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| Topic Started: Apr 25 2012, 05:20 AM (484 Views) | |
| haili | Apr 25 2012, 05:20 AM Post #1 |
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I like pillow cases to fit snug on the pillow but they make them so wide I always have to take a seam down them to get them to fit right. Why do I have to do alterations on the darn things? |
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| Trotsky | May 11 2012, 02:30 AM Post #31 |
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Do you think the feathers and down will get adequately cleaned with the pillow case as a second cover during washing. I of couse have read the promulgated urban mythology about each pillow having a gazillion mites and after many years being filled with 47 pounds of mite feces...or was it 470 pounds? an aside ...Once I decided a down parka had done yeomanly service for 15 years I cut it open to reuse the down and put some extra fluff into a couple pillows....I tried to get it in a neat heap on a hardwood floor and discovered the curious phenomenon that down will FLOAT on room air currents that are completely undetectable. With each handful stuffed into a pillow HALF would sail into the cosmos. I was cleaning down out of corners and off draperies and elecrtronic equipment for weeks. signs139 signs139 Gosh, it's hard to be a cheapskate. Edited by Trotsky, May 11 2012, 02:31 AM.
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| FuzzyO | May 11 2012, 02:53 AM Post #32 |
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I've used my feather pillows for years and my assumption is that the dryer heat kills anything I don't want. No idea if that is actually true, but I'm still alive. All dealing with uncontained down MUST be done outside! |
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| campy | May 11 2012, 03:03 AM Post #33 |
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No it's a Dressmaker II. It has 3 types of stitches and even a light and two speeds and battery or electric plug in and a foot switch so you can concentrate on feeding the material in. It can't handle thick materials. |
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| campy | May 11 2012, 03:04 AM Post #34 |
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Static electricity. |
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| FuzzyO | May 11 2012, 03:12 AM Post #35 |
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Sewing machine for $20.00, a real bargain! I don't know that brand, but if it works for you, great. |
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| Trotsky | May 11 2012, 08:13 AM Post #36 |
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I passed a SINGER Center about 30 years ago and they had 4 on sale, Model 747 if memory serves...it's in a box in a closet. They were $27 and have about 5 stiches including buttonhole and the damned thing has worked beautifully all these years. Only problem is that if I try leather or a couple layers of heavy denim the underpowered motor moans in pain. But I've done drapes and taken in about 100 shirts (I used to have a waistline) even made a cover for a 93 inch sofa (hard) AND seatcovers for a huge 1973 Olds 98 (VERY hard.) I wish I had the room to set it up permanently in a cabinet instead of hauling it out and working on the table...the bulk of the unit is heavy cast iron and the coverings are plastic. My mother worked as a sewer her whole life and when she retired they gave her her OVERLOCK machine...tiny three (or 4 ) thread unit mounted on a humongous solid oak table driven at lightning speed by a HALF horsepower motor beneath. It had a cutter that sliced the fabric as it sewed while folding a blanket stitch kind of thingy around the cut end. You know what I mean. I'd have loved it, but have never had room for it...it was the size of a dining room table and heavy as sin... so my sister gave it away. Edited by Trotsky, May 11 2012, 08:25 AM.
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| FuzzyO | May 11 2012, 08:24 AM Post #37 |
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It might be worth getting a walking foot for your Singer, it may help with sewing on thicker fabrics and leather. Too bad you had to forego the overlock. You can sort of replicate the stitch by using a very close zigzag and doing it twice if necessary, but you can't fake the trimming blade. |
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