Marking is one of the things I do not do well. Mostly I lift up the fabric and eyeball the mark and do crosses with washable ink pens (the type designed for marking fabric). It isn't too accurate and sometimes it is quite important to get it right.
Yesterday I went on another hunt for info on the web and came up with a neat little pdf, two pages. It is from a place called Sewing and Craft Alliance and the marking file can be downloaded and distributed. I may bring it in to class next Tuesday and ask Linda about it. If she likes it she can make copies for the beginner class (and some intermediates who are like me).
Right now I need to sew buttons and buttonholes on the second vest. Five of them. So I have decided that I will use pins to mark several points along the line and then connect the dots. From there I will measure the buttonhole locations down the line. For the buttons I should just stick a in through the buttonholes to mark the center. Or perhaps I will find a better way by then.
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