Dear Friends, hello! Halloween is coming soon. Also we've prepared a new collection "Vintage Halloween Designs" http://www.abc-needlework.com/halloween.html We've also added a new freebie from this collection . The new freebie "Halloween Pumpkin" is suitable for 4x4 inch...

Dear Friends, hello! You're welcome to download the 2 NEW free FLOWER designs: http://www.abc-needlework.com/free-designs/index.html These designs are from NEW collections "Lase Designs"--- http://www.abc-needlework.com/lace.html and "Flower...

I just got one of those mutiple-size patterns & I want to use more than one size from it. What's a good way to transfer the separate sizes so I can do this? v.

The sewing kits were a HUGE success! One of the big problems with giving these guys gifts is that they all have great jobs and pretty much just buy what they want when they want it so coming up with something “priceless” is always a problem. We had good laughs about the choice of lunchboxes,...

A while back one of our threads forked off to favorite books. I can't remember which newsgroup it was in so I'm cross posting to cover all bases. Somebody mentioned an author who was solving mysteries while dragging her sewing machines around with her, or something like that. I actually did write...

This is a heads-up to those friends who haven't experienced it yet, and an explanation to those friends and family who have. Most of you have read the scare-mail about the person whose kidneys were stolen while he was passed out. Well, read on. While the kidney story was an urban legend, this...

The sewing kits are assembled, wrapped, ribboned and ready for Christmas Eve. I found boxes of assorted spools of thread, just a bit smaller than a regular small spool. They were at the Big Lots store. Nice assortments with twelve spools in each box, a "light", has white and a "dark", has black....

I am putting together some sewing boxes for a few of the 20-30 somethings on my list. It seems there's always talk among my sons group that finding a needle to sew on a button or make a quick fix is a problem. I have some of those little metal lunch boxes and I'm going to put the stuff in those....

'Twas the night of Thanksgiving, But I just couldn't sleep I tried counting backwards, I tried counting sheep. The leftovers beckoned The dark meat and white But I fought the temptation With all of my might. Tossing and turning with anticipation The thought of a snack became infatuation. So, I...

As I have been searching around for "viking fabric" I found this website that seems to have some very nice fabric at really good prices that I thought you might be interested in perusing. Not a sales pitch, just a thought. I just ordered some stretchy velvet for a little winter lounging attire ...

I am look for a cotton print with Vikings.......not the football guys, the Nordic marauder types, cartoon Vikings would be good too. I just need a little bit. Has anyone seen such a thing? Anybody have anything stashed away? I will gladly pay postage or whatever you feel is reasonable. This is for...

"The Cow Goddess" wrote in message ... does anyone have one of these? i need the pattern number of the evening gown to tell someone and Simplicity has discontinued them! many thanks, angela

I found an informative site on organizing suggestions for sewing and craft rooms. This always seems to be a topic of discussion here so I thought I'd post it if anyone would be interested. http://www.organizedhome.com/sewing/ Val

I sincerely apologize to all whom I said I would send out the digitized pattern for the bear face on the post that was started about getting round ears on that two piece teddy bear pattern " 2/24/2004 making teddy bear ears round " It seemed like it took forever to get that new floppy disc...

I got a little sidetracked while doing a Google for a rice cooker, like that never happens to anyone else, right? LOL Anyway I found these directions for using up those sewing scrapes for pattern weights. After reading the instructions I remembered that I have a 5 gallon bucket full of...

As I have been reading the NGs having to do with sewing a thought all of a sudden occurred to me. The decisions involved, waiting for and arrival of new machines (often referred to as my/our baby) is much like that of the arrival of a much anticipated child. I know writing out that check after...

I am sewing little bears, a two piece pattern about 8-9 inches high, the area for the face would be about 1 1/2 inches square. I am looking for bear type faces to embroider on these little creatures. These little bears are for the Women/Children shelter and for our police to carry in their cars...

Well, I was looking at CheapTrims for the first time and the creative juices started flowing. I was looking at the feather trim on tapes and got a little designing brainstorm. Well, maybe not a completely original idea but I'm a Fashiontrance fan and I've seen some haute designs with feathers and I...

I'm not sure if this is the NG or not but somebody, somewhere, awhile ago, mentioned a series of novels written about some gal who hauls her sewing machine around with her solving mysteries or something like that. I wrote down the author to check out book stores and now I can't find where I...

Hi. I am new to serging and am getting rather frustrated. I have an Elna 744. I am trying to do an overlock 3 stitch. I have threaded and rethreaded my machine dozens of times. I have read and re-read the manual and watched the video. No matter what I do I cannot get the machine to lock the...