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Posted by Melinda Meahan - take out TRAS on April 4, 2006, 11:56 am
spinningwoman wrote:
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> I started sewing again when my children were small, and my view is that
> for children's clothes especially, you *NEED* an overlocker/serger - it
> will transform what you can do and make it so easy to 'run things up'.
I respectfully requst to differ -- a serger is certainly very helpful,
but there is no *need* for it.
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Posted by Pogonip on April 4, 2006, 3:01 pm
Melinda Meahan - take out TRASH to send wrote:
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> spinningwoman wrote:
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>> I started sewing again when my children were small, and my view is that
>> for children's clothes especially, you *NEED* an overlocker/serger - it
>> will transform what you can do and make it so easy to 'run things up'.
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> I respectfully requst to differ -- a serger is certainly very helpful,
> but there is no *need* for it.
No, but then a sewing machine is not *necessary* - nor is a closet full
of clothes. But a sewing machine beats a needle and thread, even with a
thimble....and it sure beats a bone needle and sinew and some skins.
--
Joanne
stitches @ singerlady.reno.nv.us.earth
http://members.tripod.com/~bernardschopen/
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Posted by BEI Design on April 4, 2006, 3:48 pm
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> Melinda Meahan - take out TRASH to send wrote:
>> spinningwoman wrote:
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>> I respectfully requst to differ -- a serger is certainly very
>> helpful, but there is no *need* for it.
> No, but then a sewing machine is not *necessary* - nor is a closet
> full of clothes. But a sewing machine beats a needle and thread,
> even with a thimble....and it sure beats a bone needle and sinew and
> some skins.
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<Splorf!> Nice, Joanne...
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Posted by Melinda Meahan - take out TRAS on April 4, 2006, 11:17 pm
Pogonip wrote:
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>> I respectfully requst to differ -- a serger is certainly very helpful,
>> but there is no *need* for it.
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> No, but then a sewing machine is not *necessary* - nor is a closet full
> of clothes. But a sewing machine beats a needle and thread, even with a
> thimble....and it sure beats a bone needle and sinew and some skins.
>
Yes, but as someone who has always been told by people that
such-and-such a thing is NECESSARY and that you shouldn't do it without
it and given up on a purchase because I could not afford all the bells,
whistles, and fancy extras that they insisted were absolutely necessary,
only to find later that I could have done okay with fewer extras and had
a perfectly workable solution that I could afford, I always tend to
point out when someone indicates something is *necessary* when it truly
isn't, lest an uninformed person believe them.
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Posted by spinningwoman on April 5, 2006, 6:01 am
You are absolutely right, Melinda; I didn't mean it to sound like that
when I said 'need', and thank you for making the point. I'd hate to
think I had made someone turn back from sewing just because they
couldn't afford an overlocker. You definitely *don't* need it in that
sense at all. What I mean't to get over is that for someone
inexperienced, in my personal experience, having an overlocker lets you
get to the fun bit fast and produce clothes in hours, not days or
weeks, which is so encouraging at the beginning. And starting with
small children is a ball because they wear the thickest rose-tinted
spectacles - if it's pink and sparkly/has their name on the front or
whatever, they are going to love it even if the seams are not perfect!
And I just love the feeling of being able to make a costume *now*
because they want to play nurses *today* and see them in it an hour
later.
I guess what I meant is that I would rather have an overlocker and an
old basic sewing machine than have a new whizzy sewing machine and no
overlocker.
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> for children's clothes especially, you *NEED* an overlocker/serger - it
> will transform what you can do and make it so easy to 'run things up'.