12-14-20, 08:52 AM | |
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: OK
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I have two Pfaffs, one Janome, and one Brother serger. The Janome is pretty simple and I use it as my travel machine (to classes, etc.) I highly recommend Pfaff is you're looking to upgrade some but don't need anything as complicated as a Bernina.
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12-14-20, 09:26 PM | |
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Eastern Oklahoma
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I guess I am the only one still making quilt tops on a 1908-vintage Singer treadle machine. One that won’t go in reverse, at that. I love that bad boy, though. It clanks and it clunks and it makes all kinds of interesting noises, but it gets the job done. It does exactly what I tell it to and I can stop on a dime. And it is beautiful and has personality. My newer, fancier machine is easier in many ways, but it just doesn't have the same connection with the past and to me that is what quilts are all about.
Seriously, I’m with BunnyHop, perhaps in part due to using my relic Singer for so many years. I love piecing tops, the rest not so much. _____ YADeb |
12-15-20, 10:20 AM | ||
Join Date: Nov 2008
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Anybody else wonder what the world would be like if manufacturers simply let themselves built solid machinery that lasts and never moved away from that business model? Build one or two, not forty different models available for a hundred different prices at a thousand different retailers? These lightweight machines are going to wind up in a landfill someday, and that strikes me as such a waste. Plus, replacement parts and service would never be a problem. Still mourning the loss of my old Viking that needs a replacement part that's probably not available.
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12-15-20, 11:07 PM | |
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Eastern Oklahoma
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This quilt-theme ties into ironing boards. I have an old ironing board that I got decades ago at a garage or estate sale. I absolutely love it. It is heavy enough to handle those quilt tops without feeling like it’s going to topple. The problem is that it is getting harder and harder to find covers for it and it’s getting more than a bit rusty. I could make my own cover if push came to shove, but I have better ways to spend my sewing time.
No real question here, just an observation. _____ YADeb |
12-15-20, 11:36 PM | ||
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Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: PalmTreeVille
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my mom always bought the "grey/silver" covers but padded it underneath with old, large towels. then she took a large curved upholstery needle and whip-stitched underneath rather than rely on the drawstring that the cover came with. it didn't take too long and the cover stayed on forever.
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12-16-20, 01:21 AM | ||
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Parkland, FL
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i made a cover for mine from this kit by steady betty. i love it because it's foam that grips the fabric and it doesn't distort when pressing. here's a link to the kit https://www.steadybetty.com/products/kit |
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12-17-20, 06:38 PM | |
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Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Oklahoma
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All of you that have quilted, have you ever made a rag quilt? I've never quilted, but I would like to make one. I love the look of them!
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