Craft Forum / Textile / Sewing / March 2009

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Horray, horray it's that day again. Our electricity has now officially
switched over to cheap summer rate!!!( It's a complicated system, don't
ask me to go into details) so I now no longer have to work around not
using the washing machine, iron and sewing machine at certain ...

You lot have been as busy as me!  Lovely stuff, those prom dresses and
skating costumes.
Pix soon, I promizzzZZZzzzZZZzzz.  Scisors need to cool down, sewing
machine still glowing cherry red, iron has melted!  Fingers dropping off

I decided to sew something fun for me!  But while spending a
goodly amount of time straightening and tidying the sewing
room, I came across a navy flannel king-size top sheet DD
asked me to repair a couple of weeks ago.  The hem had come

Looking for an older (1950's-1970's) machine I can slow down for fussy
work. My research has only shown up the Elna Grasshopper and the Viking
Husqvarna series 20 machines. Hard to find.
Anyone know of any others? The Grasshopper uses a gear to slip in the

Its been awhile since I last checked in. Anyone know of a sewing teacher
in Guelph Ontario who teaches kids.  
I have my dd, she's 6 this week, in in sewing lessons.  She loves it and
seems to do ok.  I really like the teacher and don't really want to leave

I have 20 yards of orange satin charmeuse (poly) for a cancelled
project.
It is on sale CHEAP if you have any need of it............let me know.
Pat in AR.

As several of you know, I have grandbabies in both California and the
U.K.  It really is time for me to set up some type of system whereby
they can SEE me as well as talking to me.
I have broadband, and a Micro-cam which the son of a friend pushed me

I received a lot of upholstery grade fabric samples made by Malden
Mills from a very generous lady.  The fabrics are mostly velvet.  Now
I need ideas on what to make.  The samples are either 2ft or 1ft
squares, and there are probably 100 of them!  First off, I'm going to

Hey All,
DMIL took her Bernina 830 to the shop in December.  It was not winding
bobbins.  The SMG cleaned and all that.  Then they have been waiting on a
replacement bobbin winder.  Apparently the factory warehouse in Switzerland

I know, this has been through a million times here, but I have to ask again:
Up to which publishing date is the above-mentioned book the valuable guide
to tailoring, including all kinds of hand-sewing techniques? I remember this
being discussed in here. I've got the book in ...

We have a doorbell...
Those who have visited us will know it sounds rather like an old
fashioned fire bell.  It is LOUD!  The reason is that when we are out
the back, with washer and dryer grinding their teeth, we want to hear it.

After the practice last night, I had the girls try on their costumes
without the skirts.  They all fit!  Since the fabric doesn't have all
that much stretch and I had to measure most of them on a cold day at the
semi-enclosed rink when they were wearing snow suits, I was a bit ...

I have a White serger that is over 15 years old that is not working very
well lately so am in the market for a new serger.  We were led to believe
that White was an Elna serger at the time we purchased.  We since found
out that is not the case.  I have had an Elna regular sewing ...

.....but this one is well worth watching! You need sound on as well.
http://spedr.com/5n8ks