The lines on the plaid don't seem to be straight, yet the line up straight with the edges of the fabricI know one side of a pattern piece is straight, but I can't match it to the stripes on the plaidIt's as if the material is stretched wrong or somethingNothing is adding upPlease help.
Good job kicking that little f'er outNo kid is worth that much and if one of my 7, yes 7, kids were to act like that they'd get a beating an a see you later, have fun on the streetsWhen he comes crawling back and finally begs for forgiveness let him in, but tell him things are gonna change whether he likes it or not otherwise he can leave againAnd don't blame him for smoking potHe's 16 dont tell me you didn't when you were that ageI was like a god darn chimney when i was 16But that's my opinionTough love, the only real kind.
If your going to remove the old plaster and the lathYour going to have to replace the old blown in cellulose insulation on all the outside wallsyour going to want to put in a moisture / vapor barrier.
I have thirty years of renovation experience, and I do not like and do not accept vapor barrier logicIn older homes which use tongue and groove wood sub-floors, it is IMPOSSIBLE to seal the walls with a 'vapor barrier'If you are covering the walls in drywall, and tape the joints, just use a good quality paint sealer and cover coatMost vapor barriers are compromised by hanging pictures, poorly installed electrical boxes and carelessnessOn a two hundred year old house, I think the value of NO vapor barrier has been proven !
The blown in cellulose was probably the result of a remodel some time in the pastIf you are going to redo the interior walls by all means add a vapor barrier.
Is the plaid woven or printed? Woven plaids will look the same on both sides of the fabric, and, imho, are the only sort worth buying, because the printed plaids are never exactly straightDid you preshrink your fabric and press it? Pressing is not ironing - ironing can stretch fabric out of shapeIf you think that's the case, I'd redo itIf it's a really nice plaid and you're making something that will be used for years, it might be worth graining it up - actually pinning the fabric to a padded board and making sure the yarns of the fabric are at 90 degrees to each other and letting it dry in position You cannot grain up fabrics that have been treated with some of the finishing processes, particularly permapress type processes:-( Is your fabric lying in a relaxed position? If it's hanging off the side of a table, it's not relaxedFind a bigger cutting surface and fluff it up in the air and let it fall flatUse a nylon pancake turner to pat the fabric flat - you're not squishing hamburgers, just gently tapping any rise of fabricIf you get a lump that doesn't want to lie flat, fluff it up again and let it fall again and continue to tap Your fabric and pattern are still not cooperating harmoniously? Then you've got some decisions to make: 1) Is the fabric usable for anything else? 2) Can I do something to disguise the problem, like running a major line straight up and down center front and center back, and making bias strips between them? 3) Is the pattern correct? Can it be made in plaid without sending you straight to a nice, quiet, padded cell? Can you fill in a bit more information about the fabric and pattern, and maybe we can give you better advice.
