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Lorcan said:
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I'm going to keep at this til I get it right.
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I accidentally cut a notch into the armpit

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That's...workable right? It's in the fabric itself, not just the pattern. It can be gone around later, but I don't want to dump the whole thing and start again. Feels like a waste.
 
Lorcan said:
I accidentally cut a notch into the armpit

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That's...workable right? It's in the fabric itself, not just the pattern. It can be gone around later, but I don't want to dump the whole thing and start again. Feels like a waste.
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What’s your seam allowance? You might just get away with it hidden in that…
 
One down, one to go. I’ll make the second one a few rows shorter. I think I could drop another needle size for the ribbing as well.

PS would help if I attached a photo 🤣 I’m going to measure myself and do the maths for the cardigan. 20F8AD5F-0854-461D-A1E0-073AA87CD6A1.webpE4A0405A-55EE-49EF-980D-FB4A36C105EF.webp
 
Lorcan said:
It can be gone around later
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I am not sure why I keep not actually finishing sentences, I'm usually better at catching these things. What I meant was, I can go around it next time I'm cutting out the pattern. The notch is small enough that it won't affect the lines next time round - it's just this time where the notch is already there.
 
You know, the stitching was almost perfect, and I was happy it. Sure there was a wee bit off towards the leg but otherwise, I was impressed with myself. I just forgot one wee tiny detail.

A detail like "leave a 10cm gap between the marked points on the pattern to turn the pattern right side out and allow for stuffing".

I think I've done this on all 3 so far. Sigh. Next time, lol
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He's had a couple of seams that took - right up until he got stuffed. Then they decided to burst. They've been fixed, sort of, but again, I can't sew by hand lol.

Nose (aside from the uh, hand sewing skills) and mouth (except part of it's glued on, and that glue is not for the faint of heart) are decent and the back seam that I had to sew isn't awful and it'll hold. It's just those seams. One of them seems to be from where I accidentally cut into the fabric cutting out the pattern, but it's only done it on one armpit and not the other so I don't know quite how one survived and one didn't. Magic, probably.
 
Lorcan said:
He's had a couple of seams that took - right up until he got stuffed. Then they decided to burst. They've been fixed, sort of, but again, I can't sew by hand lol.

Nose (aside from the uh, hand sewing skills) and mouth (except part of it's glued on, and that glue is not for the faint of heart) are decent and the back seam that I had to sew isn't awful and it'll hold. It's just those seams. One of them seems to be from where I accidentally cut into the fabric cutting out the pattern, but it's only done it on one armpit and not the other so I don't know quite how one survived and one didn't. Magic, probably.
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I think your bear looks lovely.
 
He looks good. We are our own worst critics. What is your stitch length?
 
piggieminder said:
He looks gorgeous @Lorcan don't be too hard on yourself.
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Thank you 😍 I'm still new to this and I have plenty of fat quarters to play with. And honestly aside from the seams he's much better than the other two, practice makes perfect right? It's a couple of places I keep messing up the seams in, so.

Siikibam said:
He looks good. We are our own worst critics. What is your stitch length?
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2.5 - it's fine everywhere else. The outer seams are fine, it's the inner curve seams I keep having issues with. I don't know if it's stitch length or if I'm somehow just not putting notches and nicks in the correct places, or the right way. That kind of thing.
 
Lorcan said:
Thank you 😍 I'm still new to this and I have plenty of fat quarters to play with. And honestly aside from the seams he's much better than the other two, practice makes perfect right? It's a couple of places I keep messing up the seams in, so.



2.5 - it's fine everywhere else. The outer seams are fine, it's the inner curve seams I keep having issues with. I don't know if it's stitch length or if I'm somehow just not putting notches and nicks in the correct places, or the right way. That kind of thing.
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Hmm. I’m not much of a sewer so can’t help any more! Was it like that with the other two? Hopefully it will settle. Try the ladder stitch for seams you want to reinforce. The stitches won’t show. It’s not too bad, trust me 🙂
 
The armpit seam that burst -

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I did nick it kind of carelessly and that's where I ripped the fabric cutting out the pattern so while I didn't do it before, it can be explained by that.

As for the crotch seam, while it's had a split, it hasn't split wide open and that's better than before. I think what's happened is something I keep doing, loosening the stitches and loosening the wrong one. But for the first time I managed to get the central reinforced seams to line up, so that's also a win.

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I'm not fishing I swear, I'm quite proud of him, but he can be better and I'm good with that lol. Thank you all though.
 
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