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    Old 11-28-2010, 03:02 PM
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    Sharon,
    I have read through some of your posts just to look at your work. From your posts, I have learned some interesting things. Something so simple as the bobbin thread can be used on the top. I'm presently quilting the next project; I wanted to use red thread on top and white on bottom, but my remaining red was on a bobbin. I had never thought of setting the bobbin on top until seeing one of your posts ( it was a duh moment for me). My favorite of your tips and tricks is the headlamp over your machine for lighting. It is wonderful to find other quilters who do use their treadles and I just love this site. Sharon, I love that pinwheel quilt that you made; the fabric goes well together.
    Vintagequilter,
    The bobbin you see on the spool pin of my treadles is being used as an extra thread guide when I use the cone thread stand. It seems to help guide the thread better, I had the thread get caught around the handwheel and treadle belt wheel. OMG What a chore that was to remove all that thread. :x
    I have used a bobbin filled with thread for in place of a spool of thread too.
    The lighting is really bad in the living room where I have my zig zag treadle, the Singer 237. The head lamp was a
    desperation type thing. lol
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    Old 11-28-2010, 03:19 PM
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    Originally Posted by JaneK
    so sorry about your doggie. It seems to that alot of us have old sewing machines and old dogs. We had to put our 21 year old chiuhuahua/terrier mix to sleep today. Sandy actually belonged to my MIL/FIL and outlived both of them. He's been failing for a while, but really went downhill fast. Had to wait till the kids both left to return to school. But i think they knew it was inevitable. Been crying all day, it's so hard to make that decision. I think I will get out one of my old machines and sew a little, that always helps!
    JaneK very sorry to read about your chihuahua/terrier. Your pet sure had a full life, though, to live that long!

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    Old 11-28-2010, 03:21 PM
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    Vintagemotif, I love your all red new avator!

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    Old 11-28-2010, 05:04 PM
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    So sorry for all of you who have lost your beloved pets. I am including myself in this group. Have lost too many of ours in the past and will never forget them. Still feel a lump in my throat when thinking of them which is often. I said last time I would have no more pets but when my Bunny (cat) came along on the day of my mother's funeral it seemed like it was meant to be. But she is too fat, any ideas? Weight Watches for cats? She is getting IAMS for weight control and we try to excercise (play ) every day at least once a day but she gets too lazy and just wants us to do all the work while she watches us and is probably laughing.
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    Old 11-28-2010, 06:00 PM
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    Originally Posted by vintagemotif
    Cherrybsixty,

    Here is a photo of the table topper log cabin wreath that I finished yesterday. The piecing was done on Mr. Two Spools treadle, the straight-stitch quilting on 201 treadle, and the decorative stitch from the Janome T-30 for finishing the binding. I discovered while piecing with the Two Spools that the moment the needle and foot no longer had any fabric under it the top thread would cut off (like having an auto-thread cutter), but as long as I kept feeding the piecing through the machine all worked well. One of my favorite parts of this machine is its 1/4 inch foot.
    Now I'm working on project three, all Christmas gifts to my family that live far away.
    Thanks Vintagemotif, for posting the pic as I ask and thanks for the other info, also. And since you are knocking them out sooo fast GOD blessing to you and I hope that your family enjoys them.
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    Originally Posted by purplefiend
    I pieced,free motion quilted and sewed the binding with my Singer 237 treadle(zig zag). Its a great machine for FMQ.
    Sharon W. in Texas
    Purlefiend, thanks for your post also, that quilt is gorgeous.
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    Old 11-28-2010, 06:03 PM
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    Janek, sorry to hear of your lose, when you spend that much time with someone they are your family.
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    Old 11-28-2010, 06:53 PM
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    Originally Posted by cherrybsixty
    Originally Posted by purplefiend
    I pieced,free motion quilted and sewed the binding with my Singer 237 treadle(zig zag). Its a great machine for FMQ.
    Sharon W. in Texas
    Purlefiend, thanks for your post also, that quilt is gorgeous.
    Cherrybsixty,
    Thank you very much! It was ever so much fun to figure out how to use the challenge fabric.
    Sharon :-D
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    Old 11-28-2010, 08:51 PM
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    Originally Posted by purplefiend
    The bobbin you see on the spool pin of my treadles is being used as an extra thread guide when I use the cone thread stand. It seems to help guide the thread better
    That is what I do with my Two Spools machine. I have an empty spool as an extra thread guide sitting in that place to help guide the cone thread that is sitting behind the machine.
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    Old 11-29-2010, 09:04 AM
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    Originally Posted by vintagemotif

    Nancy,
    My work isn't perfect. In fact, I no longer worry about the points always matching up precisely. My feeling is life isn't always perfect; so, why should a quilt, since a quilt is like a representation of life. In my opinion, quilts are in need of those imperfections for them to come to life (hope that makes sense). So, that is why I'm not afraid to use the treadles to piece and quilt with. Plus, our grandmas used these machines to make clothes and bedding. If they could do it, than we can too.

    And yes, my family knows that I now have the treadle bug and use my machines to make quilts. That is why I'm making their gifts this years with my machines.
    Well, I am venturing more and more into my treadles. I am ready to start piecing with one of them, but I want to finish my Christmas projects that I have already started on the machine I started them on! And, no I don't expect perfection anymore -- I am past that -- but, still a little intimidated by the treadles!

    I played with and cleaned up my 1887 Wheeler and Wilson that came from Portugal yesterday. It is so funny because the bobbin in the W & W 9W in way different than my Singer 9W - the way it fits in this funny bobbin case thing - but, it threads and works exactly like my Singer 9W. I had to print out a manual for W&W #8 to figure out how to take out and insert the bobbin, but I have to use my Singer 9W manual to thread and use the machine! So interesting! The 1887 W&W work perfectly! This is the first time I have taken the time to oil and clean that machine!

    Now, I need to get time to oil and clean up my Davis Vertical Feed machine!

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