New kind of hoop - Page 4

> lucretiaborgia@fl.it wrote:
>> Better is as I said, our own Fred !
>> http://www.stitchaway.com/
>> I have one and can vouch for the fact that it is lovely to look at,
>> and really works as regards holding your fabric really, really taut.
>> It's a clever design, everything is held tight by two strips of heavy
>> plastic which do not really show in the diagram. It can be adjusted
>> as regards size of fabric it will hold. It's really high tech innovative
>> design, I've always thought Fred
>> needs to market more. I bought one and when I was back here and
>> other Guild members saw it, they ordered pdq ! If you also use a
>> stand, it's heaven.
>> Did I say I looooove my Fred stitchaway ???
> I like the fact that, if the edges of your needlework fabric are
> neatened up in some way, you can just leave your finished needlework in
> the FANTASTIC StitchAway Fabric Mount and display it with the little
> holder thingies Fred makes! The Fabric Mount **IS** a thing of beauty in
> and of itself, to say the least!!!! CiaoMeow >^;;^<
> PAX, Tia Mary >^;;^< (RCTQ Queen of Kitties)
> Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about
> their whiskers!
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> wrote:
>>> nospam@allcrafts.area51.demon.co.uk says...
>>>> It looks as if it is made more for tambour work and needle punch.
>>>> Especially with it having legs on.
>>> This thing or maybe it's predecessor was mentioned by the teacher at a
>>> punchneedle class I took. She mentioned that the velco strips came off
>>> and
>>> she
>>> had to glue them back on. Despite this, I got one and was so not
>>> impressed
>>> that
>>> I returned it.
>>> ---
>>> another anne, add ingers to reply
>>Thanks. I was just wondering but I guess I'll save my money for
>>something
>>better.
>>L
> Better is as I said, our own Fred !
> http://www.stitchaway.com/
> I have one and can vouch for the fact that it is lovely to look at,
> and really works as regards holding your fabric really, really taut.
> It's a clever design, everything is held tight by two strips of heavy
> plastic which do not really show in the diagram. It can be adjusted
> as regards size of fabric it will hold.
> It's really high tech innovative design, I've always thought Fred
> needs to market more. I bought one and when I was back here and
> other Guild members saw it, they ordered pdq ! If you also use a
> stand, it's heaven.
> Did I say I looooove my Fred stitchaway ???

>> wrote:
>>>> nospam@allcrafts.area51.demon.co.uk says...
>>>>> It looks as if it is made more for tambour work and needle punch.
>>>>> Especially with it having legs on.
>>>> This thing or maybe it's predecessor was mentioned by the teacher at a
>>>> punchneedle class I took. She mentioned that the velco strips came off
>>>> and
>>>> she
>>>> had to glue them back on. Despite this, I got one and was so not
>>>> impressed
>>>> that
>>>> I returned it.
>>>> ---
>>>> another anne, add ingers to reply
>>>Thanks. I was just wondering but I guess I'll save my money for
>>>something
>>>better.
>>>L
>> Better is as I said, our own Fred !
>> http://www.stitchaway.com/
>> I have one and can vouch for the fact that it is lovely to look at,
>> and really works as regards holding your fabric really, really taut.
>> It's a clever design, everything is held tight by two strips of heavy
>> plastic which do not really show in the diagram. It can be adjusted
>> as regards size of fabric it will hold.
>> It's really high tech innovative design, I've always thought Fred
>> needs to market more. I bought one and when I was back here and
>> other Guild members saw it, they ordered pdq ! If you also use a
>> stand, it's heaven.
>> Did I say I looooove my Fred stitchaway ???
>Thank you for the kind words.
>This October will be the 12th year that my Fabric Mounts have been on the
>market.
>Geesh, time flies when you are having fun. Of the thousands of units that
>have gone out of here I have never had a single one returned for any reason.
>IIRC I have only sent out one or two fabric tension knob replacements and
>those had failed because of floss lint build up in the threaded inserts.
>Over the years there have been three highlights that really stand out,
>1) After 9+ months of engineering, trial, error, and many, many
>rototypes - IT WORKS!
>2) After 1-1/2 years of contributing to my patent attorney's kids college
>fund I finally received my USA patent and filed patents pending for other
>countries.
>3) Successfully complete sales orders to Japan and China - then my DW brings
>me back down to planet earth by telling me it's time to get the garbage out.
>Fred
>http://www.stitchaway.com
>If nothing changes, nothing changes.
>Don't back stitch to email, just stitchit.

> Over the years there have been three highlights that really stand out,
> 1) After 9+ months of engineering, trial, error, and many, many
> prototypes =A0- IT WORKS!
> 2) After 1-1/2 years of contributing to my patent attorney's kids college
> fund I finally received my USA patent and filed patents pending for other
> countries.
> 3) Successfully complete sales orders to Japan and China - then my DW bri=

> me back down to planet earth by telling me it's time to get the garbage o=

>
>> Over the years there have been three highlights that really stand out,
>> 1) After 9+ months of engineering, trial, error, and many, many
>> prototypes - IT WORKS!
>> 2) After 1-1/2 years of contributing to my patent attorney's kids college
>> fund I finally received my USA patent and filed patents pending for other
>> countries.
>> 3) Successfully complete sales orders to Japan and China - then my DW brings
>> me back down to planet earth by telling me it's time to get the garbage out.
>
> That's *wonderful* news, Fred! I hope you get enough orders to keep
> you out of Marjorie's hair! :)
>
> Joan