Hand-crafted diaper bags with matching changing pads, in an assortment of fabrics/colors, and diaper bag gift sets: http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewSellersOtherItems&userid=jellaan If you have any questions, or for more photos, please remove the WITHOUTSPAM from my email address and...

OK, most of you know that I enjoy making nice lingerie for DW. (I hope I'm using that abbreviation correctly). I want to get better at it. I've got a few dollars in credit at Amazon.com. I've got some other stuff ordered that should be arriving around the 25th-28th of this month. So, I thought...

Hello everyone, I know I haven't posted to this Usenet group in awhile, but I have a good excuse! I have been busy along with quite a few other NeedleBar members researching Willcox & Gibbs chain stitch sewing machines. The NeedleBar is now doing a survey on these machines to help further...

Iona Somerville has a new web site: http://www.moonloomdesigns.com check out her on-line shop, get dates for her upcoming arts and crafts fairs and more! Moonloomdesigns make one-off, beautiful handmade objects - moonloom handbags, moonloom scarves, moonloom hall hangings, moonloom art...

I guess some other State Fairs are run differently, but here in Michigan you don't need to win at a local or county level to earn your way to the State Fair.....you just enter the State Fair. And, if you don't live near the Detroit area......you simply box and mail your entry in! It really is that...

yes, male genital hairs are the best material possible and there is plenty of male genital hair on this world. Try it yourself !

I need to make my daughter a raincoat and the fabric stores around here (very large city) sell very little clothing fabric anymore. Ugh. (they sell quilting fabric and craft stuff mostly). Do you know any reliable places online where I can purchase rainwear fabric, please?

I am looking for distributors for resale ----------------------------------------- Creative Rootz - http://creativerootz.com New items added at very reasonable prices. Also looking for other local business and artist to submit their website links and banners.

Has anyone made McCalls 2295 view B Beanbag Chair (middle bottom picture on cover)? I was wondering if you were satisfied with it or is there a better or is there a better pattern available? Was it the standard large beanbag you can purchase in the store or was it smaller? It says to fill it with...

Hi folks, I'm new to this group and plan to check in often. Right now I'm hoping someone can help me with a problem I'm having with my sewing machine. I have an old but seldom used Singer model 8602 -- a low-end model with no special features. I've been using for a few days to make a window...

Hi ! Lurker here ! Just wondering if anyone can help advise where I could get a pattern for cowboy chaps (adult size )? My daughter makes fancy dress costumes,and she has looked at all the well known pattern books with no luck. Grateful for any suggestions thanks Margaret

The Michigan State Fair is always looking for volunteers. My daughter, Mother and I have helped in the Community Arts building for several years, setting up exhibits, assisting with entry check-in and drop offs (without lot's of help those lines can get long - so folks really appreciate you) and...

stretch fabric for non-stretch pattern? (The=A0Cow=A0Goddess) hi guys! how's everyone been? 3 months ago i sliced my right thumb badly and have lost all feeling in it, though i have regained most use of it. so i haven't been sewing - or cross stitching - for a long while. --- ...

Here is a brief overview of the Goodfellow Doll program in case you aren't familiar: The Goodfellows pass out basic 13" naked plastic dolls to people willing to creatively sew, knit, purchase or in some way dress the dolls. They are then returned to the Goodfellows for distribution during the...

OK, here is one I have not seen answered yet. I understand the right-side vs wrong side of a piece of fabric, but when attacking a collar, thats made of two pieces of material with interfacing between, which side is the right side and which is the wrong side? Since the collar folds down to the...

Miss-G- wrote: I am so happy with this! It's taken me nearly 2 years (thats how long I've been sewing) to get up the courage to do it and I did it and it was like magic! There was no pulling on the armholes, the neckline sat flat against my chest and best of all there was coverage! I...

This happened last week: on Monday, to be precise--keep the day in mind, because it is important to the story line: Phone rings. I answer. Breathless voice announces with great familiarity: "I'm bad...I think I've waited too long...haven't I? I mean, I really need a prom gown made! I'm really bad,...

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...

Can anyone please tell me how to adjust a traverse rod so that the pulls actually work. My mother has an extremely long and heavy set of drapes that required the longest "double-opening" (?) rod (the kind that pulls the right drapery to the right and the left to the left). It just doesn't work,...

Hi. I'm getting back to sewing dresses and such as I (hopefully) become a teacher again. It's been about 10 years since I sewed clothes. (Made a bunch of quilt with the scraps from them, tho'!) I mostly used Simplicity patterns but increasingly McCall's appeal to me. Which company (s) do y'all...