For the quilter who has everything

I love that! I absolutely love it.

Karen, Queen of Squishies

Howdy!

serves the same purpose, perfect for delicate wash & rinse cycles, spin cycle appropriate to laundered items; also doubles as a cat litter box or stash holder. Similar product(s) can be found at the Dollar Store.

R/S

A salad spinner works very nicely, too, and is a heck of a lot cheaper!

I have that fancy schmantzy Bosch front load washer. Everything goes in that until the end of time with what that sucker cost. I do have to admit it is very gentle and does a very delicate wash. I still wish I had kept my old Maytag. : ( Taria

Sandy Ellis> Howdy!

Debra wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:

That may be the cutest thing I've ever seen!

Problems with the front loader or what? Do tell cause I am in the market for one.

How cute!! I love that. Thanks for posting the link! Never heard of them.

Sherry

I love my front loader. I will NEVER purchase anything else.

Yes, the cycles are longer, but that is so the little soap and water in there can get throughout all the clothes to do the job properly. What do you mean by foaming? Are you talking about excess suds causing the machine to run longer? If so, how does it automatically add more time to the cycle? Did you know that a little liquid fabric softener will cut down suds in a wink? I keep some on hand just for that purpose.

I take it that you don't have a "quick cycle" option that would give you a shorter wash cycle to use on lightly soiled or small loads, or even the ability to tell the machine light, medium, or heavy soil for various timed loads like I do on my machine. I'm sorry to hear that. I can also choose several levels of spin speed from zero to nearly warp speed, but yours sounds like it spins at true warp speed if your dryer isn't removing the wrinkles from the washing machine out so that you have to iron everything after drying. I wish your machine had as many options as mine because I think you would be a lot happier. Debra in VA See my quilts at

Taria-

I feel badly that you aren't absolutely thrilled with the 6600 and using it like crazy... I LOVE mine! That extra throat space is AMAZING!!! I wish I could sew- right now!!!- but the hip really isn't ready for any sewing marathons- once I get started, I just can't stop. VBG I hope you will find your comfort zone with it and have a blast! I'm glad you have scheduled the classes... hoping that gets your 'creativity' flowing again.

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.

It isn't that I don't love it is is more that I am hesitant about using it. I have done some basic piecing and some buttonhole stitch applique but it can do so much more. Just piecing seems almost wasteful on it! I need to take the classes, learn all about it and be able to just sit down and use it. I have really had fits and starts in my sewing since last year when we moved. It gets better and then drags again. I'll report back after the classes. Taria

Leslie & The Furbabies > Taria-

Howdy!

Dear Grumpy, Get a cold drink, take 2 fat quarters & lie down for a while.

*pat*pat* on the shoulder: It'll be okay. Those big ol' mean machines won't hurt you, really, they won't.

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R/Sandy --please e' me your addy (I have the old one), I'll send ice when I finally get back to the post office which is uphill (slight incline) from the parking lot ; I can almost walk it

Foaming. Are you using the special low sudsing powder or liquid which is made especially for front loaders? Is Biz made low sudsing, or is it meant for top loaders. I use one which comes in little dissolvable sachets (very pretty!) and they don't make suds, and there is no need to use any other product with them unless there is something like a horrible stain.

In UK almost everyone has front loaders and so it is difficult to get the wrong powder/liquid, and there are so many to choose from - Biological, Non-Bio, special for coloureds, special for wools, special for blacks etc. in each make. Our liquid which I think is equiv. to Biz is called Vanish, but that doesn't cause suds.

We only buy Bosch - Dishwasher was passed on to DSIL and is almost 25 years old. As Bosch is a European make (German) do they understand that machines are mainly top loaders in the US and therefore the foaming products are counted as the normal/usual ones? It may just be that they are geared towards European/non foaming washing products, in which case they wouldn't know Biz.

I'm glad you scheduled a class for the sewing machine. Wouldn't want you to hate that. LOL

Yeah, I agree that change is sometimes hard to deal with. I think I am more satisfied with mine because it works so much better than my old machine. Nothing helps you like something new more than the new being a big improvement over the old. But, my machine doesn't change it's run time by itself during a cycle either, it just runs a pre-set cycle time and ends. That would aggravate me no end if it changed according to the machine whim.

Debra in VA See my quilts at

Here the right laundry products are HE (high efficiency) for front loaders. The Biz is not HE and I haven't figured out how to use it without a fuss. Maybe there isn't a way. The part that kind of irked me is that Biz nor Bosch was any help. This particular washer has in addition to the book a printing on the machine that says use 2/3 cup and the most I can use is 2 Tbs. This is a huge difference. The kid at the bosch line laughed and said it was a mistake. I had about 3 weeks of laundry, just moved and was fighting this expensive machine (while following every direction in the book I had just about memorized by that time)and the kid laughed. He was about

60 miles away and if I had time and knew his exact location I would have driven down and beat him. We were looking into a Bosch water heater but decided to scrap the plan cause their service here is so poor. Hopefully that will change with time. I am just cranky about change and that hasn't helped. I tease I was born 100 years late but I don't think I'd get along with a wash board either! Thanks for the ideas. Taria

Sally Sw>

Taria-

I don't use Biz, but I do use Boraxo because of our hard water. I just toss the powder into the front loader before I shut the door and then use the detergent and softener dispensers. But mine is a Kenmore so it may be different??? I have found with the HE detergents (I use Gain) that I will have some foam on the door when the cycle is finished if I use as much as they say in the directions. My clothes hardly ever get dirty- just un-fresh- so I really don't worry about heavy duty cleaning. The Boraxo is more for the hard water than a cleaning booster. (I do not like computers, VCRs, or anything else gadget-y..... except for my sewing machine! VBG)

LOL

Thanks Taria and I'm sorry you're having such a hard time.