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In the wardrobe / Re: Making a full length flared pencil skirt
« on: March 22, 2024, 11:02:20 AM »
You should be able to "like" replies. Every once it while it tells you you have already done when you haven't but that's not usual.

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Fun with Fabric / Re: WBL Batik query
« on: March 22, 2024, 09:53:32 AM »
What I would do is cut an exact 10cm square from one corner and wash it in a quick cool wash in the machine to see how it comes out. Press it and measure again. You could cut 2 squares and handwash the other one to compare.

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A Good Yarn / Re: Baby collection
« on: March 21, 2024, 23:06:16 PM »
Lucky baby! What a beautiful selection.

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Vintage Machines / Re: Jones z-690 Foreign
« on: March 21, 2024, 13:58:29 PM »
@Mrs_Robinson I hope there is an answer somewhere here for you. Keep us up to date with your progress!

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Sewing Machines / Re: In need of a service!
« on: March 07, 2024, 09:13:58 AM »
Thank you @Celia ! Exactly what I needed. I don't mind paying for a new one but didn't want to do it and then be told I didn't need to!

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Sewing Machines / Re: Help please for this singer!
« on: March 07, 2024, 09:03:29 AM »
I thought Husqvarna machines were now made by Janome? Mine certainly was (Emerald 118). It's a few years old now but the quality is excellent.

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Sewing Machines / In need of a service!
« on: March 06, 2024, 23:16:59 PM »
I bought my Elna Experience 520s during Lockdown and it has been in nearly constant use ever since - I love the machine. It is now though, I think, in need of a service. My problem is that I don't have anywhere nearby that I can get it done. I can use my other machine, Husqvarna Emerald 118, but it doesn't have one step buttonholes. One of the problems with the Elna, I have found this week, is that I sometimes press down on the foot control but nothing happens. It will go when I press it again but the frequency is increasing. Does anyone know enough about foot controls to know what the problem might be? I can get a new foot control for about £40 but don't want to do this if it's a simple thing wrong with it.

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For Sale, Wanted & Free to a good home / Re: Button Bazaar 2024
« on: March 06, 2024, 19:13:29 PM »
I have received my beeautiful buttons already and what a lovely package they made! Wonderfully mounted on a fabric patch (? correct term) . I will feel guilty cutting them off. I have a jacket nearly finished for 3 of them though. I can recommend this button seller whole- heartedly!

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For Sale, Wanted & Free to a good home / Re: Button Bazaar 2024
« on: March 04, 2024, 19:27:13 PM »
@Iminei , I'd like the 4 medium bronze and the 6 small silver please!

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For Sale, Wanted & Free to a good home / Re: Button Bazaar 2024
« on: March 04, 2024, 16:02:29 PM »
 @Iminei  I'd like the entire 5th row down please. The Roman ones - 2 lots of 4.

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Hi, I'm new... / Re: Hello.. I am back again
« on: March 03, 2024, 11:05:25 AM »
Lovely to have you back @ipek . Hope you'll stay and join us in our conversations.

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Overlockers & Coverstitchers / Re: New overlocker tips
« on: March 02, 2024, 11:17:04 AM »
Even if I had that much money, I don't think I'd be tempted by it either. One thing that has struck me when reading this and other recent overlocker threads, is the extent to which overlockers now look much more like sewing machines. Is this an attempt to "normalise" them for domestic sewers do you think or does all that extra capability need them to be so different?

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I saw this & I thought you may be interested! / Re: Mantua maker
« on: March 01, 2024, 23:12:09 PM »
@grndkntrl that looks spectacular! OH doesn't seem to have inherited any of his ancestors skills - just as well, I wouldn't want him showing me up!

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I saw this & I thought you may be interested! / Mantua maker
« on: March 01, 2024, 09:44:34 AM »
I received my regular list of "Hints" from Ancestry yesterday - they send genealogical information that other people have researched that may apply to your own ancestors. This one was a list of people who had been apprenticed in various trades in the 18thc. One of OH's ancestors, Susannah Wheadon of Crewkerne in Somerset, was apprenticed as a Mantua Maker. This meant nothing to me, but apparently:

Mantua | British | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The mantua was a coatlike construction, with sleeves cut in one piece with the back and front. It was pleated at the shoulders and fell to the waist, where it was held in place by a sash. From there it was folded back into a bustle shape and worn over a matching petticoat.

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Overlockers & Coverstitchers / Re: New overlocker tips
« on: February 29, 2024, 15:05:53 PM »
@realale as discussed in another thread a short while ago, this is the one I have. There are newer models. As you'll see, the whole blade assembly part opens right back for threading - brilliant! It's also very easy to guage seam allowances, and it's possible to safely stitch right on the edge without cutting anything off - I have never yet needed to disengage the blade. The right needle is slightly awkward to thread but this is probably more a result of my eyesight than anything else! I found GUR very good to deal with. If they have a stand do have a look at these.

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