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Viscount 838 Manual needed please
------------------------------------- Hi, new to this site. Desperately want to start reusing my sewing machine, but can't find the manual and can't get it to stitch correctly. Anyone have any idea...
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Ping! Joanne/Pogonip
The package arrived save and sound! THANK YOU! :) :) No keeping eyes peeled for working machine to play with...
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I hope you're sitting down
Or at least holding onto something steady. DH is leaving Thursday for a trip, and asked me to fix his little carryon bag, the strap on which had come apart, being poorly stitched to begin with. OK,...
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319k
Hi, I am hoping someone can help me. I have just acquired a 319K without a handbook. If anyone has a handbook for this beautiful machine would they mind emailing me a copy. Your help would be greatly...
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Tension Problem
I have an Alpha Sew walking foot machine that I recently purchased used from an individual that told me it was never used. I am trying to sew heavy sail fabric. I can=92t seem to get the tension...
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Kenmore 385-19606
I just bought a close out model at Sears. It is a Kenmore 385 19606 a reliable? What problems does the machine have. And just who makes it and what model? Buster
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making vestments
Hi, Knowing the diverse experience of the folks on this group, I thought I'd ask if anyone has made any. I'm interested in trying to make a chasuble and stole; I'm Episcopalian (Anglican to...
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interfacing
Okay, I do understand what "understitching" is when it comes to collars, but i'm making a dress and it claims to be "easy", but I'm totally not understanding what understitching means in this context....
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Instruction Manual for a Brother's BAS-320
Could anyone tell me where I might find a market for an Instruction Manual for a Brother's BAS-320 sewing machine? Thank you Michael
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Adjusting Vintage Vogue Pattern V2962
Hey everyone! I haven't sewn clothing in years (mostly draperies and straight seams) and have decided (however unwittingly) to make my eldest daughter's wedding dress from this pattern. She is a size...
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Chlorine-resistant elastic?
I just got a query from a reader of my website: which elastic fibers are resistant to chlorine? To which my answer was "duh". I haven't gone into a swimming pool since the 1980s, so I've never cared...
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I'm goin' to Nashville!
:-) :-) :-) !!! DGD placed well in the competition today, she's guaranteed a spot on the team representing the Northwest Region going to the Nationals Highland Dance in Nashville, Tennessee in July....
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Welcome Sewists and new posters! Here are some guidelines to posting to the sewing newsgroups. In case you are wondering where you are and how you got here, you are in a newsgroup, AKA "Usenet" which...
 
SNAFU
Today I want to complete a Victorian corset. I need to sew the eyelets. I want to use LITTLE eyelet holes... I have a lovely eyelet embroidery kit Himself bought me for Christmas. This is the first...
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Need fabric recommendation for lawn targets
I would like to make several targets for practicing golf shots. These would be circles of various sizes from from about a 1-yard radius up to a 5-yard radius -- possibly a bit larger. I have been...
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