Where is everybody?

Okay ladies (and gents):
Get out from under your crinolines, prom dresses, quilts and costumes and
check in with us!
I have visions of Tom being rolled down the streets of New York having eaten
too much (sorry, I'm still envious!), Joy getting mugged by American Doll
collectors for her patterns, Cea being locked up for bopping Bridezilla for
one two many outbursts (the first one - it saves us the agony!) and Kate
getting into goodness knows what trouble....
Melinda, I expect, has just been swamped.....(literally and physically!)
Two days and no posts............I might have to go back down and actually
sew those costumes I've been avoiding!
Cynthia

On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 01:02:39 -0800, the inscrutable "Cynthia Spilsted"
spake:

Okay ladies (and gents):
Get out from under your crinolines, prom dresses, quilts and costumes and
check in with us!

delurking Larry reporting in, Maam. No crinoline to report.

I just restocked my foam sheeting, 1" velcro, urethane-backed
ballistic nylon, and naugahyde binding for another run of my laptop
glare guards. Having made about two dozen of them so far on the (new
to me) used Consew 210, I'm finally getting used to working on the
machine and really like it.

The exception is the thread. I go along merrily for 20' or so and the
thread loses one of its strands, bunching up against the feed side of
the needle. This is #46 black nylon, new on a 1/4 lb. spool. Losing a
yard of naugahyde binding each time that happens ($55 a spool) is no
fun.


I have visions of Tom being rolled down the streets of New York having eaten
too much (sorry, I'm still envious!), Joy getting mugged by American Doll
collectors for her patterns, Cea being locked up for bopping Bridezilla for
one two many outbursts (the first one - it saves us the agony!) and Kate
getting into goodness knows what trouble....

Perhaps they were all arrested by the Homeland Security forces for
quilting without a license, the nasty terrorists! (I'll let you figure
out who are the terrorists.)


Melinda, I expect, has just been swamped.....(literally and physically!)

Mmmm, good time for gator gumbo.


Two days and no posts............I might have to go back down and actually
sew those costumes I've been avoiding!

Git on it, girl! (Costumes?)


---
After they make styrofoam, what do they ship it in? --Steven Wright
http://diversify.com Comprehensive Website Development

Larry Jaques wrote:
On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 01:02:39 -0800, the inscrutable "Cynthia
Spilsted" spake:

Okay ladies (and gents):
Get out from under your crinolines, prom dresses, quilts and
costumes and check in with us!

delurking Larry reporting in, Maam. No crinoline to report.

The exception is the thread. I go along merrily for 20' or so
and the thread loses one of its strands, bunching up against
the feed side of
the needle. This is #46 black nylon, new on a 1/4 lb. spool.
Losing a
yard of naugahyde binding each time that happens ($55 a spool)
is no
fun.

Larry, have you replaced your needle? That problem sounds very much
like a burr on the eye of the needle causing the tread to shred.
http://www.a1sewingmachine.com/needles.html

If that isn't the problem, check for a burr on the hole in the plate
where the needle goes through. If there are any rough patches, use
*fine* emory cloth to smooth it.

HTH,

--
Beverly
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BEI Design wrote:

much like a burr on the eye of the needle causing the tread[sic]
to...

Yuck! Of course I meant "thread"....

Sorry for the self-follow-up.

On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 11:14:06 -0800, the inscrutable "BEI Design"
spake:

Larry, have you replaced your needle? That problem sounds very much
like a burr on the eye of the needle causing the tread to shred.
http://www.a1sewingmachine.com/needles.html

No, but I will tonight so it'll be done before using it again
tomorrow. I figure this one has had a few hours of sewing, and
my thicker materials probably wear them faster than thins would.
Thanks for the reminder. I checked and it's still very sharp.


If that isn't the problem, check for a burr on the hole in the plate
where the needle goes through. If there are any rough patches, use
*fine* emory cloth to smooth it.

Thanks, I'll check that, too.


---
After they make styrofoam, what do they ship it in? --Steven Wright
http://diversify.com Comprehensive Website Development

Larry Jaques wrote:
On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 11:14:06 -0800, the inscrutable "BEI Design"
spake:

Larry, have you replaced your needle? That problem sounds
very much like a burr on the eye of the needle causing the
tread to shred. http://www.a1sewingmachine.com/needles.html

No, but I will tonight so it'll be done before using it again
tomorrow. I figure this one has had a few hours of sewing, and
my thicker materials probably wear them faster than thins would.
Thanks for the reminder. I checked and it's still very sharp.

Well, as you can see by the picture on Ron's site, it can *seem* very
sharp, but actually be quite dull. I posted that link just for
illustration purposes. I was not referring to the *point* of the
needle in my post, I actually meant that a burr in the *eye* might be
causing your project to "... go along merrily for 20' or so and the
thread loses one of its strands, ...". In most cases, when thread
going through the needle breaks, it is because it's catching on a
rough place *in the eye*. The cure for that is a new needle.

