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    Search: Posts Made By: Alvie
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    Forum: Main
    05-24-2017, 06:59 AM
    Replies: 53
    Views: 6,605
    Posted By Alvie

    If I am right (great beginning, huh?), I am older...

    If I am right (great beginning, huh?), I am older than most of you and so have been enjoying (?) what is being discussed here longer. Got a suggestion that might make things at least focus. Maybe...
    Forum: Main
    04-19-2017, 07:33 PM
    Replies: 56
    Views: 12,984
    Posted By Alvie

    Ah, thank you for defining 'quilt' for me. The...

    Ah, thank you for defining 'quilt' for me. The one you are talking about was what kept me toasty in a 100+ year old family home on the edge of Lake Michigan.

    Now about those wool blankets. I...
    Forum: Main
    04-19-2017, 07:05 PM
    Replies: 26
    Views: 9,825
    Posted By Alvie

    How about a needle board? Mine is old and much...

    How about a needle board? Mine is old and much loved. Gotten me out of a number of wrinkled troubles and protected the napped, looped, felted, thick, etc. fabrics in the process.

    i suspect...
    Forum: Recipes
    04-17-2017, 07:26 AM
    Replies: 21
    Views: 3,391
    Posted By Alvie

    My vote is with CheeseCat and EmiliasNana. I...

    My vote is with CheeseCat and EmiliasNana. I have been using my grandmother's white bread recipe since forever for all sorts of purposes together with modifications on the simple recipe and creating...
    Forum: Pictures
    04-13-2017, 07:04 AM
    Replies: 80
    Views: 10,669
    Posted By Alvie

    Cats rule the roost here too. What a...

    Cats rule the roost here too.

    What a wonderful quilt and quilting.

    Sigh. Perhaps in my next life.

    A.
    Forum: Main
    04-13-2017, 07:01 AM
    Replies: 23
    Views: 3,458
    Posted By Alvie

    I had a similar problem and the "fix" started...

    I had a similar problem and the "fix" started when I decided just exactly how much time, resources, effort I wanted to put into the project. I compared the "down and dirty" way to fix things with...
    Forum: Main
    02-03-2017, 05:54 AM
    Replies: 15
    Views: 2,900
    Posted By Alvie

    I am also a member of the "curved out" bunch. My...

    I am also a member of the "curved out" bunch. My stiletto and a few very long pins sit close to my sewing machine. BUT the best answer is a couple of tweezers that came from a woodworking catalog...
    Forum: Main
    01-27-2017, 06:01 AM
    Replies: 43
    Views: 7,464
    Posted By Alvie

    Thank all of you for this question and answer...

    Thank all of you for this question and answer thread. I also sew on hardwood and have been experimenting with keeping my foot pedals stable. To date, no go. However, excelsior!

    So many really...
    Forum: Links and Resources
    01-25-2017, 01:42 PM
    Replies: 21
    Views: 3,157
    Posted By Alvie

    Several years ago I bought a Rowenta iron and it...

    Several years ago I bought a Rowenta iron and it got home and proceeded to leak. I tried convincing it not to leak but no go. So, I called the customer service line and was told the "made in...
    Forum: Main
    01-05-2017, 06:39 PM
    Replies: 21
    Views: 16,755
    Posted By Alvie

    Been working on going blind and getting smarter...

    Been working on going blind and getting smarter by viewing tutorials about my new sewing machine. There are a few built-in stitches made to darn/join problems like this. One of them is really...
    Forum: General Chit-Chat (non-quilting talk)
    01-05-2017, 05:42 AM
    Replies: 17
    Views: 2,734
    Posted By Alvie

    Thank all of you for your input. Whee, there may...

    Thank all of you for your input. Whee, there may be a way around the ribbing problem after all. And all of the great suggestions. You will be proud of me - I just dissected one of Gramps' "holy...
    Forum: For Vintage & Antique Machine Enthusiasts
    01-02-2017, 07:49 AM
    Replies: 15
    Views: 5,109
    Posted By Alvie

    Kelda, applause for your efforts. I have my...

    Kelda, applause for your efforts. I have my grandmother's exact same machine - except she bought it new in a smallish Wisconsin, USA Singer Sewing shop. I learned to set the tensions and clean and...
    Forum: General Chit-Chat (non-quilting talk)
    01-02-2017, 07:17 AM
    Replies: 17
    Views: 2,734
    Posted By Alvie

    T-shirt Ribbing for Baby Bib

    Our only grandchild, little girl, lives about a thousand miles away. She just turned 1. And she "lives" in bibs. I would like to make her a collection of holiday/occasion bibs. The ribbing will be...
    Forum: Main
    12-24-2016, 08:31 AM
    Replies: 37
    Views: 6,057
    Posted By Alvie

    Oh Pam S, please make your SIL that quilt now. ...

