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Old 03-22-2012, 02:20 PM
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Found a beautiful blue Kingston today with the scroll work on it. Are they a good investment? Love my FWs and treadles.
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Old 03-22-2012, 02:38 PM
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Originally Posted by JabezRose View Post
Found a beautiful blue Kingston today with the scroll work on it. Are they a good investment? Love my FWs and treadles.
The Kingston sounds like a Japanese made machine from the 50s or 60s, should be a lovely machine to use. They are very well made. I'm making a double friendship star with either a 3" friendship star or a 9 patch in the center square. I've used my FWs and my Singer 201k treadle to make this one. It will be a Quilt of Valor, I used red,white and blue.
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Old 03-22-2012, 03:11 PM
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Originally Posted by purplefiend View Post
The Kingston sounds like a Japanese made machine from the 50s or 60s, should be a lovely machine to use. They are very well made. I'm making a double friendship star with either a 3" friendship star or a 9 patch in the center square. I've used my FWs and my Singer 201k treadle to make this one. It will be a Quilt of Valor, I used red,white and blue.
Sharon W.
Looking forward to seeing pictures of your finished quilt!!
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Old 03-22-2012, 03:12 PM
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Glenn, your 27 turned out really nice. Hope to get some of ours cleaned when the weather is sure to stay warm.
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Old 03-22-2012, 03:17 PM
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Originally Posted by J Miller View Post
Glenn,

Did the Evapo-Rust remove the paint from the hand wheel? I have the same situation with my #1 66 treadle machine.

Joe
Joe I painted on the evaporust with a small brush and just kept it wet for about 20 minutes so did no harm to the paint at all. Just wipe off any that gets on the paint and you should have no problem
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Old 03-22-2012, 04:10 PM
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Joe, have you used sewing machine oil. I gave the area I was working on a quick swip with Dawn dish detergent and quickly rinsed it off with a wet paper towel. That stuff is strong. Then I dried it and soaked area in SM oil. In 15 minutes, I started wiping it off. I found decals in areas I had no idea that the machine had them. Be careful with the detergent. I did silver one small area. My Redeye decals are not bright, but I felt it was time to stop. It took several days or weeks, but it looks far better than it did.
Dawn makes a heavy greasy cleaner too - it says on the label not to use it on painted surfaces - it will clean the gunk off a range hood but it will take paint off the walls - it will take off decals - the regular Dawn soap is a bit milder and does cut through grease
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I've been playing catchup lately and enjoying all the info on FMQ and different feet. I just wanted to take a minute and thank vintagemotif for posting this video--I've finally inspired my brother-in-law to try FMQ/embroidery. His stuff looks a lot more interesting and abstract than my boring straight line quilting! My sister sent me a few pictures of what he did until he "broke" her machine. Hehe, apparently he ran out of bobbin thread.

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Finally found the video! The guy doesn't use any foot.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...v=WkZfXWSFWFk#!
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Originally Posted by Bennett View Post
I've been playing catchup lately and enjoying all the info on FMQ and different feet. I just wanted to take a minute and thank vintagemotif for posting this video--I've finally inspired my brother-in-law to try FMQ/embroidery. His stuff looks a lot more interesting and abstract than my boring straight line quilting! My sister sent me a few pictures of what he did until he "broke" her machine. Hehe, apparently he ran out of bobbin thread.
Bennett, Not all straight line quilting is boring! Yes, sometimes we tend to think so when one has done only that.
I'm sure your quilts are very pretty with those straight lines.

Please post photos of your BILs FMQ. I would love to see!!
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Link to thread I posted on Replacing Wick on Singer 66-1.
One day I will learn to spell correctly. Title has wick spelled incorrectly...oh well...still trying to figure out how to correct the title.
http://www.quiltingboard.com/vintage...a-t183703.html
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Old 03-22-2012, 05:07 PM
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Originally Posted by vintagemotif View Post
Bennett, Not all straight line quilting is boring! Yes, sometimes we tend to think so when one has done only that.
I'm sure your quilts are very pretty with those straight lines.

Please post photos of your BILs FMQ. I would love to see!!
I do like my straight lines, but I'm trying to learn to do more--to have all the crayons in the box work for me!

Not sure of the picture quality, but I'll try to post a pic. It's not quilting, not on a fabric sandwich, more FM embroidery. He normally draws abstract stuff--definitely not the usual "quilty" motifs. Have to admit I'm a little jealous. After sitting down for probably an hour or two, he can do straight lines, curved lines, go back and forth, and have his stitches look pretty darn good (at least IMHO).

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