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Fishing Line

Author:
Glenna

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Date Posted: 15:40:08 10/23/10 Sat
Author Host/IP: user-12-129-139-161.barbourville.com/12.129.139.161
In reply to: Sandy 's message, "GETTING FISHING LINE TO CURL" on 22:27:27 10/22/10 Fri

Several different things could be the problem.

1. Curl comes mosly from the amount of gathering. You want your gathers as tight as possible.

2. Ruffles cut on the bias will ruffle better than those made from straight cut strips.

3. You have to hold tension in both the front and back as you feed the ruffle through the serger.

4. Also check what type of fishing line you are using. You want the cheap stuff and 30 or 40 lb test. When I come home from Wal-Mart with a bag of $2.98 spools my husband just looks at it and says "junk - not worth steeling from you," lol. The nicer, more expensive fishing line is too soft and flexible - good for fishing but not for curling.

5. You might also try winding a length of the line around something smaller than the spool it comes on. A large dowel or my favorite - a large broom handle cut into pieces, works great. After you have the line rewound and the end secured drop it into a pot of boiling water for a few minutes. Take it out and let it cool and dry. The hot bath softens the line so that when it cools it reforms itself to the smaller curve. Be careful to not go too small with the dowel.

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Tiffany
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Date Posted: 07:00:02 10/25/10 Mon
Author Host/IP: h183.139.255.206.cable.pnbl.cablelynx.com/206.255.139.183

Exactly what Glenna said. I think her first point is MOST important. The national level dresses have TONS of fabric put into the skirt, very tightly gathered. Also, just my opinion. I prefer the fishing line in bigger curls so I don't boil mine. It is just preference.

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