Colorado Get Together - August 3, 2019 part 1
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We had a somewhat smaller group this month, with a couple of our regulars unable to attend. Thinking that this might result in fewer pictures, we are including a picture of the Perkins restaurant where we meet. (first Saturday every month at 10AM)
The group included Dorothy, Carol, James, Janey and John.
Dorothy told us a little bit about what's going on with her job and her work. She is the only one in our group who sews professionally.
We talked briefly about how the advent of sewing machines changed the clothing industry from what hand-made clothing had been. We talked a little about sweatshops and the famous Triangle factory fire.
Janey brought a White buttonholer to show James.
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Janey has recently re-discovered a sewing show she used to watch, featuring a man named George Trippon. He made many interesting sewing programs between the 1970s and the 1990s that aired on PBS, The Learning Channel and perhaps other places. Some of the shows have now been made available to watch on YouTube.
James brought a Kenmore 117-813 machine that he acquired a while back and has been trying to get rid of a musty odor. Last meeting Febreze was suggested. Having not worked completely, Dorothy suggested a product most of us had not heard of called Odo-Ban. James thinks he might try to find some and give it a try.
The Kenmore 117-813 was made by White in 1954 and has many design characteristics of a White, pancake handwheel, hook movement, thread tension and presser foot lever among them. However it has the characteristic bed size of most Kenmore machines, with squared corners. It's made of magnesium and is light weight. It also came with the parts list for a 117.552. The bobbin case is a little different from some of the White machines.
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James brought the Kenmore buttonholer that didn't seem to work for this machine. However, Janey's was tried and seems like it would work.
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to be continued...