[Nfb-krafters-korner] Want To Know Wednesday

[Henry Osborne]

Hey Dave, keep working on funny, it's an art craft in and of it self.

-----Original Message----- 
From: David Andrews via Nfb-krafters-korner
Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2017 10:01 PM
To: List for blind crafters and artists
Cc: David Andrews
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Want To Know Wednesday

I guess I am not as original or funny as I thought!

Dave

At 09:21 AM 6/7/2017, you wrote:
>Good Morning Nella and Everyone, o k Nella, being the Rooster of all of you 
>lovely hens, I will do my best to answer these questions with the correct 
>( and funny ) answers.
>Are you  all ready? Here goes!
>1. Basting and Tacking To hold down a seam with binding materials or short 
>pieces of thread.
>funny Answer Basting What you do to a turkey to keep it moist during 
>roasting.
>Tacking A sailing term for tieing the sails to the masts.
>2.Casing To fold and sew a large piece of material over as for a pillow 
>case.
>funny Answer The outer covering of a hot dog or sausage. Or what a burglaar 
>does before breaking into a home or business.
>3. Darning To repair a hole in the toes or heels of socks
>Funny Answer A nicer word for cussing For example oh darn it, I forgot to 
>call Nella today.
>4. Gathering To bunch up material for a ruffley appearance.
>Funny Answer When a bunch of people get together.
>5. A hem When you fold over the raw edges of materials and sew them down as 
>for the hem of pant cuffs.
>Funny Answer Clearing your throat ( ahem )
>6. A Seam To sew 2 pieces of materials together.
>Funny Answer To make something apparent.  We seem to be lost.
>7. Selvage The pre finished edges of materials.
>Funny Answer To save something. We selvaged the clothes from the flood.
>I hope that you all have as much fun reading these answers as I did coming 
>up with them.
>
>-----Original Message----- From: Nella Foster via Nfb-krafters-korner
>Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2017 7:48 AM
>To: nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
>Cc: Nella Foster
>Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Want To Know Wednesday
>
>Once again it is Wednesday and I actually remembered today. Lol
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>I'm going to give you a few sewing terms to see if you know the 
>definitions.
>I will also give you a hint; I found all these terms online.
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>1.       What does baste or tack mean?  The term tack is used it England.
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>2.        What does casing mean when used in sewing?
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>3.        What does darning mean?
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>4.        Explain the term gathering.
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>5.        What is a hem?
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>6.        Describe a seam.
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>7.        Do you know what the words selvage means?
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>Feel free to try to answer some or all of these and please share your
>answers.  I promise, it will be fun.
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>Nella


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