Hi Guys, Delurking for some help. My trusty old, Ol, OLD sewing basket has finally gone to sewing heaven :*-(. It has to be 10 or 12 years old, has a broken hinge and deserves a fine, ceremonial burial of some sort. So -- now I am on a mission to find a replacement. There is one at e-Bay but it...

Went shopping yesterday at Spotlight (OZ version of Joanns ASICT) I got 1.2m of some good quality cotton knit to make track pant style of pants for DS at $8 a meter, 1.2m of stretch drill to make some jeans and vests for DS at $5 a meter, and 4m of something polyester satin, feels a little like...

People keep giving me fabric. In the heyday of usenet, I used to get frequent emails to the effect of "hey, I've got too much fabric, would you like some fabric?" and after I said yes an improbably large box would arrive at my home and I'd get to gleefully dive in and see what treasures had...

Help, Please... I bought an old sewing machine at a garage sale, and it seems to work very well. I'd like to know how to operate it (the thread-feed path, what the various switches and dials are for, how to re-thread the bottom spool, etc...). It says... Universal Standard Sewing Equipment Co

I'm making my DGD an Angel for her first halloween. Dad is going to take her around and he's going to be the devil..that ones easy, and the base angel costume is easy...where I'm having trouble is with the wings. I've looked at the costume shops and the craft shops. No one locally has any infant...

Hi there - I'm not sure if anyone can help, but I'm having a seck of a time trying to find a replacement throat plate for a Singer 421G. If anyone has one or knows where I might be able to find one, it would be much appreciated. My girlfriend's plate is pretty chewed up and the constant swearing...

They used to have a tape that had a rubber stitched face which was sewed or glued to the inside waistband of skirts and pants to keep them from slipping down. It was not the kind of elastic tape that stretches. Would anyone know what that tape was called and where I could get some, perhaps...

Hello all. Brand new poster here, and almost brand new to sewing, except for high school home ec which was a little while ago :) I just made a pair of one-piece PJ's for a friend of mine, and they are too short-waisted for him so they ride in uncomfortable places... what is the easiest way to fix...

I just started a small company and we need to purchase fabric labels with our company name on them. We need a 3 color imprint. We are having trouble finding a company that will print labels for us for under 250 pieces and using our colors and not the standard couple options. Would LOVE some...

I have been trying for three days to find some information about this. I've Googled, Google Grouped, and Froogled. Other than Monsanto (apparently the registered trademark of Cerex), which I also searched, zip is what I get. There is an auction on eBay I'm interested in. It is for 18" x...

Since I'd been asked for some pictures of my 431, I threw together a quick web page of my 400 series collection. http://www.artcoinc.com/sewing/ Malcolm

I bought a hook and loop with glue. The glue is there to make it easier to place the hook and loop correctly on the fabric until the sewing is done. Smart, but the problem is that the needle of the sewing machine collects glue, until finally the hole in the needle gets so filled up with glue that...

Does anyone remember the dear old string bag their Nanna used to take to the shops? Our supermarket is selling cheap canvas shopping bags in the hope of replacing the disposable plastic ones, but I thought I'd rather make a couple of the old fashioned string bags, which expanded beautifully to...

I inherited several books of drapery and upholstery samples. These are expensive fabrics. The harvested swatches range from small -- 4 to 5 inches to about 12 to 14 inches. I'm looking for ideas to make up something useful. Most of the prints are large so inappropriate for infants or...

I can vaguely remember a TV series broadcast on TLC called "Sew, What's New". It featured a rather distinguished male host who was funny at times and demonstrated sewing technique. Can anyone tell me who the host was and if the show is available on tape or dvd or still being broadcast? He was...

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Help! I'm looking for someone who can make Halloween costumes for my toddler daughters. I have the materials and patterns. Any assistance would be appreciated.

Cynthia, I also like this kind of tape, and was mystified by so many saying not to use it. It's gentler to baby skin, IMO. Karen in Ohio Cynthia Spilsted wrote: I've been following Tom's posts on the sleepers and noticed that a lot of people advise against snap tape. Then I realised that...

hi everyone, I want to buy my first sewing machine. I wanna do lot of stuff, like to be able to do jeans fabrics to fine sheer fabrics and still have a nice stitch. i looked around but i can't seem to set my choice on a particular model. And i don't know if i should trust salesmen... My favorite...