errantember

I just got done running my way-fucked-up bed skirt through Matilda, my 1968 Singer sewing machine. At some random point the amazingly cheap, foamy underliner started tearing off the skirt, and, as several people on this list know from personal experience, the large and unsightly loop of fabric at the end of my bed has been an eyesore for as long as I can remember. The difficulty, which I was at least able to see before I started stitching, was that the fibery, stretchy underliner is much more elastic than the craptastic 100% polyester skirt, so even if both ends are still attached, the total length of the two parts that previously touched are not even *close* to the same length. I tried to use pinning as I went to solve the issue, but things still ended up somewhat uneven. I'm not sure it shows now that it's back on the bed, though, and I'm happy the problem is solved.

And I mostly appear to have stopped bleeding.