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Morituri:
I'm making a new coat for next winter - I do go a few places where it's actually cold.
I avoided a mistake I made once, a few years ago, and started by visiting a coin laundry (in American, the word is "Laundromat" - but I don't know if that's widely used) with a washer that takes large loads. Learning, as the thread title puts it, has occurred.
Because I know now that the first time you wash ten yards of 60-inch wide 24-ounce cotton fabric in hot water, you get nine yards of 52-inch wide 30-ounce fabric. It's best to do that before you cut your pattern pieces, or you'll be making clothes for someone smaller than yourself.
Yes, I'm using #4 canvas for the shell fabric of a greatcoat. Yes, I'm making a slightly-modified copy of an actual regency-era greatcoat, with the capes and everything. Because when you make your own clothes, you get to make whatever clothes you want.
Thrudd:
--- Quote from: Pilchard123 on 16 Mar 2021, 11:45 ---A box with a cat in the "bloody furious" state needs a label saying "this side towards enemy" on the lid.
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Maxim 62. Anything labelled "This side towards enemy" is dangerous at both sides
Gnabberwocky:
Learned from a conversation with a friend today that bats are important pollinators of certain tropical and desert plants.
Thrillho:
--- Quote from: Gnabberwocky on 16 Jun 2021, 21:28 ---Learned from a conversation with a friend today that bats are important
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Tova:
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