Originally Posted by
miriam
I wish I still had my Singer 111. My wildest project was a couple WWII officers tents. There were two tents and 3 awnings. Two awnings over the tents and one between. There were grommets in the side walls to roll the walls. Used in Philippines. A couple vets saw the tents set up at Fort Knox and commented that they didn’t think there was any of those left. I went down to Fort Knox and got the blue prints copied at the library. I’m thinking I used every scrap of the bolt of fabric. Canvac treatment. Like sewing on a crayon.
Awesome! At first I thought you meant you sewed them during the war!
You made them for yourself? Where does one get that sort of fabric? I'm kind of at a loss where to get my fabric from...there are some stores around here but I'm pretty sure they only sell home type stuff for clothes etc.