Create Your Own Made To Measure Sewing Pattern

Sewing your own designs is the best possible option when it comes to clothes. Nothing can be better than sewing your own clothes with the best designs. In order to sew intricate designs, you need to have access to the best pattern design tools.
The Advantages Of Right Tools:
Right tools can do wonders to your clothes. Even an ordinary piece of cloth can be made to look really beautiful, if it is tailored with the right tool. The sewing pattern tools are very user friendly and they enable you to sew the toughest and the most intricate pattern with absolute ease. The tools enable you to make the most desirable dress at the cheapest price. The fit of the clothes are really good as they are tailor made especially for you.
Let Us Look At The Tools In A Greater Detail:
Some of the important tools when you are talking about pattern designing are:
• DESIGNER'S CURVE: this is a very important tool as far as pattern making is concerned. Famous designers created this equipment and therefore it is a very useful tool as far as making designs on clothes are concerned. Those who have designed this equipment have done so keeping in mind the preferences of the consumers. In this tool there are holes in the front and in the back. Even the toughest designs can be created by sowing with the help of these holes.
Even beginners can design dresses with the help of this tool. They can create beautiful designs with minimum effort. These designers can utilize this equipment for the purpose of commercial pattern making. There is a ruler attached to this tool. Overall, the tool is a very cost effective one and in a matter of a few minutes you can get the best possible design.
• TAILOR'S CURVE: this tool is used for making seems below the hip region. The waist line and the crotch. This one too, like the previous equipment, is superfast equipment and within a matter of a few seconds the design is complete. Both men as well as women's clothes are designed using these equipments. Some of the leading international designers use the tailor's curve to design their clothes.
In this equipment there are altogether 7 rulers. This equipment has options of doing seems that are below the waistline, bellow the hip region and in the region of the crotch. These tools present an easy way out when it comes to making patterns. They work really fast but don't compromise on the quality. The patterns that are created are of the finest quality.
• SEWING GAUGE: this tool helps to make the curve region perfectly in the right measurement. It also ensures that the buttons are placed at an even distance from each other and other minute details are also taken care of by this equipment.
If you want to create flawless sewing patterns then these are the tools that you won't be able to do without.

Pattern Design Is Easy With Unique Pattern Design Tools

It is best that you make your own patterns and also draft them all on your own without taking anyone else's help. Many of us have a particular liking for pattern designing. Patterning your own clothes gives you a lot of independence and you can bring in perfection in your work. This is severely lacking in the pattern design clothes that you buy from outside.
Of course, when you are creating patterns all by yourself, you will want to settle in for the best and nothing short of that. You know it best what will look good on you. The pattern designed clothes that you create with your own hands are meant to bring out the best in you.
However, you will not be able to master the art of pattern making until and unless you have the appropriate tools and know the exact methods how to do it. Otherwise if you do not follow any guidance you will not be able to tailor well fitted clothes and the patterns will not look good on your figure.
Proper pattern making tools will help you in making your job fast, easy and also accurate. Even a beginner can create magnificent patterns on clothes with the help of these tools.
Pattern Making, Fitting And Designing Tools:
Here are some of the vital pattern making, fitting and designing tools.
• Lutterloh Pattern Making System: this tool helps you in creating unique and distinct patterns which suit your frame the best. The Lutterloh pattern making system aids you immensely as far as designing is concerned. You will be able to design patterns and also draft them with great ease. This particular tool will help you to create any design that you wish to create.
• Designer's curve: the purpose of this tool is to give you fitted clothes. This system has rulers attached to it. The rulers have been designed by the world's top class designers. With the help of the designer's curve you will be able to sew the measurements accurately and the pattern designs perfectly.
• Tailor's curve: you cannot miss out on the tailor's curve while sewing patterns. You will be able to make all the seams with the help of the tailor's curve, be it the upper seam, the hip seam the front and the back measurements.
• Vellum paper: you must draw the design that you want to create on the vellum paper. This particular paper itself carries some very interesting patterns and designs. If you proceed methodically, the vellum paper will make your design complete and graceful.
• Simflex button spacer: this is equally important as your measurement making tools. This equipment helps you to take care of the small, intricate but vital details. The spacing of the buttons, the uniformity of the hooks and placement of the eyes, the snaps are all taken care of by the simflex button spacer.
The pattern designing tools complement each other and help you to create the best designs ever.

