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Bee Haven Maven
True Blue Farmgirl
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Beverly
Pennsylvania
USA
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queenofdreamsz4u
True Blue Farmgirl
3845 Posts
Stephanie Suzanne
Smoky Mountains Tennessee
USA
3845 Posts |
 Posted - Jan 25 2008 : 6:06:47 PM
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I keep check on the craigslist around me and there's never any sewing machines..maybe I'm looking it up wrong..just hard to believe there aren't any.
I've got to take photos of my featherweight to show y'all. It's a beauty and got it at a good price...not like the thrift store or craigslist though.
That's a nice machine Bonne...I had an old kenmore that used all the stitch disks..it was a tank of a machine..loved it but lost it in Hurricane Katrina.
Stephanie
www.maryjanesfarm.org/HenHouseSnitz/forum.asp?FORUM_ID=36
"Idealists…foolish enough to throw caution to the winds…have advanced mankind and enriched the world." ~ emma goldman
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queenofdreamsz4u
True Blue Farmgirl
3845 Posts
Stephanie Suzanne
Smoky Mountains Tennessee
USA
3845 Posts |
Posted - Jan 25 2008 : 6:15:20 PM
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Bonne,
I'm at craigslist and looking under For sale - Arts+Crafts...is that where you are finding machines? I've looked under collectibles but nothing there..
Stephanie
"Idealists…foolish enough to throw caution to the winds…have advanced mankind and enriched the world." ~ emma goldman
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queenofdreamsz4u
True Blue Farmgirl
3845 Posts
Stephanie Suzanne
Smoky Mountains Tennessee
USA
3845 Posts |
Posted - Jan 25 2008 : 6:27:23 PM
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Ok...just looked under Household and already found one 
"Idealists…foolish enough to throw caution to the winds…have advanced mankind and enriched the world." ~ emma goldman
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smoothiejuice
True Blue Farmgirl
6309 Posts
Jessica
Bloomington
Indiana
USA
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Posted - Jan 25 2008 : 6:29:15 PM
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| steph look under all topics, or in furniture..we get em by the dozens around here..I am sure you have em all around you and you dont even know it. |
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Bonne
True Blue Farmgirl
3003 Posts
Bonne
Littleton
CO
USA
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smoothiejuice
True Blue Farmgirl
6309 Posts
Jessica
Bloomington
Indiana
USA
6309 Posts |
Posted - Jan 25 2008 : 6:36:04 PM
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| or Steph even better let Bonne know exactly where you are located and she will flood your inbox with machines she finds in your area..suddenly you will end up with a storage unit larger than your house that is stacked sky high with all manner of great machines that she located for you! |
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Bonne
True Blue Farmgirl
3003 Posts
Bonne
Littleton
CO
USA
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smoothiejuice
True Blue Farmgirl
6309 Posts
Jessica
Bloomington
Indiana
USA
6309 Posts |
Posted - Jan 25 2008 : 6:41:44 PM
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you know it is true my darling Bonne, so just help Stephanie out for a few days and the humm of sewing machines will buzz in her ears and her living quarters can look like a sweat shop, just like yours and mine do!  |
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queenofdreamsz4u
True Blue Farmgirl
3845 Posts
Stephanie Suzanne
Smoky Mountains Tennessee
USA
3845 Posts |
Posted - Jan 25 2008 : 6:43:57 PM
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Ok, Bonne....keep a check on Memphis, Tennessee and Jackson, Mississippi....looks like Memphis is pulling in Southaven, Hernando, Olive Branch and Horn Lake. I'm in Southaven.
Just found one in Southaven for $30, brand new..lady never learned to sew..I've left her a message out of curiosity..gotta know what kind of machine it is..LOL
Before I sold my farm I had six machines all of which were vintage and work horses...picked them up at the thrift stores all the time. The thrifts around here don't have many and the ones I'm see are in real sad shape...too much rust going on.
Storage room you say..well now I'm here and there's 2000 sq ft in the mountain house..LOL
Stephanie
"Idealists…foolish enough to throw caution to the winds…have advanced mankind and enriched the world." ~ emma goldman
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queenofdreamsz4u
True Blue Farmgirl
3845 Posts
Stephanie Suzanne
Smoky Mountains Tennessee
USA
3845 Posts |
Posted - Jan 25 2008 : 6:47:22 PM
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Just found a listing that has lots of stuff including vintage machines to include a treadle.
"Idealists…foolish enough to throw caution to the winds…have advanced mankind and enriched the world." ~ emma goldman
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smoothiejuice
True Blue Farmgirl
6309 Posts
Jessica
Bloomington
Indiana
USA
6309 Posts |
Posted - Jan 25 2008 : 6:50:04 PM
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seee...Steph...watch out, I am up to 13 or so by now, and I am really pulling for a serger for my birthday! So you see...you may need to keep the mountain house as sewing machine storage. HA!
