if beaders have "shop hops"?
shop hops are what quilters in wisconsin do. they go to different guilt shops through out the state. i think itd be interesting to see if beaders do it.
I thought I replied to this post, but when I checked it had vanished into cyberspace never to be seen or heard from again.
So I will repeat myself. LOL
I haven't heard of it in the bead world, but it sounds like it would be fun to get one started.
Happy Beading!!
Sue,
Temperance,Michigan
i remember starting a post similar but i couldn't find it. lol
That would be fun! Not sure if the bead shops in OK do them but I know the quilt shops do as my mom & her friend do them (they need more fabric like I need more beads). ;)
Jeni
Oklahoma City
ArtFire Studio & blog | Gallery
Jeni I am a quilter as well, and a retired tailor, so I don't need more of anything. LOL All the extra storage (closets in sons old rooms) are all chuck full of fabric of all kinds and beads. I think I could make an episode of hoarders. I have more fabric then any one person needs, and the same with beady things.
I have 6 sewing machines. 2 sergers, two Pfaffs (one of which is an embroidery machine, an industrial treadle machine, and last but the one I use the most and it only does one thing, is a blind stitch machine. Every tool needed for sewing, quilting, and beading. I think I need a larger house with more storage space. Now I must explain I have two sergers because the first one I bought was when they first came out for home use back when I had an alteration shop, in the 70's. The new one I got free when I bought my embroidery machine. It is pretty basic but it has more bells and whistles than the other one. The reason I bought the new Pfaff embroidery machine is because I did a lot of sewing from my home and the old one although a real work horse was 27 years old. The industrial machine was given to me about 10 years or so ago, after I had bought the embroidery machine. I have tried to sell the industrial machine, but it is so old it doesn't even have a reverse on it.
Sorry I ran away with this thread. Anyone want to buy a sewing machine? any of them other than the embroidery and the blind stitch. LOL Just kidding.
SCB1:and last but the one I use the most and it only does one thing, is a blind stitch machine.
I had to chuckle about this. I love my blind stitch machine too!
Linda
www.Etsy.com/shop/CalicoJewels
I know, I'm running away with the thread too...no pun intended...
Sue, industrial machines don't have reverse, or they didn't when I was stitching toys way back when anyway. When you really need to reverse, which isn't often, just lift the presser foot and slide the fabric back a tiny bit, let the foot back down and go on....all done quickly.
I'd love to see your collection of sewing machines, etc.!!!! NICE
Pam
And I thought I was bad for having 2 sewing machines (which collect dust more than they get used).
Pam, the new industrial machines have a reverse leaver. I used a Pfaff Industrial machine when I was working for Mens Wearhouse before I retired. Their machines where all the latest industrial equipment you could get. We also had a lovely machine, which only job was to sew buttons on, what a time saver especially when every minute of your day counted. They also have industrial machines that do a zigzag stitch, I used to use those when I worked for a embroidery company in Phoenix. Industrial machines have come along way since the first treadle industrial machine came out.
The reason I like the industrial machine so much is that it has a larger neck opening, which will allow for larger bulkier items like. quilts, leather jackets and just plain doing heavy upholstery work. Love that machine, although all the treadle parts are still attached (except the long belt) there was a motor put on many years before it was given to me. The motor sounds like a jet airplane warming up, it can really whine. Bob would always give he heck if I was sewing into the wee hours of the night, as I often did, because it would wake him up. Oh well, that's life with a person that did tailoring for a living.Yes, OI can run two machines at one time. That is if I have the one doing embroidery and have it set to run on it's own. I just need to watch to make sure nothing goes a muck.
PS. Pam some day I will send you a picture or all my machines. I won't do it here I will e-mail them to you.
That would be nice Sue, I'd love to see them.
The industrial machines I used were electric, no treadle, just good basic industrial sewing machines. That was in 1973 through 1977. I stitched toys for Douglas Toy in Keene, NH. My daughter was very small, she was born in 1973, and I told her I was one of Santa's elves, that's why I had to go to work... Then in California I stitched wetsuits for awhile on a very different kind of industrial machine though I don't remember the name of it, it did a particular kind of overlock stitch specific for rubber. Other than this I've known how to sew since I was seven years old and have probably sewn at least one of close to everything. I also did a lot of alterations and repairs and plain old dressmaking professionally, some at the dry cleaners and some on my own by word of mouth. On my own I've also made a bridal gown with fabric that cost $54.00 a yard, several bridesmaid's gowns...altered my brother's tux on the morning of his wedding while he sat in his shorts nearby being nervous about the whole thing, the sewing the least of it...I used to make or alter lots of things for my aunts when I was young, there were nine aunts on my mother's side....tents and tarps were something else I was known for along with good hippie jeans repair. I was born with a needle in my hand.
Billy's mom also has done a whole lot of sewing, all her life she worked sewing or supervising the sewing floor, then more recently for the last number of years she repaired sewing machines. A good sewing machine mechanic is very, very hard to find but she's one of them...
I have no problem at all understanding how you can run two machines at once!!!
I'm there with you too. I have 4 sewing machines at the moment and am thinking about getting an embroidery machine.
Pat
www.designsbypatdudley.com
scorpianartist: if beaders have "shop hops"? shop hops are what quilters in wisconsin do. they go to different guilt shops through out the state. i think itd be interesting to see if beaders do it.
New Hampshire bead shops had a "Bead Bop" earlier this fall. You bought a special bag at a participating shop -- it only cost $10-$15 or so -- then visited as many stores as possible and got a really good discount at each; as I recall the discount was 25% or so. You could easily recoup the price of the bag, even if you just shopped one store! I believe this is an annual event.
Pat, it sounds like you're going to be busy for a long time, sewing, knitting, beading, etc., I know, I know, I want to do it all too...
Chibimimi, where in NH? I grew up in NH, used to live in Cheshire County (moved here to SC in August of 2009) and the only bead store I know about there is Earth Treasures. I also lived in Lee for nine years and there were a couple of great bead stores in Portsmouth and a Caravan Beads in Dover that isn't there anymore. That sounds like it must have been lots of fun..
Pam I am: Chibimimi, where in NH? I grew up in NH, used to live in Cheshire County (moved here to SC in August of 2009) and the only bead store I know about there is Earth Treasures. I also lived in Lee for nine years and there were a couple of great bead stores in Portsmouth and a Caravan Beads in Dover that isn't there anymore. That sounds like it must have been lots of fun.. Pam
We might have run into each other at Earth Treasures! It's my LBS. Did you every go to Bead 'n Chat or take any of the classes?
That sounds like a pub crawl, I wonder if you can combine the two?
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