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For Sale, Wanted & Free to a good home / Re: Scraps Scraps Scraps
« on: March 26, 2024, 18:44:59 PM »
@Iminei So why aren't you using them? Is it just because your'e sick of the sight of them?

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Vintage Machines / Re: Jones z-690 Foreign
« on: March 25, 2024, 22:07:52 PM »
@Mrs_Robinson

If the Sandhurst on your name tag is the one on thr Berks/Hants border, you could try this place. I have used him in the past. Have a chat with him perhaps?

https://www.southerncountiessewing.co.uk/sewing-machine-service-and-repair/

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Vintage Machines / Re: Jones z-690 Foreign
« on: March 21, 2024, 10:49:18 AM »
Leaving aside all this chat about oiling sewing machines (or not) @Mrs_Robinson there is a pdf manual for the Jones Z690 on this site

https://www.sewingonline.co.uk/jones-manuals-2.html

scroll down until you find it. (Was this the one you tried before?)

There is also a pdf manual listed here https://sewingwishlist.com/jones-manuals-2.html, though the site looks remarkably like the previous one.


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Of course, if you sew them together alternating the direction of light and dark, it gets called 'broken dishes' - though there are at least 3 other blocks called that too....how come those people were so sure they were right? Anyway, that's their problem, not yours. It's always interesting to see the variations colour and value placement gives to a simple pattern.

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What’s amazing me is that after making 26 6.5” blocks and having strips cut for at least another 10 blocks, the scrap box doesn’t look any emptier.

@Ellabella Tell me about it!  :rolleyes:

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@SewRuthieSews It has wandered across my mind that if you're desperate to get on, you could place the ruler at right angles to the straight edge and make a mark 6½" in every few inches then line the ruler up lengthways with those marks. (We all seem to be assuming you use a rotary cutter. Once upon a time it was templates, pencil and scissors. Don't miss them a bit.)

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@SewRuthieSews I would look at getting a 9½ square ruler. That's big enough to cut or trim many sizes of blocks, but not so big as to be awkward in a limited space. Also it will give you a long enough edge to cut wider strips. EG if you needed an 8½ wide strip, you would use the square to measure 2½" in then place the long ruler against that edge, taking care not to nudge it over, and you can cut a long strip, iyswim. As @Stichin Time says, if you staying in the darkside, buy the same make of rulers, and add to them as needed.
At risk of hearing eggs being sucked  ;) , if you're cutting folded fabric try to get it as straight as possible first  or you may end up with V-shaped strips.

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Sewalongs and Competitions / Re: The Official Scrap Quilt Sewalong 2024
« on: February 21, 2024, 11:20:51 AM »
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maybe that's not the quilt I want to do, or I need to change the colour scheme.

@SewRuthieSews What attracted you to the design in the first place? Was it the colours used or the actual pattern? It sometimes helps to rough out the block in different colours and see if you still like it. Putting light and dark in different places changes the look and leads to new ideas (and a whole new rabbit hole). If you've got mainly pinks, purples, blues and greens, and that's the colour scheme you want, why not go for it?

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Sewalongs and Competitions / Re: The Official Scrap Quilt Sewalong 2024
« on: February 16, 2024, 19:08:30 PM »
@Iminei I don't recall it bowing - I made it quite a while ago. Pressing the seams to butt and pins probably. Or luck. I no longer have it, it is on long-term/permanent loan, but I visit it regularly and it's nice to see it used.

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Sewalongs and Competitions / Re: The Official Scrap Quilt Sewalong 2024
« on: February 15, 2024, 22:10:11 PM »
@Acorn Thank you. And of course some of the lights are mediums, and some of the darks are mediums, just as long as you remember which were which...

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Sewalongs and Competitions / Re: The Official Scrap Quilt Sewalong 2024
« on: February 15, 2024, 12:10:31 PM »
@Iminei I took all the bits I had, plus cutting a strip (or 2) off anything that had already been cut into, and made 2½ inch squares. I put lights in one box and darks in the other, and sewed pairs together, then split the heap again and sewed into sets of 4, and so on until I had 32 strips made of 36 squares*, then I put then together, and found something to make a border. I cadged the bright green off a friend.

*1152 squares :faints:

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Sewing Machines / Re: Bills New Machine
« on: February 14, 2024, 19:32:46 PM »
@Bill Perhaps you should get a job with Bernina as a product tester. If Bill can't break it... (and he better not!)

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Sewalongs and Competitions / Re: The Official Scrap Quilt Sewalong 2024
« on: February 14, 2024, 19:30:12 PM »
If anyone is interested in swapping/acquiring scraps, despite my recent efforts I still have a box of bits, and I'm getting sick of the sight of them. Mostly strips, some triangles and squares , a couple of larger pieces and some orphan blocks. Any takers?

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Sewalongs and Competitions / Re: The Official Scrap Quilt Sewalong 2024
« on: February 14, 2024, 19:27:36 PM »
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I have lots of scraps and remainders of jelly rolls, I intend to clear a big plastic box, chuck everything in and take it from there.

@Ellabella That sounds like an excellent plan!

This is what happens when you do that

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I fancy trying a scrappy quilt but no idea how to do one.

@WildAtlanticWay Cut fabric into pieces, sew it back together - as artistically or tastelessly as you like ;)

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