Spice Up Family Dinners With Funny Pranks and Stories

Oh the holidays are great aren't they? Just what you need, sit at a table with great food and listen to your uncle tell you the story about how he met a famous person at a gas station once. It takes him three hours to tell the story, longer than it took to meet the person, but he tells it the same way year after year, its almost tradition by now. Don't worry its just a warm up, he's getting ready to explain to you every thing your doing wrong with your life. Well this year change things up on the family. Rather than wait for the story to start, start your own with some funny stories that you found online. There are plenty to choose from and you can pick whatever fits best. Funny stories will allow you to push the conversation away from boring or aggravating topics and keep the mood light and funny. You will also enjoy more of the holiday because you are laughing more than trying to figure out how to play a game on your cell phone without anyone noticing while they're talking to you (its much harder than you would think).
If you have friends and other relatives coming into town or you going to visit some for the holidays you may want to consider bringing them the gift of laughter with some funny pranks. We all know a few pranks off the top of our heads but having a few extra ideas will never hurt. Maybe a new one will be just the thing to lighten the mood at dinner, and were sure you would benefit from something other than a loose salt shaker lid. Be creative, entertaining, and funny during your holiday dinner and more importantly keep the focus off of the negative. If you find yourself in the corner with that uncle make sure you have a way out that doesn't get you into too much trouble. If everyone is laughing, including him, chances are you want have to hear another three hour course on how you are messing up your life or how your cousin is doing so fantastic. Some holiday memories are great and some we would love to stop reliving year after year. That's why it is a great idea to go online and find some funny pranks and stories that we can follow and tell to our families about. It's the gift that keeps on giving because it makes the holidays much more enjoyable.

Beginning Stained Glass - Tips For Successfully Creating Your First Projects

Creating beautiful stained glass art may seem like an impossible dream. But you may be surprised to know that it is possible for you to learn the basics skills for this traditional craft.
Why would anyone attempt to create a stained glass project? Some people want to create a beautiful piece for a dramatic change in decor; others might like to give a special gift that is more meaningful than a store-bought item. Also, it is definitely more affordable than buying someone else's work. So if you admire beautiful stained glass items at craft stores then why not try it yourself? If you take the time to learn the skills then it is possible to create beautiful art to sell, give to friends or treasure in your own home for many years to come.
To ensure that your first project is not your last then it is important to know a few tips. First of all, choose a stained glass class carefully. Be wary of classes where you find people whose job is to sell you as much glass and equipment as they can. You should be able to find a course that will teach you how to make your own project in the simplest and most affordable way.
It is a good idea to buy quality tools. Avoid buying "hobbyist" tools. They are less expensive but not nearly as durable as professional tools. Once you begin creating with stained glass it may become addictive! Get a few good quality tools that will last you for the long run.
Before you go shopping for glass for your project make sure you know just how much glass you need and in which colors. If you only require a few colors in opal glass then it might be possible to buy one sheet with a mix of different colors. Make sure to check the color of the glass by holding it up to a light source. Stained glass can look very different when illuminated so check before you buy!
Having a good pattern makes it a lot easier to create a stained glass project. When starting out look for patterns with fewer pieces in large shapes with mostly straight edges. Cutting sharp curves and small pieces can be tricky, so leave that to the time when your skill increases.
You might think that stained glass isn't something you could make. It may seem difficult and time-consuming. Think again! Many amateurs practice this art and all it took was a bit of time and persistence. With determination you can build a solid foundation of skills and knowledge. One u

Salman Rushdie - A Man to Be Admired and Envied.

