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Old 03-26-2012, 11:02 PM
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Janis
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Originally Posted by Muv View Post
Joe,

I don't sell stuff. Try www.helenhowes-sewingmachines.co.uk for feet and attachments.

3/6 (or 3s 6d) is 3 shillings and sixpence, old money, replaced by the decimal system in 1971. There were 12 pennies in a shilling and 20 shillings in a pound. So in new money 3/6 is 17 and a half pence. I'll let you convert it and allow for inflation.

Stoppaxes are very hard to come by if you want one. Helen Howes has one for £25 because it is so rare. I found one in the odds and ends with a sewing machine I bought a couple of years ago and searched the internet and found the instructions. I haven't tried it out yet - I've only just started FMQ and have used a hopping foot, like the one at the bottom left in the second picture.

A video on FMQ is on the list of things to do, but I will have to improve first!
I wrote to helenhowes a while back to see if I could order something, but she just takes paypal, which I don't have, so I'm out of luck in getting things that she is selling.
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