My news reader on Outlook Express just informed me that I can no longer get the alt.sewing group!!!! Can someone tell me how to get another reader??.....or something??.......

Hi All, I'm new to this group, so I hope no one minds me jumping right in with questions. Do any of you buy fabric online? I checked out two samples of drapery fabric from Hancock and I wanted to see if I could find a better price online or at a different store, but I'm having a heck of a time...

Hello, rcts. I am new to this group. I have the original manual for the Sears Kenmore model 2142 sewing machine and apparently for the Sears Kenmore model 1750 sewing machine as well. I am writing those out so people can find this post. My day started at G Street Fabrics near here. I got a bulb...

Hello! I have a favorite 4-piece outfit that fits and wears like a dream (pants, vest top, and jacket); however, it is winter wear. I would like to copy this outfit for a spring/summer outfit. It has simple lines, but I don't know how to begin. I was certain that I have heard of this kind of thing...

Hi all, I have for sale some heavy duty Vinyl off-cuts - http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5962712923&ssPageName= ADME:L:DS:AU:8 This Vinyl is pickup only in inner Melbourne, Australia. Bidding starts at $50 and will end at 18-Mar-05 20:54:59 AEDST Please email me if you would...

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I'm starting to sew again, and I'm searching for fabric stores in Baltimore Maryland. The phone book isn't always helpful. Thanks!!

I have just purchased a new yamata model FN2-5 five thread overlock sewing machine. It came threaded of course but when I tied my thread on to it and attempted to sew, 3 of the threads broke off. The instruction book is in chinese (no kidding) with a very poor English translation and even worse...

I've made lined Roman blinds very successfully before, but they were for upstairs rooms where it didn't matter that you could see the tape from outside. Now I'm making them for a room which faces out onto the street. Is there a way of making them with the lining outside of the tape? In...

The sewing machine discussion got me browsing for a limitation I find on my "discount store machine". All the patterns I have be looking at talk about machine basting but my Brother is limited to 4mm stitch length which is useless for basting. I browsed around the web looking at more (much)...

I have been checking 2 or 3 times a day for a couple of days and have not seen any new posts..........this is by way of a test-post I guess..........

I have two pair of pinking shears that are probably 40 - 50 years old. They are Wiss brand and in very good condition. However, they need sharpened and I do not know where to get that done. Also, I have no idea of the value of these shears in case the sharpener would damage them. Any information...

Please folks, this is an *international* forum. If you're looking for "local" products/ services, you'll get more and more *useful* suggestions if you give a clue where you are. Even the continent would be a start. E.g. the poster wanting her pinking shears sharpened. I bet you aren't even in the...

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...

Hi, See my auctions on ebay for great pre-wound bobbins. Sideless as well as plastic sided bobbins (not paper! no lint!) Kittyshack

Hi, See my auctions on ebay for great pre-wound bobbins. Sideless as well as plastic sided bobbins (not paper! no lint!) Kittyshack

Okay ladies (and gents): Get out from under your crinolines, prom dresses, quilts and costumes and check in with us! I have visions of Tom being rolled down the streets of New York having eaten too much (sorry, I'm still envious!), Joy getting mugged by American Doll collectors for her patterns,...

The Designer 1 by Viking has a two-height presser foot control, controled by a button on the front panel. Push it once, the presser foot goes up halfway. Push it again, the presser foot goes up a little more. Very nice feature. The D1 doesn't have a "traditional" presser foot lever; you press on...

I have lost the manual for my Janome 419S and need to make 12 buttonholes to complete a shower curtain. I have the slider foot for buttonholes but I don't know what settings to use for the one-step feature. THe most obvious is the symbol for buttonholes on the A-J wheel, but what about thread...

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