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To date, I have used "Gutermann Waxed Silk Skein - 750m - Colour: Elephant" for basically everything, its a great compromise colour and at £35 per colour I can't afford to be buying many colours. Hence... Can anyone recommend the most used colours - I want to buy 3 or 4 more. And if you have NOT used this thread - it is absolute perfection. It is thin and incredibly strong, it fits through a No9 needle. And it NEVER tangles - the smoothest sewing imaginable. It arrives in a large loop that I cut at the bottom so I get 750 X 1m lengths.

Hi All I have been starting the trouser video and following the draft My dimensions are Waist 32 1/4" Seat 39 3/4" thus drop 7 1/2" Scale 19 7/8" 1/4 seat -1/4 waist = 9 15/16" - 8 1/16" = 1 7/8" 3-3A came out as 1/4" For a 5/8"angle 5-A comes out as 3/8" Hip Shape was 3/8" Dart was 7/8" Equals 1 5/8" so I am 1/4" short I took the 1/4" off pt 25 towards point 23 (A) Then I drew down from that new Pt 25 to Pt14. The hip curve off pt 14 made no difference at the seat line length When I come to the waist length check at the end of the video, it seems to be fine However the seat check only gives me 41" for the 39 3/4" seat so 1 1/4" room not the 3" needed?? Two questions: 1. Am I supposed to join the new Pt 25 directly to Pt 14 as this brings the seat in or do I leave the seat point where it was on the original Pt 25 and curve it into the new Pt 25 somehow. That would give me an extra 1/4" x 2 = 1/2" 2. Where has the 3" gone? Just to confirm I measure on the top draft along the seat taking out 3/8" at each end. Then on the bottom draft I measure from the flyline to 3/8" in from the side seam Top Draft over Bottom And Bottom Draft on its own - cut out bits replaced alongside In proportion-wise it looks to me that point 23 to 24 doesnt look long enough to get the seat wide enough. Hoewever if i make Pt 23 to 24 any wider then the waste wont be right?? Thanks Ken

I’ve been struggling to machine sew the sleeves to the coat. I think the issue is that I’ve baste stitched the canvas to close to the armsyce meaning that I can’t fold the canvas back enough to get the armsyce under the sewing machine to sew. Can I remove some of the basting stitching that is attaching the canvas to the suit that is near the armsyce so that it would be easier to sew the sleeve?