Last week brought unseasonably cold temperatures and snow to most of Colorado. One of our members received 30 inches of snow needing to be cleared from her driveway. Others of us got 6 to 12 inches of snow. Nonetheless, our meeting was well attended today, with clear weather in the upper forties. Present were Dianne, Dorothy, Carol, Courtney, James, Cheryl, Chris, Janey and John.
Janey brought an zippered accessory pouch that she made on the Singer 66 machine that she acquired from Cheryl a few months ago and added a hand crank. It is a simple but effective design. She said she was able to get the zipper in without pinning.
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Courtney brought a Centennial Featherweight, demonstrating a thread guide he made from coat hanger wire. He made one for everyone in the group and passed them out at the meeting. Some spools will fit over just the stand and spool pin. Some spools will need the straw over stand & spool pin. Some will need a fender washer to steady it a bit put on top of felt and then the stand and straw. It allows larger spools to be used on an ordinary spool pin. He also passed out the directions to make it, shown below. (
Courtney has given his permission to post the directions.)
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Directions for Cross Wound Spool Holder:
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To be continued...