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serger feed dog not working
I wrote Babylock today and hoping to get a reply from them. I have an old B= abylock 5180 that has worked for many years with no problem (I purchased it= new many years ago). I tried to use it...
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OT: storm
Polly, I hope you are in a high ,dry area. This is also for any one who is in the storms general vicinity. Juno
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keep loosing the thread out of the last hole of the lower looper while serging
so i've been trying to figure out what's going on for 2 days...i have a sim= plicity SL350 serger...very simple machine...and i've been using it without= any problems...i sewed some gathered edging to...
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Spread the addiction
I'm indoctrinating my 11 y.o. Gdd. She is now officially a Sewing Godde= ss. Yesterday she machine-embroidered (using free-hand zig-zag and random-curvy= lines)a pillow-top, and finished sewing a...
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Serger - Timing maybe?
I just received a Juno 3434D model serger from a friend of mine, and it was= bounced around in the mail a lot, and I think it knocked the timing off or= something. When I lower the needle to try and...
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Industrial Serger - Stuck Crankshaft / Handwheel / Differential
Hi All. =20 My wife recently purchased a Wilcox & Gibbs Industrial 5-Thread Serger (515= -4-52). The handwheel and crankshaft mechanism are completely stuck and on= ly rotate about 1/8" in either...
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Dying of the pretty! Dress diary
I finally posted the dress diary of making the wedding gown: A week ago now, this minute, I was carefully packing the gown and veil for delivery... And for once ravenrigan and I did not have to make...
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Good for a chuckle
And it's On Topic here August 02, 2012
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Coals to New Castle?
At the risk of the above, if anyone doesn't know of this site, she might find it as much fun as I do. I've never bought a thing from them, but they loyally send me their newsletter. Oh, yeah - it's...
 
<PING> Juno
In case you don't get sale e-mails from they are having a rayon challis sale:
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Jackets
Ursula, I found these 2 patterns today I thought you might like to have a look at. With you could probably make changes in them to come up with something very close to the Garbo Jacket. The first...
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Rubik's Sewing Room!
The Great House Shuffle has started... The GMNT outgrew his room (all of 5'11" wide by 8" long, plus a square for the door!), so is moving into the sewing room. Su and I have outgrown the sewing room,...
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PING @ Cea
Hi Cea, everybody round here seems to know you so well; only me, who has been posting here for perhaps only four or five years has no idea who you are. Yes, it's a bit bold to ask but perhaps you feel...
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Pattern slipped from dress
I 'slipped' a pattern from a favorite sundress, and finally got around to= sewing it today. Couldn't, of course, find a similar soft rayon blend fabr= ic,so I bought some pretty pink/grey print,a...
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Loes Hinse
Hello all, and Juno! Juno pointed me to Loes Hinse design for my tweed jacket pattern, and I promptly fell for the Garbo jacket. When I tried to order, it turned out that the cost would increase by...
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