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Bee Haven Maven
True Blue Farmgirl
1862 Posts
Beverly
Pennsylvania
USA
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Bee Haven Maven
True Blue Farmgirl
1862 Posts
Beverly
Pennsylvania
USA
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smoothiejuice
True Blue Farmgirl
6309 Posts
Jessica
Bloomington
Indiana
USA
6309 Posts |
 Posted - Jan 24 2008 : 07:25:36 AM
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| I havent tried emailing her, I just was thinking I havent seen her in a long time. |
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Bee Haven Maven
True Blue Farmgirl
1862 Posts
Beverly
Pennsylvania
USA
1862 Posts |
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smoothiejuice
True Blue Farmgirl
6309 Posts
Jessica
Bloomington
Indiana
USA
6309 Posts |
Posted - Jan 24 2008 : 07:29:10 AM
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| right on..you should get together with her..she is one fine quilter! |
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sewgirlie
True Blue Farmgirl
1894 Posts
Sheryl-lyn
Calverton
NY
USA
1894 Posts |
Posted - Jan 24 2008 : 3:08:26 PM
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I sent her an email around the 13th or so. She had sent me something in the mail around then too. Maybe she and her husband went away or something.
My quilting and life blog!!
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DeepsouthMamma
True Blue Farmgirl
1454 Posts
Autumn
Southwest Louisiana
USA
1454 Posts |
Posted - Jan 24 2008 : 8:00:10 PM
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Hey
I talked to kathy(Khartquilts) tonight.
She & I are swapping number patches.
Is everybody snuggled up by the fire? I know I am!
And for those without a woodstove-I'll share mine!!!
Blessings,
Autumn
Farmgirl #49
http://simplytoday-autumn.blogspot.com/
Isaiah 40:31
But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. |
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Bonne
True Blue Farmgirl
3003 Posts
Bonne
Littleton
CO
USA
3003 Posts |
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cinnamongirl
True Blue Farmgirl
1682 Posts
Carrie
Canada
1682 Posts |
Posted - Jan 24 2008 : 8:34:51 PM
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wow now I am warm! LOL
Love the travelling sewing machines! |
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countrynmore
True Blue Farmgirl
1975 Posts
Sharon
CA
USA
1975 Posts |
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queenofdreamsz4u
True Blue Farmgirl
3845 Posts
Stephanie Suzanne
Smoky Mountains Tennessee
USA
3845 Posts |
Posted - Jan 24 2008 : 9:12:12 PM
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Hey Bev and Jess,
How's E's landbased business doing? I know she was just getting it opened when she left the forum. Does she have a different website for it or is it an extention of the Botanical Bath site?
I have thought of her many times lately..I found a sewing shop in Memphis that collects the old sewing machines. I got to see the Gibbs (crescent moon) machine in person...It's so tiny! just adorable..E and I both always watched them on Ebay and would find graphics of them to share.
Stephanie
www.dreamkingdomdesigns.blogspot.com
www.dreamkingdomdesigns.com
www.queenofdreamsz.blogspot.com
"Idealists…foolish enough to throw caution to the winds…have advanced mankind and enriched the world." ~ emma goldman
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yarnmamma
True Blue Farmgirl
4247 Posts
Linda
Clarks Summit
PA
USA
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Posted - Jan 24 2008 : 9:29:24 PM
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I like the woodstove, love fires. Very country.Thanks for sharing.
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HAPPY NEW YEAR to my FARMGIRL sisters!
farmgirl #71 Linda in PA |
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Bee Haven Maven
True Blue Farmgirl
1862 Posts
Beverly
Pennsylvania
USA
1862 Posts |
Posted - Jan 25 2008 : 03:48:08 AM
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Steph.... E has a shop with a partner and says it is going well. Usually January is "down" time for her, but with the business....she is really busy. Her newest adventure is a knitting machine... I had a wonderful visit with her and dinner with her family....adorable kiddos. But, I just don't know about this "Big green Monster" of a machine that followed me home!!! Man is it ugly!!! (and I cannot imagine calling any sewing machine ugly)...but this one truly is!!!
