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July 10th 03, 04:20 AM
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Ah-ha moment on Pfaff and machine applique
I have a Pfaff machine and I adore the integrated dual feed. Usually.
Today, after weeks of getting very frustrated doing some machine appliqué, I realized that it is much, much easier with the dual feed foot up. Much. Too bad I figured this out near the end of the project. I always put the dual feed up when I free motion quilt, so I don't know why I didn't think of it when doing appliqué. I guess it was because I wasn't lowering the feed dogs and using a regular zig-zag foot. Now I know. The other tip that has saved my life was from Diana in Dallas (thanks Diana). Cheap typing paper for stabilizer. Off to finish this project, now I am finally looking forward to it. -- Loren in Seattle 
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July 10th 03, 06:06 AM
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I hate the book for my machine. It is a translation to English. The
directions for sewing buttons is listed in the index under the letter 'S' for "sewing on buttons." Also the book doesn't really go into great detail on things for quilting. Might help if I took the advanced class on the machine, but it just didn't seem a priority. Learn more from this group than any class. Loren in Seattle "taria" wrote in message ... Sorry you had such a tough time Loren. Glad you are figuring out what works for you. One of the things I love most about my Bernina is the satin stitch it makes. The trick with my machine is threading the bobbin thread through the hole in the bobbin case arm. Gives a tad tighter tension so the stitching pulls to the underside a bit. Makes for a smooth stitch. Those classes with helped a lot when I got my machine. Reading the book never hurts but that seems to be my last resort  Finished project woo-hoo!!Taria Loren in Seattle wrote: I have a Pfaff machine and I adore the integrated dual feed. Usually. Today, after weeks of getting very frustrated doing some machine appliqué, I realized that it is much, much easier with the dual feed foot up. Much. Too bad I figured this out near the end of the project. I always put the dual feed up when I free motion quilt, so I don't know why I didn't think of it when doing appliqué. I guess it was because I wasn't lowering the feed dogs and using a regular zig-zag foot. Now I know. The other tip that has saved my life was from Diana in Dallas (thanks Diana). Cheap typing paper for stabilizer. Off to finish this project, now I am finally looking forward to it. -- Loren in Seattle -- Please visit my web page at: http://home1.gte.net/res0yk6g/taria/index.htm See my Siberian Cat, Lilly, at: http://home1.gte.net/res0yk6g/lillypage/lillycat.htm
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July 10th 03, 02:59 PM
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Diana - I thought that's what they call a video?? Jennifer in Ottawa
----- Group: rec.crafts.textiles.quilting Date: Thu, Jul 10, 2003, 8:06am (EDT-3) From: (Diana=A0Curtis) Even if they arent a translation from another language manuals can be so much garble as to be useless. I suspect they get someone who is good at writing manuals to do the job and forget that they arent writing for people who already know how to do the job, they need to teach people who have no clue how to do it. =A0=A0=A0=A0I want a manual that says: So, you want to program the clock on your microwave? Here is what you do! And then gives me step by step instructions. It needs to be written more conversationally, as if the manual was looking over your shoulder and pointing to the button you need to punch next. Diana -- http://photos.yahoo.com/lunamom44 "Polly Esther" wrote in message ... I would be delighted to volunteer. Really happy to. If the nice people who translate manuals to English would like an idiot to proof-read their instructions for clarity, they could just send them to me. =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0For years I have been clueless about VCR operation. Sat down yesterday and read the instructions several times. Was even more confused. The translation wanders quite a lot between Bagahlawaylia or whatever it was written in and sentences that I understand. =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0Probably that's why when the nice computer man suggests that I read my manual, I wonder why I would try that again. Wouldn't know what I had read if I did read it. One of my SM manuals was translated by someone who had never threaded a needle and has a really mean streak. I'm sure of it. Polly Loren in Seattle wrote in message news:vv6Pa.24632$ye4.20217@sccrnsc01... I hate the book for my machine. It is a translation to English. The directions for sewing buttons is listed in the index under the letter 'S' for "sewing on buttons." Also the book doesn't really go into great detail on things for quilting. Might help if I took the advanced class on the machine, but it just didn't seem a priority. Learn more from this group than any class. Loren in Seattle "taria" wrote in message ... Sorry you had such a tough time Loren. Glad you are figuring out what works for you. One of the things I love most about my Bernina is the satin stitch it makes. The trick with my machine is threading the bobbin thread through the hole in the bobbin case arm. Gives a tad tighter tension so the stitching pulls to the