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Pfaff machine
Hi, I'm in a quandry and thought maybe one of you would know. I picked up Mom's Pfaff 2124 and took it to the local Pfaff shop hoping they would take it on consignment and sell it for me so I wouldn't...
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Stash
While taking a class today on projects to reduce stash, we were asked if we had to move ....would our stash fit into a small pickup, a dump truck, or a tractor trailor? We had several in the first two...
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Preemie quilts
What size is best for preemie quilts? I seem to remember someone saying a FQ? but I can't wrap my mind around them being that small. sigh. Some of you will remember my friend Evie (husband very sick &...
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PA National Quilt Extravaganza-Harrisburg, PA
Did anyone go last weekend? It was nice, but not as large as last year. We heard rumors that it will be held in a new location next year. I got to see lots of patterns, fabrics and gadgets, and a one...
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Sewing room-also The World's Greatest Mother-in-Law
Today The World's Greatest Mother-in-Law came to my house for the third or fourth time to help me clear up my "sewing room". She has always been TWGMIL but this is way above & beyond the call of duty....
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Do you ECHO Echo echoooooooo ?
A machine quilting question. Tell us how you echo. I 've tried (or seen) echoing just as close as you can manage to get with the SM foot. I've tried moving out 1/8" or 1/4" in a sort of shadow effect....
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Border Help!
've built myself into a corner and could use some advice. I'm making the above quilt, using Daiwoo fabrics. The clamshell portion of the quilt will be 6x8 clamshells or 60" x 80". The bed it is going...
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Novi, MI
Is anyone going to the Sewing Expo in Novi the end of this month? If so, lets meet u
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about that chain letter I mentioned last week...
It turns out that the girl, Maggie, isn't the reason for the letter - it's her grandmom. I talked to Mom and told her I could get Maggie purple fabric from all over the world, just let me know, and...
 
Free fabric - please take it
I have 2 pieces of black fabric that a friend gave me because I sew. LOL Anyway, it is not cotton so I can't use it. I believe it is some kind of slippery poly or organza. I washed it and the edges...
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Ping Kate G. re chemo caps
Kate, are you okay on chemo cap patterns? Or would you like another one? How about my leftover fleece from when I made caps for my mother? Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.
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Munchkin cabinet #3
Here is a link to the latest and last in the series of Munchkin cabinets. This one was necessitated by my movement of the Janome db from my sewing room, upstairs to the Quilt gallery. There really...
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Prayers and goood thoughts wanted
I thought I coud read and make a few replies here today. I did get to write a follow up on a message of someone's kitty, a conversation I was in, what now feels like a lifetime ago but I know was only...
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OT: Hadron Collider
Have you all watched the news lately? This is the coolest thing. i remember when this started! inCNY Scientists Wednesday applauded as one of the most ambitious experiments ever conceived got...
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Help with buying a machine
Ok...here's my 2 cents. I have about a dozen Touch & Sews in my vintage machine collection. If you haven't sewn before I honestly do not recommend learning on a vintage Touch & Sew machine, or the...
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