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11-22-2011, 06:18 AM
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Someone made one of those and gave it to me. She used the plastic tubing that is used in aquariums. Worked real good for me when I could find it!
11-22-2011, 06:22 AM
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I sent her an email. It is a drive for me, but well worth it. Thanks for the heads up.
11-22-2011, 06:30 AM
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11-22-2011, 06:47 AM
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You guys are so full of cool ideas! I have made a clutch type purse using metal measuring tapes cut up! That works really good when you need the bag to snap shut. The tubing, either medical or aquarium tubing, is a great idea! I never think about sewing plastic with the machines - did you use a leather needle, heavier thread?
Nancy
Miriam, I hope you had a great birthday!
Nancy
Miriam, I hope you had a great birthday!
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11-22-2011, 06:56 AM
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You guys are so full of cool ideas! I have made a clutch type purse using metal measuring tapes cut up! That works really good when you need the bag to snap shut. The tubing, either medical or aquarium tubing, is a great idea! I never think about sewing plastic with the machines - did you use a leather needle, heavier thread?
Nancy
Nancy
11-22-2011, 07:02 AM
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Hmm, I gonna have to keep reading in here - there's much more info than just vintage machines. You ladies are great!
11-22-2011, 07:11 AM
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I guess the only gift I got was a body bag from my BFF... I've been thinking about quilting or decorating it up. Why not green burial. But then again the straps might rot before I desperately need it. I sure would hate for the straps to fall off when somebody picks it up with my remains in it... BFF's DH got a bunch from work. Don't ask me.... It was being pitched... I wonder what all that nice fabric could be used for. It is a very heavy nylon. BFF says I would think up something to do with the fabric. (I have two bags) Maybe we can cut the poison ivy/sumac off to the ground and cover the ground with bag parts... I would need more bags though. With my luck those weeds would grow back around the bag 4 times as many....
11-22-2011, 07:20 AM
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Ask away I am always glad to help members with these sewing machine cabinets
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11-22-2011, 07:21 AM
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I guess the body bags could hold all the dead sewing machines, sewing projects I started but never finished, etc - keep the dust off for a while - keep all that in one place... I also thought about making them do compost. Just stick in the leaves and keep turning it unzip in the spring - dirt - turn it wrong side out and hose it off. I guess it would be ok until the zipper rotted or the handles rot off. BFF said I would come up with a use for them.
11-22-2011, 07:24 AM
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Wowza..body bags? Not a topic I thought would come up in VSMS. That is really cool. I bet it does add ambience around Halloween. Totally cool!
I had to increase my bid a bit on the the 15, but I can't increase it anymore. If I get outbid again, it was just not meant to be.
I was looking through my bookmarks and can't find the site where you can enter your serial number and it tells you what year your machine is. Can someone post a link to it?
Thanks.
~M~
I had to increase my bid a bit on the the 15, but I can't increase it anymore. If I get outbid again, it was just not meant to be.
I was looking through my bookmarks and can't find the site where you can enter your serial number and it tells you what year your machine is. Can someone post a link to it?
Thanks.
~M~
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