underside a bit. Makes for a smooth stitch. Those classes with helped a lot when I got my machine. Reading the book never hurts but that seems to be my last resort Finished project woo-hoo!! Taria Loren in Seattle wrote: I have a Pfaff machine and I adore the integrated dual feed. Usually. Today, after weeks of getting very frustrated doing some machine appliqu=E9, I realized that it is much, much easier with the dual feed foot up. Much. Too bad I figured this out near the end of the project. I always put the dual feed up when I free motion quilt, so I don't know why I didn't think of it when doing appliqu=E9. I guess it was because I wasn't lowering the feed dogs and using a regular zig-zag foot. Now I know. The other tip that has saved my life was from Diana in Dallas (thanks Diana). Cheap typing paper for stabilizer. Off to finish this project, now I am finally looking forward to it. -- Loren in Seattle -- Please visit my web page at: http://home1.gte.net/res0yk6g/taria/index.htm See my Siberian Cat, Lilly, at: http://home1.gte.net/res0yk6g/lillypage/lillycat.htm
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July 10th 03, 03:35 PM
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Loren...Depending on what Pfaff machine you have, you can get an Owner's
Manual for your machine that is all in English, and is completely different then the instruction manual that comes with the machine. They are three ring notebooks and are the best! You should be able to get them from your local Pfaff Dealer. Megan "Loren in Seattle" wrote in message news:vv6Pa.24632$ye4.20217@sccrnsc01... I hate the book for my machine. It is a translation to English. The directions for sewing buttons is listed in the index under the letter 'S' for "sewing on buttons." Also the book doesn't really go into great detail on things for quilting. Might help if I took the advanced class on the machine, but it just didn't seem a priority. Learn more from this group than any class. Loren in Seattle "taria" wrote in message ... Sorry you had such a tough time Loren. Glad you are figuring out what works for you. One of the things I love most about my Bernina is the satin stitch it makes. The trick with my machine is threading the bobbin thread through the hole in the bobbin case arm. Gives a tad tighter tension so the stitching pulls to the underside a bit. Makes for a smooth stitch. Those classes with helped a lot when I got my machine. Reading the book never hurts but that seems to be my last resort Finished project woo-hoo!!Taria Loren in Seattle wrote: I have a Pfaff machine and I adore the integrated dual feed. Usually. Today, after weeks of getting very frustrated doing some machine appliqué, I realized that it is much, much easier with the dual feed foot up. Much. Too bad I figured this out near the end of the project. I always put the dual feed up when I free motion quilt, so I don't know why I didn't think of it when doing appliqué. I guess it was because I wasn't lowering the feed dogs and using a regular zig-zag foot. Now I know. The other tip that has saved my life was from Diana in Dallas (thanks Diana). Cheap typing paper for stabilizer. Off to finish this project, now I am finally looking forward to it. -- Loren in Seattle -- Please visit my web page at: http://home1.gte.net/res0yk6g/taria/index.htm See my Siberian Cat, Lilly, at: http://home1.gte.net/res0yk6g/lillypage/lillycat.htm
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July 10th 03, 04:06 PM
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Even if they arent a translation from another language manuals can be so
much garble as to be useless. I suspect they get someone who is good at writing manuals to do the job and forget that they arent writing for people who already know how to do the job, they need to teach people who have no clue how to do it. I want a manual that says: So, you want to program the clock on your microwave? Here is what you do! And then gives me step by step instructions. It needs to be written more conversationally, as if the manual was looking over your shoulder and pointing to the button you need to punch next. Diana -- http://photos.yahoo.com/lunamom44 "Polly Esther" wrote in message ... I would be delighted to volunteer. Really happy to. If the nice people who translate manuals to English would like an idiot to proof-read their instructions for clarity, they could just send them to me. For years I have been clueless about VCR operation. Sat down yesterday and read the instructions several times. Was even more confused. The translation wanders quite a lot between Bagahlawaylia or whatever it was written in and sentences that I understand. Probably that's why when the nice computer man suggests that I read my manual, I wonder why I would try that again. Wouldn't know what I had read if I did read it. One of my SM manuals was translated by someone who had never threaded a needle and has a really mean streak. I'm sure of it. Polly Loren in Seattle wrote in message news:vv6Pa.24632$ye4.20217@sccrnsc01... I hate the book for my machine. It is a translation to English. The directions for sewing buttons is listed in the index under the letter 'S' for "sewing on buttons." Also the book doesn't really go into great detail on things for quilting. Might help if I took the advanced class on the machine, but it just didn't seem a priority. Learn more from this group than any class. Loren in Seattle "taria" wrote in message ... Sorry