Forum: Quilting
March 15th 10, 10:32 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Replies: 19
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Featherweight Greasing
Is it a White Family Rotary? If it is, it takes the same 15x1 needles
that modern machines use. The older White VS (vibrating shuttle)
machines use the 20x1 needle, that is still in production,...
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Forum: Quilting
April 1st 09, 12:56 AM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Replies: 20
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I found out something about myself.
Singers and presumably other SMs such as Nationals and New Homes and
so on produce three stitches for each revolution of the handwheel. The
speed at which the handwheel revolves depends on the size...
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Forum: Quilting
February 21st 09, 07:40 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Replies: 22
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Free motion quilting questions
Without a presser foot, the fabric sandwich is probably not entirely
flat against the machine bed. The needle carries the thread down
through the quilt forming the loop the shuttle hook goes through....
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Forum: Quilting
December 25th 08, 04:06 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Replies: 15
Views: 991
square in a square
Thank you so much for the link! That was Brilliant!
Maria
That segment link is now:http://www.hgtv.com/videos/super-fast-rotary-cutting/4431.html
Happy holidays,
Anita Grossman Solomon
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Forum: Quilting
December 24th 08, 10:10 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Replies: 15
Views: 991
square in a square
That was a GREAT technique, and I saved it because I never trusted
HGTV not to remove it. I have the complete instructions saved as a
(mac) text file. However, Anita Grossman Solomon has a PDF...
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Forum: Quilting
September 16th 08, 04:08 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Replies: 4
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Looking for free Pantographs
There are some nice ones he
http://pagesperso-orange.fr/struss/archive/archive.htm
Frogs and bunnies, lots of other designs.
Maria in NE PA
I am new to mid-arm quilting and was told by the...
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Forum: Quilting
September 12th 08, 06:39 AM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Replies: 15
Views: 951
Pfaff machine
It shouldn't cost anywhere near that much. In January I sent a treadle
cabinet and a set of treadle irons in two very well-packed wardrobe
cartons from PA to Montana by UPS. The total weight was...
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Forum: Quilting
July 7th 08, 07:16 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Replies: 20
Views: 811
New machine - straight stitch problem
With the old all-metal machines, you could pop the top off and see
what was going on with the ZZ mechanism. There was an oscillating
track that carried the needlebar from side to side for the ZZ...
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Forum: Quilting
June 26th 08, 07:32 AM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,306
ID the quilt! was Identify this sewing amchine
I believe that pattern is called "Philadelphia Pavement" and yours is
a beauty! What a find!
Maria in NE PA
Thanks Pat. That is an old quilt I bought for $5 at the swap meet! It
is probably...
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Forum: Quilting
June 4th 08, 09:16 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Replies: 34
Views: 1,297
OT sewing I said no to
I've been putting off for the longest time starting a riding corset
from Ageless Patterns. (Procrastination is my long suit.) It's printed
on a very large sheet and I have to trace off the size I...
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Forum: Quilting
June 3rd 08, 02:42 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Replies: 34
Views: 1,297
OT sewing I said no to
My curiosity is really piqued! What company's patterns are so
difficult that they deserve to have a $200 premium tacked on? I've
never sewn with any patterns other than Burda and the Big Four,...
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Forum: Quilting
May 4th 08, 04:50 AM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Replies: 5
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Old Kenmore machine
It appears to have a couple of utility stitches, judging by the stitch
selector dial. Probably stretch and blindhem stitches. The database on
the Yahoo site says it was priced at $159.00 when it was...
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Forum: Quilting
April 3rd 08, 06:37 AM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Replies: 4
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OT slightly
I know a little modern Gritzner history. Gritzner-Kayser of Karlsruhe
Durlach was bought by Pfaff in 1957. Before that, it was an
independent company, and made excellent machines. It sold...
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Forum: Quilting
March 20th 08, 03:08 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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no more timtex?!
I haven't used it, but Long Creek Mills in Gastonia NC has a product
called Stiffy that they claim is similar, and is $1.79 for a yard of
18 inch wide material. http://longcreekmills.com
I've...
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Forum: Quilting
March 14th 08, 01:44 AM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Replies: 7
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Ever heard of a Jewel SM?
Will a threading diagram help?
http://sewusa.com/Threading_Diagrams/Threading_Pages/Wards_Sewing_Machine_Threading/Wards_268_888_987_988_Threading_Diagram.htm
Wards sold machines under other names...
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Forum: Quilting
February 29th 08, 02:09 AM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Replies: 17
Views: 2,256
Quiltmania + Ricky Tims
Exactly, all except for Joe Cunningham, whose name I haven't seen on
QA.
Maria in NE PA
Sounds like the fellows from the Quiltart list! I bet we have more than 10
now. Who is going to check...
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Forum: Quilting
February 29th 08, 01:06 AM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Replies: 17
Views: 2,256
Quiltmania + Ricky Tims
And how about Shawn Quinlan http://www.shawnquinlan.com/ and Tristan
Blakeman? http://www.manmadequilts.com/
And Joe Cunningham joethequilter.com , Kevin Key, Jim Vander Noot,
Dan Olfe and Alan...
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Forum: Quilting
February 12th 08, 03:31 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Replies: 27
Views: 1,396
would you buy this?
Anne, keep looking. Often the most wonderful machines will sell for
little on ebay because they're offered for local pickup only. And some
of the best SMs don't have the kind of press that makes...
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Forum: Quilting
February 12th 08, 02:58 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Replies: 33
Views: 1,378
Backstitching
I like to run a line of stay-stitching around the assembled top before
I layer it, so even if there are exposed seams, it won't come apart.
I finished a 4-year-old UFO quilt last week that had...
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Forum: Quilting
February 10th 08, 02:43 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Replies: 27
Views: 1,396
would you buy this?
Yes, yes, yes!!! Having the machine flush with the work surface will
make an enormous difference in your sewing, and for FMQ, I think it's
a virtual necessity. When I have a really big quilt to work...
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Forum: Quilting
February 9th 08, 04:44 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Replies: 13
Views: 2,755
OT ping JOHN
You can also try http://www.vandykes.com/ and http://www.leevalley.com/
; both offer nice vintage-style HW.
Maria in NE PA
Terrific. Thank you both so much. The cabinet is such a beauty - it...
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Forum: Quilting
February 7th 08, 04:47 AM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Replies: 19
Views: 871
shrunken featherbed
I've never seen cotton shrink that much. I washed and dried some very
vintage cotton drapery fabric and it shrank six inches over five
yards. Acetate is the only fiber that I can think of that might...
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Forum: Quilting
February 6th 08, 07:43 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Views: 15,950
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Forum: Quilting
February 3rd 08, 06:02 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Replies: 50
Views: 1,614
Favorite machines
Taria, I don't have one that'll do it AFAIK. I have a pair of 1950s
Kenmores made in Germany by Gritzner-Kayser that use cams to make deco
stitches. One of these makes a kind of blindhem stitch, but...
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Forum: Quilting
February 3rd 08, 02:48 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Replies: 50
Views: 1,614
Favorite machines
The "self-oiling" machines have porous bearings that are saturated
with some kind of lubricant. It might be oil or graphite, but the
theory is that they get warm and exude oil. In spite of that,...
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