Any Barf seam-sters/stresses?
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http://www.eddiesquiltingbee.com/
Best place ever. Free/discounted classes when purchasing a machine there.
The wife investigated every available sewing machine, and every class from here to Arizona, this place knows their shit, has competitive prices (even compared to online), and has great customer service. Don't skimp on a machine, you really do get what you pay for.
The TechShop classes were kindergarden and rather pedestrian compared to Eddies.
Best place ever. Free/discounted classes when purchasing a machine there.
The wife investigated every available sewing machine, and every class from here to Arizona, this place knows their shit, has competitive prices (even compared to online), and has great customer service. Don't skimp on a machine, you really do get what you pay for.
The TechShop classes were kindergarden and rather pedestrian compared to Eddies.
storm
Runs with scissors
fwiw:
I sew. My mother [ and Grandmother] was a professional seamstress.
I sew on my mother's original Singer 401A machine, their basic workhorse model, mine's circa 1955-ish.
Other than diligent cleaning, you can't kill this beast - stil runs perfect. So I'm partial to the brand.
Imo, most "home" sewing doesn't benefit much from newer "electronic" machines and the fancy ge-gaws and auto-stitching
Most sewing is straight-stiching and zig-zag stitching, the latter most often used for making buttonholes.
A zipper-foot attachment, and if you want to go crazy there's no shortage of other short-cut or specialty attachments.
Some hard core types will swear by sergers which are very nice, but pricey. Learn how to make french seams instead
An ability to follow directions and patience [for pulling out all those stitches on your screw-ups] and some solid learning about fabric types and fitting garments pretty much sums it up.
It's a very satisfying pastime, hobby, whatever. Having the eventual ability to modify or alter off-the-rank clothes truly rocks as well. And, the longer you sew the easier it is to recognize shit sewing you see in every clothing store and start to improve your own clothes buying accordingly.
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I sew. My mother [ and Grandmother] was a professional seamstress.
I sew on my mother's original Singer 401A machine, their basic workhorse model, mine's circa 1955-ish.
Other than diligent cleaning, you can't kill this beast - stil runs perfect. So I'm partial to the brand.
Imo, most "home" sewing doesn't benefit much from newer "electronic" machines and the fancy ge-gaws and auto-stitching
Most sewing is straight-stiching and zig-zag stitching, the latter most often used for making buttonholes.
A zipper-foot attachment, and if you want to go crazy there's no shortage of other short-cut or specialty attachments.
Some hard core types will swear by sergers which are very nice, but pricey. Learn how to make french seams instead
An ability to follow directions and patience [for pulling out all those stitches on your screw-ups] and some solid learning about fabric types and fitting garments pretty much sums it up.
It's a very satisfying pastime, hobby, whatever. Having the eventual ability to modify or alter off-the-rank clothes truly rocks as well. And, the longer you sew the easier it is to recognize shit sewing you see in every clothing store and start to improve your own clothes buying accordingly.
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Caddywumpus
4N631
Dove.
that's how i read it.
F4iChic
Kiss My Arse
wot she said :thumbup
Only mine is sitting in the laundry room gathering dust :rofl
No idea why I bought it
Entoptic
Red Power!
Start out on a cheap machine. Don't go and buy a nice new machine because you will make mistakes and it is best to understand why a machine is a PoS so when you advance to a nicer machine you can see the difference. Grab the free ones that are posted here or go and buy a cheap Brothers machine from Walmart. Start slow and make sure the projects you start are easy to understand and don't take a lot of thought. Honestly the best practice is taking scrap fabric and practicing goiong in straight lines and controlling the motor speed and your hand feeding feed.
+1 on everything Storm mentioned. Zipperfoot FTW!
+1 on everything Storm mentioned. Zipperfoot FTW!