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"I being shot through the left cheek, the bullet striking away great part of my upper jaw, and several teeth which dropt down the deck where I fell... I was forced to write what I would say to prevent the loss of blood, and because of the pain I suffered by speaking."~ Woodes Rogers

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sorry folks can't get this much bigger, but will try and photograph making one as soon as possible...


"I being shot through the left cheek, the bullet striking away great part of my upper jaw, and several teeth which dropt down the deck where I fell... I was forced to write what I would say to prevent the loss of blood, and because of the pain I suffered by speaking."~ Woodes Rogers

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"I being shot through the left cheek, the bullet striking away great part of my upper jaw, and several teeth which dropt down the deck where I fell... I was forced to write what I would say to prevent the loss of blood, and because of the pain I suffered by speaking."~ Woodes Rogers

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what exactly is " overcasting" ??

Overcasting is an over and over, slant stitch used to protect raw edges from fraying. Start at right corner, with knot on under side, pulling needle thru on right side, deep enough only to prevent raveling. Repeat with even stitches (1/16 of an inch deep). This stitch slants from right to left and is one of the most difficult to make uniform. (Kind of like doing a zig zag stitch by hand over the raw edge instead of by machine)

I skip that step because one, I sew my buttonholes first then when completed I cut them open... two I haven't actually seen the overcast stitch in any garment samples and three if the buttonhole stitch is done snuggly and close together, it, itself, will keep the fabric from unraveling.


"I being shot through the left cheek, the bullet striking away great part of my upper jaw, and several teeth which dropt down the deck where I fell... I was forced to write what I would say to prevent the loss of blood, and because of the pain I suffered by speaking."~ Woodes Rogers

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remind me to show you at RF5... they are a lot easier in person than they look or read on paper

and thank you, now if I could only get them as fine as the originals


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remind me to show you at RF5... they are a lot easier in person than they look or read on paper

and thank you, now if I could only get them as fine as the originals

Captain...mayhap we should have a quick impromptu demo for all of us who wishes to learn this "DREADED" technique. I know that I would love to learn this too! I wonder if being left-handed has anything to do with the 'slantiness' of my stitching?

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Hmmm.... overcast stitch for a buttonhole? Interesting. Aye, I'm curious to see it at RF5.

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Cheeky are you left handed? Thatss awesome, Lefties unite!

Sorry, pround left hander... And no I would think being left handed would effect your stitches in that manner.

Yup. We Rock...we know we do. We are such creative bastards, aren't we?

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Wasn't Hitler left handed??


"I being shot through the left cheek, the bullet striking away great part of my upper jaw, and several teeth which dropt down the deck where I fell... I was forced to write what I would say to prevent the loss of blood, and because of the pain I suffered by speaking."~ Woodes Rogers

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remind me to show you at RF5... they are a lot easier in person than they look or read on paper

and thank you, now if I could only get them as fine as the originals

Captain...mayhap we should have a quick impromptu demo for all of us who wishes to learn this "DREADED" technique. I know that I would love to learn this too! I wonder if being left-handed has anything to do with the 'slantiness' of my stitching?

Nothing dreaded about it... you embroider, you should be able to pick it up in no time... I'll be embroidering buttons.. I hope...

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"I being shot through the left cheek, the bullet striking away great part of my upper jaw, and several teeth which dropt down the deck where I fell... I was forced to write what I would say to prevent the loss of blood, and because of the pain I suffered by speaking."~ Woodes Rogers

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One of the few things I do know how to sew by hand. I couldn't figure out how to do it on the machine LOL. I use embroidery thread and I sew with more than one strand so i don't have to make so many stitches. Funny I've done this with regular clothes since I was a kid. I guess I'm going to be sewing lots of little button holes as I'll be sewing eyelets for the stays.

So i have a question about that. being as the ties put more demand in the fabric than a button, do you have to do anything additional to the fabric around the hole to reenforce the fabric when sewing an eyelet?

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Hmmm when sewing the linen haven't needed anything...sometimes the wool will stretch though


"I being shot through the left cheek, the bullet striking away great part of my upper jaw, and several teeth which dropt down the deck where I fell... I was forced to write what I would say to prevent the loss of blood, and because of the pain I suffered by speaking."~ Woodes Rogers

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Embroidering buttons?!? LOL, oh I HAVE t' see this.

Started dabbling in this as well. Silk thread works best. (Hint: check with yo'r local quilting shop, they'd have good silk thread)

There ye go, Nell! :D That's pretty awesome ye can sew... especially by hand! Tis a lost art, m'dear.

The issue I had in the past with the overcast was the bunching in many ways. Do it too loose, and it won't do a darn thing. When I held it in place with my finger over the stitched area, it worked out well. Closer together the stitches, the better though.

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Does that make me and Mickey lost artists?


"I being shot through the left cheek, the bullet striking away great part of my upper jaw, and several teeth which dropt down the deck where I fell... I was forced to write what I would say to prevent the loss of blood, and because of the pain I suffered by speaking."~ Woodes Rogers

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Yes it does!

Perhaps this year at pip you could do a sewing demonstration! I know it's not very "piraty, pyratescque....pyratee" sounding, but as part of the living history "program" more people should be enlightened as to how important sewing was as a daily task. I am sure you would draw more than a few interested parties, myself included.

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Ack... John Sterling, former tailor... ack... damn Crispy talk about an image killer...snigger.... actually I would be happy to teach a lesson to anyone interested but let's do it after hours when the public isn't around... be a bit easier I would think.

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"I being shot through the left cheek, the bullet striking away great part of my upper jaw, and several teeth which dropt down the deck where I fell... I was forced to write what I would say to prevent the loss of blood, and because of the pain I suffered by speaking."~ Woodes Rogers

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Not sure yer doing it correctly... looks more like a blanket stitch than a buttonhole... I don't quite see the knot..there should be one with each stitch and they should be tighter/closer together.


"I being shot through the left cheek, the bullet striking away great part of my upper jaw, and several teeth which dropt down the deck where I fell... I was forced to write what I would say to prevent the loss of blood, and because of the pain I suffered by speaking."~ Woodes Rogers

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Here, Robert... I'll post an image of a buttonhole. :) Thanks t' Mickey for the insiders secret... it's working perfectly. :lol:

BRB...

:::Goes take piccies, uploads them, etc::::

Ok... back.

Apologies it's a wee bit dark, but hope this helps a little bit.

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Maybe Mickey 'll post piccies of his absolutely fantastic buttonsholes. :::drops and worships Mickey::::

Generally it's getting the thread as close together as possible and where the hole will actually be, again as close as possible but leaving just a slight sliver of a space to cut.

Give it a few goes. ;) I've been doing buttonholes a while also and finally started getting to look half decent. :)

~Lady B

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"I'm completely innocent of whatever crime I've committed."

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