Vintage Sewing Machine Shop.....Come on in and sit a spell
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I had to have one. It is in my dining room sitting on top of another machine in a cabinet, and gets a loving pat every time I pass by it. (Pretty sure my sanity hearing will not go well, lol.)[/QUOTE]
I forgot the kids were home this afternoon and they heard me talking to my 201....I told them if they rolled thier eyes like that they might get stuck...what is it about these machines that makes us love them so? Laura
I forgot the kids were home this afternoon and they heard me talking to my 201....I told them if they rolled thier eyes like that they might get stuck...what is it about these machines that makes us love them so? Laura
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shrug. my family is thinking intervention... my oldest GD, Miss G counted machines and quit at 100... She doesn't know about the rest... They were intrigued by the Vindex Special and Two Spools but they LOVE LOVE LOVE that hand crank on the old Singer 99. That hand crank kept the 5 year old VERY busy. Wilbur discovered the tiny little screw drivers... he just laughed - he thought they were very funny - very short very fat little screwdrivers.
I walked into a local sew/vac shop today and was enthusiastically invited by the owner to join them on Saturday for a Jelly Roll Race. I have never done one before but I knew exactly who I was going to ask for pointers... y'all!
Help! Any pointers???? I am thinking of taking one of my 301 machines after I time a few of my other machines. Sounds like fun. Everyone seemed like nice quilters in this shop.
Charlee is enabling me to pick up another machine this week. And, she lives several hundred miles from me. If we lived in the same town, I am sure she would have me fill my home up with machines.
PS: Charlee's enabling is easy on my budget though, the machine is only $15.
Melinda, I love your mellow yellow machine!
Candace, really like your little felts! Are you cutting each one out individually?
Help! Any pointers???? I am thinking of taking one of my 301 machines after I time a few of my other machines. Sounds like fun. Everyone seemed like nice quilters in this shop.
Charlee is enabling me to pick up another machine this week. And, she lives several hundred miles from me. If we lived in the same town, I am sure she would have me fill my home up with machines.
PS: Charlee's enabling is easy on my budget though, the machine is only $15.
Melinda, I love your mellow yellow machine!
Candace, really like your little felts! Are you cutting each one out individually?
Last edited by SewExtremeSeams; 06-13-2012 at 09:52 PM.
I HAD to Linda!! It's part of my job description!!
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I walked into a local sew/vac shop today and was enthusiastically invited by the owner to join them on Saturday for a Jelly Roll Race. I have never done one before but I knew exactly who I was going to ask for pointers... y'all!
Help! Any pointers???? I am thinking of taking one of my 301 machines after I time a few of my other machines. Sounds like fun. Everyone seemed like nice quilters in this shop.
Charlee is enabling me to pick up another machine this week. And, she lives several hundred miles from me. If we lived in the same town, I am sure she would have me fill my home up with machines.
PS: Charlee's enabling is easy on my budget though, the machine is only $15.
Melinda, I love your mellow yellow machine!
Candace, really like your little felts! Are you cutting each one out individually?
Help! Any pointers???? I am thinking of taking one of my 301 machines after I time a few of my other machines. Sounds like fun. Everyone seemed like nice quilters in this shop.
Charlee is enabling me to pick up another machine this week. And, she lives several hundred miles from me. If we lived in the same town, I am sure she would have me fill my home up with machines.
PS: Charlee's enabling is easy on my budget though, the machine is only $15.
Melinda, I love your mellow yellow machine!
Candace, really like your little felts! Are you cutting each one out individually?
No, I don't cut the spool protectors out one by one, but I do have to do the centers that way. Kind of slow... and I know I'm silly to be so excited about something. But, I spend so much time on my machines, it's like now I get to play dress up with them too.
Oh CRUD!!! We MISSED it!! Yesterday was National Sewing Machine day!!
http://www.punchbowl.com/holidays/sewing-machine-day
http://www.punchbowl.com/holidays/sewing-machine-day
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Oh CRUD!!! We MISSED it!! Yesterday was National Sewing Machine day!!
http://www.punchbowl.com/holidays/sewing-machine-day
http://www.punchbowl.com/holidays/sewing-machine-day
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Join Date: Feb 2012
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For many decades the sewing machine was a standard household appliance, but it is no longer considered a domestic necessity.
We did sew on projects yesterday, so we honored the holiday.
Joe
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Location: Round Rock,Texas
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I made a cover for my Nook yesterday, so I honored the holiday.
It still needs a bit of tweaking, so I'll make another one when I'm not working so much.
Sharon
It still needs a bit of tweaking, so I'll make another one when I'm not working so much.
Sharon
I celebrated by recycling a dog food sack into a shopping bag!! Don't know that I will be making another, that stuff is VERY stiff and hard to work with. Think I will go with the "Fat Sacks". Those are sturdy and easy to put stuff in.
Charlee did you get that refinish job finished? I can't get in the mood to do much of anything since I finished the cushion covers.
Charlee did you get that refinish job finished? I can't get in the mood to do much of anything since I finished the cushion covers.
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