I forgot about the post-apocalypse!
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From: Sharon Collier <sha...@collierfam.com>
To: 'Historical Costume' <h-cost...@indra.com>
Sent: Mon, Apr 1, 2013 11:11 am
Subject: Re: [h-cost] what is everyone working on?
I forgot about the post-apocalypse! (grin) Seriously, though, I should put
eedles, thread and scissors into my earthquake emergency kit. Oooh, and
afety pins. Thanks for the idea.
haron C.
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ehalf Of lis...@juno.com
ent: Monday, April 01, 2013 4:57 AM
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ubject: Re: [h-cost] what is everyone working on?
I have an old Husqvarna Viking that we got for free at a church flea market
few years back--it was covered with paint splashes and was missing the
ords and pedal. The nice church ladies gave it to us (saying they couldn't
ell it without the cord), and we were able to replace the cords and pedal
or under $30 on Ebay; Roger cleaned it up and serviced it--and I downloaded
he manual online. (One of the really great things about the internet!).
his machine can sew 5-8 layers of leather or heavy vinyl! I have it for a
ack up, even though my workhorse machine is a 30-year-old Sears Kenmore. I
ave a Pfaff 1475--the quilter's machine--that is always set up, AND an
lder Bernina stashed upstairs (In the post-apocalypse, electronic machines
ay not work, so I wanted a plain electric machine that would work with a
enerator!) Not taking any chances. My serger is a Bernina though and love
t too.
I've found that, since I sew, people want to give me oldmachines all the
ime; Grandma dies, and no one wants it! I also have two pristine Singer
achine from the early 1960's, one is the "Style-O-Matic", they both have
he hard cases, and work like champs. One's at my cabin in WV (You never
now when you have to make a repair on something!)
I"m not working on historical things right now EXCEPT for working on
canning and organizing my hundreds of vintage photos and cards. Flea
arket season started, so I"m already collecting more of them. I have to
ake a baby gift for a shower next weekend--going to make a fleece blanket,
nd a wall hanging with an appliqued giraffe (that's her theme for the
ursery). And I just got 4 tote bags of quilting fabric from a friend, as
ell as 2 bags from the flea market, so there is quilting in my future, and
abric organizing and storage to be done.. And I have one of my early tries
t 1860's in pearl grey wool blend with black accents that is going to be a
teampunk conversion (one of these days), as well as finishing up a SF
ostume of a goddess.
Yours in cosutmign,LisaA
n Mon, 1 Apr 2013 05:12:05 -0400 (EDT) annbw...@aol.com writes:
Yes, indeed. The place where I could go for while-you-wait service on
my Bernina is gone, and I had to wait about a month to have it fixed.
(Have to say, though, that is the first time in 12 years it needed
really serious service, knock on wood.) My backup machine isn't nearly
as spiffy as a Viking, though.
Ann Wass
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