Thanks to, auto upholstery shops across the world are experiencing increased demand for complex stitch patterns, including and.However, even the most experienced trimmer will admit these aren’t easy to draw or execute on a traditional sewing machine. It takes a lot of measuring, patterning and careful stitching. And if you mess up once, the entire job can be ruined.sells “stitch templates” they say makes the task of drawing patterns much easier.
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But how good are they?We recently got our hands on a set of 10 templates and put them through the ringer. Read our review all the way through to learn if they’re worth it and find out how you can win a full set.
What are stitch templates?Stitch templates are basically stencils that trimmers can use to quickly and easily trace patterns onto leather, vinyl or cloth. When used properly, they ensure a completely symmetrical design.LeatherSeats.com offers 10 templates featuring the most popular stitch patterns — including diamond, hexagon and scale pleats. There’s even one called the “diamond wave,” which is basically a copy of. The patterns come in a range of sizes, each clearly labeled.The templates are available in two sizes, full-size (24″x16″) and compact (16″x12″). They’re made of a surprisingly durable 1/8″ thick transparent acrylic that’s strong enough to take some punishment and still stand the test of time. How do the templates work?Simply place a template on your material and scribe within the lines.
Because the templates are transparent, it’s really easy to find your center point.The cutout lines are the perfect size for a or white pencil. There’s no wiggle room within the lines, so it’s impossible to make a mistake or draw a squiggly line.To draw a stitch pattern larger than your template, simply trace the stencil and then move it in any direction making sure to overlap one row of lines to ensure a symmetrical drawing.Although many of the templates feature continuous cutout lines, others require interruptions to give the stencil rigidity.
Because of this, some trimmers may want to connect the lines after tracing.Personally, I didn’t find that the gaps posed problems while sewing. In fact, most are equivalent in size to one stitch length.
Are the templates useful?Absolutely! Especially if you value your time.Stitching complex designs on a conventional sewing machine is time consuming. But half the job is drawing the patterns.
With these templates, you won’t waste any more time with. You can trace your design in minutes and start sewing almost immediately.Of course, there are other options., for instance, offers a, which we highly recommend for large projects. But these templates provide a great solution for smaller jobs you might want to handle in-house. Where can I buy them?You can purchase the stitch templates on.A costs $750.
Or you can for $100 – $125, depending on which template you choose.A costs $400. These aren’t sold individually, but you can create a for $250.Anyone who has ever drawn hexagon pleats by hand knows that’s a good deal.
And time-savers are moneymakers! Did you say I can win a free set?That’s right! We’re giving away a complete set of 10 compact-size stitch templates on Instagram.For your chance to win, post a photo of your sewing machine on Instagram and tag. We’ll select one winner at random!Good luck! We’ll announce the winner Tuesday afternoon!
Math Wall of Shame (80+ printable pics)In many posts I’ve talked about one of my main goals as a math teachers is to find ways to get all students taking about mathematics everyday in my classroom. 3 years ago when I returned to teaching I put up a bulletin board that is the only one I’ve ever made that people actually looked at over and over again. I say ‘people’ intentionally.
It was not just students talking it was almost every other staff member, parent or visitor to my classroom. People would look at it, keep looking and ultimately engage me in conversation about it. Students would sit in front of it and discuss, compare, argue and choose their favorite.If you are like me and you only put up at most one bulletin board per classroom you are in (not one per year, one per classroom) and never change it, then this bulletin board idea is great for you. Here is a pic of my old board. I changed school this year so my new one is posted in a private hallway into my classroom. It is a great location because students hang out here before and after class.
LOTS OF DISCUSSION. I highly recommend it. All you need to do is print out the 2 attachments located below.
I’ve laminated the pictures, but you don’t need to. I have over 80 pictures to choose from. I post between 10-20 at a time. Here are just a few to wet your whistle: WHAT GOT ME STARTED POSTING MATH FAILSI have always been annoyed by Nisson’s CUBE car.
I mean really, it is not a cube. Maybe a rectangular prism, but certainly NOT a cube.
One day I took a picture of one I was parked next to and posted it in my cubicle at work (which was also not a CUBE). Coworkers at the district offices would ask me if it was my car and I would say ‘NO!’ and tell them I really dislike the car. When they asked why I would say “I’m a math teacher, why do you think?” We had good conversations about precise mathematical language. DAN MEYER TWEETS OUT A MATH FAILThis is one that Dan Meyer tweeted out today. Love it.0.99 CENTSI have lots of pictures that are some version of using both the decimal point and the ¢ cent symbol. I often post them all in a collection.
There is a math teacher in my district that when he sees something priced this way at a store he walks up to the counter and says “Here is a penny, keep the change.” I keep hoping I am daring enough to do this someday. (I still have too much MN nice in me).
PROPORTIONAL REASONING & UNIT RATESI also have a lot of pictures that are proportional reasoning fails. Most from stores where it may or may not be a typo. These are GREAT for students. We can never have enough things for them to talk about proportional reasoning. The one posted to the left was posted by my friend Renee on facebook today.
The comments from her friends were great. Here is just one comment. GRAPH FAILSI also have tons of fails in graphs. Here are two from NPR and Fox News (note: I try and find stuff from lots of news stations so I don’t give away my political leanings and pick on only a couple of stations).THE ONE MY STUDENTS TALK ABOUT THE MOST (AS DO THEIR PARENTS)I am not sure I am happy about the fact that this is the one they talk about the most – but what I will say is it quickly reveals to me someones fears and beliefs about their own math ability and that is powerful information to have. Also – if you are a math teacher you’ve been asked a thousand times to calculate the tip for your friends so this needs to be represented somehow on the Math Wall of Shame. I always follow up any discussion people start with this one with the question “What should the tip be to give a total of $47.oo?” I have a Number Talk in in my classroom to use anytime I want.
OH, WIKIPEDIA. THANKS VI HART.Here is one Vi Hart recently tweeted out. I find most my new ones from twitter. Thanks to everyone who tweets out math fails.2015 WHAT DO YOU NOTICE?2015 had lots of great math fails. Here is just one from our friends at McDonalds.
Some people get all up in arms about Starbucks Holiday cups – not me. I get super excited when an organization that my students see all the time makes a math fail. I not only use these pictutes on my Math Wall of Shame – but I also use them one at a time as a warm up in my classroom.
I put a picture up and ask “What do you notice?”. I used this one when I was going to start graphing inequalities.
This picture got more students talking about what the symbol meant than any equation or inequality I could have posted.AND that is my goal – to get students talking.I tweeted out a link to these pictures a year and a half ago (the link has since been taken down due to me changing schools) and many saw it since Dan Meyer retweeted the link. I’ve received a ton of feedback on it.
I reguarlary get asked to repost the word docs with all the pics. So, here they are again, with about 20 additional pics from the last time I posted these.Do you have something to add to the math wall of shame? Tweet me @saravdwerf, email me at or post using hashtag #mathwallofshame.
I would love to add more to my collection.Are you looking for other classroom displays? Check out these two posts that each contain many, many other options. From Jo Morgan at.
From Clarissa Grandi & her blog the.