Ruth's Mini Cyber-Class

Welcome to Ruth's Mini-Class

Ruth will guide us as we make a wonderful Vest using the screening substance. Here's our instructor:The screen is super easy to sew on, I couldn't believe it! I think it is 56 cents a yard at Home Base. Some places it comes in grey I've heard. Just look in the screen section and you will feel how soft it is. They have some pre-packaged, but I figured by the yard was less. I used the lining portion of Butterick 5289 and cut the vest out with no side seams. At first I was very careful to hoop solvy and then the screen and then a piece of solvy, but soon got brave and just hooped the screen with a piece of solvy under it. The screen doesn't keep the hoop indents if you take it out right away. I tried to use a ball point needle so the screen wouldn't be pierced, but soon started just grabbing old needles. Nothing seems to phase it, it sews up really fine. The metallics didn't even break! I thought a small binding would be good, so just used the narrow folded bias and a regular foot and it went on like a dream. (I usually have trouble with bias tape.) The pockets have the tent scene and the table scene from George's site. I just folded the top down on those and didn't use binding. Wish I had done the grass better, but it wasn't until after I had the ants on that I decided they needed grass and started experimenting. Actually, the best way eventually was freehand, but by then I had too much on it and don't think you can pick out any stitches on the screen! Yes, I got the idea from all the talk about the vest on other lists.