By the way, does anyone have the emroidery machine type that you can scan in a black and white photo and then do it up on some cloth?
If anyone does, please let me know, because I need 1 block done, I don't really think it is a big deal if you have the machine, and I am ready to pay for whatever I need to...I just am not ready to buy an embroidery machine. I don't think I have the energy to learn how to use it right now. Let me know. Good night! |
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Bonne
True Blue Farmgirl
3003 Posts
Bonne
Littleton
CO
USA
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Bonne
True Blue Farmgirl
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Bonne
Littleton
CO
USA
3003 Posts |
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smoothiejuice
True Blue Farmgirl
6309 Posts
Jessica
Bloomington
Indiana
USA
6309 Posts |
Posted - Jan 25 2008 : 6:58:03 PM
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| see....you are gonna be inundated with ads now! |
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Bonne
True Blue Farmgirl
3003 Posts
Bonne
Littleton
CO
USA
3003 Posts |
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smoothiejuice
True Blue Farmgirl
6309 Posts
Jessica
Bloomington
Indiana
USA
6309 Posts |
Posted - Jan 25 2008 : 7:00:16 PM
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| I bet it is an earlier wheeler and wilson, havent got the time to go check it out now...bonne where is the link to the old treadle guide? i cannot find it in my faves tonight...i think you have it too. i realy love that one...too bad i am too far awaY! |
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smoothiejuice
True Blue Farmgirl
6309 Posts
Jessica
Bloomington
Indiana
USA
6309 Posts |
Posted - Jan 25 2008 : 7:01:39 PM
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| hers is a consew as well...but jeez...i would never pay 500 bones for it! |
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queenofdreamsz4u
True Blue Farmgirl
3845 Posts
Stephanie Suzanne
Smoky Mountains Tennessee
USA
3845 Posts |
Posted - Jan 25 2008 : 7:13:32 PM
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The white in the cabinet looks new! I inquired about that one!
You never know when more featherweights may show up..I'd like to have a featherweight collection. I can just line up all the cute little black cases and let everyone watching wonder what kind of undertaker I am...they look like oversized medical bags..LOL
"Idealists…foolish enough to throw caution to the winds…have advanced mankind and enriched the world." ~ emma goldman
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queenofdreamsz4u
True Blue Farmgirl
3845 Posts
Stephanie Suzanne
Smoky Mountains Tennessee
USA
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Posted - Jan 25 2008 : 7:15:31 PM
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The consew is definitely sweatshop sewing at it's best.
"Idealists…foolish enough to throw caution to the winds…have advanced mankind and enriched the world." ~ emma goldman
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queenofdreamsz4u
True Blue Farmgirl
3845 Posts
Stephanie Suzanne
Smoky Mountains Tennessee
USA
3845 Posts |
Posted - Jan 25 2008 : 7:18:09 PM
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Oh Jess, about the embroidering from a scan.. I don't have my digitizing software on my computer or with me but I do have a software called Quiltworks that will convert a graphic into an outline drawing. I've never tryed it..too dam many toys around here..Is your picture such that you can trace over it and have it look anything like you want it?
"Idealists…foolish enough to throw caution to the winds…have advanced mankind and enriched the world." ~ emma goldman
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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 26 2008 : 07:03:18 AM
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| Steph, no not really, I am making a quilt for my Dad. We have given each of the 11 grandchildren an 8 1/2" square to decorate with felt and paint and pom poms..how ever they want, but I was thinking it might be cool to include a square from grandchild #12..that at this point is only a very clear ultrasound, really I just don't want my sister to feel left out as there will be 7 squares from us, 3 from my othere sister, and just one from her, so I thought if I included her baby she might really love that! Anyway, my dad is Having surgery valentines day week, and I thougt it would be nice to give him a quilt for the recovery from the kiddos since they won't be there ya know...he might like that, and the kids are having fun doing that! |
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yarnmamma
True Blue Farmgirl
4247 Posts
Linda
Clarks Summit
PA
USA
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Posted - Jan 26 2008 : 07:48:26 AM
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The quilt sounds wonderful Jess! What a great idea.
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HAPPY NEW YEAR to my FARMGIRL sisters!
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queenofdreamsz4u
True Blue Farmgirl
3845 Posts
Stephanie Suzanne
Smoky Mountains Tennessee
USA
3845 Posts |
Posted - Jan 26 2008 : 11:05:27 AM
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Yes, Jess, that's a great way to wrap him love!
Stephanie
"Idealists…foolish enough to throw caution to the winds…have advanced mankind and enriched the world." ~ emma goldman
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Stitching & Crafting Room: New Apron(and more) Sew-a-long...cont. from before |
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