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Reception => Hi, I'm new... => Topic started by: John1964 on August 17, 2020, 19:59:17 PM
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Hi everyone
I'm from Scunthorpe in Lincolnshire. Started machine sewing some weeks ago when I wanted to modify one of my tents by adding zips and a canvas skirt. Was donated the family heirloom, a Singer 28K from 1900 and something, and away I went. Anyway the end result is functional but not pretty. But I'd got the bug.
A few weeks later I'd managed to add two other Singers into our house within five days of each other 0_0 and became the proud owner of a 201K and 401g. Still not quite sure how it happened but hey ho, it did.
I do a lot of camping and want to modify what I use and make new stuff. So I've started watching YouTube videos and went looking for a UK forum and that's how I found you :D
Thank you for letting me join and I'm looking forward to learning the basics and reading all the things you do
Kind regards
John
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Hi @John1964 welcome to TSP :) :drink:
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:flower: :drink: Welcome @John1964
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Hello and welcome.
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Hello and welcome. Have some cake. :drink: :cake:
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Welcome. We like pics, your camping projects sound interesting, will you share pics?
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Welcome. We like pics, your camping projects sound interesting, will you share pics?
Sure but I need to subscribe I think
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Hi @John1964 Welcome to TSP.
My introduction to using a sewing machine (a handcranked Jones) was helping my Dad to make alarge tent for family holidays. If the numbers in your name indicate your year of birth then my turning the machine handle would have been before you were born!
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Hello and welcome!
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Welcome to TSP @John1964
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Hello from a bit further south in Lincolnshire.
I too would be very interested in your tent modifications, although I fear my days of cycle touring/camping are over - especially as we have two large woofbags and a motorhome.
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@John1964
Hi John and welcome from Bonnie Scotland (currently being drenched under that lovely fine liquid sunshine we do so well up here). Nice to see another guy joining too. Maybe I'll spend less time locked up under the stairs until I agree to do quilting; not pointing any elbows @Iminei and @wrenkins .....
I joined a few weeks ago with a Toyota Quilt 50, landed a fairly big fabric stash and now I have three machines. I also thought I'd be making things like furnishy stuff but, between here and a local fabric supplier, I'm now getting into quilting and making clothes, apparently.
You'll like it here. They're all lovely. Mental but lovely.
:D
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@John1964 hello welcome from another Scunny Bunny :)
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Well you've certainly started well @John1964, three machines in a few weeks and we hadn't even had time to 'machine wash' you.
I like YouTube for videos when I want to know how, there are some terrific ones about and it's amazing what you can learn to do
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Thank you for all the kind responses everyone
Have been reading various posts on the site and I've made a good choice with all the knowledge you have and how freely you share it.
Spent a happy few hours last night in the vintage machines section reading about 401g's and 201K's ;)
Really looking forward to getting involved
Cheers :thumbsup:
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@John1964 hello welcome from another Scunny Bunny :)
Brilliant :thumbsup:
Do you give lessons? 0_0
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Oh look @TartanPaint.
Brilliant :thumbsup:
Do you give lessons? 0_0
Another shy boy...just like you! :laughing:
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Oh look @TartanPaint.
Another shy boy...just like you! :laughing:
@wrenkins
I'm sure I've no idea what you mean....
:angel:
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@wrenkins
I'm sure I've no idea what you mean....
:angel:
I get the feeling there's a joke here I'm not in on :thinking:
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Not at all.
I was just being cheeky! 0_0
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@John1964 "do you give lessons?" :laughing:
Ahem, but seriously, I don't think I could teach you anything worth knowing, for I am simply a novice myself.
Thanks though ;)
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Hi @John1964, welcome from me too. I'm on the North bank of the river to you. Just you wait we'll have you making all sorts of things you didn't know you could do and collecting even more machines (it's addictive) just like we have @TartanPaint :thumbsup:.
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Hi @John1964, welcome from me too. I'm on the North bank of the river to you. Just you wait we'll have you making all sorts of things you didn't know you could do and collecting even more machines (it's addictive) just like we have @TartanPaint :thumbsup:.
@Surest1tch
Enabler!
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Just catching up - so a very warm welcome @John1964 from me too! :)
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I get the feeling there's a joke here I'm not in on :thinking:
Don't worry @John1964 - those two are always knocking spots off each other....or as the Americans say 'off of each other'
Anyhow welcome to the forum...best wishes for all your endeavours from Northern Ireland - I am the sensible one of the two of us from this part of the world...ahem.
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Well next step on the path of learning was to try to make a face covering. I've got a load of old t-shirts from when I went to motorcycle race meetings in the late 80's and 90's that are a bit past it due to age (neck elastic gone, the odd hole) so I thought I would chop out the logos and make a face covering.
Lessons learned:
- T-shirt fabric is stretchy and a bugger to work with as a newbie
- Things got better when I upped the tension
- Increasing stitch length helped as well
- Waiting to buy the right needle (ball point) would have resulted in a lot less swearing 0_0 rather than just diviing in with what I had
Anyway I've learned a lot about tension, stitch length, using reverse and cotton strength (kept snapping) but I've also sewn a lot more and it's getting neater (in places).
Definitely want to change the foot pedal to a flange type rather than the button type I've got.
Onward and, well probably just onward for a while as upward seems a way off ....................
John
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Overall enjoying and that's the main thing! :)
Keep up the good work. I'm still getting neater in places and I've been doing it a while now. :S
You should start a diary thread and then you can chart your progress for the world to see. 8)