Salman Rushdie is an Indian writer who wrote the Satanic verses. Perhaps that one book condemned him in the Moslem world. But there is more to Midnight Rushdie than the satanic verses. I have my reservations about this book, but it does not in any way diminsh my regard of Rushdie as one of the great writers of this generation.
Rushdie has written many other books starting from Midnight children. This is a brilliant book and I for one have been dazzled by it. Rightly the book won the Booker Prize. The power of Salman Rushdie's pen is there in his books. His latest offering Lukaand the fire of life is another exceptional book. It is touted as a fairy tale, but it is not for children. The book is for grown ups and can be read by all people. Rushdie's last fairy tale the Haraun and Sea of Stories might give the reader a clue as to what Rushdie is trying to convey in his latest book.
Haroun was the hero of the earlier novel. In this novel his 12 year old younger brother Luka is the central character. The story plot itself is a tribute to Salman Rushdie imagination. He certainly has a fertile brain to churn out such tales and put them to paper with telling effect. Rushdie creates the story through the eyes of Rashid Khalifa who falls into a deep slumber and does not wake up for days. Rushdie also creates the angel of death in human form named Nobodaddy. It is a tale with intricate plots and certainly a tribute to Rushdie's genius. The story ends with Luka giving some hot potatoes given to him by Soraya of the magic carpet to his father. Just in time as Rashid Khalifa recovers and the family live happily ever after.
There is more to Rushdie than his fertile pen and brain. Definitely they function in a higher realm. Even his other body parts are well endowed. How else can one explain a succession of wives and Mistresses who keep him company? Here is a middle aged man who not only writes of dreams and fantasy and yet in real life lives the role of the eternal play boy. That is another reason to admire Rushdie.
But the last word is the pen of Rushdie. I for one will certainly vote for a Nobel Prize for this man. He deserves it.

Award Rewards Unusual Use of Art Materials

An unusual award has hit the headlines for rewarding entrants who make the least amount of effort with their art materials.
This year's Turnip Prize has been awarded to trio of amateur artists who managed to beat graffiti king Banksy with their work 'Chili n' Minors' which displayed one large green chili next to three smaller chillies on a paper plate.
Debutant group Doug Pitt scooped the satirical award of a turnip mounted on a six inch rusty nail at the ceremony which was created twelve years ago in Somerset in response to the 'pretentious' Turner Prize.
Mr Pitt joins previous victors Bracey Vermin, who took the prestigious prize in 2007 with 'Tea P', a collection of teabags arranged to spell the letter P, and was praised by the event's organisers for its lack of quality.
Trevor Prideaux said: "It's fantastic that Doug has won, he clearly has what it takes to be recognised in modern art circles (which unlike his pick have no point) and will be remembered in art history for no time at all."
Doug Pitt, which is made up of locals Dave Gouldney, Alan Page and Jo Page, admitted that their apathetic use of art materials was the major factor which resulted in their surprise win.
They said: "I knew the moment I came up with the idea I had stuck gold, I could feel it in my veins and couldn't wait to claim the prize. As an underground artist winning is a pipedream I can now certainly see the light at the end of the tunnel."
Banksy's framed picture entry of a pair of hands holding a placard reading 'This is just another publicity stunt' which incorporates the National Union of Students logo was rejected because it demonstrated his ability with art materials.
The elusive Bristolian may not be too upset with his Turnip Prize disappointment as his film Exit through the Gift Shop was recently revealed to be in the running for the best documentary award at next year's Oscars.
Called the 'world's first street art disaster movie', the film which takes a sardonic look at the world of modern art has been included on the long list of 15 documentaries that will be reduced to five before the annual event next year.
Exit Through The Gift Shop has already been critically acclaimed having won a prize at the Grierson Trust awards, which commemorates Scottish documentary maker John Grierson.

My Heart Belongs to Great Grand Daddy, Octogenarian Hugh Hefner to Wed 24-Year-Old Playboy Playmate!

