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08-01-2010, 12:51 PM

#111

gale

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Location: North-Central Indiana

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You can buy feathers at the craft store. My dd bought a bag for a project and they were pretty cheap. And you get lots of them and they're clean.

08-01-2010, 12:56 PM

#112

Tiffany

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Location: Idaho Falls

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Originally Posted by knlsmith

I made a trip to emergency room last summer trying to cut when i was tired. YUp. That rotary blade was still sharp! LOL Cost me almost $400

And wine goes great with chocolate. A little splash of tequila once in awhile help the ole' free motion quilting too!

Um, I think I know what went wrong with your rotary cutting accident. :lol:

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Originally Posted by cakes quilts

Here is another cleaning tip. The next time you are walking on a beach, pick up a seagull feather. Use it to clean between the thread tension disks. For interior states any large bird feather works.

If you bring home any feathers you will need to first put them in your oven. There are parasites that live within the shaft of the feather and in some cases there could be diseases or little buggies that could be transferred to you. Bake the feather at 250F for about half an hour and it should kill anything unfriendly. ;)

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Originally Posted by lucyb

Just remember ladies and gentle men, in order to use the saliva trick you must spit out the chocolate first.( or hurry up and swallow it)

ROFL! lucyB, you remind me of my dear friend Marsha. I can't help but laugh!

08-01-2010, 07:42 PM

#113

lclang

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My mom used a chicken feather to clean her machine and another to oil it. I go to the dollar store and purchase a batch of short little sticks meant for kabobs to use as a stiletto to push fabrics through the machine and hold it tight. If you hit one with your needle it will split the stick and not throw your machine out of time.