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Volunteer Pattern Weight
Time to sew darts into the bra front lying on the leaf of the treadle. Remove cat, drop onto floor, examine pattern, go to sewing room to fetch chair. Remove cat, drop onto bed, un-pin pattern, carry...
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liquid stitch drying time? Sewing options?
I have some 72" long red tulle fabric that had to have 1" pockets at each end of the 36" width. For the pockets, I was originally going to try just sewing them on a machine but I have to confess that...
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TOT: Old Age Texting Codes
Old Age Texting Codes: ATD -at the doctor. BFF -best friend fell. BTW -bring the wheelchair. BYOT -bring your own teeth. FWIW -forgot where I was. GGPBL -gotta go, pacemaker battery low. GHA -got...
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12 years ago
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stabiliser for cotton jersey
Hello, I am hoping Beverly or one of you other machine embroidery experts will be able to tell me where to get some light backing for machine embroidery onto small cotton bodies/onsies. It's not me...
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12 years ago
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Still fine
There were several tornadoes last night to the south of us. One has destroyed a little town in southern AR called Denning. There was another one just over the state line in Oklahoma, and a possible...
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DONE!
Well all the machine embroidery is done, I still have to iron and fold them. I just finished embroidering the last one. DSIL welded the wobble on my sturdy old ironing board, and I picked it up this...
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12 years ago
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OT: All fine here
Hey All, Well, we had some weather last night. I'm about an hour's drive south of Joplin, MO. We didn't have anything like what they had. We did have some rotating storms, but nothing touched down. No...
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12 years ago
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Source for eyelet?
Does anyone have a source for some 17 inch wide eyelet trim? I would prefer cotton but as I haven't been able to find any I would probably be happy to settle for a blend. It could probably be wider...
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12 years ago
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millium - coat lining
I was told the kind of lining to put into an old faux fur coat is millium. I don't seem to be able to find this anywhere. do you have any suggestions on where to find this type of lining? thanx, Kat...
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12 years ago
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The Bling Fairies have been at work
You may need sun specs... The bling happens... This is the Naval Captain's coat project. Peter's Legionnaire's coat is a very splendid thing... But it almost gave him heat stroke last summer! He...
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Pajama pants? now I know
I've wondered for some time why folks were bothering to stitch pajama pants when they surely could be bought ready-made for just a few dollars. Wrong. Waiting for the computer to sift and sort the...
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12 years ago
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More Pirate frock, and yards of lace!
More progress on the pirate outfit: Yup. I want lace... The chemise to go under the Pirate Dress is almost done. There's a lot of it... One and a half widths of sheeting in the body, and half a width...
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12 years ago
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Singer Magic Steam Press CSP-1
Hi. I have this steam press but no instructions. Does anyone have a manual or can give me a quick rundown on how to operate it, please? Any tricks to using it? thanks for any help....
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12 years ago
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electric scissor
I've been having trouble with my right hand and find it difficult to use regular scissors on heavier fabric. I'm OK with light weight stuff. All of which brings me back to the age old discussion of...
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12 years ago
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a Feather-Weight Singer?
a good machine? worth the prices they want now?
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12 years ago
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