    Oh Pam S, please make your SIL that quilt now. What a marvelous beginning to a cherished connection.

    😚 A
    Forum: General Chit-Chat (non-quilting talk)
    12-24-2016, 08:24 AM
    Replies: 14
    Views: 2,152
    Posted By Alvie

    Marvelous! When Miss Scissors talks to us, would...

    Marvelous! When Miss Scissors talks to us, would she please be so kind as to tell us which scissors she is: sewing, household, etc.?

    Your comment got me thinking about all the scissors in our...
    Forum: For Vintage & Antique Machine Enthusiasts
    12-18-2016, 07:02 PM
    Replies: 5
    Views: 20,829
    Posted By Alvie

    I bought mine from Sam's when sergers were just...

    I bought mine from Sam's when sergers were just appearing on the sewing horizon and it has never quit on my yet. Traveled on a bus with a drum corps one summer. Did all sorts of extraordinary...
    Forum: Main
    12-14-2016, 01:11 PM
    Replies: 93
    Views: 16,245
    Posted By Alvie

    What a wonderful story. Just what I needed! ...

    What a wonderful story. Just what I needed!

    Mine isn't wonderful but it means a lot to me. My darling aunt was consigned to a nursing home and proceeded apace toward death. I sent her banana...
    Forum: Mission: Organization
    12-14-2016, 12:48 PM
    Replies: 64
    Views: 26,089
    Posted By Alvie

    How does my sewing area all fit? With grease and...

    How does my sewing area all fit? With grease and a shoe horn. I have the old, pre-renovation, railroad-type kitchen: 20 odd feet long and maybe 10-11 feet wide from wall to wall. Every bit of...
    Forum: Main
    12-11-2016, 11:13 AM
    Replies: 136
    Views: 23,108
    Posted By Alvie

    Sodium perborate I like antique fabrics: ...

    Sodium perborate

    I like antique fabrics: linens, crocheted pieces, knit pieces, etc. Since I have the antique fabric disease, I have been willed such things from my father's side of the family. ...
    Forum: Main
    12-10-2016, 06:03 AM
    Replies: 43
    Views: 6,959
    Posted By Alvie

    I use a tweezer. About 8 inches long with pointy...

    I use a tweezer. About 8 inches long with pointy ends. I can hold or align something easily with it and keep my fingers out of trouble.

    If my memory serves me, DH bought at a woodworking store....
    Forum: General Chit-Chat (non-quilting talk)
    12-09-2016, 06:24 PM
    Replies: 35
    Views: 4,015
    Posted By Alvie

    Yes. As a matter of fact, I am propped right...

    Yes. As a matter of fact, I am propped right now.

    My pillowcases are ones I made for myself out of fleece leftovers. Since my pillows are not regulation sizes, the leftovers are just right -...
    Forum: Pictures
    12-09-2016, 07:45 AM
    Replies: 68
    Views: 8,427
    Posted By Alvie

    No, you didn't miss a row of smashing. You...

    No, you didn't miss a row of smashing. You intentionally sewed the quilt that so Mom would know which side was up (or down, as the case may be). Great idea!

    And it took me a little while to see...
    Forum: For Vintage & Antique Machine Enthusiasts
    11-26-2016, 07:22 AM
    Replies: 47
    Views: 59,579
    Posted By Alvie

    My first serger is a singer 1440. It joins with...

    My first serger is a singer 1440. It joins with its manual and me to thread it; but, once threaded, it serges like a champ. I was part of a group sewing for various drum corps. The 1440 traveled on...
    Forum: Main
    11-19-2016, 05:54 AM
    Replies: 24
    Views: 4,087
    Posted By Alvie

    Have and love a Bernina 1630 - computerized. An...

    Have and love a Bernina 1630 - computerized. An oldie goldie. Before it came into my hands it sat in a box, in a friend's sewing room, unused, for at least 4 years. It had belonged to a Canadian...
    Forum: Pictures
    11-12-2016, 09:25 AM
    Replies: 36
    Views: 6,693
    Posted By Alvie

    Thanks for showing me what the conversation is...

    Thanks for showing me what the conversation is all about. Perhaps I should be gifted quilts instead of making them?

    Again, thanks.

    A
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