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Aprons and other fun things for sale at: www.honeybeez.etsy.com |
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smoothiejuice
True Blue Farmgirl
6309 Posts
Jessica
Bloomington
Indiana
USA
6309 Posts |
Posted - Jan 25 2008 : 06:03:06 AM
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| yep Elizabeth is doing well, too bad about her not being able to join us here! She is having a great run of things at her shop and it is in a hip area so it stay super duper busy! Good move on her part! |
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Bonne
True Blue Farmgirl
3003 Posts
Bonne
Littleton
CO
USA
3003 Posts |
Posted - Jan 25 2008 : 12:43:07 PM
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What's the scoop on the industrial machine? Bummer that you can't fit your thick fabric under it!!! ARggghh!! And the ruffler?? It tanked too??!!!! I use the ruffler attachment that came with one of my vintage Singers. Took some trial and error with stitch length and ruffle fullness, but I didn't experience the parts exploding like you did. Dang!!! I'm so disappointed in these 2 bad experiences!!!
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Bee Haven Maven
True Blue Farmgirl
1862 Posts
Beverly
Pennsylvania
USA
1862 Posts |
Posted - Jan 25 2008 : 1:20:25 PM
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Well, I got out the old ruffler with my Singer treadle...and that works ok...but not great...I cannot seem to get it to keep ruffling reliably. The new one worked great until it fell apart! What a bummer....Well, back to Hancocks...and I am going to exchange and try again....not giving up, cause I really liked the way the little bit of ruffle that I got done looked..
What a day......what a day.....
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queenofdreamsz4u
True Blue Farmgirl
3845 Posts
Stephanie Suzanne
Smoky Mountains Tennessee
USA
3845 Posts |
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queenofdreamsz4u
True Blue Farmgirl
3845 Posts
Stephanie Suzanne
Smoky Mountains Tennessee
USA
3845 Posts |
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Bee Haven Maven
True Blue Farmgirl
1862 Posts
Beverly
Pennsylvania
USA
1862 Posts |
Posted - Jan 25 2008 : 2:58:38 PM
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I am leaving the green monster in the garage til Spring....come warm weather, I will take a look, clean her up and see how she does....perhaps with a lovely skirt (your apron idea, taken a step further, Steph) she just might look a tad better.....who knows.....
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Aprons and other fun things for sale at: www.honeybeez.etsy.com |
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Bee Haven Maven
True Blue Farmgirl
1862 Posts
Beverly
Pennsylvania
USA
1862 Posts |
Posted - Jan 25 2008 : 3:03:30 PM
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Ok....I need all your opinions...my regular sewing machine is a White "Jeans Machine". I picked it up a couple years back on sale at Hancock. It does everything I need it to do, but it has one major problem. When you thread it and you thread thru the take up lever....most machines thread through that lever....by way of a hole. My machine just has a little slot that the thread lies in. The problem is, when there is any slack in the thread, it comes out of that little slot and then of course sews itself into a big clump on the back of the fabric and then down into the bobbin and turns into a big mess. This happens just about 1 out of every 3 seams that I sew, so it is a constant source of irritation!! What should I do?? I am really starting to think I need to get another machine that does not have any major problems. What a quandry........
