My mother's Singer had a buttonhole attachment. She got the machine for a
wedding present in 1953. I used the same buttonhole attachment on my Singer
25 years later, and now it is used on my Elna Carina, which has the cams.
As Australia's power is different, I passed the machine to my mom,
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Buttonholes were made by hand too. - No Buttonhole attachments in them
thare days! :)) - and the hand made buttonholes are STILL better than
the machine made ones!!! :))
This one I would
Hi All,
The Treadle I have is a Selecta, from USA I think. It has lots of
attachments but no book. Have not taken a good look at what they do.
I learned on Mum's Treadle, I was 5 because my brother Michael was crawling
when he caused the needle to go through my thumb and he drowned 2 weeks
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I, too, had one of those chain-stitch sewing machines in the mid-50's.
It was for girls because it was non-electric and very small. THere was
no bobbin thread. The fly-wheel was hand-cranked to make the stitches.
Reminds me of the small
Sue, your jacket is beautiful! I enjoyed seeing your other work as well.
Thanks for letting us have a look at your lace.
Mary
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My Mum had her Mums old singer treadle for many years and was ready to hand
it over to me, she said. But that was just after we purchased my first own
machine, a hand operated singer. I had used Mums for years, but never tried
lacework, only dressmaking with lace. Embroidery I did by hand.
I
Dear Arachnes traveling to IOLI - Montreal,
Perhaps you would like to familiarize yourselves with a bit of 18th C.
history, and perhaps some trailing spouses would like to team up to go and
see
this exhibit, announced in my Costume Society of America newsletter. It is
quite
interesting to
Angela coming out of long lurkdom, intrigued by the chain-stitch machine
thread. Yes, I am still with you, but having just completed a book on
Textiles of Central and South America which was published recently in UK, I am
now working on yet another one, Textiles of Southeast Asia. This has
Amazon has one. $35.00. There was a time that I would have purchased it,
but,at this point,it should go into a younger library than mine.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/0713400854/qid=1151956646/sr=1-1/ref=s
r_pb_a/104-1938441-1456743?condition=all
Tiny url http://tinyurl.com/mypfa
I have not seen any mention of an Arachne get-together. Denver organised a
luncheon in the hotel on the Monday last year, but as this was not on the
registration form, maybe we will have to organise our own. If we have anyone
on the Montreal convention committee, maybe they can tell us when
It's July now and there are still four thank-you messages for June
outstanding. If you have received your June package but have not yet
posted an acknowledgement please do so ASAP - if you haven't yet
received your June package please contact me and I will make enquiries.
This is the last
Dear Secret Pal,
What a lovely package to come home to after work. Once again it was stuffed
to the brim with goodies. The stitch 'n hang is really cute, I have not seen
one before. I will enjoy doing it as I have not done counted cross stitch in
years. I can always use a pillow anchor. I
Angel Skubic wrote:
I have an old singer treadle machine. I love it. It needs
a new belt though...the other one just plain got old and
dry...
Those belts are still being made. Ask at any place that
repairs sewing machines. The belt is held together by an S
hook, and there is a notch in the
I have not seen any mention of an Arachne get-together. Denver organised a
luncheon in the hotel on the Monday last year, but as this was not on the
registration form, maybe we will have to organise our own. If we have anyone
on the Montreal convention committee, maybe they can tell us when
It's July now and there are still four thank-you messages for June
outstanding. If you have received your June package but have not yet
posted an acknowledgement please do so ASAP - if you haven't yet
received your June package please contact me and I will make enquiries.
This is the last
It may be marginal as a chat candidate, but we're all adults here,
no? It's a super *joke* which, IMO, trumps the one iffy word...
From: M.C.
A man and his wife were celebrating 50 years together. Their three kids,
all very successful, agreed to a Sunday dinner in their honor.
Happy
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