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I'm having a severe attack of hats!
Do hats come home to root, like chickens? I seem to have plenty here! No, I *DON'T* make hats, really - I'm not really a milliner... It's just that people like hats to go with their gowns and...
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Singer Machine Model CG-590
I'm watching HSN this morning and they're presenting the Singer CG-590 Commercal Grade sewing machine. I've not been too happy with some of the things I've bought from HSN before and I was wondering...
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how do you tell her ? about her Non fitting style
I have an aquaintance who wears non fitting her style. Everytime i see her, it is a pity to the eye, [not a matter of taste at all], she buys clothes that COST A LOT ,,, but i keep wondering why the...
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Follow up to Outdoor Thread Post
Thanks for the info Kay and Robb, I ended up ordering the size 46 from The Thread Exchange. I looked high and low for the Coats and Clark Outdoor Thread: Joanns, Hancocks, all kinds of home dec fabric...
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Hot PAtterns
Has anyone tried Hot Patterns. I'm particularly partial to this one just have to polish up my pattern altering skills for FBA and rounded galore I think.I really need one nice dress.Juno
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we can make sewing pattern, cut,make sample garments and so on
We are a sewing pattern studio in China, we can make the sewing pattern for your design, make the sample garment according to your pictures,sourcing fabric and so on, please visit our website:...
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WooHoo!!!
I ordered royal blue cotton velvet from in Vancouver B.C. (Canada) on 9/17. They verified by e-mail and shipped on the 18th, tracking said it crossed the border on the 19th. The package came TODAY!...
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Pattern packet photo
Someone was asking about an out of print pattern for pants, capris, shorts that I've got and love. Well I finally got the picture done and up loaded, along with some other stuff 't done any sewing...
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Singer Model 457 Needle Bar
Hi, I'm trying to repair a 40 year old Singer Model 457 machine. After performing enough disassembly to remove a stripped top bevel gear from the vertical shaft of the timing belt pulley, I found that...
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dye remover -- sometimes
Furniture stripper. I *was* wearing an old shirt. Took all the color out, the solid and the check (light blue both) Didn't work so well on a stain of uncertain type and age.
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easier to take it off the bolt
than to put it back on. I got a great deal on something that may be silk (in a color favored by one person I know)... got a bolt from the (former) local store.... Hold the bolt (the tube) at the top,...
 
Fiber Arts & Animals Festival Website
Hello group, I've been talking to quite a few of you off-list. So, I thought I'd let everyone know that I have redesigned our website. I have added a page for our second festival, art quilt exhbiit...
 
Choosing a machine
I want to sew lighter weight leather with fur trim. I like the older machines but a newer one isn't out of the question. I also would like this machine to sew lighter weight fabrics as well. Any...
 
new skirt with flowers
Well yesterday i wore the new skirt with the flowers that are going in all direction , added to it a cream [Indian] cotton shirt , [home made of course !!] + my new green cotton over shirt [ A/ C ] ,...
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Battery said the lights
Yesterday as i opened my Pfaff Creative 1475CD , the litte lit panel , that usually shows sizes of stitiches etcmm falashe BATTERY / Batteria at me,,, this never happened before ,, thus i opened my...
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