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hee hee yep string is bit floppy but it's something you always have around the house that come in handy :)
Pipa, I use string, too; for footpads, and also, for gusset design. It helps me "measure" the muzzle part. But I ordered a flex ruler, feeling like it was the more "grownup" way to do things. We'll see. My string worked pretty well, except that once I got the curve I wanted, it would inevitably flop to the side. I'm hoping the flex ruler has a bit more staying power!
Congratulations !! :clap:
does the listing even say the machine actually works ?
great buy for whoever won the item if it's a genuine sale !!
Well what i do for things like footpads is.. when i have drawn my leg pattern, along the foot (the straight part at the bottom of the leg pattern) i measure it.. i cut a piece of string to the same length. stick one end of the string onto a piece of paper with blue tack. and then i make the shape of the footpad (one half of the footpad) i want with the string sticking it down with tack as i go to keep the shape. draw around the string. fold the paper in half cut it out and open up the shape. that gives me a perfect fitting footpad in the exact shape i wanted
as for arms and legs etc i just draw them how i want them to look freehand and try them out. if they don't work i bin em ! and tweak my pattern till it looks right 
they look great Paula, Balmoral is my fave !!
Helena i love your new avatar ! totally cute !!!!! 
Wowies love the photos Fran !!!
aww he's a cutie !!
looks great Jane. love the snowflakes
congrats Fran 
HELENA !! dont mention the Snow word hehehe,
i saw Cornwall got 8 inches and are expecting more. eeek. parts of scotland lost thier power aswell :(
I would love snow but i hate it too because the kids around here pelt our windows with snowballs every single day we have snow. mot annoying !
well my ear pattern i guess is like a circle cut in half 
awww 
yipiee. congratulations Helen
hee hee.. "the Secret Confessions Of a Choc-o-holic"
that was very kind of you marion. i'm sure your friend was over the moon with her bear :hug:
Wow he is grat Fran !!
gorgeous Judi !!
Ohh wow it looks Great dilu - Great job shelli
How Great Dilu you found something you can use that saves you bending !!!!
wow, can they do that ? without the owners permission ??
Once you sew on a synthetic fur (one's that don't have woven backs that is) then do a mohair fur right afterwards it's amazing the difference on how easy the needle passes through with mohair !!
he he he very sweet.
I'm not all that sure Estelle but i think they are marshmallows or something to that effect but i could be wrong hehe
Hi Kim, I come out at the top and go in at the bottom, i do 1 stitch in the very center of the nose first and then work my way out sideways, i don't do one side first then the other i alternate so i do a center stitch..stitch to the left..1 to the right..1 to the left and so on until i get the right size nose i want :)
i also found Mohair is also a heck of alot easier to sew through than synthetic !!
