Originally Posted by SnowQuilt

I have a beautiful and smooth running Kenmore machine, I have tried to date it but with no luck. I would appriciate any help. The Serial # is 0003701 No letter. Model # is 158.18011. Thank you. It has about 40 discs, and many attachments. I love using it.

Patti

Originally Posted by BARES

Wondering about that for a quilt I made 30 years ago. It was well used. I still haven't decided if I will do it myself or just forget it. Keeping the Quiltdoctor in mind tho. Thanks. BTW I am celebrating my 41 anniversary tomorrow. No kids either. Couldn't have them after my accident when I was 18.

Originally Posted by J Miller

Nancy and Candice,

The small spools with the large hole is actually a machine quilting thread, so I don't think there would be a problem with that. The large serger cones full of thread, would not be used for a bed sized quilt, but I am making a cover quilt, or better yet a quilted cover for one of my treadle machines. So the lesser strength would not be a problem.

I wonder since this thread is so much thinner and lighter if I could run two cones at once through this machine even though it only uses one needle?
Hark another experiment has just been born!

Joe

Originally Posted by Greeter Eva

Hi, I really find this thread very interesting. I wish I had room to get more vintage machines. I have two Featherweight Singers & my Janome. I named my Featherweights after my grandmas. Anna & Maria. Lately I have been thinking of a machine I had years ago. My ML was a great seamstress , so when we were married , my DH thought I had to sew too. I don't regret that he had this idea, as I have done a lot of sewing, but quilting in later years. In 1959 my DH baught me a brand new Domestic at The T. Eaton co. As years went by companies came out with fancier machines, & guess what? I thought I had to have something newer, so got rid of the Domestic. Now I'm so sorry I did , & would just love to see one.My Domestic was green & kind of a bronze color, & I believe it had about 10 disks , for some fancy stitches.I hope someone has one & can at least show me a pic. Thankyou so much in advance. Eva

Originally Posted by vintagemotif

Heehee....Okay Nancy knows from the last mini TOGA at Cathy's home that I'm a person that thinks outside the box and has the attitude of it looks good enough to me.

I'm enjoying this conversation on threads. Sometimes I just love to tests the waters or push that box, as I'm presently doing by experimenting with a thread for use in quilting.

I pieced the quilt I'm presently working on with the proper thread for the piece work. But, when it came time to match the right color grey thread to the fabric, all I could find is the Gutermann Toldi-Lock which is that thin thread you are talking about. I know it may not hold up in the quilting. I hemmed and hawed over should I use this or not, and my stupidity took over and won. Yes, I could have gone with a different color thread, but that was not the look I wanted. So, now I'm using this thread in my quilting. I'm running straight lines with two lines being about an 1/4 inch apart. This is a lap size quilt that will be used during the winter holidays only.

I figure worse comes to worse and the thread doesn't hold, I'll just re-quilt the dang thing.

Somewhere in any quilt's life the fabric and thread wears down and breaks, and then repairs need to be done or the quilt gets shelved away.

I don't want it to be next winter that I'm repairing this quilt; but if so, I'll let you all know.