This is the kind of story that triggers universal sniggers, all-knowing winks and nudges, and of course an avalanche of jokes, crude, funny, blue.
The facts
Playboy founder Hugh Hefner, 84 years young, announced his engagement on Twitter on Christmas Day 2010. The lucky bride-to-be is 24-year-old Kimberley Conrad, Playboy Playmate of the month for December 2009.
Kimberley, predictably, is a looker in the time tested Playboy fashion, a long-tressed blond, leggy, tanned, a dream come true. No wonder "Hef" looks so smug and self-satisfied in his engagement photo. After all, he has pulled off what every aging (but still red-blooded) American male dreams of and has the eye-catching photographs to prove it.
What's this all about? We all think we know, don't we?
The first thing that pops into our heads is most assuredly NOT good wishes for the happy couple, certainly not. Instead of a match made in heaven, the general premise is something like this:
a man of money, position, and abnormally high testosterone levels, hits the bulls-eye with an All-American stunner who checked the actuarial tables before saying "I will" and liked the life expectation numbers she saw. Thus, she saw a golden future dead ahead should she outlive her groom and keep his attention for just a little time.
In short, they both were licking their chops.
Perhaps they really do love each other.
Americans, at root a very pragmatic people, can understand this quid pro quo, tit for tat, way of life. Many of us, after all, have made similar, if not quite so remunerative deals with the devil. It is something we understand.
But what if this initial, inevitable knee-jerk reaction is wrong? Suppose, in the spirit of science, the (almost) unthinkable, suppose, I say, that he loves her... and that she loves him. When a (typically) judgmental young friend of mind heard this news, his reaction was brief, harsh, absolute: "gross!" It was simply unthinkable, unimaginable that a young stunner could actually love a (by definition) tired old geezer. "Gross" indeed!
However, love, as all those know who partake in this surprising dish, is unaccountable. Every day people wed who find more joys in being together than could be expected from the hostile reaction to their togetherness Call it affection... call it fulfillment... call it love. Fate throws them together and animal magnetism and deep affection keep them together "till death do us part", happy despite a pronounced difference in ages.
Difficult though it is for my inexperienced young friend to assess this possibility accurately, it is not so difficult for me, a spring chicken of only 63.
"Hef" brings more to the table than just a plethora of years and lots of shekels. For one thing, he seems genuinely to like women. Oh, yes, I know what you're thinking...he certainly does. But I mean that he really likes women, not just as a series of riveting curves and surprising revelations. I mean that he likes and respects women... and derives great joy, on many levels, from having them in his life.
If such be the case, then he is truly a fortunate fellow, for love is, indeed, a many splendored thing when it brings about happiness and fulfillment, particularly late in life.
Still... there are those who hope for the very worst. It reinforces their glum view of humans and their twisted relationships. These folks would be completely unhappy at any denouement that made "Hef" and his intended anything other than entirely selfish, degrading, revolting... and so deeply satisfying to the man on the street, who expects the worst and gets it.
Meet the true Hugh Hefner, an important player in one of America's most important export businesses, leisure and entertainment
After the sale of arms (sadly always America's #1 export) the largest and arguably more important business is entertainment and leisure. Not only is it supremely lucrative but, at the same time that it racks up record profits, it also changes the world. Products in the leisure and entertainment field not only help people while away their free hours... they also change the way people think, act, live. They Americanize the globe. Here Hefner is a key player.
Hefner with, of course, the willing aid and assistance of a bevy of scantily clad ladies caught in piquant and naughty poses, has been responsible for billions of dollars coming into this country, not just those directly coming to Playboy and its many enterprises but from all related businesses. These all took their cue from "Hef", tracking him closely, for he was the real deal, a bona fide inventor and seer.
To put it bluntly, "Hef" has been since his first Playboy issue in 1953, an active, engaged participant in the easing and abolition of some of America's more heinous social views, including the domestic repression of women and the ridicule and oppression of homosexuals. Yes, at the same time as he (both directly and indirectly) sweetened our country's balance sheet, he aimed (partly through the magazine's articles which generations of college boys used as their "reason" for reading the magazine), he aimed I say,at nothing less than a social revolution. By removing clothes and creating fantasies, Hugh Hefner (no doubt laughing all the way to the bank) transformed the nation into a place entirely comfortable for him -- and his winsome Bunnies. Surely by this reckoning "Hef" deserves America's highest civilian decoration, the Freedom Medal, the name so very apt for such a man.
Sadly, no president (including his near Chicago neighbor Mr. Obama) will ever dare to give it to him in a White House ceremony with his beautiful young wife in the front row cheering him on, bashful but radiantly alluring. What a ceremony we'll never have.
Still, I think Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Hefner will not complain overmuch for there is much yet to do in Playboy Bunny Land... with America's export trade to save... and an abundance of social ills to cure. As wife Kimberley sits on his knee of an evening, no doubt "Hef" is focused squarely on these crucial matters... and on absolutely nothing else, except his pre-nup, which no doubt he consults often and carefully.