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Aprons and other fun things for sale at: www.honeybeez.etsy.com |
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smoothiejuice
True Blue Farmgirl
6309 Posts
Jessica
Bloomington
Indiana
USA
6309 Posts |
Posted - Jan 25 2008 : 3:33:25 PM
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| can you take a pic of the threader part that you are having issues with? what kind of thread are you using..i found with my machine that there is 1 brand I cannot use on it..weird I know but everytime there is a prob as you just described! And I know a lot of women on here have machines that are as much as a mortgage payment, but I am of a different opinion than that..my main machine that has hundreds of hours on it and has never faltered in 6 years cost me 125 dollars ...a Singer...does everything I need and has never skipped a beat. Show us a pic of your slot Bev, maybe we can help you out, the pics I could find on line did not show close enough to see it very well. |
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queenofdreamsz4u
True Blue Farmgirl
3845 Posts
Stephanie Suzanne
Smoky Mountains Tennessee
USA
3845 Posts |
Posted - Jan 25 2008 : 4:11:12 PM
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Have you blown out that area of the machine with a can of air? May just be a small dust bunny in there. Some threads are wound on the spool differently and will cause nothing but trouble...Do you always use the same brand of thread? If I've got the right visual I believe my Esante threads the same way but it's recessed in the machine a bit.
My Babylock Esante Ese is a sewing/embroidery combo...LOVE IT!!! It is about 9 years old..and I didn't pay the huge price that it originally sold for..the great thing about these upper level machines is that although they are expensive as all get out they depreciate (like a car..LOL) the minute they leave the machine shop.
A machine like I've got is selling on Ebay from reputable machine shops for about $500-600...I paid nothing for mine..it was a barter situation..It runs like a dream, never have had a minutes trouble out of it..I take it to the shop for cleaning and a check up every 18 months weather I think it needs it or not. Jess, kind of like keeping the oil changed in a car! 
Anyway, once you sew on one of them you'll watch the trade-ins...the ladies that want to finance a $4000-7500 machine always trade-in their other machine since it has a bluebook value. There are some very good deals if you watch the shops.
Bernina has some entry level machines that are very nice and are around $500 brand new...the thing with Bernina is that the attachments are so dam expensive. The Babylock is much less expensive.
Stephanie
www.dreamkingdomdesigns.blogspot.com
www.dreamkingdomdesigns.com
www.queenofdreamsz.blogspot.com
"Idealists…foolish enough to throw caution to the winds…have advanced mankind and enriched the world." ~ emma goldman
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Tina Michelle
True Blue Farmgirl
6948 Posts
Tina
sunshine state
FL
USA
6948 Posts |
Posted - Jan 25 2008 : 4:18:23 PM
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hey Bev, I can see a pretty skirt around that sewing machine base..since it is green why not some sort of really cool retro fabric in either stripes or polka dots(maybe a color from the opposite side of the color wheel as contrast)..and then a few gathers at the corners with bows?... to Girly and gussy it up.
You certainly have the talent for it and I can see the "ugly" machine..turning into something quite charming actually.
~Seize the Day! Live, Love, Laugh~
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Bee Haven Maven
True Blue Farmgirl
1862 Posts
Beverly
Pennsylvania
USA
1862 Posts |
Posted - Jan 25 2008 : 5:39:13 PM
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The threading problem has nothing to do with dust or dirt....it is definitely a design flaw in the machine. When the uptake lever.....that lever on the front that holds the thread and goes up and down with it....the part that is threaded right after the tensions whosamabobbit....that part as it goes up and down sometimes just belches out the thread and then it all goes kaphlooey! Now do you get it?
And Jess, I am with you....I don't see any need to spend an arm and a leg....I just need a machine that is reliable and doesn't make me feel like poking my eyes out!!!! I will take a pic tomorrow...I am too tired tonight to face my sewing room.....I am presently stretched out with a good book (and a computer)!
Visit my blog at: www.sewonandsewfourth.blogspot.com
Visit our farm at: www.beehavenacres.blogspot.com
Aprons and other fun things for sale at: www.honeybeez.etsy.com |
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Bonne
True Blue Farmgirl
3003 Posts
Bonne
Littleton
CO
USA
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Stitching & Crafting Room: New Apron(and more) Sew-a-long...cont. from before |
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New Apron(and more) Sew-a-long...cont. from before
Then she won't have such a monstrous complex...LOL