, so I assume it has been washed, but maybe not. Perspiring minds want to know and any and all replies will be given careful, if mirthful, consideration. John If Jill doesn't want it, I would welcome it gladly....I need to remake some of my blouses (yes, store bought one, with a bit of stretch). Just thought I'd throw that one out for you to consider as well Larisa |
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In article . com,
John wrote: I threatened to make a stretch leisure suit and my wife almost spit her coffee across the breakfast table at me, and she couldn't stop laughing. I am definitely NOT the leisure suit kind of guy. Everything I own is 100 percent cotton or wool. The one exception is bicycle clothing. Lycra is the only exception I make, and I have started to make cotton and wool cycling clothes to eliminate that exception. I have a long range goal of producing all of the clothes I wear. I am going to learn to knit this winter, so I can make myself some Merino wool socks and then I plan to get a cover-stitch machine after the first of the year so that I can sew jersey t-shirts. I then can make cotton boxer briefs and with the addition of pants and shirt and jacket, I will have an outfit that is 100 percent custom made by me. I will probably be so stressed out from the endeavor that they will have to bury me in it. But, I will be a rather nattily dressed corpse. John ROFLOL! John, you're too funny -- and it's a good thing I wasn't drinking my coffee when I read this, or I'd have been spewing it all over my computer! G -- Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas sfoster 1 (at) earthlink (dot) net (remove/change the obvious) http://www.sandymike.net |
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What on earth do I do with this?
Howdy!
You have a rotary cutter... you can cut that chambray into very thin strips, same width as your yarn (and some yarn has little nubs & knots & flurbs in it, more texture), and knit yourself a blue chambray something. Gonna' have to be open-casket so we can see your nattily-dressed self, John. R/Sandy--still in Help Mode g p.s. I prefer that "eyelash" yarn, myself ... On 8/28/07 8:10 AM, in article , "John" wrote: On Aug 28, 3:55 am, John wrote: Here is a question for all you knowledgeable folks. Somebody gave me about 5+ yards of Stretch Blue Chambray. Aside from the obvious of making a pair of hot pants for the entire Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader squad, what in the world could I use this stuff for. I don't use stretch stuff for anything so I am totally at a loss. I can't use it for quilting because, well, it stretches. You thought you had trouble making your points match; well, this stuff would be the ultimate challenge. It is off the bolt, so I assume it has been washed, but maybe not. Perspiring minds want to know and any and all replies will be given careful, if mirthful, consideration. John I threatened to make a stretch leisure suit and my wife almost spit her coffee across the breakfast table at me, and she couldn't stop laughing. I am definitely NOT the leisure suit kind of guy. Everything I own is 100 percent cotton or wool. The one exception is bicycle clothing. Lycra is the only exception I make, and I have started to make cotton and wool cycling clothes to eliminate that exception. I have a long range goal of producing all of the clothes I wear. I am going to learn to knit this winter, so I can make myself some Merino wool socks and then I plan to get a cover-stitch machine after the first of the year so that I can sew jersey t-shirts. I then can make cotton boxer briefs and with the addition of pants and shirt and jacket, I will have an outfit that is 100 percent custom made by me. I will probably be so stressed out from the endeavor that they will have to bury me in it. But, I will be a rather nattily dressed corpse. John |
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Well, I have a large piece of denim looking polyester.
I toss that over the pool equipment before I toss a tarp on when our weather gets really cold. Some day we'll get around to a proper structure but it just hasn't been a priority. Really that fabric was no good for anything else. I like jeans with a touch of stretch because they hold the color longer than all cotton and for other obvious pie loving reasons. If you just don't want any stretch fibers the local high school sewing classes might use it or Jill is a great option also. Taria Sandy Ellison wrote: Howdy! Christo. http://www.christojeanneclaude.net/rf.shtml You could do a short version of Running Fence or Wrapped Walkway http://www.christojeanneclaude.net/ww.shtml Look at that first pic in Umbrellas: http://www.christojeanneclaude.net/um.shtml there's your stretch blue chambray right there! Or a Gate, a simple Gate, in this blue instead of orange: http://www.christojeanneclaude.net/tg.shtml Set it in your backyard; charge a small admission fee that signals "we got somethin' worth seein'!" And you can never have too much $ for quilting stash. R/Sandy-- watching Christo & JeanClaude (& John?) " creating an invitational inner space" On 8/28/07 2:55 AM, in article , "John" wrote: Here is a question for all you knowledgeable folks. Somebody gave me about 5+ yards of Stretch Blue Chambray. Aside from the obvious of making a pair of hot pants for the entire Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader squad, what in the world could I use this stuff for. I don't use stretch stuff for anything so I am totally at a loss. I can't use it for quilting because, well, it stretches. You thought you had trouble making your points match; well, this stuff would be the ultimate challenge. It is off the bolt, so I assume it has been washed, but maybe not. Perspiring minds want to know and any and all replies will be given careful, if mirthful, consideration. John |
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"Patti" wrote in message ... Marvellous! I just have to tell a story he On the old TV programme 'The Good Life' (which some of you might have seen) I loved that show and remember the episode, it was a hoot! We used to get it on our PBS channel in Seattle. Val |
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On Aug 28, 3:55 am, John wrote:
Here is a question for all you knowledgeable folks. Somebody gave me about 5+ yards of Stretch Blue Chambray. Aside from the obvious of making a pair of hot pants for the entire Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader squad, what in the world could I use this stuff for. I don't use stretch stuff for anything so I am totally at a loss. I can't use it for quilting because, well, it stretches. You thought you had trouble making your points match; well, this stuff would be the ultimate challenge. It is off the bolt, so I assume it has been washed, but maybe not. Perspiring minds want to know and any and all replies will be given careful, if mirthful, consideration. John Jill at Critter comforts has contacted me and I am going to ship the stuff off to her. I contacted our local humane society and offered to do what Jill does for the dogs and they said, "They didn't want to bother with beds for the dogs as that would be too much trouble cleaning the cages out". Really puts the humane in humane society. I assume that is a local decision as the one we have is very understaffed and underfunded. Oh well, Jill can do the good deed. John |
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