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Patterns Discussion / Re: Help! Looking for a boys Blazer Pattern
« on: Yesterday at 20:36:27 »
Jaycotts have Simplicity 8764 and Kwik Sew 3697 both of which include sizes for age 4.
https://jaycotts.co.uk/collections/patterns_kids/products/simplicity-pattern-s8764-boys-suit-and-ties
https://jaycotts.co.uk/collections/patterns_kids/products/k3697

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Sewing Machines / Re: Lidl sewing machine £69
« on: January 25, 2021, 12:59:13 PM »
@Maughanorama

Apologies if this is an obvious question, but are you using a zipper foot for the zips? If you try to use a normal foot the zip coil can stop the foot sitting level and in close contact with the fabric which in turn causes problems with the thread.

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Today... One thread per day / Re: Sunday 24th January
« on: January 24, 2021, 11:03:43 AM »
It’s started snowing here too - glad that we don’t have to go anywhere today. I found some long remnants of jersey fabrics left over from skirt making that will make ideal scarves for wearing on Zoom meetings. I need to trim them to size but I may not need to hem them as my webcam resolution isn’t very high.

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(Sorry for the sideways photo, not sure what is going on there)

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Vintage Machines / Re: Two-for-one bargain?
« on: January 23, 2021, 08:56:01 AM »
How lovely that you have the skills to replace the missing pieces and get the treadle working. I look forward to the next instalment about the green machine.
I wonder if treadling could be a new exercise for during lockdown?  :thinking:

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Today... One thread per day / Re: Saturday 23rd January
« on: January 23, 2021, 08:46:34 AM »
Snow here for us too. Today I need to make a shelf unit look presentable for a Zoom background - I think I’ll cover some cardboard boxes with fabric so they can be used to hid all the crap stuff.

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In the wardrobe / Re: Inauguration coats
« on: January 21, 2021, 13:18:52 PM »
@datcat23 Jill Biden wore a cream coat for the inauguration concert. I can’t find many photos of it yet, but there are a few in this article.

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In the wardrobe / Re: Inauguration coats
« on: January 21, 2021, 10:10:28 AM »
More on the coat is in this article - the sparkle is from Swarovski crystals, not the lurex thread present in some Linton Tweeds.

Interestingly, the original design sketch for the coat seems to show it buttoning left-over-right.


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In the wardrobe / Re: Inauguration coats
« on: January 21, 2021, 09:54:43 AM »
In this article on Inauguration Day fashions, the women's coats seem to be mainly right-over-left, so it might not be due to geography.

I did wonder if Jill Biden's coat was made from Linton Tweed, but I guess that could be regarded as unpatriotic even though the designer is American.

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In the wardrobe / Inauguration coats
« on: January 21, 2021, 09:30:59 AM »
Looking at photos of yesterday's inauguration I noticed that Jill Biden's coat buttoned right-over-left, but Kamala Harris' coat buttoned left-over-right.


[Photo from BBC News]

I was taught that women's clothing buttoned right-over-left and men's clothing buttoned left-over-right, but is this convention now changing?

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Vintage Machines / Re: Bernina 730 Record Belt replacement
« on: January 13, 2021, 12:19:54 PM »
@b15erk Is this blog post any use?
http://sewingmachinesandsewforth.blogspot.com/2017/01/how-to-install-new-belts-on-bernina-730.html

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For Sale, Wanted & Free to a good home / Re: ISO black and white quilting cotton
« on: January 11, 2021, 20:36:13 PM »
Certainly - it is only a fat eighth but you should be able to get a few squares out of it. Send me your address and I’ll get it in the post to you.

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For Sale, Wanted & Free to a good home / Re: ISO black and white quilting cotton
« on: January 11, 2021, 19:45:46 PM »
Middle horizontal or middle vertical? Do you just want enough for one square of each or could you use multiples of the same?

Edit - just realised that middle refers to to Iminei’s photo.

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For Sale, Wanted & Free to a good home / Re: ISO black and white quilting cotton
« on: January 11, 2021, 19:39:20 PM »
These are the ones I have in my stash. The bottom row might be tending towards not so bright white, but it is difficult to tell under artificial light.

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For Sale, Wanted & Free to a good home / Re: ISO black and white quilting cotton
« on: January 11, 2021, 17:48:43 PM »
I’ll have a look once the cat gets off my knee. Does it have to be bright white or would off white be OK?

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Today... One thread per day / Re: Sunday 10th January
« on: January 10, 2021, 10:54:46 AM »
Quote from: Ploshkin on January 10, 2021, 07:30:17 AM
Going home he was stopped by the police at Monmouth and asked why he was travelling.  ...  I will be carrying a copy of mum's discharge papers when I go back again.

Would any of us have predicted this time last year that the police would be stopping people and asking for their papers?

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