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Got a cleaver tip

Now that I am healthy enough to get out these days, I went to a quilt show over the past weekend.

I ran into a friend who owns a SM store in Alabama. Her husband is the SM repairman.

I was telling her about my over filling my bobbins causing my machine to jam up and having problems with picking out all the thread that unwinds in the bobbin area of the machine. She chuckled and said most machines get jammed that way.

She said if you can get hold of the thread and hang on to it, just turn the wheel backwards and the thread will unwind all in one piece, and she showed me how to adjust the bobbin winder to I don't overfill anymore.

I felt so dumb for not being able to figure out something so simple. What a "Senior Moment".

Kate T.

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Kate T.
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Kate! do we have to watch you all the time? You don't want a cleaver trick. Have mercy! A cleaver is one of those hefty whackers a butcher uses. We quilters are dangerous enough with rotary blades. A clever trick is okay. I need to go find my fainting couch. Polly

"Kate T." Now that I am healthy enough to get out these days, I went to a quilt

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Polly Esther

LOL! This is NOT a spelling flame, and I loved your tip. I'll remember it --- But when I read the header, I thought it was a new way to cut fabric!!! You scared me.

Sherry

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Sherry

YOu say clever, I say cleaver? LOL Taria

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Taria

I think I beat you to the fainting couch, Polly. I really did expect to hear about someone's fingers in terrible danger.

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Sandy

Our Susan is quite skilled with die-cutting. Wonder if she's thought of using a cleaver? Polly

"Sandy" I think I beat you to the fainting couch, Polly. I really did

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Polly Esther

Wonderful idea, and I will try it next time that happens.

BTW, after the dreadful thing that happened in my neighborhood a few months ago, I hesitated to open the post. The word "cleaver" sends shivers up my spine even now.

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Carolyn McCarty

good idea...but i was skeptical to read this one too. thought maybe someone was a month late with halloween...

it is a good tip tho...

amy in CNY

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amy in CNY

I guess I've gotten so used to 5th graders' incorrect spellings that I didn't even notice! I knew right away that it was "clever."

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Kay Ahr

Y'all have such gruesome minds!! *I* thought of Mrs. Cleaver's boy, The Beaver! LOL PAT in Virginia

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Pat in Virginia

Look, Pat. You haven't met our Kate T and I have. If she says she has a cleaver trick, we have all been warned. I'm not one to doubt her. Polly

"Pat in Virginia" Y'all have such gruesome minds!! *I* thought of Mrs. Cleaver's boy, The

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Polly Esther

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You made my morning, fer sure Butterfly (LOL)

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Butterflywings

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