you had such a tough time Loren. Glad you are figuring out what works for you. One of the things I love most about my Bernina is the satin stitch it makes. The trick with my machine is threading the bobbin thread through the hole in the bobbin case arm. Gives a tad tighter tension so the stitching pulls to the underside a bit. Makes for a smooth stitch. Those classes with helped a lot when I got my machine. Reading the book never hurts but that seems to be my last resort Finished project woo-hoo!!Taria Loren in Seattle wrote: I have a Pfaff machine and I adore the integrated dual feed. Usually. Today, after weeks of getting very frustrated doing some machine appliqué, I realized that it is much, much easier with the dual feed foot up. Much. Too bad I figured this out near the end of the project. I always put the dual feed up when I free motion quilt, so I don't know why I didn't think of it when doing appliqué. I guess it was because I wasn't lowering the feed dogs and using a regular zig-zag foot. Now I know. The other tip that has saved my life was from Diana in Dallas (thanks Diana). Cheap typing paper for stabilizer. Off to finish this project, now I am finally looking forward to it. -- Loren in Seattle -- Please visit my web page at: http://home1.gte.net/res0yk6g/taria/index.htm See my Siberian Cat, Lilly, at: http://home1.gte.net/res0yk6g/lillypage/lillycat.htm
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July 10th 03, 04:53 PM
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I did this with my father too! I computerized his real estate business
while I worked for him, and then when I left for NY some 4 years later I had to make sure he knew how to do everything. Mind you, I was teaching him while I was there....he just fell into that category of "you can do it easier than I can so go ahead while I do something else." After I moved to NY, I would still get frequent calls from DF for help...and I would gently remind him that I put it in his "book." I still get calls from time to time, nearly 4 years later. However he hasn't called me on an issue that is in his book! I still think they were frequent to begin with simply because he missed me, not because he "needed" help! -- Dannielle from NY http://www.beitzell.com/dannielle/index.htm "Nana2B" wrote in message news  I made a manual of sorts for my 80 year old Dad. It tells him step by step what to do on the PC. Everything from sending mail to scanning a photo, saving and finding a file etc. I still get phone calls for "tech" help. He is really trying and learning alot. He is in NY and I am in Texas. My first question is usually, "Did you read my instructions?" LOL -- Sugar & Spice Quilts by Linda E Texas http://community.webshots.com/user/frame242
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July 10th 03, 06:34 PM
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You bring up something that DH & I were discussing recently. When a non
native English speaking person translates from their native language to English - sometimes it comes out funny - to us. Is it only funny to us? Or are they speaking in a manner that they would in their native country? If my question is unclear, here's an example. When I was in France, our hotel room had a sign to hang from your door - it was so cute (to me) that I brought it home. In French, it says - Veuileez faire briller mes chaussures. In English, it says - Please let my shoes shine. Is it a poor translation or a literal translation? (Does my question make any sense??) Pauline "Polly Esther" wrote in message ... I would be delighted to volunteer. Really happy to. If the nice people who translate manuals to English would like an idiot to proof-read their instructions for clarity, they could just send them to me. For years I have been clueless about VCR operation. Sat down yesterday and read the instructions several times. Was even more confused. The translation wanders quite a lot between Bagahlawaylia or whatever it was written in and sentences that I understand. Probably that's why when the nice computer man suggests that I read my manual, I wonder why I would try that again. Wouldn't know what I had read if I did read it. One of my SM manuals was translated by someone who had never threaded a needle and has a really mean streak. I'm sure of it. Polly Loren in Seattle wrote in message news:vv6Pa.24632$ye4.20217@sccrnsc01... I hate the book for my machine. It is a translation to English. The directions for sewing buttons is listed in the index under the letter 'S' for "sewing on buttons." Also the book doesn't really go into great detail on things for quilting. Might help if I took the advanced class on the machine, but it just didn't seem a priority. Learn more from this group than any class. Loren in Seattle "taria" wrote in message ... Sorry you had such a tough time Loren. Glad you are figuring out what works for you. One of the things I love most about my Bernina is the satin stitch it makes. The trick with my machine is threading the bobbin thread through the hole in the bobbin case arm. Gives a tad tighter tension so the stitching pulls to the underside a bit. Makes for a smooth stitch. Those classes with helped a lot when I got my machine. Reading the book never hurts but that seems to be my last resort Finished project woo-hoo!!Taria Loren in Seattle wrote: I have a Pfaff machine and I adore the integrated dual feed. Usually. Today, after weeks of getting very frustrated doing some machine appliqué, I realized that it is much, much easier with the dual feed foot up. Much. Too bad I figured this out near the end of the project. I always put the dual feed up when I free motion quilt, so I don't know why I didn't think of it when doing appliqué. I guess it was because I wasn't lowering the feed dogs and using a regular zig-zag foot. Now I know. The other tip that has saved my life was from Diana in Dallas (thanks Diana). Cheap typing paper for stabilizer. Off to finish this project, now I am finally looking forward to it. -- Loren in Seattle -- Please visit my web page at: http://home1.gte.net/res0yk6g/taria/index.htm See my Siberian Cat, Lilly, at: http://home1.gte.net/res0yk6g/lillypage/lillycat.htm
