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We made it to the Featherweight Collection destination this afternoon and it was completely worth the wait. We are still sorting through all of the Featherweight machines that have been collected for nearly 20 years. A quiet hotel corner lobby provided a nice place to examine each one. It too...
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While I am traveling and the suspense and excitement is building to see all these Singer Featherweight machines, the idea was suggested that we play a little game. Therefore, we will play the “Where in the world is Carmon Henry?” game. After all, traveling nearly 2000 miles round trip could ta...
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As some of you may already be aware, I am on my way to retrieve a rather large Featherweight collection, which includes a few of the rarest Singer Featherweights known to exist. I will be traveling about 2000 driving miles to bring them back safely to our studio where we will begin featuring the...
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We have added an entire new category on this blog called “Attachments & Accessories”. You will now be able to find out how to identify and use your vintage Singer Attachments - all in one convenient place! Good morning! As of this morning we have a new page added to our Featherweight...
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Last year my daughter and I worked together in making these little Valentine's cards for her class*. We are homeschooling now but the idea still lingers as we think of family and friends for this year. The end product was a melding of two patterns. One was like this one from Orange Betti...
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These are so easy a small child can make them! Step 1: Fold a little edge of a square or rectangular fabric scrap and pin it with the clothes pin.Step 2: Flip the clothes pin down.Step 3: Wrap the fabric corners to the center around the clothes pin.Step 4: Tie a piece of bias tape, yarn, or ...
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This bias cutting technique has actually been around for quite some time. It wouldn't surprise me if it was something Mary Brooks Picken discovered all on her own when she assisted with the writing and publication of the old Singer Sewing Book. It's a simple trick, really, and makes use o...
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Press the bias raw edge towards the seam allowance raw edge, leaving a little gap between them. Bias Binding is a strip of material cut on the bias for extra stretch and often doubled. It is used for binding hems, interfacings or for edge decoration and is very useful for many sewing project...
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<!doctype html> Pockets can be tricky sometimes. You can take the time to cut perfectly but when trying to fold the excess seam allowance for rounded or curved corners, an angular edge can sometimes result no matter how detailed or careful you press. A long time ago I learned a trick...
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Feedsack-Style Ice Cream Dress on a Cold Day
Last day of school was Friday. Cowboy finished 4th grade and SweetPea finished Kindergarten. The weather was probably the most uncooperative I have ever experienced in my entire life of last day of school days - even my own childhood memories of the last day of school were always warm, sunny and ...
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