Up coming projects - Page 3

> Pogonip wrote:
>> Juno B wrote:
>>> Right now I'm miserable. Sarah Viking is in the hospital. I should get
>>> her back this week. It was a major tension problem and she did need some
>>> fine tunning that I couldn't do myself. When she comes home I'll make
>>> the Lazy Girl city tote and then start my major project for the summer.
>>> One of my DD's is a scout leader and her oldest is in her troop. They
>>> have planned a project for the troop that will provide hats for children
>>> with cancer. I told them I will make at least 6 for them. I have Wild
>>> Things from Wild ginger so I will be doing some baseball hats and maybe
>>> newsboy hats as well.I plan on using as many Jo Ann coupons as I get
>>> over the summer to by fun prints for the hats.
>>> I asked my DD to measure her girls heads so that I have a starting
>>> point. I promised the DGDs a hat for each of them so that I can practice
>>> getting really nice ones.
>>> Juno
>> Only one sewing machine in the house? You really need a Featherweight
>> or Singer 301 tucked away in the closet for these events. ;-) Or
>> some other lovely vintage machine that keeps on stitching in good
>> times and bad.
>
> Or half a dozen Berninas... ;)
>

> Kate XXXXXX wrote:
>> Pogonip wrote:
>>> Juno B wrote:
>>>> Right now I'm miserable. Sarah Viking is in the hospital. I should get
>>>> her back this week. It was a major tension problem and she did need
>>>> some
>>>> fine tunning that I couldn't do myself. When she comes home I'll make
>>>> the Lazy Girl city tote and then start my major project for the summer.
>>>> One of my DD's is a scout leader and her oldest is in her troop. They
>>>> have planned a project for the troop that will provide hats for
>>>> children
>>>> with cancer. I told them I will make at least 6 for them. I have Wild
>>>> Things from Wild ginger so I will be doing some baseball hats and maybe
>>>> newsboy hats as well.I plan on using as many Jo Ann coupons as I get
>>>> over the summer to by fun prints for the hats.
>>>> I asked my DD to measure her girls heads so that I have a starting
>>>> point. I promised the DGDs a hat for each of them so that I can
>>>> practice
>>>> getting really nice ones.
>>>> Juno
>>> Only one sewing machine in the house? You really need a
>>> Featherweight or Singer 301 tucked away in the closet for these
>>> events. ;-) Or some other lovely vintage machine that keeps on
>>> stitching in good times and bad.
>> Or half a dozen Berninas... ;)
> For some reason the are all rare in this area. I've asked in the several
> sewing machine stores in the area and always get the same answer, "We
> never carry used Machines." Most of the Yard and Garage sales around
> here are clothing and household items I have no use for. DH has the
> theory that people go to garage sales, buy things and then have a garage
> sale to get rid of them. The one Featherweight I heard about, was being
> sold for almost $400. If I was going to pay that much I'd put a little
> more to it and buy another new mechanical.
>
> Joanne, We don't even have much in the way of thrift stores around here.
> The problem is that this has been a big IBM , fairly upscale area and
> now we are really starting to feel the pinch with so many layoffs. I
> think we'll be seeing more in the way of thrifts. The consignment shops
> have almost always carried very up scale clothes. I guess you could say
> there have been a bunch of snobs around here.
> Packing is a problem and that's why I don't look to Ebay for something.
> I'll keep looking, I know something will turn up.
> Juno
>

>
> I do know a couple of people who sell - including on eBay - who are
> famous for their great packing. If they have what you would like to
> have at a price you'd like to pay.....isn't that the rub? Ha.

> Pogonip wrote:
>> I do know a couple of people who sell - including on eBay - who are
>> famous for their great packing. If they have what you would like to
>> have at a price you'd like to pay.....isn't that the rub? Ha.
>
> I used to have machines arrived totally trashed from the mail until I
> started emailing Ebay sellers of machines I drooled over, sending them
> the link to the "How to pack a sewing machine" web site and describing
> how crushed I was when the sewing machine of my dreams ended up in
> pieces, and asking if they would consider following the SM packing
> insructions, and oh, I would be glad to pay a little extra if they would
> take the extra care to pack the machine carefully. I found a number of
> people who were glad to do this, and I praised them on feedback for
> careful packing.

> Samatha Hill -- take out TRASH to reply wrote:
>> Pogonip wrote:
>>>
>>> I do know a couple of people who sell - including on eBay - who are
>>> famous for their great packing. If they have what you would like to
>>> have at a price you'd like to pay.....isn't that the rub? Ha.
>>
>> I used to have machines arrived totally trashed from the mail until I
>> started emailing Ebay sellers of machines I drooled over, sending them
>> the link to the "How to pack a sewing machine" web site and describing
>> how crushed I was when the sewing machine of my dreams ended up in
>> pieces, and asking if they would consider following the SM packing
>> insructions, and oh, I would be glad to pay a little extra if they would
>> take the extra care to pack the machine carefully. I found a number of
>> people who were glad to do this, and I praised them on feedback for
>> careful packing.
>
> Sarah Viking came home today and is feeling much better. Now I can get
> to work. Whew, I was getting withdrawal symptoms from not sewing
> Juno