1cm seam??

If a pattern calls for 1cm seam, what size seam is that? Helping my
grandson make a mole (stuffed ground mole) for science class for extra
points. He told me I could help him if I wanted. LOL..I guess this isn't
off topic since somewhere a needle and thread is involved. Haven't
decided if the sewing machine will have a part in this project or not
since he is the one doing it. When my grandson was little, now a almost
6 ft. almost 15 year old, he use to sit on the floor and push on my
pedal while I tried to sew. Oh the memories trying to sew and quilt with
him around. Michele from Ohio

It is roughly 3/8in. IIRC.

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Charlotte
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If a pattern calls for 1cm seam, what size seam is that? Helping my
grandson make a mole (stuffed ground mole) for science class for extra
points. He told me I could help him if I wanted. LOL..I guess this isn't
off topic since somewhere a needle and thread is involved. Haven't
decided if the sewing machine will have a part in this project or not
since he is the one doing it. When my grandson was little, now a almost
6 ft. almost 15 year old, he use to sit on the floor and push on my
pedal while I tried to sew. Oh the memories trying to sew and quilt with
him around. Michele from Ohio

Charlotte Hippen wrote:
It is roughly 3/8in. IIRC.


Yep 3/8" = 0.95cm so is a perfectly functional approximation.

FYI 1" = 2.54cm

To get from inches to centimetres just multiply your inch measurement by
2.54.

To get from centimetres to inches divide your centimetre measurement by 2.54

Lizzy

On Thu, 18 Oct 2007 13:44:52 -0400, wrote:

If a pattern calls for 1cm seam, what size seam is that? Helping my
grandson make a mole (stuffed ground mole) for science class for extra
points. He told me I could help him if I wanted. LOL..I guess this isn't
off topic since somewhere a needle and thread is involved. Haven't
decided if the sewing machine will have a part in this project or not
since he is the one doing it. When my grandson was little, now a almost
6 ft. almost 15 year old, he use to sit on the floor and push on my
pedal while I tried to sew. Oh the memories trying to sew and quilt with
him around. Michele from Ohio

Bigger than a quilt seam and smaller than a clothes seam.
If you do use the machine just mark a centimeter on a card and tape it
down. Metric is the funny side of the tape measure with the real
skinny marks. (G)

So is a ground mole a general or a special mole?

NightMist
--

The third-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the
majority. The second-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with
the minority. The first-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking.
- AA Milne

That is a quarter inch seam--like in quilting.

Happy sewing!


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If a pattern calls for 1cm seam, what size seam is that? Helping my
grandson make a mole (stuffed ground mole) for science class for extra
points. He told me I could help him if I wanted. LOL..I guess this isn't
off topic since somewhere a needle and thread is involved. Haven't
decided if the sewing machine will have a part in this project or not
since he is the one doing it. When my grandson was little, now a almost
6 ft. almost 15 year old, he use to sit on the floor and push on my
pedal while I tried to sew. Oh the memories trying to sew and quilt with
him around. Michele from Ohio

Thank you for answering my question. A ground mole to me looks like an
over size mouse or on that order. When I have seen one which isn't often
I usually let out a scream..I think they can cause problems for your
garden and flowers..Actually I know very little about ground moles. Just
know they exist and now will help my grandson make a stuffed one.
Michele from Ohio

Lenore L wrote:
That is a quarter inch seam--like in quilting.

1/4" is 0.635cm or half a centimetre for practical purposes so would be
too small for this pattern.

Lizzy

No one's mentioned a neat tool that would solve this and many other little
measuring questions. One of my sewing machines arrived with a metal ruler
with a slider on it. It has inches (only 6) on one side and those mm things
on the other. Mine is kept right in front of my SM and is great for
translating measurements, checking measurements, marking buttonhole
placement - it's a great little tool. Only costs $ 1.10 at Nancy's Notions
http://www.nancysnotions.com/NNVia/v...e=&newWindow=Y
I couldn't quite figure out how to show it to you - when you go there
you have to ask for 6" sewing gauge. It will even help you hem a skirt but I
hope you don't have to do much of that. Polly

Had one of these for lots of years. When I have extra time at Joann's I
walk around looking to see just what might be new that someone thought of.
Barbara in FL