Comments on: Training new sewing operator pt.3

By: marie

marie — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 14:12:13 +0000

Hi Everyone,
I am currentyl a trainee teacher here in th UK hopnig to teach pattern cutting here in the uk. I love the forum.

By: Marie-Christine

Marie-Christine — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 22:01:11 +0000

I agree about the small weights not being the thing all the time. But that’s when the library comes in handy :-). A good dictionary will stabilize quite a bit of fabric at once.. and there’s a lot more where that one came from, in my house :-).

By: Todd Hudson

Todd Hudson — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 00:29:28 +0000

Cutting fabric can also dull scissors. I’d rather spend a few more dollars per year to have my scissors sharpened more often than to have my sewers resent me. The best piece of advice I got last year was to “find a good contractor and give them lots of love and they’ll give you good service in return.”

By: J C Sprowls

J C Sprowls — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 01:01:04 +0000

To Todd’s point, Roccio shared how cutting slippery fabrics are done in industry in the forum.

By: Nadine

Nadine — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 22:57:49 +0000

I am completely loving this series of posts.

By: Lisa Bloodgood in Portland

Lisa Bloodgood in Portland — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 22:56:42 +0000

My aunt told me to put an old sheet over chiffon when you’re cutting that, so would it work for other fabrics? Then you wouldn’t dull scissors by cutting thru paper.

Have fun in Mexico City!

By: Todd Hudson

Todd Hudson — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 21:53:02 +0000

When sample cutting, why not use underlay on bottom and/or marker paper on top for slippery fabrics? This has helped me a bunch for cutting linings and knits. It allows you to use your knife edge scissors too without slippage because the paper makes the slippery fabric stay in place. It’s either mechanical friction and/or static electricity. A sample sewer I hired encouraged me to cut like that because the first bundle of silk and polyester shirts I cut for her were cut so sloppy.