Battery Operated Sewing Machine
#41
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How about applique. Put all your background squares with the pieces that go on each one in a separate ziplock. Have each block ready to applique (center markings, pins, thread,needles,small scissors) Thread numerous needles and place in a small pin cushion in a ziplock. Then you can applique in the car too. We have a place in west Texas and one in Arkansas..lots of road time. I applique and make yo yos all the way there and back. I was amazed how much I could do.
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Originally Posted by yolanda
PS.. of all places this board is where i thought for sure i'd find someone whos' thought of this or who could give me suggestions - i am taking the silence to suggest i do need some help ... :-) "Hi my name is Yolanda and I am addicted to making quilts..." ;-)
My name is Deonn and I am a quiltaholic. If it's an addiction, I don't want to be cured!!
#43
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Anything is possible. Years ago I lived in Oregon and was taking a jewelry class at the college and was in a weaving guild where we did weaving and spinning. Meet a couple who were going to school and doing everything I did and they lived in the forest in a tent. When the forest service found them, they packed up and moved on somewhere else. Where there is desire, it happens!
#44
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Anything is possible. Years ago I lived in Oregon and was taking a jewelry class at the college and was in a weaving guild where we did weaving and spinning. Meet a couple who were going to school and doing everything I did and they lived in the forest in a tent. When the forest service found them, they packed up and moved on somewhere else. Where there is desire, it happens!
#45
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That's a good question. I know because I bought one of them to take camping! You will not be happy with it; at least I wasn't. Being older and wiser (I hope), I would now look for a hand-crank to take camping. I love the quiet of campgrounds with no electricity and no generators allowed, but a handcrank will silently give beautiful stitches. Have fun.
#46
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Originally Posted by yolanda
I am going camping and am considering bringing along one of those inexpensive battery operated sewing machines to do some piecing. Has anyone used one? Have any recommendations?
#47
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Originally Posted by quiltsRfun
Originally Posted by yolanda
I didn't think of a handcrank - very nice! Actually I feel silly posting this and have decided to learn to crochet or bring along a swedish weave project I have waiting in a closet ;-)
Crochet is worth learning, too, because you can stay busy for hours with one hook and a ball of thread. (Is it heresy to advocate it here?)
#48
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I just had a funny idea: Can anyone explain why a skilled sewing machine repair person couldn't add a hand crank to just about any machine? They all make stitches when you turn the wheel, right? A crank is just an axle with a knob that rotates. How hard could it be? Just wondering.
#49
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Originally Posted by yolanda
PS.. of all places this board is where i thought for sure i'd find someone whos' thought of this or who could give me suggestions - i am taking the silence to suggest i do need some help ... :-) "Hi my name is Yolanda and I am addicted to making quilts..." ;-)
A handcrank; that is what you need. Don't have to worry 'bout battery recharge.
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#50
Years ago in the 70's we used to work Gun Shows. My job was primarily slave work, setting up, taking down, packing, unpacking--you get the idea. So I sat and hand-pieced blocks all day while my husband did all the B.S.ing and by the end of the show season I had a queen size quilt all ready to put together.
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