Knitting, crocheting and general craftery
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May 2020
8:02am, 14 May 2020
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runnyeyes
Isn’t she pretty? |
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May 2020
8:03am, 14 May 2020
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runnyeyes
I’ve never had a sewing machine.. but want to learn basics now. This is my mother in laws old singer. Good for starting with.
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May 2020
8:04am, 14 May 2020
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runnyeyes
When sewing machines were made of metal... before our time I think.
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May 2020
8:19am, 14 May 2020
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Garfield
My mother had a slightly older version of yours...and I learned how to sew using it. It's definitely a good one to start with. 
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May 2020
8:51am, 14 May 2020
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Meglet
Nice one runnyeyes. I think removable wire or pipe cleaner is the way to go, I’m sure mine won’t stand up to washing. They’ll either bend or poke through or tarnish. Might look at a small purchase, though I may have some fat quarters somewhere. |
May 2020
8:53am, 14 May 2020
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Velociraptor
One of my colleagues firtles the wires out of used NHS face masks and reuses them in her sewn masks. I don't know how well they perform.
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May 2020
8:53am, 14 May 2020
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fraggle
The old Singers are fabulous, the modern ones not so as I learned from experience. I have a Janome one now, and its way better Masks - I'm using old sheets and pillowcases as the fabric old ,worn and comfy. Sometimes something a bit more jazzy for the outer though Ive got one old duvet cover which was a pale gold/duck egg blue damask print kind of thing, and always felt cool to the touch, so ideal for this, but as its so old and faded, it looks almost flesh tone and my mask had a bit too much Hannibal Lecter about it so Im making another this weekend
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May 2020
8:57am, 14 May 2020
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HellsBells
I was wearing dinosaur print at food bank yesterday
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May 2020
9:01am, 14 May 2020
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EvilPixie
I had a count up and have 15 buffs ... do I need to make a mask!?
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May 2020
9:05am, 14 May 2020
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sallykate
This is the kind of machine I learnt on: etsy.com - it had a long bobbin rather than the round ones used today. I still have a 1930s Singer hand machine which an elderly not-relative left me in her will about 30 years ago - though it's at my brother's house so I can't use it (must get it back from him). "Auntie" Phyllis had kept a detailed record of all the times she oiled it. It worked beautifully. |
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