pfroggg

Doesn't surprise me that he went out of business. Definite attitude problem.

Katrina was at one of the GC TOGAs a couple of years ago; can't remember if you were there then. She's an expert on 19th-century clothing and teaches anthro at one of the community colleges, and is the only one I know who has actually made clothing on a Grover & Baker 2-thread chainstitcher.

Could the other person have been Donna Kohler? She's been to at least one GC TOGA too. Alyce was there once too, but I don't know what has happened to her. Hope everybody is planning to come to the next one this fall at Cathy's new house!

pat

path49

I make my own...not crazy about the red ones either. Since craft felt is so thin, I make mine 2 layers thick...just glue 2 pieces together with a THIN layer of Elmers glue (you don't want it bleeding thru the felt), let it dry, cut out your circle, & use a hole/leather punch for the spool pin hole.

vintagemotif

Nope, it wasn't Katrina or Donna. I'm planning on making the next TOGA, hopefully I can make it. I will not be able to take Ray White's classes, between cost and my son's school schedule it just can't be done this year.

miriam

a Pfaff 260 climbed in my car and followed me home... it has a flat bed - awkward bobbin - two belts - cleat type - needs a good clean up but seems like it will be a tank - maybe interesting to see the designs it can make - interesting place to put the motor - it's on the bottom - the machine is very dirty on the outside - inside looks like it was serviced at some point then parked for a while - don't know about the wiring

Havplenty

i know there was mention of a pink sewing machine sometime recently. here is a pink vintage kenmore for sale.

http://stlouis.craigslist.org/atq/3054458368.html

miriam

for $100 you would think it would be cleaned and ready to sew

Candace

Would it be stupid to buy a die for my Studio that cuts out a sheet of 1" circles? All I 'd have to do is hole punch them. Then, they'd be perfect and any color I wanted. Hmmmm.

J Miller

Stupid, no. You could also sell them. I usually make my own, but compared to the manufactured ones they look terrible.
I'll take some blue, black, light green, beige, tan, ..........


Joe

path49

A die would be great! I just use scissors & mine turned out great....but I'm such a perfectionist that I'll piddle around with 1 for an hour till I'm happy with it!!! I've pushed a 1" metal tube into the felt to get an indentation & used that for a guide...or traced around a small thread spool. But stamping them out would be so much easier! And like Joe said, I'll bet you could sell them...I've had several people ask where I got mine!

melinda1962

I bought a multicolored pack of craft felt and cut my own to match each machine. However, I think a lot of machines have just a touch of red on the S in singer or in the dial selectors or something. I looked at them at the sewing man's price, and bought the felt. It will make quite a few. It was on clearance at walmart when I found it.