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Posted by BEI Design on April 13, 2008, 6:12 pm
Pogonip wrote:
> BEI Design wrote:
> > Beverly, who has to mow the lawn for the first time this
> > season. Its sunny and warm in OR!
> >
> >
>
> But what is going on with those undersea earthquakes?
Dunno. It's a mystery! There was an article in today's
Oregonian about them.
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1207976111181180.xml&coll=7
Hope we don't slide off into the Mariana Trench or
something!
Beverly
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Posted by FarmI on April 11, 2008, 1:55 am
> So, because of a new owner of a sewing machine, I have begun to
> watch the local shows on t.v., such as sewing with nancy, the two
> quilting shows, the embroidery show.
> Its so funny to me watching the shows, because they might as well be
> talking a language that is foreign to me.
> I want to see the machines in action, and whole shows go by, without
> a machine ever being in the picture.
> Seems like a lot of folding, pasteting, cutting, binding, etc going
> on.
> I do appreciate what people are able to create from raw materials,
> thats why I am hooked on the painting and craft shows.
> But one day, I hope to understand what they are talking about. :)
> I watched a whole infomercial on Sunday, on a singer serger(5
> thread).
> Gee, I had no idea what they were doing or the machine was doing,
> except to make some seams on tee shirts.
> It almost seemed cheaper to just buy a tee shirt in the store, then
> to buy a serger and the materials needed. What am I not understanding on
> the > serger?
> It makes me feel inadequate, just having a sewing machine. LOL I
> guess you would call this "serger envy" LOL
:-)) Yu may have serger envy, but you need to get that sewing machine to
sing before you think about a serger (I think the analogy would be walk
before yu run).
How are your progressing with the sewing machine so far? What have you done
with it and what are you still having problems with?
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Posted by J.Lef on April 11, 2008, 2:31 pm
> :-)) Yu may have serger envy, but you need to get that sewing machine to
> sing before you think about a serger (I think the analogy would be walk
> before yu run).
>
> How are your progressing with the sewing machine so far? What have you
> done with it and what are you still having problems with?
> Thanks for all the wonderfull insights and comments. I
> appreciated the feedback. So far with the machine, I have learned how
> to wind the bobbin, thread the needle, change the feet, and learn how to
> adjust the stitches and what they do.
Basically, learning the hardware. I have ordered two
instruction books, and when they come, I will try and work threw them, to
get a better understanding on how things work.
I also purchased some supplies. A good scissor, a bunch of
extra bobbins, and some various types of threads. I also purchased some
small remnants of pieces that were in a bin, in order to fool around with
various types of fabric.
Also, it seems, I needed to purchase a large magnifying lens
with a light, as my old sharpshooter eyes are not what they once were. :) I
think that has been my most beneficial purchase so far. I can see the
stitching much better, read the small instructions and just have an easier
time of things. Oh to be twenty again.
Much regards Jerry
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Posted by Pogonip on April 11, 2008, 4:41 pm
J.Lef wrote:
> I also purchased some supplies. A good scissor, a bunch of
> extra bobbins, and some various types of threads. I also purchased some
> small remnants of pieces that were in a bin, in order to fool around with
> various types of fabric.
> Also, it seems, I needed to purchase a large magnifying lens
> with a light, as my old sharpshooter eyes are not what they once were. :) I
> think that has been my most beneficial purchase so far. I can see the
> stitching much better, read the small instructions and just have an easier
> time of things. Oh to be twenty again.
>
> Much regards Jerry
>
>
I would settle for 30, actually. Check the lamps at Office Depot or
similar store for a lamp with a large magnifying glass and light
surrounding it. I got one on sale for under $25, IIRC, and it's very
helpful.
--
Joanne
stitches @ singerlady.reno.nv.us.earth.milky-way.com
http://members.tripod.com/~bernardschopen/
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Posted by FarmI on April 12, 2008, 6:17 am
>> :-)) Yu may have serger envy, but you need to get that sewing machine to
>> sing before you think about a serger (I think the analogy would be walk
>> before yu run).
>>
>> How are your progressing with the sewing machine so far? What have you
>> done with it and what are you still having problems with?
>> Thanks for all the wonderfull insights and comments. I
>> appreciated the feedback. So far with the machine, I have learned how
>> to wind the bobbin, thread the needle, change the feet, and learn how to
>> adjust the stitches and what they do.
> Basically, learning the hardware. I have ordered two
> instruction books, and when they come, I will try and work threw them, to
> get a better understanding on how things work.
> I also purchased some supplies. A good scissor, a bunch of
> extra bobbins, and some various types of threads. I also purchased some
> small remnants of pieces that were in a bin, in order to fool around with
> various types of fabric.
As a very raw beginner, might I make a suggestion or six?
Invest in some really cheap cotton (dunno what you call it in the US -
perhaps calico, perhaps muslin, but it's a creamy colour and not
particularly nice, but good to learn on) and then just dive in and have a go
at basic things like seams and various edge stitches and manual button holes
before you bother about moving on to other types of fabric.
The reason why I suggest this approach is that cotton will 'behave' and sit
where you put it, other fabrics don't always do that and for a beginner,
behaving fabric is important because you need to know that you are the boss
rather than the fabric.
I've also suggested seams, edge stitches and manual button hole in that
order because most of the things you will ever need to do on wovens (as
opposed to knits) can be covered by using just those things and can easily
be accomplished on any machine that does straight stitch and zig-zag. And
also, if you can master those 3 things then you will have conquoured nearly
all of the things you will need to to put together most garments. From the
cheap cotton, then move onto other types of wovens then go onto knits.
Here endeth the unasked for advice (but I know that I learned in that order
and most other sewers I know) and if I was teaching anyone, this is the
order in which I would teach them.
> Also, it seems, I needed to purchase a large magnifying lens
> with a light, as my old sharpshooter eyes are not what they once were. :)
> I think that has been my most beneficial purchase so far. I can see the
> stitching much better, read the small instructions and just have an easier
> time of things. Oh to be twenty again.
:-)) I know just what you mean. I can't see a thing these days without
magnifying glasses on my face.
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