Scrap Rug
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Originally Posted by Kas
Linda, to keep the cord tight when I am making bowls this way I just wind enough to get the needle started in the cord. Then, with the needle in the down position and in the cord, I start wrapping the rest of the cord while keeping slight tension on it all. Sometimes I end up halfway across the room!
Kas
Kas
#142
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Join Date: May 2010
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I have made the bowls and coasters but never thought of a rug.
Okay another project in my mind to do.
When I make the bowls, I use a small black spring paper clip.
They hold tighter than a clothes pin and won't come off if you put it aside for a while. I also use a denim needle.
** Also, to the lady that wondered about how much goes under the neck of the machine...you work from the inside out and so you would only have the round you are sewing on under the machine neck. Hope this helps :)
Okay another project in my mind to do.
When I make the bowls, I use a small black spring paper clip.
They hold tighter than a clothes pin and won't come off if you put it aside for a while. I also use a denim needle.
** Also, to the lady that wondered about how much goes under the neck of the machine...you work from the inside out and so you would only have the round you are sewing on under the machine neck. Hope this helps :)
#145
Originally Posted by quilter53
Originally Posted by Kas
Linda, to keep the cord tight when I am making bowls this way I just wind enough to get the needle started in the cord. Then, with the needle in the down position and in the cord, I start wrapping the rest of the cord while keeping slight tension on it all. Sometimes I end up halfway across the room!
Kas
Kas
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: las vegas nv.
Posts: 2,452
Great tips, thanks for sharing!!!!! love the idea of using a lg. blk. clip....after I read it I had that "DUH" moment, makes perfect sense.
Quilting Arts show last week had a demo on using the same methods and it seeing it made it much easier. She used a zigzag stitch and the project went together really quick. She was making bowls but almost the same methods would apply.
Quilting Arts show last week had a demo on using the same methods and it seeing it made it much easier. She used a zigzag stitch and the project went together really quick. She was making bowls but almost the same methods would apply.
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