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Janome recalls Elna eXcellence 740 machine
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Maybe good news?
In frustration with the local Singer service shop (you may remember, I took my perfectly working XL5000 in for routine 3-million-stitch cleaning and service, it was returned with several features not...
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12 years ago
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13th century falconer's costume male & female
I went to a very nice small craft fair yesterday and may have a new client for medieval costumes, therefore I am sounding you out on the finer points. The couple are falconers and have been inundated...
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12 years ago
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Free Bra Making notions & findings
Hi, I'm lightening my sewing load and have decided to give away a bunch of stuff for bra making. This includes a lot of decorative straps & matching colored back fasteners cut from commercial bras...
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Another fit of BLING!
And a cage, and some chicken wire... We had two lots of customers coming on Tuesday, plus one on Wednesday evening, so ravenrigan came on Monday as there was a lot to get ready... She started by doing...
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12 years ago
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Volunteer Pattern Weight
Time to sew darts into the bra front lying on the leaf of the treadle. Remove cat, drop onto floor, examine pattern, go to sewing room to fetch chair. Remove cat, drop onto bed, un-pin pattern, carry...
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liquid stitch drying time? Sewing options?
I have some 72" long red tulle fabric that had to have 1" pockets at each end of the 36" width. For the pockets, I was originally going to try just sewing them on a machine but I have to confess that...
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TOT: Old Age Texting Codes
Old Age Texting Codes: ATD -at the doctor. BFF -best friend fell. BTW -bring the wheelchair. BYOT -bring your own teeth. FWIW -forgot where I was. GGPBL -gotta go, pacemaker battery low. GHA -got...
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12 years ago
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stabiliser for cotton jersey
Hello, I am hoping Beverly or one of you other machine embroidery experts will be able to tell me where to get some light backing for machine embroidery onto small cotton bodies/onsies. It's not me...
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12 years ago
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Still fine
There were several tornadoes last night to the south of us. One has destroyed a little town in southern AR called Denning. There was another one just over the state line in Oklahoma, and a possible...
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DONE!
Well all the machine embroidery is done, I still have to iron and fold them. I just finished embroidering the last one. DSIL welded the wobble on my sturdy old ironing board, and I picked it up this...
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OT: All fine here
Hey All, Well, we had some weather last night. I'm about an hour's drive south of Joplin, MO. We didn't have anything like what they had. We did have some rotating storms, but nothing touched down. No...
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12 years ago
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Source for eyelet?
Does anyone have a source for some 17 inch wide eyelet trim? I would prefer cotton but as I haven't been able to find any I would probably be happy to settle for a blend. It could probably be wider...
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12 years ago
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millium - coat lining
I was told the kind of lining to put into an old faux fur coat is millium. I don't seem to be able to find this anywhere. do you have any suggestions on where to find this type of lining? thanx, Kat...
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The Bling Fairies have been at work
You may need sun specs... The bling happens... This is the Naval Captain's coat project. Peter's Legionnaire's coat is a very splendid thing... But it almost gave him heat stroke last summer! He...
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