Vintage Sewing Machine Shop.....Come on in and sit a spell

Closed Thread Subscribe

Page 1919 of 4479

1919

Thread Tools

07-05-2011, 12:41 PM

#19181

miriam

Power Poster

Join Date: Mar 2011

Location: Somewhere

Posts: 15,507

Quote:

Originally Posted by Honchey

Quote:

Originally Posted by miriam

Quote:

Originally Posted by Miz Johnny

Probably isn't what you're thinking, and if it happens to be, probably of the growing wild variety. It grew wild all over where I grew up (Iowa) and here (Kentucky) as well. It used to be grown here for rope, too. If you're worried, though, you can call the police station and ask them to send someone out. Or set fire to it and get to know your neighbors in a whole new way!!

Quote:

Originally Posted by miriam

Quote:

Originally Posted by AbbyQuilts

Quote:

Originally Posted by BoJangles

Miriam this is so funny, although, I think I'd have called the authorities just to protect myself! I have gotten poison oak so bad so many times that now I am not allergic to it. When we first bought our ranch there was a ton of poison oak - after years of clearing it away -- getting it all over my body - we have gotten rid of most of it, and I don't get it any more. I can go riding and pull it off the trail with my bare hands! I love it! That is nasty stuff!

Nancy

Nancy
Its funny when I read that I thought you were telling Miriam to call the police about the poison IVY lol. I am thinking they cant do anything about that. I had to re read her post several times before I got it
:mrgreen:

Not on my A game today

This is getting less and less funny - it's all over every where. AND the pictures aren't quite the same as the ones on the net - no jagged teeth on the leaves. I hate to take a cutting in to the garden store and ask if it is some kind of herb or call the cops and have them arrest me... it's in my house next door's yard too... sure is pretty and smells good.

uh we have both houses... both empty.... the other one sure smells like mold..... no telling in that neighborhood.... The plan is to live in one and turn the other into sewing studio/shop space/storage.... pretty small place.... huge yard and 3 garages - lots of tall pretty plants with not jaggy but fan shaped leaves....... 'o/ Make a nice FM pattern I bet... Can't you see that hanging on my clothes line??? I figure to see if the elderly lady next door knows about those pretty plants but she told us the house was 100 years old and we KNOW it isn't. HHHHMMMMMM she does smoke.... It has been suggested that we might look for a starving rock band and ask them if they want to trim the plants..... we would find out real fast that way I betcha. BUT I do like the idea of setting them on fire - if there wasn't a wood fence in the middle of it all I'd probably do it - make the whole neighborhood happy for a while... Oh what the heck the fence isn't so much... I figure on signs that say "please don't trample the poison ivy" and "pet the skunk at your own risk" to hold it together.

Whatever you do...do NOT burn the poison ivy...if you happen to inhale any of the smoke from it you can get poison ivy in your lungs, throat, etc. It can be deadly.

too late for that

07-05-2011, 01:45 PM

#19182

BoJangles

Super Member

Join Date: Apr 2010

Location: Rescue, California

Posts: 4,585

Quote:

Originally Posted by quiltdoctor

You are one lucky lady!! I'd like to see a picture of the cabinet of your Singer 15-88. Looks like one I just recently bought.

Texas Jan

Here you go! My 'go to' machine. He does it all, plus has reverse!

Nancy

1939 Singer Model 15-88 AF213702

[ATTACH=CONFIG]221418[/ATTACH]

Attached Thumbnails

07-05-2011, 01:53 PM

#19183

BoJangles

Super Member

Join Date: Apr 2010

Location: Rescue, California

Posts: 4,585

Quote:

Originally Posted by AbbyQuilts

Quote:

Originally Posted by BoJangles

Well, you not being on your 'A' game gave me a good laugh! Thank you!

Anyway, I did kind of run it all together!

Nancy

07-05-2011, 01:57 PM

#19184

miriam

Power Poster

Join Date: Mar 2011

Location: Somewhere

Posts: 15,507

Quote:

Originally Posted by BoJangles

Quote:

Originally Posted by quiltdoctor

You are one lucky lady!! I'd like to see a picture of the cabinet of your Singer 15-88. Looks like one I just recently bought.

Texas Jan

Here you go! My 'go to' machine. He does it all, plus has reverse!

Nancy

nice rig!!!!! I'd love to find one like that around here.

07-05-2011, 02:27 PM

#19185

missgigglewings

Super Member

Join Date: Oct 2009

Location: Seguin and Universal City Tx

Posts: 1,969

Thanks to Billy..she is cleaned, back together and running! Very quietly, I might add!

Here are before and after pictures of La Vencendora:

Before

[ATTACH=CONFIG]221431[/ATTACH]

After

[ATTACH=CONFIG]221432[/ATTACH]

After--close up

[ATTACH=CONFIG]221433[/ATTACH]

Oh Yeah...I had 2 pieces left over...hmm

[ATTACH=CONFIG]221434[/ATTACH]

Attached Thumbnails

07-05-2011, 02:32 PM

#19186

nsberd

Member

Join Date: Jul 2011

Posts: 2

This is great, just found out my grandmother's machine is a Dearing, do you know anything about these?

07-05-2011, 03:18 PM

#19187

chris_quilts

Super Member

Join Date: Dec 2009

Location: leavenworth, ks

Posts: 3,093

Quote:

Originally Posted by nsberd

This is great, just found out my grandmother's machine is a Dearing, do you know anything about these?

No, I don't. But please post a picture so we all can see what it looks like. Is she an electric or people powered machine? Curious minds want to know. ~ Chris

07-05-2011, 03:21 PM

#19188

Lostn51

Banned

Thread Starter

Join Date: Oct 2009

Location: Bikini Bottom

Posts: 5,652

Quote:

Originally Posted by missgigglewings

Thanks to Billy..she is cleaned, back together and running! Very quietly, I might add!

Here are before and after pictures of La Vencendora:

I love it!!!

Now the two pieces that you have left over are: The washer that goes on top of the spring for the presserfoot bar where the tension thumb screw goes. And the screw I am still thinking on that one...... Oh I bet it is the second screw that fastens the motor to the bracket.

Billy

07-05-2011, 04:23 PM

#19189

miriam

Power Poster

Join Date: Mar 2011

Location: Somewhere

Posts: 15,507

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kas

Quote:

Originally Posted by AbbyQuilts

Quote:

Originally Posted by miriam

it's leaves aren't jagged like in the pictures on line

If the leaves do not look like the ones on the internet then its not it. You probably have a weed. Also the fact that its in your yard and the neighbors points to a weed as well.

Hope the poison ivy clears up. I have never gotten it but heard its painful

You probably have a weed? LOL! Isn't that what she was afraid of? Still giggling over here! How many leaves does it have?

5 & 7 fanned leaves - actually there are 3 plants that I saw - some shoots come up out of the ground and are pretty tall before they get a leaf. Some stalks have several branches with leaves on the ends. They have white flowers on the ends - very fragrant. DH told me they were all along the fence. He was referring to jewel weed. He got it mixed up because it is right in there with the beautiful fragrant white flowered very tall plant that isn't poison ivy or jewel weed. DH can't tell a dandelion from a clover.... under there I saw some day lilies that were too crowded to get day light. There are azaleas and some nice ground covers lots of spring bulbs. There are also some huge trees that used to be ornamental and pretty. Then there are locust trees and mulberry trees EVERYWHERE in the same garden. I don't think I have poison ivy too bad - just a ton of bug bits and they cleared up - benedryl helped a lot