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Title: Have I lost my mind?
Post by: JDUpholstery on August 19, 2012, 03:41:05 pm
So I was just practicing a few fun things and using scraps I had around my shop...I did not have enough of any one color to do the whole chair....

This is the Before

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This is the after

(https://forum.upholster.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1087.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fj467%2Fjdackerson%2FSmall%2520Jobs%2Fth_08192012144.jpg&hash=bda411561905e97950d882513825afa1) (http://s1087.photobucket.com/albums/j467/jdackerson/Small%20Jobs/?action=view&current=08192012144.jpg)

at least it is patriotic....was having fun with sew foam and my new machine, learned alot about my machine doing this and got a feel for it more before I have a customers item under the needle
Title: Re: Have I lost my mind?
Post by: Mike on August 19, 2012, 04:28:28 pm
Looks. Meet more fun with pleats. I had a buddy once who asked me to take my
Scraps and make it a tonno for his truck   A green truck so I got some nice green to match. He said I wanted it to look like a quilt with squares of all different colors. I told him cor that kinda of sewing I'd have. ChArged him.
Title: Re: Have I lost my mind?
Post by: gene on August 19, 2012, 04:42:14 pm
If the emblem on the back is supposed to be a star, then yes, you have lost your mind.

If not, then it's a great way to practice your new machine and whether or not you have lost your mind is not relevant to this particular situation.

Nice work!

gene
Title: Re: Have I lost my mind?
Post by: JDUpholstery on August 19, 2012, 05:08:57 pm
LOL, not supposed to be a star! I actually have that same pattern reversed on the back of the back as well...if I had planned ahead and realized I was going to do it in red/white/blue I might have done a star, as it stands I just started drawing curves and figured what comes out is what comes out lol, thanks for the vote of sanity!
Title: Re: Have I lost my mind?
Post by: Mojo on August 20, 2012, 06:06:10 am
I learned how to sew by making covers, bags, pouches and do-dads for everything. The more time you spend with your machine the better you get. :)

Nice work. :)

Chris
Title: Re: Have I lost my mind?
Post by: fragged8 on August 20, 2012, 03:18:48 pm
I keep thinking i'd like to sew up a chair for my customers to
sit on with a Union Jack pattern in the seat..

Trouble is i'm already on the bad side of insane and think that it might make
me worse heheeh
Title: Re: Have I lost my mind?
Post by: ajlelectronics on August 23, 2012, 01:52:24 am
Quote from: fragged8 on August 20, 2012, 03:18:48 pm
I keep thinking i'd like to sew up a chair for my customers to
sit on with a Union Jack pattern in the seat..




Sounds great, unless you get the flag upside down. So don't let anyone afloat see it. :-)