DID YOU KNOW THAT...

...sewing can be hazardous to your health?

Even though I am starting to  incorporate many newly learned machine tailoring techniques into my garment, I some how still feel the need to do a whole lot of hand stitching, for instance, I didn't feel that the wool I'm using for my coat was heavy enough (or had enough body), so I used my muslin as underlining by hand stitching it to the coat pieces.  I guess I really over did it this time! Sitting in one position for hours -  looking down - while securing this underlining to all of my main coat piece seriously aggravated my already delicate neck.  Cost me a Chiropractic adjustment (which believe me I gladly paid) and set me back two days from working on my coat.  I could have bought some nice fabric for the cost of that doctor's visit, OUCH!  I'm always afraid that the underlining will shift around inside my garment if I don't tack it to death. A little research and reading up on how to attach underlining would have saved me money, time and pain - cause I found out that ALL THIS HAND STITCHING IS NOT NECESSARY.

Maybe you already knew, but just in case you didn't, Craftsy has an excellent write-up all about underlining - What it is, it's purpose, and the best way to apply/insert it.  If you'd care to read about it, this is the link...