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"form" for toddler?
I am going to attempt some basic clothes/sleepers for the grandson and I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions for creating an EASY basic form that I could use to make adjustments since staying...
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Galashiels Fabric--Any Info?
I found a nice length of suiting fabric (a little over 3 yards at 60" wide) at my local second-hand shop for a very low price. Stamped on the wrong side near the selvedge is an indistinct logo inside...
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Playing with holes!
Boning chanels and eyelets: The Saga Continues... You know something? That calico was a serious error! Bloody stuff stretches like elastic! GRR! ARGH! to quote a phrase... It made a right mess of my...
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Playing with bones!
Corset bones, that is... I could never see why so may of my renfair and other corset making pals were using cable ties instead of real boning, and saying how wonderful they were, so I thought I'd try...
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Something 'Worth' seeing
Nice story... A few odd things along the way, but a happy ending. I just wish I could do something this bonkers and beautiful! I'm part way through a big, big project that I should've been posting...
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OT: Beach
Well guys, I'm off to the beach again tomorrow. Last trip of the year. I'll be gone 1 or 2 weeks. It all depends on the weather. Keep sewing and hope your power doesn't go off Juno
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bobbin holder
I have a kenmore sewing machine model 385. 17628 For some insane reason I took the bobbin holder out and now cannot replace it properly---it keeps moving and the thread just all tangles up and I am...
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Very OT
Even with a laptop, you need a connection. My DSL is through the phone line, my modem has to plug in and so does my router.
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Good news - again OT ;-)
Ursala, Thanks for sharing the great news. I am very glad to know little Christine is okay, but there were some scary minutes, I know. BTDT. I've found out over time, though, that children are, for...
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Sewing 1950s style
Emily Bengston wrote in news:C6EB61F5.7794% They're in the Butterick and Vogue pattern books, as well as on display in a Simplicity thing at Hancock. I'm using a Butterick pattern for one of them.
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Pfaff Hobby 360
I bought a Pfaff Hobby serger in the 80s, and it's still going strong. One of my DD's decided she had to have it the first time she saw. Since I had recently purchased another Pfaff serger that does...
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Bithday cake (It's chocolate, so not really OT at all! ;) )
More uses than you can shake a stick at. http://www.wackyuses.com/vaseline.html
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Art Quilt Exhibit - Oct 3 & 4
Also it's quite a ways from Houston, TX. I've never been in the state of Michigan, although I've lived in Chicago and in several cities in Wisconsin. -- Emily
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Needing a Manual for a Pfaff 130
Yahoo groups, oldpfaffpforum (old pfaff forum in regular talk)
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vacuums?
By the time MIL and three sisters got done coddling him, I think I was fighting a losing battle. There were a couple of wives in there, too..... You've got to chose your battles carefully, even with...
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