Forum: Quilting
August 1st 20, 10:42 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Need thread opinions
On Thu, 30 Jul 2020 10:04:51 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
You want a shiny metallic thread for for hand embellishment, what would you choose?
I am dithering...
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Forum: Quilting
July 14th 20, 10:42 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Replies: 2
Views: 4,489
soften heat n bond?
The best masks tested in a study from the fluids engineering
group at Florida Atlantic University were a simple two layer
"quilting cotton" mask, which dropped almost everything from a
simulated...
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Forum: Sewing
August 20th 18, 10:42 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.sewing
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Replies: 1
Views: 5,167
SMOCKING
https://www.smocking.org/ if you're in the US
On Sun, 29 Jul 2018 14:42:29 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
And its 2018 and I still haven't found any...
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Forum: Quilting
March 28th 18, 10:42 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,972
Sewing Scissors
On Mon, 19 Mar 2018 03:41:21 -0700, Brian Christiansen wrote:
I suppose a bit of rust on the outside isn't any big deal, but some rust
is showing up on the...
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Forum: Quilting
September 15th 17, 10:42 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,613
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Forum: Needlework
July 11th 16, 10:42 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.needlework
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,915
Twisted thread
On Sun, 10 Jul 2016 20:58:30 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
Hi. I'm a newbie. When I make a stitch it looks good as its being pulled
down thru the...
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Forum: Needlework
March 27th 15, 09:41 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.needlework
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Replies: 10
Views: 84,929
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Forum: Needlework
January 28th 15, 03:00 AM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.needlework
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Replies: 10
Views: 283,105
Eyes -- an update
On Tue, 27 Jan 2015 16:23:08 -0400, wrote:
On Tue, 27 Jan 2015 11:32:55 -0800 (PST), Danny Breidenbach
wrote:
On Monday,...
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Forum: Needlework
November 21st 14, 10:41 AM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.needlework
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Replies: 2
Views: 2,033
Graph paper program
On Thu, 20 Nov 2014 18:57:52 -0800 (PST), virginia grace wrote:
I once had a very small program to make graph paper of any size...all you had to tell it was how many...
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Forum: Needlework
July 30th 14, 10:42 AM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.needlework
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,162
THE EASIEST NEEDLEWORK TO LEARN
On Tue, 29 Jul 2014 17:46:38 -0700, Karen C wrote:
Joan Erickson wrote:
My problem with tatting is...what do you do with the stuff you tat?
One of the elderly ladies at...
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Forum: Needlework
June 28th 14, 10:42 AM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.needlework
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,430
THE EASIEST NEEDLEWORK TO LEARN
On Fri, 27 Jun 2014 03:24:32 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
I'm not trying to teach but considering trying to learn.
Basic cross stitch is going to be the cheapest to...
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Forum: Needlework
June 25th 14, 10:42 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.needlework
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Replies: 34
Views: 798,950
Time for "What are you stitching?"
On Wed, 25 Jun 2014 06:16:36 -0700 (PDT), Ruth wrote:
I went and bought a Ergo a couple of years ago and never could get it to work right. It's too low for the...
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Forum: Quilting
June 22nd 13, 10:42 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,773
Sewing Summer Clothes
On Fri, 21 Jun 2013 22:06:16 -0800, Steven Cook wrote:
Steven, on the offchance you get some guys in the class, I often use some of
the projects in Nancy Restuccia's book, "Hold...
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Forum: Quilting
April 10th 13, 10:42 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,114
OT -- Dog Door Info
Another choice might be a "facial recognition" door, operated by an ancient
computer. See:...
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Forum: Sewing
April 8th 13, 10:42 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.sewing
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Replies: 24
Views: 15,653
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Forum: Quilting
March 11th 13, 09:42 AM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Replies: 10
Views: 3,216
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Forum: Quilting
March 8th 13, 10:42 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Replies: 10
Views: 3,216
Finding an old style tool
On Fri, 8 Mar 2013 07:54:53 -0600, Polly Esther wrote:
I had to leave Lacis and walk away very quickly. Fine, special tools really
call to me. Polly
You think the...
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Forum: Quilting
March 8th 13, 10:42 AM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Replies: 10
Views: 3,216
Finding an old style tool
On Thu, 7 Mar 2013 22:45:40 +0000 (UTC), NightMist wrote:
So I have this old bodkin that I have been using for sequins and beading
and the like.
Now that I have a...
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Forum: Quilting
February 23rd 13, 10:42 AM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,050
An $80 investment?
On Sat, 23 Feb 2013 01:27:54 +0000 (UTC), NightMist wrote:
Stop that!
People still pay me to sew on buttons and hem things.
You keep on like that and you'll spoil the...
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Forum: Quilting
February 22nd 13, 10:42 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,050
An $80 investment?
On Thu, 21 Feb 2013 19:15:29 -0800, Taria wrote:
When once of the gals in the family mentioned she took a pair of shorts to
the cleaners to have a button sewn back on...
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Forum: Quilting
December 13th 12, 03:01 AM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Replies: 19
Views: 1,605
Jeans
On Wed, 12 Dec 2012 07:54:07 -0500, Bobbie Sews More wrote:
Next time you feel the need to buy jeans you might want to try on the Lee
Stretch Jeans and see if you can...
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Forum: Sewing
September 27th 12, 03:01 AM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.sewing
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Replies: 4
Views: 2,670
Parachute 'silk'
On Tue, 25 Sep 2012 18:42:57 -0400, Belinda Alene wrote:
I am seeking a source for very inexpensive parachute 'silk'. I am not real
particular as to color,...
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Forum: Quilting
September 9th 12, 10:42 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,376
WH (gulp) sleeve
On Sat, 8 Sep 2012 23:57:53 -0500, Polly Esther wrote:
My FIRST WH is finished. It is important. It is beautiful. It needs a
hanging sleeve. NOT just something to...
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Forum: Quilting
July 31st 12, 10:42 AM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,248
Gingher utility scissors?
The fingerholes on the DH3005 are about 1.5x3". Big enough for most guys hands. But my DH has really large hands, which is why we have the COB180s.
(Kershaw knives, which is a division of Kai, is...
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Forum: Quilting
July 30th 12, 10:42 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,249
BEST rotary blades?
Polly, have you tried Kai blades? They're sold as Dritz in Joanns, and
I really prefer them. You can also buy them as Kai. http://www.kaiscissors.com/category.php?category_id=51...
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