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July 11th 03, 01:13 AM
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My dd has an abacus that was made in Japan...and a very interesting manual
to go with it. If I can get my hands on it I"ll post a sentence or two ...it is so amusing and apparently translated by someone with very little English.. There is no way you can learn how to use it by reading the manual . ..I , also, find that the back pages of the manual that came with my dig. camera is almost undecipherable....at least, useless to me. Mary "Polly Esther" wrote in message ... I would be delighted to volunteer. Really happy to. If the nice people who translate manuals to English would like an idiot to proof-read their instructions for clarity, they could just send them to me. For years I have been clueless about VCR operation. Sat down yesterday and read the instructions several times. Was even more confused. The translation wanders quite a lot between Bagahlawaylia or whatever it was written in and sentences that I understand. Probably that's why when the nice computer man suggests that I read my manual, I wonder why I would try that again. Wouldn't know what I had read if I did read it. One of my SM manuals was translated by someone who had never threaded a needle and has a really mean streak. I'm sure of it. Polly Loren in Seattle wrote in message news:vv6Pa.24632$ye4.20217@sccrnsc01... I hate the book for my machine. It is a translation to English. The directions for sewing buttons is listed in the index under the letter 'S' for "sewing on buttons." Also the book doesn't really go into great detail on things for quilting. Might help if I took the advanced class on the machine, but it just didn't seem a priority. Learn more from this group than any class. Loren in Seattle "taria" wrote in message ... Sorry you had such a tough time Loren. Glad you are figuring out what works for you. One of the things I love most about my Bernina is the satin stitch it makes. The trick with my machine is threading the bobbin thread through the hole in the bobbin case arm. Gives a tad tighter tension so the stitching pulls to the underside a bit. Makes for a smooth stitch. Those classes with helped a lot when I got my machine. Reading the book never hurts but that seems to be my last resort Finished project woo-hoo!!Taria Loren in Seattle wrote: I have a Pfaff machine and I adore the integrated dual feed. Usually. Today, after weeks of getting very frustrated doing some machine appliqué, I realized that it is much, much easier with the dual feed foot up. Much. Too bad I figured this out near the end of the project. I always put the dual feed up when I free motion quilt, so I don't know why I didn't think of it when doing appliqué. I guess it was because I wasn't lowering the feed dogs and using a regular zig-zag foot. Now I know. The other tip that has saved my life was from Diana in Dallas (thanks Diana). Cheap typing paper for stabilizer. Off to finish this project, now I am finally looking forward to it. -- Loren in Seattle -- Please visit my web page at: http://home1.gte.net/res0yk6g/taria/index.htm See my Siberian Cat, Lilly, at: http://home1.gte.net/res0yk6g/lillypage/lillycat.htm
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July 11th 03, 02:04 AM
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Thanks, I have the same machine so I will try to figure out which is the
purl zigzag. Do you know the stitch number off hand? Loren in Seattle "Jennifer Hepworth" wrote in message ... Hi Loren, I also sew with a Pfaff, mine is a 7550 model. While you are learning 'new' things about your machine, I'd like to suggest that you try using the purl zig zag stitch for applique work. I rarely use the regular zig zag stitch anymore for - you'll find the purl stitich listed with the overlock stitches. Jennifer in Ottawa --------- Group: rec.crafts.textiles.quilting Date: Thu, Jul 10, 2003, 3:20am (EDT+4) From: (Loren in Seattle) I have a Pfaff machine and I adore the integrated dual feed. Usually. Today, after weeks of getting very frustrated doing some machine appliqué, I realized that it is much, much easier with the dual feed foot up. Much. Too bad I figured this out near the end of the project. I always put the dual feed up when I free motion quilt, so I don't know why I didn't think of it when doing appliqué. I guess it was because I wasn't lowering the feed dogs and using a regular zig-zag foot. Now I know. The other tip that has saved my life was from Diana in Dallas (thanks Diana). Cheap typing paper for stabilizer. Off to finish this project, now I am finally looking forward to it. -- Loren in Seattle
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