Keeping Sewing Tools in Their Own Lane.

A short post ….. a very short post. I was shook when this happened.

*Looks innocent enough, but what tools should not be hanging out together?*

This is a sewing hazard warning. You can safely say that it’s not a hazard to your person, but can play havoc with a sewing project, and therefore your psyche.

*Innocent red handled tracing wheel to m*ark a little cross on wrong side of fabric. On the right is the small but meanie rotary cutter, hanging out close to the tracing wheel — and which I picked up in error.

See these two harmless sewing tools? They are similar in looks but very different in function; if you pick up one, mistaking it for the other, damage can ensue ….

I recently made the error of picking up the small rotary cutter instead of the tracing wheel (yes, I still use carbon paper and tracing wheels) to mark a little cross on the wrong side of fabric. Whoa!! Too late to realize the mistake. I had cut a lovely cross into the fashion fabric where no cut was needed.

Thankfully, there was enough extra fabric which enabled me to cut out more pieces to replace the damaged ones, and I was good to go. Except I was not — I was shaken to my sewing core and still am.

Whew. For a happier image, look what I finished recently — my ethnic outfit, a brand new embroidered kurta/shalwar/dupatta set.