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Interfacing
I just checked my bookmarks, and Pam Erny still selling those wonderful swatch sets. But the website says that the swatches are now ten inches by four. (On the other hand, the price has dropped to a...
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9 months ago
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All these years
I thought I was winding the bobbin slowly, but the spool helicoptered off the pin and had to be hunted down anyway. I've been known to put a straw on the pin to make it longer, but I didn't want to...
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9 months ago
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Why didn't I think of this twenty years ago?
I opened the synthetic-thread drawer and selected upholstery thread in a small zipper bag that also contained a bobbin for the treadle machine, a needle stuck into a snippet of red wool, and a large...
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10 months ago
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Manual for JC Penny Free Arm sewing machine model 6923
Need manual for Model 6923
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10 months ago
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Singer cylinder arm 47w66 sews only backwards after new hook installed and timed
Hi, My machine which does not have reverse or a walking foot only sews backwards after I replaced the hook assembly and timed it. I think the problem may be the feed timing? Does anyone know how to...
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11 months ago
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singer cylinder arm machine 47w66 after hook replacement and timing it sews backwards
Hi, My singer cylinder arm machine 47w66 ( not a walking foot) after hook replacement and timing it sews backwards! What did I do wrong? Thank you.
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11 months ago
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That moment of AAARGH!
Arrgh only *almost* happened. At the very last moment I noticed that the tracing wheel in my hand was actually a rotary cutter. I *think* that I have enough left-over fabric that I could have cut...
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11 months ago
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Re: jobs in canada
nice
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11 months ago
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white cord elastic
For a few months, my local sewing and vaccuum store has been ordering white cord elastic in vain. Black cord elastic and finer and coarser white elastics are available, but not white cord elastic. I'm...
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1 year ago
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Re: Oiling Sewing Machine - OK to use 3 in 1 oil?
Well, I just stumbled into this on a google search 25 years later. Keith, if you’re still around, thanks so much for this! Very helpful! Phoebe > Keith Huggett.
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1 year ago
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What is the name of a fold-lock opening?
There is a style of pillow case that works rather like a fold-top sandwich bag. One hems the ends of a strip of fabric as wide as the desired case (plus seam allowances) and a bit more than twice as...
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1 year ago
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Singer Deluxe Monogrammer Cams comparison (2023 Update)
I've just purchased a Singer 401A and want to know if the cams from my Singer Low Shank Deluxe Monogrammer cams will work in the Singer Slant Needle Deluxe Monogrammer. A Monogrammer head is available...
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1 year ago
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pattern is too large for frame (2023 Update)
I have a Brother SE626. I often get a "The pattern is too large for the extra large embroidery frame" error. I think I am within the00mm (4 in.) size at the far left corner of the 4" paper size, but I...
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1 year ago
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Well, duh!
I had torn thirty-four inches of muslin off the roll, zig-zagged the torn edges together, and washed and dryer-dried it several times, and today I sat on the porch to take the zig-zagging out. I was...
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1 year ago
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Do as I say, not as I do.
When you hang a garment on the to-be-repaired hook, pin a note to it saying why, even if you are absolutely, positootly one-hundred percent sure that you will get at it this very day.
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1 year ago
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