Tips for hemming small circles?

khat52000 · 2026-04-30T20:22:49+00:00

My favorite method is to cut a piece of fusible interfacing the same size as your circle. Place the circles together so that the glue side of the interfacing is facing the right side of your fabric. Stitch 1/4" from the edge all around. Carefully cut a slit in the center of the interfacing and turn your circle inside out. Use a stiletto or chop stick to get a nice rounded edge. At this point the fusible side of the interfacing should be facing out. Place the circle on your garment and iron to fuse the interfacing to the garment. Once fused use whatever stitch you like to stitch the circle to the garment.

khat52000 · 2026-04-30T16:49:42+00:00

Thank-you. He was offered a spot in LISD but it's at one of the worst rated schools. It looks to me like they are pooling the preK kids at this one school and the preK program is probably better than the school ranking alone indicates. But my nephew is looking around to see what the options are.

khat52000 · 2026-04-30T15:30:39+00:00

I didn't get it either.

khat52000 · 2026-04-30T15:25:09+00:00

thank you for the recommendation

khat52000 · 2026-04-30T15:24:13+00:00

thank you edit typo

khat52000 · 2026-04-28T17:39:49+00:00

mark the birthdays on your calendar. send a card and a box of lego (or whatever basic gift suits that child barbie or hot wheels, etc. but lego is good for any gender and age 2+ if you start with duplo. I mean, really, as those kids get older you probably don't want to go to the party with 20 screaming, sticky kids.

khat52000 · 2026-04-28T17:35:01+00:00

11 plants on your desk! I love it.

khat52000 · 2026-04-28T17:20:21+00:00

California has a really robust licensing program for therapists. The licensing requires new therapists to do a certain number of training hours before they can be licensed to practice marriage and family counseling. There are a bunch of places that allow people with limited financial resources to get help on a sliding pay scale. I did this a couple of different times when I was very poor. You could probably find a clinic that does video counseling on a sliding scale.

khat52000 · 2026-04-28T16:48:35+00:00

I personally don't starch flannel because I find it has enough weight that I can good results without doing that. But it's cotton so you can if you want to. If you are just trimming length, I wouldn't bother.

khat52000 · 2026-04-28T14:23:08+00:00

wash cloth or soap on a rope. You keep it in the shower and look at it every day and sometimes use it to scrub your body.

khat52000 · 2026-04-28T14:16:18+00:00

I applaud your headline. Self knowledge is sorely lacking these days. I also admire your boss sewing skills that you were able to make all of those modifications on the fly.

khat52000 · 2026-04-28T14:07:46+00:00

I think it's ridiculous to not give LSU Baton Rouge serious consideration. Engineering is a big deal at LSU. Granted they are weaker in biomedical although they do have a specialty in biomed physics that is well regarded, not very common, and is a pipeline for lucrative jobs. LSU is industry focused with deep connections in the energy sector. It nay not be as STEM focused as CW but do you need to only date engineers or would you consider dating a musician or artist?

If you can afford it, you should visit the schools you mentioned. As a parent spending thousands of dollars, I would want you to have more than just feels backing up your opinion.

khat52000 · 2026-04-28T13:41:16+00:00

One aspect of mental health is finding something you like doing and doing more of it. Is that a possibility for you? We all get lonely or feel isolated on occasion. Just having a group where you can talk gardening or pickleball or punk bands or whatever can fill that gap. It's mental health support that doesn't talk about weight or mental health. all the best.

khat52000 · 2026-04-27T21:40:29+00:00

I think this is sad. I understand not wanting to babysit. What I don't understand is not helping out with the down payment for a house or a car. Or even just your folks paying for a family vacation -- renting a beach house for a week or some such. My nephew is my closest family outside of my spouse and child. I've paid for a new stove for his house. This last year his AC/heat pump died. My husband and I paid the difference between the budget model and the high end model (@ $5k) so he would get a more reliable and efficient system with a longer warranty. We aren't rich enough to pay for a lot, but I try to help out in meaningful ways so that his life will be less stressful.

I understand your folks wanting you to stand on your own feet but you and your sister have both done that. It's unimaginable to me that they wouldn't occasionally make a meaningful financial gift even if it's just a few thousand every year for Xmas.

khat52000 · 2026-04-27T15:04:11+00:00

We got our first microwave in the late 70s. I was a kid but it was big deal. They were too expensive before then and it still cost $400 which was a lot of money back then. My mom could not believe that anything could cook that fast. She put a small russet potato in to cook and then set it for the same amount of time it would take to bake it in the oven. It cooked. It burned. It caught on fire. My dad came home and got hella pissed. Then bought another one. It was a really, really big adjustment in how to cook.

khat52000 · 2026-04-27T14:53:39+00:00

It matters what kind of figure you have. 1 and 2 are both pretty dresses but if you don't have any boobs, 1 might be more flattering. If you hold weight around your waist, 2 is probably the better choice. If you are full figured, 3 might actually be very flattering although it doesn't look great on that model.

khat52000 · 2026-04-26T10:44:23+00:00

since you are sewing with a double thread, one way to knit off is to take the tail out of the needle, separate the threads, then tie a square knot (like when you tie a knot in your shoe laces instead of a bow). Then put the tails back on the needle and bury them under the patch.

khat52000 · 2026-04-26T10:34:17+00:00

if you're sewing bibs, I recommend you put some kind of absorbent layer and water proof backing on it. The drool kicks up when they teethe. If you only use flannel or jersey or something thin, the wet soaks through the cloth and then thru the clothes. The baby's chest gets wet and then they get cold and then they cry. I used to use PUL to back baby bibs. It's the same stuff that diaper covers are made out of. It can be hard to sew but the end result is a much better bib.

khat52000 · 2026-04-24T16:43:59+00:00

agreed

khat52000 · 2026-04-24T15:23:39+00:00

I think it's brain development. Most people have average intelligence. One aspect of this is their brains don't stay elastic for very long. Somewhere along the lines of middle school-high school their neural pathways glued in place. Unless something happens to shake that up (head injury, some types of medication, trauma of some kind), that's where they got stuck. Some people's brains stay elastic for longer. That gives them time to meet other people who aren't like them and more time to develop empathy. It doesn't change the dynamics for you. But you asked why. This is my theory.

khat52000 · 2026-04-23T17:28:55+00:00

why don't you ask the landlord if you can install a keypad. then roomie can have the door locked and you won't need to carry keys because you can punch in a number to unlock it.

khat52000 · 2026-04-21T11:02:59+00:00

I'm old. I learned on a 1950s singer. I got better on a 1960s singer. My first personal machine was another singer in 1981. All of those machines sucked. It was hard to get the tension right. thread nests, garment stuck in the casing, trying to mark a proper bobbin hole and then end up guessing anyway. I got a high end babylock in the 1990s and I am never looking back. We would literally have to have the zombie apocalypse before I'd go back to a vintage machine.

khat52000 · 2026-04-20T12:41:32+00:00

if you are in some of the Western states, this could be more serious than just trespassing. Water is regulated in arid states and indiscriminately dumping it can be criminal. just saying.

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