Just joined this group. I'm internet literate, but didn't realize there were so many excellent disscusion groups and forums out there. Just curious. Does anyone out there own a Bernette 200? I purchased mine used from a SM shop about 3 yrs ago. I'm pretty happy with it. I don't have the...

I am looking for T-shirts and/or sweaters that have a "raised" neck. That is the cloth comes about half-way up the neck but is not rolled-- over. Not the classical T-shirt bottom-of-neck height or a rolled-over or sewn turtleneck (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polo_neck); something between the...

are there any sewing classes for 11-12 yr. olds in Miami-Dade in Florida? and if there is then tell me where it is?

Olwyn.Mary wrote: Then I'm taking a break and sewing some to beef up my work wardrobe before I go back to knitting, at which time I am going to do a cotton sweater that I don't have the yarn for yet. Samantha!! I thought you worked from home. Have you changed jobs without...

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Could someone tell me where to find a pattern for using old jeans and turning them into pocketbooks, or a how to do it book. I would like to learn to make these for my nieces for next christmas. Thanks Pam

Hi Newsgroup, I have a question: Where can I get a programm to convert data from *.cdr/*.cmx (CorelDraw) or *.wmf/*.eps/*.ai into *.pes or *.pem, without using Bitmap like PE-Design. thanks for helping Frank Neumann

"David Macaskill" wrote in message ... Thanks folks for the advice. I've made sure that the spool's diagonal cut is not in the way of the thread's flow, I'm pretty sure the top thread flow is clear, I...

ok, gang, I opened my big mouth when the RV writer in the local newspaper recommended the sewing genie for RV travelers!! ( see my note to her below this post...) and she called, and was really interested in what I wrote, she'd had a sneaky feeling that it was as I described it. Anyway, I told...

i purchased a brother PE 700 it included a manual, however i feel it is very complicated to understand. Can i purchase a video class online to help? -- +----------------------------------+ | Delivered via http://www.sewgirls.com | | Web, Facebook, Twitter and RSS interface to |

Hello-- one of my Guild friends will be in London for three weeks and would like to visit some fabric stores while she is there. The info I've seen posted on this topic is several years old. Can someone point me to a listing of apparel and upholstery fabric sources in London? Thanks in...

Hello, I live in the U. S. and I am in the process of researching the possibility of starting a home sewing business. The research has brought me to the Wool and Textile Labeling Acts. I have a few questions pertaining to fiber content labels. I hope someone in the group who is already in the...

2nd posting attempt. Sorry if this is duplicated. SGM Any opinions on the best software for digitizing? We own a Babylock Ellageo and we are looking at Palette 5.0 but are curious if anyone has experience using other software with the Ellageo. For those that use Palette 5.0, how long did it...

You should bip over to rec.arts.sf.composition and see what they are saying about us in one branch of the thread "American English; probably more than you wanted to know" On r.a.sf.c, changing the subject line doesn't work unless you changed the subject on purpose -- trying to keep up with thread...

Does anyone in the US live close to an IKEA which sells fabric? My DD wants a few yards of: http://www.ikea.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10101&storeId=12&langId=-1&productId=10897 but the IKEA in Seattle (closest to us) doesn't have a fabric department. I would be happy...

Could anyone tell me where I might find a market for an Instruction Manual for a Brother's BAS-320 sewing machine? Thank you Michael

Welcome Sewists and new posters! Here are some guidelines to posting to the sewing newsgroups. In case you are wondering where you are and how you got here, you are in a newsgroup, AKA "usenet" which is a part of the internet that has been around much much longer than the www, which it is not a...

Greetings all... Bit of an odd question perhaps, and clearly a shot in the dark, but anyone have any experience spray painting cordura fabric? I need to get a small back-pack for military use, and would like to get a camoflauge one, unfortunately, anything made from camoflauged cordura in...

I don't know what happened. I've had this sewing machine for less than a year, but I haven't used it much. I've been using it lately now and then, and it's been working fine. And tonight... I finished cutting the fabric to make the most ruffly bedskirt ever... and... *sob* all of a sudden... The...

As I was saying when I was so rudely interrupted, I really like my antique Singer Buttonholer for the very hand-worked-looking buttonholes it makes, and in the manual they mention cams to do monograms. I searched ebay for a Singer Monogrammer and I only found them for a slant needle machine, and...