I went to uni on Monday intending to practice staging 3 of my pieces. Famous last words! I managed to stage one, and concluded that I am not a good maker!
I was staging my lined coat. First I discovered the magnet hooks I had purchased, were not the ones I had ordered. I had ordered 10 3kg magnets and the company supplied 20 x 1.5 kg magnets. The coat is considerably heavier than I anticipated, and it took 6 magnets to be strong enough to support it from the ceiling. Also, I noticed that I had a small stain beside the embroidered numbers, probably from the soluble canvas I used to stitch the cross stitch accurately. And despite carefully creating an accurate pattern before cutting the fabric, the lining hem does not sit right. More careful stitching required! Also I had the coat staged far too high, so next time I hang it, the fishing line needs to be a lot longer, so it is positioned closer to eye level. All this experimentation took all day!
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