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Post by gillyp on Mar 1, 2019 14:33:45 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2019 14:41:34 GMT
It would have been rude not to click, wouldn’t it?? Extremely rude Enjoy your new machine.
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Post by **GypsyGirl** on Mar 1, 2019 15:33:44 GMT
Oh definitely rude not to click that button! I hope you and your new friend are very happy together!
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Post by ashley on Mar 1, 2019 15:35:57 GMT
Oh, a new sewing machine is exciting!!
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Post by muggins on Mar 1, 2019 16:23:28 GMT
Looks great gillyp. I just bought a digital Singer from Hobbycraft last week for £175. We’ll probably be moving back to the USA at some point so I didn’t want to invest more than £200.
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Post by **GypsyGirl** on Mar 1, 2019 16:55:06 GMT
Looks great gillyp . I just bought a digital Singer from Hobbycraft last week for £175. We’ll probably be moving back to the USA at some point so I didn’t want to invest more than £200. Do they not sell most machines as dual voltage now? Bought my last machine in 2010 to take to KZ and it was dual voltage. Still works like a dream (when I get myself into the sewing room).
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Post by gillyp on Mar 1, 2019 17:12:54 GMT
Looks great gillyp. I just bought a digital Singer from Hobbycraft last week for £175. We’ll probably be moving back to the USA at some point so I didn’t want to invest more than £200. That’s a good price. I learnt on my mother’s hand Singer and those at school, including a treadle one!
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Post by shelledpea on Mar 1, 2019 19:38:06 GMT
I finally have a couple of projects to share. I finished them both a few days ago, but today was the first day with weather good enough to take some photos.
I finished my Sweet Pea afghan. I love the way it turned out. The colorwash is not my usual favorite-type design, but I really like the way it turned out. It's been so cold lately that I spent a lot of time snuggled up under it even when not working on it.
I just finished binding this quilt this week. It's for my youngest granddaughter. The piecing was completed before Christmas, then it spent a few weeks at the long-arm quilter. I just love the bright with this gray. I'm going to have to make another design with this colorway.
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Post by jeremysgirl on Mar 1, 2019 19:41:28 GMT
shelledpea, the colorwash was my favorite! It came out beautiful.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2019 19:46:53 GMT
Those quilts are beautiful. I'm lucky to be able to sew buttons. I told my mother that I paid $28 for a hem on my choir gown and she couldn't believe it.
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Post by shevy on Mar 1, 2019 19:52:00 GMT
Anyone have a good source for macrame cord? I'm looking for different colors other than the white/off-white and black.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2019 19:52:54 GMT
My March crafting will be getting acquainted with this new friend. I looked up the owner's manual on the Canon site so that I could print it (I'm a hands-on, visual person...I do better in learning with what I'm handling) and saw that it was 644 pages. Guess I won't print it.
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Post by finsup on Mar 1, 2019 19:54:21 GMT
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Post by bc2ca on Mar 1, 2019 20:05:43 GMT
I love Hudson Bay blankets!
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Post by **GypsyGirl** on Mar 1, 2019 20:35:52 GMT
Anyone have a good source for macrame cord? I'm looking for different colors other than the white/off-white and black. I'm not sure if this will work for macrame, but I've found an Etsy shop that sells many colors of paracord. I plan to order some to use for drawstrings on fabric bags. Bored Paracord - Etsy ShopI looked up the owner's manual on the Canon site so that I could print it (I'm a hands-on, visual person...I do better in learning with what I'm handling) and saw that it was 644 pages. Guess I won't print it. What I do is download the guide to my computer, then just print out the few pages I need. I do that with downloaded patterns as well.
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Post by RedSquirrelUK on Mar 1, 2019 21:52:34 GMT
gillyp I still use the Singer hand wheel that a family friend gave me more than 30 years ago. Its serial number dates it to January to June 1905. It was refurbished in the 1950s. Still going strong.
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Post by muggins on Mar 1, 2019 21:53:43 GMT
Looks great gillyp . I just bought a digital Singer from Hobbycraft last week for £175. We’ll probably be moving back to the USA at some point so I didn’t want to invest more than £200. Do they not sell most machines as dual voltage now? Bought my last machine in 2010 to take to KZ and it was dual voltage. Still works like a dream (when I get myself into the sewing room). TBH I didn’t even look. Electrical items with a motor tend to burn out very quickly even with transformer. I can’t use my US kitchen aid mixer in the U.K. either. I’ll just sell it or give it to a family member when I move.
