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Old July 22nd 14, 11:39 PM posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
Brian[_3_]
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Default Featherweight and quilted cellphone cases

I recently "inherited" a Singer Featherweight from my mother, and the
"practice" cellphone case that I made for my phone and my kindle was my
first major project on it.

For the first one, I paused the video at each step and performed the step
and wrote it down to make the instructions that I spoke of, but
discovered that I did not need to do this, as once I actually did it and
saw the pieces come together, I no longer needed a set of instructions.

Perhaps though, writing down the steps as I did them helped me realize
how it comes together.

During this time I ran out of bobbin thread (at least the bobbin that had
white thread on it, which is what I use unless I have a very specific
need for another color on the bobbin) and had to rethread the bobbin.

At first when I looked in the manual for the machine, I could not find
the instructions to do this, and thought thought "is the intention of
this machine that I have to wind the bobbins by hand or buy some sort of
separate bobbin winder?"

Turns out the heading for that section was at the bottom of a page and I
just missed it.

Then I got to thinking that I should have just used up the bobbins that
were wound (there were several, just 1 white one) and then have a
marathon session of winding all the bobbins with white thread all at once.

In the video, she says to use a 6-inch zipper,but I could not find that
size, so I used a 7-inch zipper instead.

In the video, she centered the zipper. I think it is better to not
center it and sew it so that the built in stop on one end and to make a
stop as per the instructions for shortening the zipper-""Whip-stitch
tightly across the coil 8 to 10 times using a double strand of thread."

Also, if you are going to make them as Christmas gifts, don't tell
anyone how inexpensive they are (though I suppose that as opposed to
buying phone cases at the Verizon store you would be have to contribute a
bit of sewing skill).

For example, for the ones I made, I got the material from the remnants
table, and I cannot remember exactly how much I paid, but it was not more
than 1-2 dollars and was much larger than a fat quarter, and even a piece
as small as a fat quarter could make several.

A zipper costs 1.50 to 2.00 depending on where you get it, and the button
costs around 50 cents (perhaps more if you get a fancy one).

I would be surprised if the whole thing costs 5.00 in total, even if you
added in a stylus for the keyboard (from the dollar store) and a cloth
for cleaning the screen.

I suppose you could even do cheaper if you get a pair of pants from the
thrift store.

A pair of pants has more than enough material to make one of these, it
has a zipper, and probably has a button as well so none of those things
have to be purchased, though you would have to contribute the effort of
frogstitching the pants to get the material, zipper and button.

I however, personally would not give something from the thrift store as a
Christmas gift.

Brian Christiansen
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