Sewing....halted!
#22
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Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Newfield,NY
Posts: 17
I have lost small tools, sissors etc over the years as I sew but now I have found the cure....I made a little duffle , pattern from Connecting threads,and keep it right by my machine with all of my small tools. As I use them they go back into the duffle. No more hunting under fabric, on the floor, in the trash etc and when I go to quilt meetings or classes all of my tools are ready to go. It saves so much frustration. Good luck finding your foot and I agree, a cheap little iron works for me after my Rowenta died.
#23
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Somewhere in Time
Posts: 2,697
Same thing happened to my creative grid 2 1/2 x 6 1/2 ruler (love that thing). I searched and searched for a month, finally resorted to cleaning and reorganizing the bloody room -- still no ruler. A couple of weeks later, I got up early and went into my sewing room to put something away. You guessed it, there is my ruler laying in the middle of the floor. I had just been in there the previous night -- no ruler.
#24
Similar story. To clean my machine I took the bobbin race out of my janome. That involves a few screws and pieces. I put everything in a SAFE PLACE. But when I had put it all back together I couldn't find the bobbin compartment cover, I looked high and low. Couldn't really sew without it. So I trekked my way to the repair store. They tried not to laugh but they didn't have one in stock. But they found one on a used model and sold it to me for $10. Ouch.
About a month later I went into the parts box for a new needle and there it was. Why that part went into the box and nothing else. I will never know.
MaryKatherine
About a month later I went into the parts box for a new needle and there it was. Why that part went into the box and nothing else. I will never know.
MaryKatherine
#25
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: near Peoria Illinois
Posts: 1,638
I have a "helper" with me in my sewing room, my cat. He thinks he's helping my organization by knocking small items on the floor. He likes to see them fall. So, I try to keep a box, or a drawer for those feet.
My husband bid on something else at an auction, and an iron was included. Works like a charm. I had bought another iron myself at a consignment/resale shop for $3. Best investment I made. B&D, both irons and the same model. Couple of auctions later and my DH came home with 2 more. Now my quilting DD has a back up iron. Worth looking in a resale shop.
My husband bid on something else at an auction, and an iron was included. Works like a charm. I had bought another iron myself at a consignment/resale shop for $3. Best investment I made. B&D, both irons and the same model. Couple of auctions later and my DH came home with 2 more. Now my quilting DD has a back up iron. Worth looking in a resale shop.
#27
want to talk poltergeist? I had a red knit afghan we used in the family room almost every day. All of a sudden it's gone. I've looked in every room and closet in the house. the only 2 people that live here are hubby and me, and he was on a business trip. I've been going nuts trying to find it.
Could it have slipped down under the cushions and then back up under the back of the sofa?
Could a burglar have come in (it takes seconds) grabbed it and put some small 'sellable items' in it to carry out in a hurry?
Check in the car/trunk? did you stuff a pillow cover over it? did a grandchild/niece-nephew/neighbor 'borrow' it?
I love a good mystery, so forgive me.
Good luck. I hope you do find it safe and sound.
#28
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Phenix City, Alabama
Posts: 881
I used to think that people who had those expensive irons were nuts. I mean its an iron. 6$ or 60$ they do the same thing, right? My sister bought a Rowenta a few weeks ago. I tried it, and will be getting mine this weekend. lol. I get it now. Can't explain it, but I get it. I will be keeping my walmart iron for fusibles and stuff like that, but I WANT the Rowenta for everything else. I may actually enjoy ironing my clothes now.
check under the couch cushions for the blanket. I once lost a comforter for over a month, until i finally changed the sheets on the waterbed. The bed ate it.
check under the couch cushions for the blanket. I once lost a comforter for over a month, until i finally changed the sheets on the waterbed. The bed ate it.
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