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mrschupa
Farmgirl in Training
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Tami
Salem
NE
USA
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 Posted - Mar 12 2013 : 12:37:05 PM
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Can anyone tell me what this item is? It was in a basket of sewing supplies I found when cleaning out my mother-in-law's things.
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FebruaryViolet
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Mar 12 2013 : 12:42:44 PM
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That's chalk, right? Got to be some sort of hem mark or tailoring tool.
"Hey, I've got nothing to do today but smile..."
The Only Living Boy in New York, Paul Simon |
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FebruaryViolet
True Blue Farmgirl
4810 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Mar 12 2013 : 12:47:07 PM
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It also looks like one of those "gadgety" things she thought might be helpful in the 60's (color of tool itself) then realized pretty quickly it wasn't at all helpful and she'd just do it the old way (based on the fact there is hardly anything used!!!)
"Hey, I've got nothing to do today but smile..."
The Only Living Boy in New York, Paul Simon |
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AuntPammy
True Blue Farmgirl
488 Posts
Pamila
williamstown
wv
USA
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Posted - Mar 12 2013 : 12:57:04 PM
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It is a chalk marker! Used for marking darts and such from patterns onto material...I still use one! I must be old school...haha!
"We were given: Two hands to hold. Two legs to walk. Two eyes to see. Two ears to listen. But why only one heart? Because the other was given to someone else. For us to find."
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mrschupa
Farmgirl in Training
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Tami
Salem
NE
USA
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Posted - Mar 12 2013 : 1:12:18 PM
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Thanks ladies! Pamila - can you describe how it's used? I don't make clothing much, so I'll probably never need it, but would be interesting to know.
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mrschupa
Farmgirl in Training
42 Posts
Tami
Salem
NE
USA
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Posted - Mar 12 2013 : 1:13:42 PM
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| And Jonni - You're right. I'm sure she would have purchased it in the 60's or early 70's - that's when she did most of her sewing. |
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FebruaryViolet
True Blue Farmgirl
4810 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4810 Posts |
Posted - Mar 12 2013 : 1:48:15 PM
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That color is really tell-tale of that era, Tami :)
"Hey, I've got nothing to do today but smile..."
The Only Living Boy in New York, Paul Simon |
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oldbittyhen
True Blue Farmgirl
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tina
quartz hill
ca
USA
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Posted - Mar 12 2013 : 2:16:48 PM
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it is used to mark where you put the buttons, i.e., the needle goes thru the fabric and the chalk marks the area, my mama still uses her's, I just use pins...
"Knowlege is knowing that a tomato is a fruit, Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad" |
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AuntPammy
True Blue Farmgirl
488 Posts
Pamila
williamstown
wv
USA
488 Posts |
Posted - Mar 12 2013 : 2:58:52 PM
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Yes, Tina is right. If you have a pattern with darts or collars (or pockets, etc.) and you need them in an exact place there is usually circles on the pattern pieces. You take your handy dandy marking tool and go through the pattern piece (where the circle is) onto the material and tada you have the exact mark for your placement.Hope this makes sense...I give horrible directions. :) Even if you don't sew much it is still a cool find...mine belonged to my mommy.
"We were given: Two hands to hold. Two legs to walk. Two eyes to see. Two ears to listen. But why only one heart? Because the other was given to someone else. For us to find."
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AmethystRose
True Blue Farmgirl
254 Posts
Rosemary
Huntingdon
PA
USA
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Posted - Mar 12 2013 : 7:20:13 PM
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I don't get it.....
If you put it onto the pattern, aren't you marking the tissue? and making a big hole in the fabric with that spike? I always put a straight pin in the dot, flip up the tissue and make a mark with a small piece of handheld tailor's chalk. |
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
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Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
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Posted - Mar 12 2013 : 7:31:05 PM
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you poke the chalk w/the needle end through the fabric area you want to leave the chalk mark for stitching.... then twist it around a couple times to leave a chalk mark.
The other chalks are extras....
but I have seen my mom put the extra chalk on the backside of the fabric so she could see the positioning as well.
I still have some of my moms old chalk pokes.....
They are truly sweet sewing tools.
>^..^<
Happiness is being a katmom and Glamping Diva!
www.katmom4.blogspot.com & http://graciesvictorianrose.blogspot.com
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edlund33
True Blue Farmgirl
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Marilyn
Renton
WA
USA
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Posted - Mar 12 2013 : 10:34:10 PM
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Yes they are marking tools for sewing or tailoring. My grandmother had one that is now mine. We took a stretch-n-sew class together when I was a kid back in the 70's and I remember us using it to mark our projects. I was only about 10 at the time could not understand why I needed to know how to sew "darts" on my teeshirts....but a few years later I realized that I had learned a valuable skill!
Cheers! ~ Marilyn
Farm Girl No. 1100
http://blueskyanddaisies.blogspot.com
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mrschupa
Farmgirl in Training
42 Posts
Tami
Salem
NE
USA
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Posted - Mar 13 2013 : 10:23:13 AM
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| Thanks so much for all your responses. I think some of the items in the basket I found belonged to my MIL's mother - Husbands grandmother. I could identify the rest - but this one had me stumped. The items in the basket will probably never get used, but they make me smile just sitting in my sewing area. |
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