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A client told me my headbands were 'too tight for a proper lay-flat' and now I always check the swell before sewing.
I was binding a custom journal for a regular last month, and when she picked it up she said, 'Emma, the text block feels stiff, like it's fighting to open,' which made me realize I'd been pulling my linen thread too tight during sewing, not accounting for the paper swell from the PVA (a mistake I'd made for probably two years).
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blairm3511d ago
Oh man, that is SO real. I was making a leather wallet and the card slots were basically unusable because I stitched it with the leather damp. It shrank as it dried and everything was just locked up tight. Felt like a total rookie move, you just forget how much materials change.
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