If that isn't the problem, check for a burr on the hole in
the plate where the needle goes through. If there are any
rough patches, use *fine* emory cloth to smooth it.

Thanks, I'll check that, too.

You welcome, hope it helped.

--
Beverly
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"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 01:02:39 -0800, the inscrutable "Cynthia Spilsted"
spake:

Git on it, girl! (Costumes?)
---
After they make styrofoam, what do they ship it in? --Steven Wright
http://diversify.com Comprehensive Website Development

Dance costumes - 'tis that time of year again! I have almost no ambition
left after making the can-can petticoats (12 of them using 150 metres of
white broadcloth!), 15 pairs of lace-trimmed bloomers, 6 shirred aprons and
matching kerchiefs, 6 old-fashioned vests, knickers and mock-tallits - all
before doing the altering of my own daughter's group costumes and making her
solo costumes! Oh: - I forgot about the black tutu - I had two days notice
for that one! They thought the parents would buy the different components
at the local dance shop and come up with a facsimile of a tutu for their 15
year old daughter (with me doing the magic, of course). Not on your life!
I've sewn for the dear girl for years and she was not going out in garbage
that would cost over $75 and still look like crud - even after I worked on
it. So:- working like a demon possessed (had to be - making a tutu on that
short notice!) I got one made from scratch and ready to present by the
deadline. Then, I took it back and finished the darned thing properly!
Same girl now needs five more solo costumes made.....Also have to make three
other jazz solos for two other girls. None of them dance at the same studio
as my own daughter, but I do my best for them anyway. (In fact, black tutu
girl is at the same level as my daughter and usually takes first place - I'm
almost as happy for her as her own mother is!)
Cynthia

On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 23:39:20 -0800, the inscrutable "Cynthia Spilsted"
spake:


"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
.. .
On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 01:02:39 -0800, the inscrutable "Cynthia Spilsted"
spake:

Git on it, girl! (Costumes?)
---
After they make styrofoam, what do they ship it in? --Steven Wright
http://diversify.com Comprehensive Website Development

Dance costumes - 'tis that time of year again! I have almost no ambition

Gotcha.


as my own daughter, but I do my best for them anyway. (In fact, black tutu
girl is at the same level as my daughter and usually takes first place - I'm
almost as happy for her as her own mother is!)

Ah, the proud pseudo-Mom cum seamstress wins another one!


--

People will occasionally stumble over the truth, but
most of the time they'll pick themselves up and carry on.
--anon

Larry Jaques wrote:

On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 01:02:39 -0800, the inscrutable "Cynthia Spilsted"
spake:


Okay ladies (and gents):
Get out from under your crinolines, prom dresses, quilts and costumes and
check in with us!


delurking Larry reporting in, Maam. No crinoline to report.

I just restocked my foam sheeting, 1" velcro, urethane-backed
ballistic nylon, and naugahyde binding for another run of my laptop
glare guards. Having made about two dozen of them so far on the (new
to me) used Consew 210, I'm finally getting used to working on the
machine and really like it.

The exception is the thread. I go along merrily for 20' or so and the
thread loses one of its strands, bunching up against the feed side of
the needle. This is #46 black nylon, new on a 1/4 lb. spool. Losing a
yard of naugahyde binding each time that happens ($55 a spool) is no
fun.

Sounds like a needle problem. Have you tried a new one? Sometimes even
a new needle is less than perfect... Or try a slightly larger size
needle, or one for top stitching, with a bigger eye.



I have visions of Tom being rolled down the streets of New York having eaten
too much (sorry, I'm still envious!), Joy getting mugged by American Doll
collectors for her patterns, Cea being locked up for bopping Bridezilla for
one two many outbursts (the first one - it saves us the agony!) and Kate
getting into goodness knows what trouble....


Perhaps they were all arrested by the Homeland Security forces for
quilting without a license, the nasty terrorists! (I'll let you figure
out who are the terrorists.)



Melinda, I expect, has just been swamped.....(literally and physically!)


Mmmm, good time for gator gumbo.



Two days and no posts............I might have to go back down and actually
sew those costumes I've been avoiding!


Git on it, girl! (Costumes?)


---
After they make styrofoam, what do they ship it in? --Steven Wright
http://diversify.com Comprehensive Website Development


--
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Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
http://www.diceyhome.free-online.co.uk
Click on Kate's Pages and explore!

On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 10:08:28 +0000, the inscrutable Kate Dicey
spake:

Sounds like a needle problem. Have you tried a new one? Sometimes even
a new needle is less than perfect... Or try a slightly larger size
needle, or one for top stitching, with a bigger eye.

I looked in the box which came with the machine and it appears
that the package of needles which came with it are all used.
Feh! Well, I needed to do some grocery shopping today anyway.

Good price/source for a pack of 110-18 industrial needles?


--

People will occasionally stumble over the truth, but
most of the time they'll pick themselves up and carry on.
--anon