I am in the design process for Eleanor di Toledo's Gown, I am finishing
Men's clothing for 1560's England/France. I pormised my husband some odd
years ago that I would work to make this garb spiffy, and then neglected
him woefully so I am now in the process of making all of the 1/2 done
things
I have 5 machines now, my DDD from Viking, Viking 205 and Kenmore (my go
to), Janome if I have to fly somewhere, and a Brother XL-5600 I was given.
When the DDD known as Myst is embroidering I need to have a machine I can
still sew with. The Kenmore was a gift from my husband when my very
The author of Vintage Couture Tailoring, Thomas von Nordheim, is teaching
a short course (5 days) at London College of Fashion, in London England,
called Couture Tailoring on July 8-12, 2013.
http://www.fashion.arts.ac.uk/short-courses/by-subject/garment-production-se
wing/couture-tailoring/
It
I was in bed looking at blogs on my iphone last night and saw there was an
exhibition of 18th century gowns in a North Carolina museum. Now I can't
find it anywhere. Does anyone know of it? I am trying to find out if its on
when I'm in the US in late May.
I have not been able to find a billet to
Dear Friends
I have five places left on this historical costume and dance tour if anyone
wishes to join us - we now have friends joining us from the US, Australia,
the Netherlands and England - so you will be in good company.
And you don't have to know how to dance - we have absolute beginners as
Gosh. I'd just be happy to find a Pfaff _dealer_ near me. :) I
dearly love my old 7550, would love to have a 7570, and I treasure my
Singer 221.
Somehow, even though I own two treadle machines, I find treadling them
difficult. Odd, really, because I have two treadle printing presses
Found it -
http://thegoldenscissors.blogspot.com.au/2013/04/still-on-sacques.html -
does anyone know how long its running?
Thanks,
Aylwen
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But it's still ultimately made from hydrocarbons - as are most synthetic
fabrics. Polyester may have gone away for a while, but viscose, lycra,
polyamide, microfibre haven't.
As for things derived from petroleum not belonging on your skin -
Vaseline? Everything is either animal, vegetable
I still keeping thinking about getting an embroidery-sewing machine, and
if I did, I would probably leave it set up for embroidery and use my
Bernina for sewing. However, I have been hesitating for a long time
because machine embroidery is a whole new craft and I want to make sure
I am
My new Bernina 1008 makes
cruddy buttonholes,
I'm surprised your Bernina makes cruddy buttonholes. I wonder if they've
changed how it works. One reason I wanted a Bernina was their reputation for
good buttonholes. They were at that time the only machine that did the zigzag
of both sides
I've got two machines myself although I'm not sure I count the one much
anymore. A White Rotary straight stitcher, and my son for the holiday
bought me a Brother SE-400, the Project Runway version, that does
embroidery and sews, pretty nice hybrid. Hoop is small, so I'm out of it
for some of the
The Bernina 1008 is a solid, no-frills workhorse. The sewing machine
store tried to upsell me a fancier model of Bernina on the grounds that
those make better buttonholes, but since I was having the Viking
restored I stuck with my choice of the 1008.
No machine is perfect, but I still have a
Different models of Bernina use different methods for buttonholes. Some work
better than others, but I've never found anything that works better than
those old attachments. Pain in the butt, but good!
Kim
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You know? I owned the 7570, it was the best when it came out and then? They
did not innovate for many many years, then they were behind the other
makers. When I heard thae Pfaff might be going out of business back in
2001 or so? I was worried I would not have support, so I purchased my first
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