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Is it Thursday already?
This week seems to have flow away... After the start of the Great Laundry Experiment, and my decision to get the special cleaning stuff after all, I turned back to sewing... A couple of weeks back I...
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Suggestion for embroidery thread set?
Not to mention that it gets all worn and fuzzy before you use it up. It's usually a mistake to use a thread that's longer than your arm, but there are expedients -- when working a border where there...
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So-Called "Missing Links" Debunked At Last!
LUCY: Nearly all experts agree Lucy was just a 3 foot tall chimpanzee. HEIDELBERG MAN: Built from a jaw bone that was conceded to be quite human. NEBRASKA MAN: Scientifically built up from one tooth,...
 
Off to the Beach!
everyone, I'm off to the beach for two weeks and then to babysit for 6 days. I'm taking my machine, fabric and patterns. DH will probably say there's no room. OF course there's room, I need them with...
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question on f-stop settings
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Good things
A few weeks ago, well maybe more than that, I posted about Viking emailing me a free copy of my sewing machine manual and also a basic sewing manual and needle guide. I just got around to printing out...
 
Pretty Apron Pattern
Yes, it means I miss a few genuine posts, but there again, people who can't or won't learn to use NGs properly.....
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Nineteen jackets done and delivered
Nineteen jackets done and delivered: brought the jackets to me on Tuesday, and e-mailed thelogo. I had to pull an all-nighter, DGD's club played thisAM and DD let me know last night she wanted to...
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Vicky's Laundrey Experiment Mk II
I soaked the birded bits, and the solid matter has come away. Now soaking in more soap solution, but after talking to the Vulpex man - the creator and developer, not a salesman - I am ordering some of...
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blind hem: use matching color thread or invisible one?
Can invisible threads be used to sew blind hem? This way I only need one "color".
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It's all Sharon's fault!!!
There was an article in this month's V/B/McC maga zine that was about pattern matching. I thought of you when I read it...
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Miss America evening gowns
I was poking around on the internet this afternoon and found on pictures from the Miss USA pagent being aired tonight. They had a photo gallery of the evening gown competition with at least 2 shots of...
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Cheap stash!
I had one of those cold calls yesterday, from a charity... This was a little different! Small local charity that helps with vet bills for those in difficulty. The lady rang me up because after a house...
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newbie winding bobbin question
I bought a brother se350 refurbished. When I wind the bobbin I expected it to stop automatically when the bobbin is full. Instead, it became more jerky (stop and go) when about 75% is wound. I thought...
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Cap adjustment
My husband has inherited the Breton fishing cap from my late father. It is a wool cap in and looks like this It's a bit too big for my husband but he really wants to wear it. Any ideas how I can...
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