Thanks for the help in guiding my simple brain to making a new post! Hope this time I managed it right (hanging my head in shame at the moment) and will copy the original post here. 'Hi all Ive had a Necchi 150 overlocker (serger) for 18 months now but for the last 6 months I have been having...

"Ninip" wrote in message news:uhvMd.263057$Xk.203205@pd7tw3no... Hi all I am wanting to buy a new sewing machine. I basically do family sewing and a few crafts and of course mending. Do not need embroidery per se. But I do like to sew little girl dresses for my...

I am trying to find a pattern or directions for making what I saw advertised last week, a baby swaddler. It looks simple, maybe just one piece of fabric, but the picture in the ad is not clear enough to see the details. Can anyone help? I seem to have gotten a bad cold, it is raining and quite...

Hi, all! I've been lurking on the group for a couple weeks now and have seen a few folks with technical knowledge, so I have a question. I picked up an old Universal sewing machine for $5 at a garage sale last year and got it lubed up and working. (It still works great and has to be close to 100...

Jack Schmidling wrote: I am looking for a small hoop for darning socks on a machine but it seems to be a lost art. js Most well-stocked craft shops have small hoops suitable for hand guiding darning.

does anyone else have a problem with reading the individual messages on this list, or any other on google for that matter, in that the ads overlap the messages and not only cause the message to be hard to read, but when writing a reply and one clicks on "submit", sometimes one inadvertantly clicks...

I hope this is ok to post here... I am considering purchasing this machine. Does anyone have any experience with it? Thank you, Lacy

I'm making cushion covers and I need to cut three strips 7 1/2" wide and 3 feet long. I can't figure out the best way to do this to make sure they're nice and square and even. The fabric has no pattern and isn't the kind that will rip along a straight line. The best plan I've come up with so far...

I'm teach a dance team, and our theme this season is Mummies. We have NO budget for costumes, so we need a super-cheap fabric to create the mummy wrapping. I was thinking of cheap muslin (I've seen it as low as $.39 per yard) but I was wondering if anyone had any better ideas. What would be the...

Hi people, I am looking for figures to sketch clothing onto that I can download. I can't draw people to save myself!! I want to have a go at designing stuff and seeing it on paper before I make it! (love doing things back to front). I have searched the internet to no-avail. I don't think I have...

I just bought my daughter an old Singer- and sorry, since I'm not a collector I dont' know what one it is, but it runs well, but LOUDLY! My older daughter has a Hobby model Pfaff- a made for Pfaff from about 5 years ago. My Pfaff has a thread cutter on it that I really like- and I would love to...

I've sent 2 personal messages to you today. Was good talking to you earlier! As of right now I haven't gotten a message from you. Barbara in FL

Jeune étudiante en haute savoie, recherche un costume breton, de femme: une grande robe noire. Quelqu'un sait où trouver ça?? Merci

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Hi all I was just flipping through the newsgroups and came across this one. Looks really interesting too. I read the posts about pattern storage, so thought i'd put in my little centsworth. I keep my patterns in plastic ziplock bags in make and number order. As I buy a new one I enter the details...

I'm making my girls slips in a gorgeous slinky stretchy beige fabric- and am pondering the straps. I want something smooth and comfortable- and don't really feel like running out and buying something at the moment either. :-P I was wondering about using Clear Elastic but think it would be too...

Hi folks, I've added a page to my web site which lists fabric stores, yarn shops, and sewing machine dealers in Rhode Island: http://www.tomfarrell.org/textiles/stores/index.jsp?state=RI The list is completely free. It includes some commercial/industrial resources, and some stores may have gone...

I've no problems with the slacks, but the jacket is another story... Heather

I bought a clothes recent,but I find something pretty bad today.Inside of my clothing is wet,I think the water sent out by my body recent was covered by this clothes.Is there any method to solve this problem?

i would like a patteren for duct tape wallets if you daugter would give me one or tell me how to make them i would really be happy Michle