Sewing Essentials
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New Sewing Machine
The past few weeks have been hard on me post-wise, especially when it comes to sewing. The reason why is because of my sewing machine. I already had a sewing machine, a Singer, but I messed up the timing of it a year ago. I would have been more than happy to get it fixed, but I had trouble finding someone that lives in my area that can fix a Singer. (They can fix a Brother, Jerome, ect. but not a Singer) I made do with my grandmother’s old machine, but it has some serious problems of its own. Still, the timing works and if you work with it very…
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New Sewing Machine Foot
Recently, I’ve been watching a lot of sewing shows in order to try to find new techniques and tips to help me sew faster and easier while keeping the sewing look very nice. One of the “tips” I heard of is to use a ruffling foot to make ruffles. I’ve heard of a ruffling foot, but I never looked for such a foot for my own sewing machine. After searching on Amazon.com, I found ruffling feet ranging in price from $10 to $50 or more. (F.Y.I. Costs given in United States dollars) Although I love sewing and want to use only the best equipment, I’m unbelievably frugal so $50 for…
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Sewing Machine is Out of Commission….
Last night I was sewing one of my projects when something happened to it and now it won’t sew anymore. My mom, who is much more knowledgeable in how to fix sewing machines than I am, is going to help me see what is wrong with it. Hopefully it won’t require being taken somewhere so it can be fixed, but it put a HUGE damper on my sewing plans for the weekend. I found a lot of costumes, clothes, and projects I was working on but never finished a few weeks ago and I was planning on knocking quite a bit of them off my “To-do” list. But all that…
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