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Posted on: 4/10/06 8:26 PM ET
LOL - I just made myself be patient and take the time to pin, then baste the first side of a skirt I am remaking because it is too big. I had just finished the basting when I realized I was sewing (by hand) the inside sides together instead of the outside!!

ETA: I think I am done for tonight; thanks to StitchMD for that bit of advice!
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Posted on: 4/10/06 8:32 PM ET
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On one of my first projects I machine sewed the wrong sides together on two seams for DH's pajama pants. That took a long time to rip out
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Posted on: 4/10/06 8:40 PM ET
I still do this on almost every single project. You would think that I would learn by now not to do that.
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Posted on: 4/10/06 9:20 PM ET
It's actually still fixable if you do both wrong sides together. It's called a French Seam. You sew wrong sides together, then flip it around and sew it again to get a nicely encased seam (incidentally, that's the shortened form of how to do it, and I don't use them on a regular basis).

What definitely requires ripping is when you're not paying attention and put right side to wrong side and sew it. Those are the days you just put it down and go to bed. It'll still be there to do when your brain is functioning. (Ask me how I know.)
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Posted on: 4/10/06 11:40 PM ET
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Over the years I've realized sewing right side to wrong side is my "internal timer" letting me know that an even worse disaster is just looking for a place to happen!

Like you, it is my signal for fold-it-up-&-go-to-bed.

(I'm glad to know I'm not the only one!)
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Posted on: 4/11/06 8:18 AM ET
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That's a good point. You could change it to a french seam if you sewed the seam with 3/8 inch SA. You could also turn it into a flat-fell seam. Maybe sewing with wrong sides together is just an unintentional design detail
  
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Posted on: 4/11/06 10:55 AM ET
Oh yes, this and a million other things. When I remember to do it, putting a piece of masking tape on the wrong side of ea fabric piece USUALLY helps!!

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Posted on: 4/11/06 1:30 PM ET
I learned to draw Chalk people on the wrong sides of my fabrics. The chalk does come out easily, however. I especially learned to put them near the seam allowances, as I have been known to get the wrong and right sides backwards, if it is a solid fabric and I can barely tell the wrong from the right.

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Posted on: 4/11/06 2:55 PM ET
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OH MY! I should have thought of that...I always do this...I always do at least one seam the wring way, but I thought I was the only one....hahahhaah....even after all these years. That and my ability to get a seam down the front....oh well....it is good to see I am not alone!
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Posted on: 4/11/06 4:09 PM ET
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Carol, I usually try to mark the wrong side of the fabric too with a fabric marker or chalk. Recently I've been sewing on 100% cotton making purses and wallets and I can't tell the front from the back, so I took blue painters tape and put a piece on the wrong side of the fabric - similar to what Bunz does with masking tape. This seems to work out really well. I even reuse the tape!
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