Splicing Sheets
July 24th, 2010. Filed under: Sewing on Saturday.
It’s not fun. Splicing sheets, that is. I decided to cut three king sized sheets down to queen size. The first sheet worked just fine. I did all the trimming of the extra fabric first.
I zoomed right along with the first sheet, but there was just something about the second and third that didn’t feel quite right. I decided it was because I was getting tired of leaning over Consumer Man’s card table to do the marking and cutting.
I got the first sheet hemmed and was feeling good about it. Then came the second sheet. Something is wrong. Just what is it? Oh, no! I trimmed fabric off both sides instead of just one. Is the third one alright? Well, what do you think? I had a choice of having a good cry or just deal with it.
I chose to do neither. I just walked away from it for awhile. Then I started splicing one side back onto the sheet. At least I only had to hem one side after that.
Word to the wise. Do not try to downsize your sheets when you are tired. No matter how long you think about it and measure it, it just might not be cut the way you’re thinking about it. I’ve done a whole lot of things that is more fun than splicing sheets.