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Suzi
10-15-2011 12:56 PM
Originally Posted by ptquilts
Make that all-fabric bleach - takes out the grunginess of age.
Age is grungy?? :mrgreen:
leiladylei54
10-15-2011 12:57 PM
Wow, what a great find!!!
ann clare
10-15-2011 01:12 PM
Love them
cyd
10-15-2011 01:14 PM
They are beautiful-remind me of the 30's fabrics.
Barb44
10-15-2011 01:22 PM
Tell us about your sewing machine.
MrsBoats
10-15-2011 01:23 PM
Originally Posted by Deborahlees
Am I understanding you correctly...you purchased a sewing machine at your Habitate ReStore ?????
Yes, several now. I check on a regular basis to see what they've got. I pick them up for my osmg, who refurbs then sells them. I've gotten a Singer 457 (that was the one I was buying), a 237, a couple 15 clones, a Nelco, and at least one more I'm not remembering the details of.
Right now they've got a Walmart Brother and a 7-drawer Sphinx (that's missing a slide plate and the shuttle). And a really cool art deco-ish sewing table that I keep telling myself I don't need. :)
Check yours out! We have two other thrift shops in my little town, and the ReStore is by far the best for sewing machines.
Originally Posted by Barb44
Tell us about your sewing machine.
It's a Singer 457, but not actually for me. Our ReStore tests electrical things to make sure they work, and says this motor does. Otherwise, everything else turns easily. It'll go to my osmg, in trade for the work he's doing on my Necchi BU Nova.
Deborahlees
10-15-2011 01:25 PM
Originally Posted by Barb44
Tell us about your sewing machine.
Yes, yes....what did you get at the Re-Store....
Willa
10-15-2011 01:55 PM
I soaked some of my grandma's in Oxy clean. I just let them set in a tub with that and water and would gently agitate them every so often by hand.Hung up to dry then ironed. I let soak all day just to be sure.
MoanaWahine
10-15-2011 04:59 PM
Originally Posted by Willa
I soaked some of my grandma's in Oxy clean. I just let them set in a tub with that and water and would gently agitate them every so often by hand.Hung up to dry then ironed. I let soak all day just to be sure.
I also did this with some old blocks. They came out like they were new. One of my blocks also had a bad stain on it. Could not tell it now :D
