Loews plexiglass for templates - thanks
06-05-2012, 09:07 AM
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I have a piece of flexiglass that my father gave me before we moved to Texas. We live a couple hours away from a city with a lowes....I always forget to take it with me and have it cut. Thanks for the reminder.
06-06-2012, 02:42 AM
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I have had mine done at a local glass shop. Bob, my ruler guy, is fastinated with the quilting stuff I show him. I give him the magazine photo or template that I need, he cuts and when I have a block or two done I pop in and show him "our" work. Gotta love a man who wants to see what we've done...
06-06-2012, 03:10 AM
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I have had mine done at a local glass shop. Bob, my ruler guy, is fastinated with the quilting stuff I show him. I give him the magazine photo or template that I need, he cuts and when I have a block or two done I pop in and show him "our" work. Gotta love a man who wants to see what we've done...
The stores who say no, in likelihood don't have the machine that does it.
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06-06-2012, 03:37 AM
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My son works for Lowes corp in customer service and he said if you call corp and complement the rep who helped you, they get REWARDED. Just a head up! Just say the location of store and follow the lead with the cust service rep. Sorry on way to work and dont have phone #. bye
06-06-2012, 04:23 AM
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My son works for Lowes corp in customer service and he said if you call corp and complement the rep who helped you, they get REWARDED. Just a head up! Just say the location of store and follow the lead with the cust service rep. Sorry on way to work and dont have phone #. bye
06-06-2012, 04:54 AM
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My quilting teacher said to go to an Ace Hardware store for a 6 inch piece of plexiglass, which they would cut from scraps. I was fussy cutting some fabric for a quilt and not sure if I would use one again. After buying templates that cost a lot, I visited my Ace store, got a 6 inch piece of plexiglass cut, and went home. It was accurate and cost 25 cents! It was the thicker plexiglass as well and the edges were smooth. I did draw diagonals on it so I could find the center. So try Ace, they were great!
06-06-2012, 08:15 AM
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A Board member awhile back told us that some of the Loews would cut plexiglass into the size templates we wanted. I can't recall who it was - but, a big thank you to her from me.
My son was going to one in Upstate NY and I asked him to get me two 8 1/2" squares, which he did. He had to purchase a large piece of plexiglass for $24. The squares' edges were very rough and required alot of sandpapering.
Several weeks later I went back with the remaining piece and had 7", 7 1/2" and 9 1/2" squares cut. This time the edges were smooth. Art, the Loews' employee, said to be sure to have each side cut in both directions to get the smooth edges.
My son was going to one in Upstate NY and I asked him to get me two 8 1/2" squares, which he did. He had to purchase a large piece of plexiglass for $24. The squares' edges were very rough and required alot of sandpapering.
Several weeks later I went back with the remaining piece and had 7", 7 1/2" and 9 1/2" squares cut. This time the edges were smooth. Art, the Loews' employee, said to be sure to have each side cut in both directions to get the smooth edges.
06-06-2012, 09:42 AM
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Just to let you Ladies know you can take your sewing machine to a glass place that does windows and other things and they will measure your machine to make a table to fit.That is if you have a machine that you can slide the part off for doing himming and pant legs.Call ahead and ask if they carry plexi glass and what you need to be cut.The guy here in casa grande even drilled holes for the little legs we put on it.We then bought rubber feet that you put on the bottom of chairs to stop the legs from moving. I paid I think $35 instead of the $180 to buy from a sewing center or on line.I saw a sight for a plexi glass table for a feather weight.Hadent thought about one for it but im now going to get one made for it also.The guy who cut it for me even decided to make it longer than I thought i needed because he said it would hold more fabric on the left side of machine.Im glad he did.When he drilled the holes for the legs he made it so the screws would go deeper in the plexi glass so my fabric wouldnt catch on the screws. Have a great day.
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