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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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 Posted - Oct 30 2006 : 9:15:33 PM
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Ladies-
I have been wanting a sewing machine for a few years but have never gotten one. Today I had to go to our local vacuum shop to buy bags. They also repair sewing machines. So on a whim I asked if they had any for sale- and low and behold they did! So I got a relatively new sewing machine for only $57!
Not only did I get a new-to-me machine- I also got a lesson on how to use the machine and told about the different types of thread and such. I am so excited.
So I got home and started working on some of my sewing projects that I just haven't been able to do by hand. I hemmed my "curtains" and created fancy ties for said curtains out of an oriental brocade fabric. My next step is to make toppers for my curtains and edge them with the brocade.
Anyway I am just excited and I am having lots of fun being able to sew at a decent pace.
I am still learning how to sew straight though! lol |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
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Posted - Oct 30 2006 : 9:57:55 PM
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Oh Alee..how exciting!! You are going to be hooked like the rest of us now!!! Welcome to our addiction!!!
Jenny in Utah
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
http://www.auntjennysworld.blogspot.com/ visit my little online shop at www.auntjenny.etsy.com |
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daffodil dreamer
True Blue Farmgirl
805 Posts
Jayne
Hamilton
Victoria
Australia
805 Posts |
Posted - Oct 30 2006 : 11:01:54 PM
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Alee,
Have fun with it - I couldn't be without my sewing machine. In my old house, I used to have a sewing room, but now moved to a smaller house - so it lives on the floor next to the kitchen table ready to be set up when needed! I'd say I use it nearly every day - always have projects lined up ready to go. Your curtains must look lovely!
Best wishes and happy sewing,
Jayne |
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Nancy Gartenman
True Blue Farmgirl
9092 Posts
Nancy
West Seneca
New York
USA
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Posted - Oct 31 2006 : 05:21:10 AM
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Alee,
Good for you, you will wonder how you got along without it, so many things to do now!!!
NANCY JO
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berries
True Blue Farmgirl
475 Posts
gloria g
Florida
USA
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Posted - Oct 31 2006 : 05:30:45 AM
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You will just love it, and doing all the things that needed it! Have fun, take a class, and keep it running. I (drove) my first one for almost 30 years unitl it died! I'm now driving a new one and I love every minute I'm sewing on it!
farmgirl hugs from a sewer, quilter, gloria g. Richards, TX
strawberry fields forever and ever! |
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Mumof3
True Blue Farmgirl
3890 Posts
Karin
Ellenwood
GA
USA
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Posted - Oct 31 2006 : 05:59:42 AM
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Wow!! How fun! Just think of what you can accomplish now- there will be no stopping you!
Karin |
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bramble
True Blue Farmgirl
2044 Posts
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Posted - Oct 31 2006 : 07:45:01 AM
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Alee- What fun! Now you can make all those baby things too! Sewing is one of my favorite things to do. Now you can just zip through projects! Way to go! Like my grandmother always said..."It never hurts to ask!"
with a happy heart |
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PlumJoy
True Blue Farmgirl
50 Posts
joy
Merced
Ca.
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Posted - Oct 31 2006 : 1:17:19 PM
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| Alee-you will be lost without that machine from now on. I find that if I write down the numbers of the patterns that I want and I don't want to pay $10-$18 dollars for them, I wait for a great sale and get them all for $1.99. My mother had a saying when she taught me to sew, "hands to work, hearts to God". Everytime I sew I think of her. |
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