miriam

I had a blast at the Mini TOGA in June. Cathy was the host for that event. She has a house load of machines, and her garage is way cool since it is full of thousands of parts and two of those Singer 29-?K machines for boot/hat work! She showed me how those machines work. It was fun seeing everyone's work and special treasures that they brought to show and tell. Lots of interesting and different machines to drool over during a TOGA.

I will be teaching how to make simple sewing machine covers for vintage machines.

Well, I'm looking forward to meeting everyone!!![/quote]

vintage cover tutorial?

miriam

http://www.sewusa.com/Sewing_Machine...Singer_301.htm
some tension info - I'm thinking I had a 301 that had tension issues until I took it apart, cleaned it of goo and rust and reassembled. I also read that you should have the pressure foot lever down when you adjust so the tension pin is in the right place.

http://shop.sew-classic.com/Tension-...572-125417.htm this drawing from sew-classic has the best blow up diagram of a tension - I haven't seen the tension pin drawn in anywhere else.

Don't give up on the tension. One day you will get it and wonder why it was so hard.

justtrish

I give up what does toga mean?

quilt addict

[quote=grayhare]I would really like to go also but it is too far and that is the weekend of the San Diego quilt show... :(

greenini

[quote=miriam]

http://www.sewusa.com/Sewing_Machine...Singer_301.htm
some tension info -

Thank you SO much, I need to oil my new 301 and this is perefect, I just printed it out so I can get it all oilly rather then oil the computer :lol:

Lostn51

This machine has been redone sometime in its life. Usually they will remove the badge but this could well have been a factory authorized dealer and the customer picked through a catalog of decals that they really liked. At one time I had some sheets of these aftermarket decals (several different designs) but somebody wanted them more than I did so they dropped a rather large sum of money in my pocket to take them off of my hands. I imagine I will find more as I buy out these OSMG's so I am not that worried.


Billy

vintagemotif

This makes sense now. I'm still trying to recall where I saw this decal motif. I googled images but haven't found it yet, but I do know that I have seen this decal on at least one younger machine, 66 or 15.

vintagemotif

I am interested in making a sewing machine cover. Is it a hands on class? If so what is the price and what do I bring? Do tell all. Kathie[/quote]

I was planning that folks make there own cover that day, or at least most of the cover.

Don't tell anyone...but I have never done any of this before.
Never taught a how to quilt or sew this ( only my daughter for sewing clothes) class to others. This should be fun!!!

And I have never made a cover for a sewing machine. I'm going to be busy here this weekend making at least two different covers. I saw one very cute tie-on-the-side cover that I will copy.

I will be making a list of materials, print outs of examples, and directions for the two different covers.

So, this will not be a total "blind leading the blind" class.

And then sometime near future, I will post a tutorial on the QB for sewing machine covers. EEKS!!!!!

quilt addict

[quote=vintagemotif]sorry I cannot make the class. I am sure you will be great. :thumbup:

I look forward to seeing the tutorial in the future. 8-)

chris_quilts

[quote=miriam]Miriam; Thank you for these two sites. Both are superb. ~ Chris