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From: rusticrhythm
Date: 05-01-2007, 11:34 PM (1 of 17)
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Hello everyone! I'm looking for hip curves (see pic). I'm hoping someone could help me. http://www.ebizdisplays.com/hipcuto24or6.html I'm not from the US originally and it isn't available where I'm from. I'm willing to drive anywhere in So California to buy one. I'm the type who buys only from brick and mortar stores. I checked my local Joanns and they don't have it. I tried Googling it too without much results. Thanks 
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User: rusticrhythm
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From: AndreaSews
Date: 05-02-2007, 10:43 AM (2 of 17)
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I can relate to your preference to send your business to actual stores instead of shopping online--It helps us hold on to those local treasures! When it comes to fabric shops, I get way more excited about a Mother's Day sale than a Going Out of Business sale. If you go into one of the better fabric shops in your area with a print out of the item you're looking for, you may be pleasantly surprised by the manager's response, especially if you emphasize that you'd rather do business with them than a faceless online entity. They might stock it just for you, which would serve both parties well.
Andrea
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User: AndreaSews
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From: AndreaSews
Date: 05-02-2007, 10:49 AM (3 of 17)
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Don't know where in So Cali you are, but I just did a quick search on San Diego and found this blurb. Sounds promising. Good luck! "You couldn’t even begin to count the bolts of fabric in the 12,000-square-foot showroom of locally owned Cutting Corners in Kearny Mesa. If you know what you want, the store has it. And if you don’t have a clue, a highly experienced staff person will help you sort out your options. Manager Jason Rocha is the “newest” employee, and he’s been there 17 years. 5150 Convoy Street, 858-560-5831" Andrea
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User: AndreaSews
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From: MaryW
Date: 05-02-2007, 11:04 AM (4 of 17)
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Sometimes this type of thing can be found in with drafting/architectural tools. Our local Staples store carries some very handy stuff.
MaryW
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User: MaryW
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From: lendube
Date: 05-02-2007, 11:35 AM (5 of 17)
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Andrea, You're amazing! That store is as far as any JoAnn's for me and I've never heard of it. I will ABSOLTELY check it out. How on earth did I miss this one???? Thanks, Lennie 
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User: lendube
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From: rusticrhythm
Date: 05-02-2007, 01:04 PM (6 of 17)
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Thanks for the replies everyone! Andeasews, thanks for that info regarding the San Diego Fabric store. I'll definitely go there. I'm currently in Anaheim, CA and San Diego is just a little more than an hour's drive on a good day. I'm really on the look-out for great fabric! I hope they have a hip curve too. Thanks MaryW, for that tip, I'll check out drafting supplies too. And thank you for this awesome forum! More power.  Cary |
User: rusticrhythm
Member since: 04-24-2007 Total posts: 7 |
From: GreenDragonLady
Date: 05-02-2007, 01:32 PM (7 of 17)
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Thanks, Andrea! We're going to San Diego in August. I just may have to hit that shop! (I'm sure I'll have to ship my stuff home!)
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User: GreenDragonLady
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From: Sancin
Date: 05-02-2007, 10:40 PM (8 of 17)
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Rustic -they are hard to find. I purchased one from the teacher of a pattern design course I took 32 years ago. I also bought a plastic square that had a curve built into the centre section. The square subsequently broke so now I use either my workshop square or a quilting ruler. We were given tiny ones to design patterns (cute). My teacher was Asian and I suspect the tools came from Singapore. I still have the curve. Several years ago I purchased Vary Form Curve Rule (made by Fairgate) but can't recollect where. I seem to recall it was a pretty unique shop with a lot of different things in it. I bought it on a whim as it was the first time I had seen one since my course and it is the same one as in the picture. I had feared the wooden one would break. They are easy to break as when laying out lots of fabric or paper the rule slides under and leaning on it can cause a break. The length and shape are awkward to store so I put holes in one end and hang on the wall on a fine nail along with my yardstick. I just now lay the curve and the curve ruler together and the wooden curve is the same curve (other than top rounded - use for armholes) as the Vary Form. There is a whole line of Fairgate tools as I have a little booklet with the tools pictures and hints. Try Googling Fairgate. Just noticed it has Cold Springs, New York written finely on rule. Try a shop that carries dressmaking/ seamstress supplies or even a local dressmaker / designer that has one and ask where she/he got it. Are there any design workshops or courses near you? If you find a shop that carries designer paper, keep looking. It is a VERY useful tool, especially for someone as short as I who has to shorten everything. Good Luck - Keep us posted *~*~*~* Nancy*~*~*~* " I try to take one day at a time - but sometimes several days attack me at once."
