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#82
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 282
a thing. BUT...my husband can use it and they come out like new. Please don't ask me what he
does that I didn't do...I just don't know. I do know they will not take out nicks...like where you
run over the corner of a ruler, etc...but it does sharpen the blade. I finally threw out 2 or 3 that
had been sharpened so many times I just felt like I had more than my money's worth. I really
don't know how many times they can be re-sharpened, but for sure some of mine were done at
least 3 or 4 times. I wish I could help you. I got so frustrated when I was unsuccessful in doing
them that I could scream.
#84
I still can't believe there are people out there who buy a sewing machine at WALMART and expect it to last like the GOOD Brother sewing machine that can be bought (at an expensive price, yes, but they will last!!!) at your local Sewing Shop. Please remember...there are cheap brands of just about everything. You get what you pay for.
#85
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Round Rock,Texas
Posts: 6,135
I can use the bobbin winder with most of my bobbins, however not with my Viking bobbins, the thingy that the bobbin goes on is too big for the Viking bobbins. So that was a waste of money for me. It doesn't really wind bobbins evenly for any of my various bobbins, my machines aren't happy with poorly wound bobbins.
Last edited by purplefiend; 01-06-2012 at 06:58 PM.
#87
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Double ditto. Light gives me a eye-head-brain ache so never bought one.
But what I did buy was a double pack of LED stick-on-your-machine tiny-but-mighty lights and hate that cool blue light more than Ott. Waste of $20.
Oh, and I know I am in the minority here, but I got an Ott light for Christmas one year and HATED it. I really dislike the light it puts out, and my quilts are used indoors so normal indoor lighting is fine for making them, too.
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Thank you for posting this! I HATE those darn things. I bought one at JoAnns one time and took it back. My MIL thinks they are wonderful and everytime she is in my sewing room tells me I needs some. If I am at her house doing anything for her she tries to turn one on for me. I can't make her understand they make me sick to my stomach.
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Thank you for posting this! I HATE those darn things. I bought one at JoAnns one time and took it back. My MIL thinks they are wonderful and everytime she is in my sewing room tells me I needs some. If I am at her house doing anything for her she tries to turn one on for me. I can't make her understand they make me sick to my stomach.
But what I did buy was a double pack of LED stick-on-your-machine tiny-but-mighty lights and hate that cool blue light more than Ott. Waste of $20.
#88
Plastic paint (I used stuff labeled for faux stained glass) is cheap, and a single coat shouldn't dim the lights much; if your LED lights have covers why not try coating them with a color that won't make you crazy? Worst case you'll have lights you hate, which is where you are now.
#90
I bought this roll of gold colored paper - slightly heavier than tissue paper. Can't remember the name but it is supposed to be used to transfer designs. Draw the design, pin to quilt, stitch through the paper and quilt, remove the paper. It is a little awkward to sew through but then impossible to remove. It takes far longer to remove the paper (tweezers are necessary) than to do the quilting. I have found that coffee filters, ironed, work well both as a tear away stabilizer and to transfer quilting designs. Tears away much more easily.
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