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18m ago

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I finally saw what a dropped shoulder sleeve pattern does to a boxy top

Wait, so when you say 4 inch drop, is that the total drop from the natural shoulder point down to the actual seam? Because I've been messing with this on a cotton poplin top and getting hung up on whether people include the collar or not in that measurement. I got a 3 inch drop on mine but the sleeve still pulls at the chest, think I should just go to 5 and see what happens? The wider sleeve head tip is interesting too - are you cutting it like a gradual curve or more of a straight line off the edge?

16h ago

in

That one Tuesday last month where everything went wrong

Wait, you're telling me Fincher wanted EIGHT episodes of buildup? Just people shuffling around and looking at crime scene photos before anything actually happens? That sounds like a documentary about watching paint dry, not a TV show about a serial killer. I love a slow burn as much as anyone, but eight episodes is basically half a season of nothing. At that point you might as well just make a podcast about it.

20h ago

in

Finally figured out I was setting my tool offsets wrong after 6 months on the job

So that brain fog thing - do you still check your offsets the same way now?

21h ago

in

Thought I'd knock out a backsplash in a weekend - took me 12 days

Cardboard tracing? That feels like a lot of extra steps for something a careful mark with a pencil can handle. I get that tile is expensive and mistakes sting, but I've made plenty of outlet cuts freehand and only messed up once or twice. The tile file advice is solid though, nobody wants to pay for a diamond blade for a weekend project. Still, I feel like people overthink cuts sometimes, you can always hide a rough edge behind the cover plate anyway.

3d ago

in

Shoutout to the guy who told me to check my roof vents before blaming attic insulation

Are you really sure the nests were the main problem though? Sometimes people chase the wrong fix just because they found something obvious first.