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11-29-2009, 07:12 AM

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minstrel

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Amazing...always wondered exactly how that worked.

11-29-2009, 08:02 AM

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Gilla

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Now I would like to meet the guy who invented the threading of a Serger. Only an engineer would come up with such a hideous way. I brt he never used one.

11-29-2009, 10:52 AM

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carrieg

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Thanks for posting that! That is way cool! Now we know why we have to keep the lint out of the bobbin area. I didn't know the thread went completely around it like that.

11-29-2009, 11:33 AM

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Lostn51

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His was different from the image that is shown but that gives a good idea of how it works. His was a chain stitch and did not use a bobbin thread.

And just think they did all of this engineering with out a computer it was all trial and error, paper and pencil!

Billy

11-29-2009, 12:25 PM

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mountain-moma

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Thanks,for posting thats so cool to watch

11-29-2009, 02:54 PM

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LucyInTheSky

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Quote:

Originally Posted by carrieg

Thanks for posting that! That is way cool! Now we know why we have to keep the lint out of the bobbin area. I didn't know the thread went completely around it like that.

Ditto. I always thought that the piece that goes around just sat there, maybe going back and forth a little, but not all the way around...

I might have to start watching the bobbin casing as I sew... that can't possibly turn out bad for the quilt, right? :shock:

11-29-2009, 03:02 PM

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NiceNCLady

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Lucy, If you start watching the bobbin while you're quilting, how about letting us know how that works out for ya? lol

11-29-2009, 07:38 PM

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butterflywing

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Moonpi

Elias Howe actually came up with the idea from a nightmare in which cannibals were after him with spears. Each spear had a hole in the pointy end, to hold thread.

And people think MY dreams are odd!

no, Moonpi, people don't think your dreams are odd. people think YOU'RE odd :roll: that's why we love you. :lol: :lol: