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Forum: Main
05-24-2017, 06:59 AM
Replies: 53
Views: 5,531
Posted By Alvie

If I am right (great beginning, huh?), I am older...

If I am right (great beginning, huh?), I am older than most of you and so have been enjoying (?) what is being discussed here longer. Got a suggestion that might make things at least focus. Maybe...
Forum: Main
04-19-2017, 07:33 PM
Replies: 56
Views: 10,624
Posted By Alvie

Ah, thank you for defining 'quilt' for me. The...

Ah, thank you for defining 'quilt' for me. The one you are talking about was what kept me toasty in a 100+ year old family home on the edge of Lake Michigan.

Now about those wool blankets. I...
Forum: Main
04-19-2017, 07:05 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 8,641
Posted By Alvie

How about a needle board? Mine is old and much...

How about a needle board? Mine is old and much loved. Gotten me out of a number of wrinkled troubles and protected the napped, looped, felted, thick, etc. fabrics in the process.

i suspect...
Forum: Recipes
04-17-2017, 07:26 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 2,625
Posted By Alvie

My vote is with CheeseCat and EmiliasNana. I...

My vote is with CheeseCat and EmiliasNana. I have been using my grandmother's white bread recipe since forever for all sorts of purposes together with modifications on the simple recipe and creating...
Forum: Pictures
04-13-2017, 07:04 AM
Replies: 80
Views: 9,305
Posted By Alvie

Cats rule the roost here too. What a...

Cats rule the roost here too.

What a wonderful quilt and quilting.

Sigh. Perhaps in my next life.

A.
Forum: Main
04-13-2017, 07:01 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 3,017
Posted By Alvie

I had a similar problem and the "fix" started...

I had a similar problem and the "fix" started when I decided just exactly how much time, resources, effort I wanted to put into the project. I compared the "down and dirty" way to fix things with...
Forum: Main
02-03-2017, 05:54 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 2,598
Posted By Alvie

I am also a member of the "curved out" bunch. My...

I am also a member of the "curved out" bunch. My stiletto and a few very long pins sit close to my sewing machine. BUT the best answer is a couple of tweezers that came from a woodworking catalog...
Forum: Main
01-27-2017, 06:01 AM
Replies: 43
Views: 5,674
Posted By Alvie

Thank all of you for this question and answer...

Thank all of you for this question and answer thread. I also sew on hardwood and have been experimenting with keeping my foot pedals stable. To date, no go. However, excelsior!

So many really...
Forum: Links and Resources
01-25-2017, 01:42 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 2,693
Posted By Alvie

Several years ago I bought a Rowenta iron and it...

Several years ago I bought a Rowenta iron and it got home and proceeded to leak. I tried convincing it not to leak but no go. So, I called the customer service line and was told the "made in...
Forum: Main
01-05-2017, 06:39 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 14,117
Posted By Alvie

Been working on going blind and getting smarter...

Been working on going blind and getting smarter by viewing tutorials about my new sewing machine. There are a few built-in stitches made to darn/join problems like this. One of them is really...
Forum: General Chit-Chat (non-quilting talk)
01-05-2017, 05:42 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 2,303
Posted By Alvie

Thank all of you for your input. Whee, there may...

Thank all of you for your input. Whee, there may be a way around the ribbing problem after all. And all of the great suggestions. You will be proud of me - I just dissected one of Gramps' "holy...
Forum: For Vintage & Antique Machine Enthusiasts
01-02-2017, 07:49 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 4,189
Posted By Alvie

Kelda, applause for your efforts. I have my...

Kelda, applause for your efforts. I have my grandmother's exact same machine - except she bought it new in a smallish Wisconsin, USA Singer Sewing shop. I learned to set the tensions and clean and...
Forum: General Chit-Chat (non-quilting talk)
01-02-2017, 07:17 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 2,303
Posted By Alvie

T-shirt Ribbing for Baby Bib

Our only grandchild, little girl, lives about a thousand miles away. She just turned 1. And she "lives" in bibs. I would like to make her a collection of holiday/occasion bibs. The ribbing will be...
Forum: Main
12-24-2016, 08:31 AM
Replies: 37
Views: 5,175
Posted By Alvie

Oh Pam S, please make your SIL that quilt now. ...

Oh Pam S, please make your SIL that quilt now. What a marvelous beginning to a cherished connection.

😚 A
Forum: General Chit-Chat (non-quilting talk)
12-24-2016, 08:24 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 1,873
Posted By Alvie

Marvelous! When Miss Scissors talks to us, would...

Marvelous! When Miss Scissors talks to us, would she please be so kind as to tell us which scissors she is: sewing, household, etc.?

Your comment got me thinking about all the scissors in our...
Forum: For Vintage & Antique Machine Enthusiasts
12-18-2016, 07:02 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 14,777
Posted By Alvie

I bought mine from Sam's when sergers were just...

I bought mine from Sam's when sergers were just appearing on the sewing horizon and it has never quit on my yet. Traveled on a bus with a drum corps one summer. Did all sorts of extraordinary...
Forum: Main
12-14-2016, 01:11 PM
Replies: 93
Views: 13,997
Posted By Alvie

What a wonderful story. Just what I needed! ...

What a wonderful story. Just what I needed!

Mine isn't wonderful but it means a lot to me. My darling aunt was consigned to a nursing home and proceeded apace toward death. I sent her banana...
Forum: Mission: Organization
12-14-2016, 12:48 PM
Replies: 64
Views: 24,358
Posted By Alvie

How does my sewing area all fit? With grease and...

How does my sewing area all fit? With grease and a shoe horn. I have the old, pre-renovation, railroad-type kitchen: 20 odd feet long and maybe 10-11 feet wide from wall to wall. Every bit of...
Forum: Main
12-11-2016, 11:13 AM
Replies: 136
Views: 20,349
Posted By Alvie

Sodium perborate I like antique fabrics: ...

Sodium perborate

I like antique fabrics: linens, crocheted pieces, knit pieces, etc. Since I have the antique fabric disease, I have been willed such things from my father's side of the family. ...
Forum: Main
12-10-2016, 06:03 AM
Replies: 43
Views: 5,725
Posted By Alvie

I use a tweezer. About 8 inches long with pointy...

I use a tweezer. About 8 inches long with pointy ends. I can hold or align something easily with it and keep my fingers out of trouble.

If my memory serves me, DH bought at a woodworking store....
Forum: General Chit-Chat (non-quilting talk)
12-09-2016, 06:24 PM
Replies: 35
Views: 3,355
Posted By Alvie

Yes. As a matter of fact, I am propped right...

Yes. As a matter of fact, I am propped right now.

My pillowcases are ones I made for myself out of fleece leftovers. Since my pillows are not regulation sizes, the leftovers are just right -...
Forum: Pictures
12-09-2016, 07:45 AM
Replies: 68
Views: 7,268
Posted By Alvie

No, you didn't miss a row of smashing. You...

No, you didn't miss a row of smashing. You intentionally sewed the quilt that so Mom would know which side was up (or down, as the case may be). Great idea!

And it took me a little while to see...
Forum: For Vintage & Antique Machine Enthusiasts
11-26-2016, 07:22 AM
Replies: 47
Views: 48,779
Posted By Alvie

My first serger is a singer 1440. It joins with...

My first serger is a singer 1440. It joins with its manual and me to thread it; but, once threaded, it serges like a champ. I was part of a group sewing for various drum corps. The 1440 traveled on...
Forum: Main
11-19-2016, 05:54 AM
Replies: 24
Views: 3,391
Posted By Alvie

Have and love a Bernina 1630 - computerized. An...

Have and love a Bernina 1630 - computerized. An oldie goldie. Before it came into my hands it sat in a box, in a friend's sewing room, unused, for at least 4 years. It had belonged to a Canadian...
Forum: Pictures
11-12-2016, 09:25 AM
Replies: 36
Views: 5,753
Posted By Alvie

Thanks for showing me what the conversation is...

Thanks for showing me what the conversation is all about. Perhaps I should be gifted quilts instead of making them?

Again, thanks.

A
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