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| Penny |
Posted - Oct 05 2006 : 05:04:52 AM
Hello from North Carolina!
I am new to this site and am thrilled to have found it. When my kids were small, I was an avid crafter, with SO MANY IDEAS. Through the years, I got busy and sort of lost interest in sewing and crafting. However, they are now grown, and I am excited to say that my creative juices are flowing again! You girls are such an inspiration! I love seeing your pictures! I am currently doing a Redwork project (free patterns I found on the web) of 50's style dresses. (Bobby Socks Quilt Company) I have not used my sewing machine in years and wonder if it still works. (it's been through several big moves) If not, I'm excited about buying a new one! Any advice on new machines? I look forward to being a part of the group and am eager to get to know you all! |
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| BlueApple |
Posted - Oct 09 2006 : 5:39:25 PM
Hi Penny, nice to meet you! I'm newly an "empty nester" so am also getting back to crafting. Have always done a little bit here and there when time allowed (like never) but now I'm concentrating a little on myself and my interests. I absolutely love redwork - very cute! And I was just mentioning to my daughter that I would love a new fancy sewing machine..but then I thought....why? I basically need it to go forward, back, zig zag and maybe a buttonhole or two. Anything more and I probably wouldn't use it! Welcome to a great group and can't wait to here more about your crafts!
Julia
BlueApple Farm |
| sunshine |
Posted - Oct 09 2006 : 06:59:02 AM
very cute little dresses
have a lovely day and may God bless you and keep you safe
my web store www.sunshines.etsy.com my other web store http://vintagethreads.etsy.com/
my blog http://sunshinescreations.blogspot.com/ my google page http://sunshine.harbaugh.googlepages.com/home |
| daffodil dreamer |
Posted - Oct 09 2006 : 06:56:03 AM
Hi Penny and welcome to the group. I love redwork too and your quilt project looks just adorable - I think I'll have to look up that site!
Best wishes,
Jayne |
| Kelly43 |
Posted - Oct 05 2006 : 5:25:55 PM
Penny, it's adorable!!! This is going to be a great quilt, we'll expect pictures!
Kel |
| Penny |
Posted - Oct 05 2006 : 3:13:28 PM
This is my first completed dress in my new redwork project. Again, I got these FREE patterns from Bobby Socks Quilt Company online.
How lucky was I to find this little 50's style dress at TJ Maxx? (I love that store!) I plan to display this with my new quilt project! |
| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Oct 05 2006 : 10:37:55 AM
HI Penny...welcome to the group!! Your redwork project sounds so neat!! I will have to look up that site! Be sure to post pictures ...we love pictures!!
I sew on a cheap Singer...and have a '50's singer for backup and a Singer that is about 10 years old that a sis in law recently gave me with lots of embroidery stitches. So far they do all I need. I usually only use the one. I don't do much that is fancy though. I would love to someday own a longarm quilting machine..that is a real dream I have!!! I have never had a serger but I have friends that can't live without one. There are so many options I guess. I have the simplest thing since I do the simplest stuff..haha
I am glad you found us..it will be fun to get to know you!! I love redwork too!
Jenny in Utah
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
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| CabinCreek-Kentucky |
Posted - Oct 05 2006 : 09:07:22 AM
BERNINA! BERNINA! BERNINA! (i'm not sure i would sew if i didn't have my BERNINA). it has tons of 'extras' that i never use .. but i paid for the 'guts' of the machine .. it simply DOES NOT break down or get the thread tangled or cause me any frustrations whatsoever! i've had my machine for quite a few years now and there are probably some good ones that have been developed that are really good too. can you post your redwork pictures? we'd love to see them! xo
True Friends, Frannie
CABIN CREEK FARM
KENTUCKY
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| Maggie41 |
Posted - Oct 05 2006 : 08:19:28 AM
Welcome, Penny!
I just joined this group myself a few days ago and love it. Your redwork project sounds like a lot of fun. I think I will look up that site myself.
