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Originally Posted by SewExtreme
Laurie, I like your mat with pockets. Did you design that yourself or is there a pattern for it? :-D It's a super easy pattern. If I stopped and thought about it long enough, I probably could have come up with the pattern myself. If you go to make this for a standard size machine that has a table with legs, you will need to lengthen the mat to go beyond the legs. Otherwise the table's legs won't be even with the machine and it will wobble. It can easily be made with a solid piece of fabric instead of the 2" squares. Here's the one I made for my daughter's machine. We just got her machine (1948) yesterday and I am so jealous. Her machine came with all the feet. Becka's 1930s mat [ATTACH=CONFIG]203506[/ATTACH] |
Laurie,
I see we think alike. So many patterns, if we think (as you put it) we can design our own. Love your daughter's. So, you have a FW, interested in making your own pp patterns and must be into vintage sewing machines. We should be friends. I will PM you. :-D :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: |
Whoa, whoa, I'm missing something here....the mat, where does it go, I am a bit confused about under the feet, pardon my not comprehending all of this, it looks interesting. Libber
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I sm fortunate to have two featherweights, a 221 and a 301A. When my husband suddenly passed away in 1998, and within a few weeks I lost my best quilting buddy, I quit sewing and quilting. Just recently I am beginning to get back to my hobbies. The Featherweight I purchases before 1998, I just got the 301A last week. The presser foot lifter would not work, but my son came over and with lots of cleaning and new oil, it is sewing and the presser foot lifter is working. I am impressed with the stitch it makes. I have not decided if I will give them a name. The encouragement of this board is priceless.
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Originally Posted by libber
Whoa, whoa, I'm missing something here....the mat, where does it go, I am a bit confused about under the feet, pardon my not comprehending all of this, it looks interesting. Libber
When I was speaking about the mat going under the table legs, I was speaking about a non-FW sewing machine that has a separate extension table while sewing. For example, I have a 1973 Viking 6430 that has a separate table that attaches to the machine that extends my sewing area. This applies to machines that sit on top of a table, not ones fitted inside a cabinet. If I put the mat under my Viking, like I do under the FW, the mat isn't wide enough to go under both the sewing machine and the legs of the extension table. This creates a situation where the body of the sewing machine has been raised by 1/8" - 1/4". That leaves nothing under the extension table legs but air and nothing to support that extension table. |
Originally Posted by LaurieE
Originally Posted by libber
Whoa, whoa, I'm missing something here....the mat, where does it go, I am a bit confused about under the feet, pardon my not comprehending all of this, it looks interesting. Libber
When I was speaking about the mat going under the table legs, I was speaking about a non-FW sewing machine that has a separate extension table while sewing. For example, I have a 1973 Viking 6430 that has a separate table that attaches to the machine that extends my sewing area. This applies to machines that sit on top of a table, not ones fitted inside a cabinet. If I put the mat under my Viking, like I do under the FW, the mat isn't wide enough to go under both the sewing machine and the legs of the extension table. This creates a situation where the body of the sewing machine has been raised by 1/8" - 1/4". That leaves nothing under the extension table legs but air and nothing to support that extension table. |
You don't need to because it doesn't slide. At least for me it doesn't.
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I have my Mothers Featherweight. Not sure how old it is.
I would love to use it but I cann't get use to the foot feed. Guess I need to practice. When I do use it I get so frustrated I guit and go to my Bernia. |
Originally Posted by Ava
I have my Mothers Featherweight. Not sure how old it is.
I would love to use it but I cann't get use to the foot feed. Guess I need to practice. When I do use it I get so frustrated I guit and go to my Bernia. |
Originally Posted by ewecansew
Originally Posted by Ava
I have my Mothers Featherweight. Not sure how old it is.
I would love to use it but I cann't get use to the foot feed. Guess I need to practice. When I do use it I get so frustrated I guit and go to my Bernia. |
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