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User: Sancin
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From: rusticrhythm
Date: 05-02-2007, 11:53 PM (9 of 17)
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Sancin thank you very much for leading me in that direction. I googled Fairgate rulers and I came across their website. They have a "store locator" tab but I had to leave some contact information to find out if there's a store near my area. And from the website, they were indeed manufactured Cold Spring, NY. Thanks so much! I will keep everyone posted. 
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User: rusticrhythm
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From: rusticrhythm
Date: 05-03-2007, 05:28 PM (10 of 17)
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I just called Atlas Levy and they sell these rulers and other patternmaking tools at their LA store. I checked their Ebay store and it had a phone number. Here's the address: Atlas Levy Co. 722 S Spring St Los Angeles CA 90014 I feel so relieved!!!! Thanks all for taking the time to reply. |
User: rusticrhythm
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From: AndreaSews
Date: 05-03-2007, 09:05 PM (11 of 17)
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Alright, everyone. When you stop in at Cutting Corners, be sure and give them my name, and tell them I haven't opened a PayPal account yet, but I'd be happy to collect my 10% for advertising in the form of a check. kidding! Hey, I was wondering if this Cutting Corners is owned by Louise Cutting--She gives sewing related classes at expos all over the country and I believe she's based in SoCalif somewhere. If anyone knows of an article about how to use this drafting tool, I'd love to read up. Andrea
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User: AndreaSews
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From: lendube
Date: 05-03-2007, 10:23 PM (12 of 17)
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I'll make a point of checking this place out within the next few weeks and I'll get back to you. I'll ask about Louise. I can tell you that Kearny Mesa is hugely populated with the Asian community so I'm guessing it's Amer/Asian run but you never know. Thanks again for the tip. Why you picked San Diego of all of the So. Cal. towns, I don't know. I sure got lucky. Well, I guess that remains to be seen. The place may be a dump.........  but I'm real anxious to find out. Lennie
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User: lendube
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From: plrlegal
Date: 05-04-2007, 05:39 PM (13 of 17)
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Andrea Louise Cutting lives and has her store in Winter Park, Florida (a suburb of Orlando). Patsy Patsy
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User: plrlegal
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From: LeapFrog Libby
Date: 05-04-2007, 07:01 PM (14 of 17)
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Andrea, you probably may have heard the name Georgia Bonesteel (she's the lap quilting guru)... Her series (several) usually are running on HD ETV here in NC all year round... Well, she uses that hip curve in her quilting designs.. I never knew what that tool's name was, til now.. Georgia uses it to match quilt blocks that are curves, where free form is involved.. She was using it to make sure the curves matched in different blocks once, and she used it in making a quilt with mountains in it on another series I saw..
Sew With Love
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User: LeapFrog Libby
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From: material_pakrat
Date: 05-04-2007, 08:59 PM (15 of 17)
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Just go into any art store or even a stationers, and ask for a flexible curve, or a French Curve. They are used all of the time in desin/drafting. I have a blue one that I had to get at uni. You can get them with and without measurements on them. Probably LOTS cheaper that at a sewing/quilting store. Cheers, Soph.
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User: material_pakrat
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From: Sancin
Date: 05-05-2007, 06:08 AM (16 of 17)
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A French curve is not flexible. A flexible curve is something else. One could flex a flex curve into a french/hip/hem curve, but doubt it would be correct or long enough. The hip curve aka Vari Form Curve is a long gentle curve with a specific degree of turn. There are plastic curve rulers available -and I seem to have them all, but the advantage the Vari Form Curve/ hip curve is it's length ~ 2 1/2 -3 feet. The plastic curves have a sharp curve at the one end for armholes and such things and is too short. And they break very easily. I use the flexible curve when drawing/adjusting crotch curves or when copying from RTW, though one could use the top piece of the Vari Form curve by rotating and drawing on fabric. I have seen flexible curves in stationary stores, in fact got mine from the drafting supplies section of the college where I was on faculty. But as I said earlier, the hip curve is very hard to find. 
*~*~*~* Nancy*~*~*~* " I try to take one day at a time - but sometimes several days attack me at once."
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User: Sancin
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From: lendube
Date: 05-10-2007, 10:45 PM (17 of 17)
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I'm so disappointed Andrea. Cutting Corners is strictly upholstery and drapery fabrics. I was there today, luckily in the area and didn't make a special trip. It looked familiar and I realized I had been there a few years ago looking for a foam pad. It's good to know when I need those fabrics. They really had a nice selection. Thanks anyway. You and I both wish it would have been a terrific find regarding regular fabrics. Lennie
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User: lendube
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