I agree with Grace: I bought a bells-and-whistle sewing machine about four years ago, and it does sew like a dream, but the bells and whistles are rarely used. It just depends on what your future plans for it will include. |
| grace gerber |
Posted - Oct 05 2006 : 07:39:27 AM
Welcome Penny
I am so glad you found the site, you will love it I know exactly what you mean. After moving to the farm and thinking I would get some sewing in, I purchased this very expensive, very fantastic machine. It had all the bells and whistles I thought I would want. Nine years later I finally had a week to sew and I did not even know how to get the bobbin in. I had to send away for a new set of instructions (that took five weeks) and when I got them I now do not have the time to sit and really sew. It is amazing what I have been using, a Singer basic machine that I purchased at Wal Mart for $50 and it works great. Go figure.
Gook luck and keep in touch
Grace Gerber
Larkspur Funny Farm and Fiber Art Studio
Where the spirits are high and the fiber is deep |
| BarefootGoatGirl |
Posted - Oct 05 2006 : 07:31:04 AM
Welcome, Penny, from another farmgirl living in NC. My kids are little and my ideas are many a difficulty you discribed as yourself in the past... It's encouraging to hear that you are getting back into the farmgirl arts. I am trying to keep up in both areas and somedays feel like I am sinking!
I would bet that your old sewing machine still works, but would take it in to have it serviced--$30 seems to be the going rate. I have a Centenial Edition Singer that still runs great and an old Bernina I picked up at a yard sale for $20 that runs like a charm. Both have limited stitch functions, so I also use a new Husquvarna for detailed or delicate work.
I'm looking forward to getting to know you.
Trina
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Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds. Proverbs 27:23 |
| Lavender Cottage |
Posted - Oct 05 2006 : 07:09:15 AM
Welcome Penny!
Ellen in MI |
| Penny |
Posted - Oct 05 2006 : 06:56:42 AM
Thanks for the sewing machine advice. Honestly, I haven't even pulled the cover off in years! Mine is a very simple Singer sewing machine that was given to me for Christmas 22+ years ago. I've always been envious of those fancy stitches available to some machines. I think I will have my Singer serviced, since I do know how to use it. But in the future, I may be "itching" for a newer, fancier model.  It won't hurt to have more than one machine, will it? (we'll ask my husband about that!) |
| sunshine |
Posted - Oct 05 2006 : 06:31:42 AM
Hello and welcome to the group
As for the old machine if you are not sure it works why are you looking for a new one for about 30 or 40 dollars you can have a person tune it and see what is or is not working. If it is not working you are not out much ( sometimes you can take it to a place that sells refurbished machines and they might just buy it for the cost of the service if you don't want to keep it. then you have htat money tword a new machine no money lost check before you do this or you may spend 40 dollors on a machine that goes tot he trash.
have a lovely day and may God bless you and keep you safe
my web store www.sunshines.etsy.com my other web store http://vintagethreads.etsy.com/
my blog http://sunshinescreations.blogspot.com/ my google page http://sunshine.harbaugh.googlepages.com/home |
| Tina Michelle |
Posted - Oct 05 2006 : 06:30:16 AM
Welcome to the group Pennny!
~Seize the Day! Live, Love, Laugh~ |
| ~Tracey~ |
Posted - Oct 05 2006 : 06:24:08 AM
Welcome Penny!! My children are little so I know what you mean about having sooo many ideas, so little time.
RE: machine. I would think about what you want in a machine, start doing some research and then visit some sewing centers to try them out. There are so many diff. makes and models. I too, have a mid-8o's Kenmore that I LOVE!! It is a tank but it lacks the fancy decorative stitch functions that I would like to have.
Best wishes in finding a great machine. Oh, and looking back at your post, I hope your old machine still works. It may need a tune-up though and that is not pricey (at least at my sewing center-they charge about $30 for my Kenmore) and it makes a big difference in the machine!
Tracey,
mama to Callum 13, Katie 8, Wil 5.5, Benjamin 3 and Andrew 6 months!! |
| Kelly43 |
Posted - Oct 05 2006 : 05:24:21 AM
Welcome Penny!!! You are going to fit right in here. These gals are the greatest. Good luck with the sewing machine. I don't have any advice as I am still sewing with my grandmothers 1930's singer and a Kenmore my husband bought me 20 years ago. But there will be plenty of great advice out there from the other farmgirls. Keep those juices going!
Kel |
