What is the silliest thing you did while quilting?
#51
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Originally Posted by amandasgramma
Originally Posted by bearisgray
I still think I won the dumb dumb prize so far.
It started to gum up within minutes - I was wondering why it wasn't running more freely - and then I looked at the bottle I had been using - -
They did get it fixed - I think it cost around $200 way back then -
#52
My old machine has the arm that sticks out quite a ways in the front of the head, (where you poke your thread through the hole)....and as my vision is soo messed up at times I was having to lean in close to see what I was doing and went pedal to the metal....not only did that arm come down and catch my forehead, as it came down it caught my glasses putting a good scratch on them and on the next up sweep down it caught a chunk of my hair and about tore it out... LMBO I took an emory board to the rough spot on the arm so that my hair was safe and went looking for a brand new machine that night!!! The bruise was on my forehead for a week :roll: :lol: :lol: :roll:
I have done most all of what is listed over the years except for using fray check and sewing through a finger/thumb....
I think the use of fray check is still to date, the winner :roll: :lol: :roll:
I have done most all of what is listed over the years except for using fray check and sewing through a finger/thumb....
I think the use of fray check is still to date, the winner :roll: :lol: :roll:
#53
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did you know that one could actually get one's t*** caught in a wringer?
We had an old Maytag wringer washing machine (gray, square tubbed) and I got too close while putting the clothes through.
Fortunately, there is a reverse on the wringer.
We had an old Maytag wringer washing machine (gray, square tubbed) and I got too close while putting the clothes through.
Fortunately, there is a reverse on the wringer.
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Oh my...I feel sooo much better! I've done all of the things listed..well, thankfully except for the fray check thing and wringer washer thing...but the last piece of clothing I tried to sew years ago was to cut off the sleeves of one of my DH's dress shirts to make him an everyday shirt (he wore out the elbows first)...I sewed the sleeve together like it was short sheeted on a bed. I quit sewing...put the machine away and didn't touch it for over 20 yrs. I still won't sew any clothing.
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Originally Posted by QuiltMania
Originally Posted by sewjoyce
Did you ever sew a block together and then look at it, know that it's wrong but can't figure out what the heck you did?????
Often
It's even worse when you figure it out after the piece is finished
#58
Originally Posted by bearisgray
Originally Posted by QuiltMania
Originally Posted by sewjoyce
Did you ever sew a block together and then look at it, know that it's wrong but can't figure out what the heck you did?????
Often
It's even worse when you figure it out after the piece is finished
I think you win the prize for the washer thing though. My mom had an old one in the basement and I was always afraid to get too close to it. Thankfully I never caught anything more delicate than hair in it. My dad laughed enough when I did that -- he would have been rolling on the floor if I had caught what you did.
#59
Well anyone remember one of my very first posts; i was doing some rotary cutting and i cut my knee really bad, it was about an inch deep and when i look at it know i m thinking OMG i m glad mum s is a nurse,lol
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