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Post by muggins on Mar 1, 2019 21:55:43 GMT
I tried free motion embroidery for the first time today! I’m quite pleased with the result, but don’t look too closely!
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Post by scrappert on Mar 1, 2019 22:03:37 GMT
muggins - that is awesome! I love everything about that piece.
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Post by **GypsyGirl** on Mar 1, 2019 22:04:03 GMT
Do they not sell most machines as dual voltage now? Bought my last machine in 2010 to take to KZ and it was dual voltage. Still works like a dream (when I get myself into the sewing room). TBH I didn’t even look. Electrical items with a motor tend to burn out very quickly even with transformer. I can’t use my US kitchen aid mixer in the U.K. either. I’ll just sell it or give it to a family member when I move. The great thing about the dual voltage sewing machines now is they don't need a transformer. You don't even have to remember to flip a switch like before. All I needed was plug adaptors. Good thing to keep in mind if you want to upgrade in the US and take it home! I bought a 220v Kitchenaid from a US export company when we moved to France after seeing what they cost there. It went to KZ with me, then I sold it for almost what I paid to one of the Belgian wives on the project. She said it was about 1/3 of what she would have paid in Belgium.
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Post by muggins on Mar 1, 2019 22:16:10 GMT
TBH I didn’t even look. Electrical items with a motor tend to burn out very quickly even with transformer. I can’t use my US kitchen aid mixer in the U.K. either. I’ll just sell it or give it to a family member when I move. The great thing about the dual voltage sewing machines now is they don't need a transformer. You don't even have to remember to flip a switch like before. All I needed was plug adaptors. Good thing to keep in mind if you want to upgrade in the US and take it home! I bought a 220v Kitchenaid from a US export company when we moved to France after seeing what they cost there. It went to KZ with me, then I sold it for almost what I paid to one of the Belgian wives on the project. She said it was about 1/3 of what she would have paid in Belgium. Looks like I should have asked the peas before I bought it!!!
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Post by eastcoastpea on Mar 1, 2019 22:23:03 GMT
Those quilts are beautiful. I'm lucky to be able to sew buttons. I told my mother that I paid $28 for a hem on my choir gown and she couldn't believe it. I don't think I've welcomed you to the board. Welcome, I hope to get to know you through your posts. The ladies on this thread will amaze you with their talents. I always love what they share.
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Post by gillyp on Mar 1, 2019 23:38:54 GMT
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Post by papersilly on Mar 1, 2019 23:53:43 GMT
i'm finally catching up on some mini albums. i took almost a year off from crafting. time to get back into it.
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Post by RedSquirrelUK on Mar 2, 2019 0:08:44 GMT
Do you know what happened to your mother's machine? I suppose that one day I'll have my mother's as well. The trouble with Singers is that they refuse to die. I'll have a collection in the loft!
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Post by gillyp on Mar 2, 2019 0:22:25 GMT
RedSquirrelUK I have been racking my brains and the only thing that seems feasible is that it may have been taken by the house clearers when she moved into sheltered housing. She hadn’t sewn once I’d learnt and I was the only one in the family who did so I know it didn’t go anywhere else. Shame. It would be good to have a collection of Singers!
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Post by sueg on Mar 2, 2019 0:42:44 GMT
I have done absolutely no crafting in the past week. I brought heaps of knitting projects with me, but it is just so hot.
My DiL loved the few things I made for the baby already, a couple of cardigans and 2 sets of mother/ baby socks - I knit baby booties from the leftovers of the yarn I used to knit socks for her, and they are so cute! I have decided I won’t do any more baby knitting until baby arrives, and I know what colours and style to make - neutrals get boring after a while.
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Post by malibou on Mar 2, 2019 1:09:20 GMT
I tried free motion embroidery for the first time today! I’m quite pleased with the result, but don’t look too closely! Holy freaking cats. That is beyond awesome. I do LOVE me some Bowie.
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Post by jeremysgirl on Mar 2, 2019 1:27:41 GMT
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Post by RosieKat on Mar 2, 2019 3:48:02 GMT
Still plugging away on my temperature blanket (but I am up to date on it at least) and my sweet pea blanket (roughly halfway through the stripes). My c, urrent portable projects are a scarf that's perhaps 1/3 finished and the poppies to send to lainey. The poppies had a problem, though - I had 5 of them done, and while I was at a gymnastics meet, pulled one out to give to a bored and antsy little girl who was trying to behave. I figured, eh, small little thing, I can make another without much of a problem, and she was delighted. So delighted that she then brought 3 other little girls over...I now have 1 completed poppy.
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