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| Sewing Machine Review | 11/15/12 12:39 PM | Bernina - 580E
I went to my local dealer to look at the 780E when it came in. I pri\-measured my cabinet (a beautiful solid cherry Rockler my DFIL built for me a few years ago) and height, width and weight for the heavy duty lift was a go, but not the length. Also when I saw it I registered "wow, that's huge!"
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| Book Review | 4/13/11 9:17 AM | Threads Sewing Guide
Book Index/Chapter headings
Threads just released the book and upon reading the description I decided I needed it for my sewing library. This book is a very nicely comprehensive reference for all things sewing. The chapters are in sections:
Sewing equipment
Notions
Fabric
Working with Patterns
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| Sewing Tip | 9/29/10 5:27 PM | Keeping rulers and guides from sliding
I have a hard time keeping a ruler or guide from slipping when I'm using a rotary cutter. I was at a fabric store and saw some rulers that were billed as non slip and had some textured spots on the back.
I thought why buy new rulers, why not just get transparent bath strips, the kind you put on th...more... |
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| Notion Review | 9/23/10 1:21 PM | Other - Pacific Steam Gravity Feed Iron PSI-5E
I have gone through my second Rowenta Professional in a row - this one would not let me depress the manual steam button and had a bit of a leak issue. I have a Rowenta Steam Generator but the wattage is too much for my upstairs area making it totally impractical to use. I decided it was time to get...more... |
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| Class Review | 9/12/10 7:19 PM | Cotton Theory Placemat with Heidy Thayer
This is a class in learning the Cotton Theory Quilting method. It is a quilt-as-you-go method for those of us that don't have/want to shove an entire quilt in our machine. That would be me!
This class was at G Street Centerville. Heidi is a certfied Cotton Theory instructorand learned the technique ...more... |
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