Knitting, crocheting and general craftery
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Jul 2020
9:49am, 25 Jul 2020
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Purps
Lovely bag 
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Jul 2020
10:50am, 25 Jul 2020
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Sharkie
Hello Sewers - yes Sewers in particular. I'm considering buying a sewing machine and looking for advice/recommendations. I'm so old that I learnt on my mum's treadle machine (and hand machine at grammar school!) Later on I did use an electric - but the last time was probably mid 1970s. I was 'reasonably' proficient - made my own clothes (from bought patterns, mainly Vogue, Style and Butterick if I remember correctly) and toys and doll's clothes too. However this was all a long time ago. I think I just want something fairly basic now. I'm left handed - although this was never a consideration in the past. Any suggestions, please? |
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Jul 2020
11:52am, 25 Jul 2020
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Purps
Sharkie I've failed a few people stuff recently about machines. Happy to put all of my info together, but it'll take me a little bit of time. My preference is Janome. I'll stick other bits together for you x
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Jul 2020
12:00pm, 25 Jul 2020
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Sharkie
Thanks Purps, that would be great. Should I look back through the thread ... there are 1969 pages though! |
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Jul 2020
12:05pm, 25 Jul 2020
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Sharkie
And obvs a lot of it is knitting, crocheting and general craftery rather than sewing machine talk! I will be interested to see if machines have changed much over the past forty plus years! And to see just how much I remember. Stuff about invisible zips, facings, collars, NOTCHES! buttonholes, hooks and eyes, cutting on the cross, bias binding etc etc etc all comes back to me watching Sewing Bee.
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Jul 2020
12:18pm, 25 Jul 2020
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HellsBells
Sharkie - I second Janome, there’s a good comparison on their website I believe. If you have one available, you can’t beat going into an independent shop and test running their machines - we have a fabulous one in cambridge - sew, knit, craft - which lets you try them out. Might not be possible in the covid era though
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Jul 2020
12:32pm, 25 Jul 2020
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fraggle
I third a Janome I have two and they're both fantastic
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Jul 2020
12:48pm, 25 Jul 2020
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Sharkie
The name sounds familiar - were they going in the 70s?
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Jul 2020
1:05pm, 25 Jul 2020
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HellsBells
There’s actually a reasonable Which article on Janome here which.co.uk |
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Jul 2020
1:07pm, 25 Jul 2020
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Sharkie
Thanks all, I knew you'd be able to help!
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