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Overlockers & Coverstitchers / Lidl overlockers
« on: October 03, 2019, 17:09:55 PM »
Lidl has some Singer overlockers for £129. I've heard good reports from a friend who has bought one before. Just thought someone might be interested.

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Vintage Machines / Featherweight 221K
« on: February 15, 2019, 17:08:12 PM »
I have find find one of these in the charity shop. It's so beautiful. Now I don't need it. But....See above. Looked up the serial number and it's dated 1952ish. It's £110. Is that reasonable?

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I'm just (attempting) to quilt my first large quilt. Rolling sides in the approved manner (ish) but it's not easy.  >< Using walking foot purchased at FoQ so it looks alright I think? But I'm losing track of where I'm up to...

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Sewing Machines / New Bernina
« on: July 02, 2018, 19:38:14 PM »
I'm considering replacing my old (but very reliable) Bernina 830 with a new B570 QE. Any thoughts, please, people?

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Vintage Machines / Charity shop finds
« on: March 19, 2018, 15:54:25 PM »
I found these two machines in a local charity shop. One of them is a Wheeler and Wilson hand crank machine. The other is a beautiful treadle (which I really, really don't want...much!!) It has no name that I could see though it has a reference number which I tried to photograph.
Does anyone have any information about them, please?
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I can't remember whose ideas these were but thank you both. Someone had made a quilt with loads of plus signs which I thought was lovely so had to be tried. Someone else mentioned having a white sheet attached to a wall to lay out possible designs. I've attached an old white fleece to the top drawer of my chest of drawers to do this. When not in use it rolls up and goes into the drawer. Plus signs still a work in progress but is very easy to see how it will look without crawling around on the floor which was former option. I'm only a dark side novice but now running happily down the slippery slope... :)

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Sewing Professionally / Alterations in Sheffield
« on: July 22, 2017, 07:31:21 AM »
My daughter has just contacted me to ask whether, if she can't find a dressmaker, I would be willing to alter a friend's bridesmaids dress for the wedding of a second friend. Despite having made 9 bridesmaids dresses for the weddings of my two daughters in the last three years I know that alterations are a whole different kettle of fish. So I'm not willing to try. However, she seems to be having difficulty finding someone who might be able to help (she lives in Sheffield) and I thought one of you lovely people just might be able to do something. No idea on timings or fabrics or anything but thought I could ask. Thanks.

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Fun with Fabric / Harris tweed
« on: June 19, 2017, 16:08:37 PM »
In all this heat I'm lothe to even THINK about this. However, I shall be visiting Lewis in a couple of weeks and hope to treat myself to a bit of Lewis tweed fabric for a skirt. I've found that it is woven in 80 cm widths only so it will be have to be a 6/8 panelled skirt. Any ideas on patterns, anyone?

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Hi, I'm new... / Hello
« on: April 26, 2017, 16:42:18 PM »
Hello. Lovely to be here. I joined a couple of weeks ago and I've just had my new (to me) sewing table delivered so I thought I'd finally say hello. I'm very much a novice but enjoying the process of cutting up perfectly good fabric and joining it back together in a different order so it looks lovely.

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