alb Report post Posted December 2, 2009 I just finished lacing together skirts on a saddle that was in for new fleece. It took me over 3 hours to lace the skirts back together - yikes!!! If anyone can share tips that help them speed up this job I would really appreciate it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alb Report post Posted December 5, 2009 Okay I'm assuming that the lack of replies means that everyone must think I'm totally beyond help! LOL:) It would be helpful to know how long I can expect this to take once I have more experience. Anyone care to share? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mike Craw Report post Posted December 5, 2009 Hey alb! OK, I'll jump in. I assume that your three hours were spent getting your lace ready and then trying to learn the lacing pattern from a diagram as you went. If that's the case, it was three hours well spent. As with everything else we do in the shop, the first time always takes longer. I would guess that you'll get this down to a 30 minute operation once yoiu get familiar with the process. Everything usually takes Carlos or me longer, because we're both so critical of our own work that we spend part of the time tearing apart something we already did and re-doing it. His wife will come into the shop and start hollering, "Why are you ripping that up? It looked fine!" And one or the other of us usually says..."fine's not good enough." Probably not much help, but at least you know you're not alone. Mike Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alb Report post Posted December 6, 2009 THanks for the response. I think one of my main problems was that I used way too long a lace, in trying to get it all done with one piece. I was using about 2 1/2 yards but still needed another yard and a half after that. I think I should have used shorter pieces, though I'm not sure what the optimum would be. I found myself running the full length of the lace through my fingers after each stitch to make sure I was keeping the lace straight for the next stitch. About 3/4 of the way through I realized that I could put the needle through the hole, bring it out about 6 inches and then into the next hole before pulling the lace through the first hole all the way. This ensured that the lace wasn't twisted and it saved a ton of time. I think there is a probably a much better way to do this, I just haven't figured it out yet. Thanks again, Ann Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
