Why the cloth wrapping around the arm of vintage machines?
#11
I have industrial machines and have a double layer of fleece wrapped around as an easy pincushion. Just checked, and the Brother logo plate has some pin-dinks in it but the enamel on the machine is perfect.
Actually it's a quad layer because I've serged two strips of fleece together and then wrapped that twice. Couldn't be bothered sewing velcro, it's held in place with two honking great safety pins.
I love it, I can always find the pins/handsewing needles etc I need.
Actually it's a quad layer because I've serged two strips of fleece together and then wrapped that twice. Couldn't be bothered sewing velcro, it's held in place with two honking great safety pins.
I love it, I can always find the pins/handsewing needles etc I need.
#13
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Just thinking out loud, but I could see that having a pin catcher/cushion there would not only be handy to the sewist, but for a while it would keep the pins out of reach of the smaller children who would be curious to see what mama was using. Hmmmm. might have come up with one of my own!
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ROTFLMBO!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE IT! I hate those shoulder pads and I cut them out of every thing.... NOW there really is a USE for them!!!!!!!! YOU made my day! Wonderful idea!
Last edited by miriam; 11-24-2011 at 09:12 AM.
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Yes the rag was for pin cushions--but dont do it because it takes the paint and decals off the vintage machines.I saw some machines on e-bay with the rag on there and I wondered myself until the sewing repair man told me.So dont buy one off e-bay with the rag on it--it probably wont have paint under it.
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