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crud!!!
Well, looks like I'm going to have to take my embroidery machine to the shop. :( It won't pick up the bobbin thread. The bobbin thread pulls up but it won't lock the threads together. *sigh* I did all...
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Period dress
Have we seen this before? http://www.costumes.org/HISTORY/100pages/BOOKS/racinet/racinet1.htm
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Source for Navy Blue Terry Cloth?
Hi everyone! I'm new--so glad I found this board! What a great resource. Been struggling trying to find terry cloth (preferably 9oz and not heavy weight) in navy blue. Found French Terry in Navy, but...
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Still struggling with jacket fit
It's been an on and off battle to get my jacket pattern to fit right. The tissue pattern has so much tape on it I decided to buy tracing pellon that I can baste That means I have to trace out the...
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Ping: Polly
Did you finish up on serging your baby blankets? When I serge most things I "finish the seam by using the regular SM to zig-zag over the beginning/end of the serge stitch to lock it. That way I'm sure...
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Totally OT but good for bruised spirits
Hello all, this is something for those in the UK. Perhaps you know it already, but for me it was totally new. And if you don't - here's the link: cousin who's birthday was recently, treated herself...
 
Summer dress
Designed my summer dress this morning: a shin-length T-shirt, crew neck, short sleeves. But I made major changes to my T-shirt sleeve; I'd better cut a toile from the scraps of Villa Olive before the...
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Sewing Cabinet
I have a Singer Athena 2000 and I am trying to find a cabinet for it. Can I use any singer cabinet that I find? Was there a cradle for this model? Are there specific cabinet models with which I should...
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Happy Birthday Ron
Lets all give Ron a great big Happy Birthday wish. What would we do without him? Juno
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<Ping> Juno
The Eaglet Has Landed! you watching? Eaglet is due for its first meal soon. This is almost at fun as sewing! http://www.wvec.com/marketplace/microsite-content/eagle-cam.html
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My Jacket, I hope to get done some day
After a long winter of stops and starts because DH was ill from Christmas until sometime in February and then I needed to have a bunch of medical tests done, I thought I would be able to get a start...
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News from Japan
I don't know if we have anyone here who lives in Japan, if so my heart goes out to all of them, I have been watching the news for the last three hours, it is truly terrible. I hope all the folks in...
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Resetting Timing Babylock BL3-408 Serger
Hello, all. I bought a Babylock serger on craigslist and it worked perfectly. Unfortunately, I was rough on it and it jammed. I couldn't even get the fabric out to look at it. My upper looper broke so...
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locked-up featherweight
Anyone know how to get thread out of bobbin case housing? ------------------------------------- Flying Fish ##-----------------------------------------------## Delivered via Community of the NetWeb...
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Oscar 2011 Red Carpet hits and misses
;-) Hollywood stars grace the red carpet for the 83rd Annual Academy Awards
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