HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: motto@cbnewsf.cb.att.com (mary.rita.otto)
Newsgroups: alt.sewing
Subject: Re: 1993 projects:  Mine and Yours
Date: 4 Jan 93 23:47:22 GMT
Organization: AT&T

In article <C0BB6L.D6x@world.std.com> nancy@world.std.com (Nancy C Reynolds) writes:
>Are there any projects you didn't finish last year and really want to try to
>get done this year?  Or is there something you're just dying to try at
>long last?  What's uppermost in your mind to do this year regarding sewing
>or crafts?  Here are some of mine:
>
>1) Finish about 6 cross stitch pictures that are more than 50% done
>2) Work on a massive cross stitch project (Rainbow Row, about 28" long in 18
>count) that will probably take me all year, if not into 1994 or 1995 to do
>3) Finally make my winter coat, suit and yellow silk and pansy blouses.
>4) Get framed (or otherwise finished off) all craft projects that are
>already 50% stitched and GET THEM UP ON THE WALL!  (What a concept!)
>
>If there are other folks out there who work on something, then put it
>aside and work on something else, sometimes not getting back to the first
>(or even second or third) item, I suggest we offer each other
>encouragement to keep plugging away.  Meanwhile, I think it would be fun
>to have an overview of people's projects and new year's resolutions relative
>to our newsgoup. 
>
>Happy New Year!
>
>--Nancy Reynolds

Nancy,
This is an interesting line of discussion.

1993 should be an interesting year.

Currently in the "hopper":

Hand-knit sweater due for Valentine's day
Heirloom wedding dress, for a June 25 wedding
Flower girl dress, for a May wedding
Afghan, queen size
Hunter green cape in medieval style
"Physics" Sampler design
[DRuffle for a daybed
Ruffled valance for a 151" window

It would have been worse, but I got an amazing amount done over my
Christmas vacation.  My closets are now full of completed garments,
and my embroideries are made into pillows or framed as intended.  There
is such a satisfying feeling to finishing a bunch of stuff that you haven't
had time to get to and have been frowning at for months.  I was even
able to empty out two storage bins and turn them over to my husband for
other uses around the house.  I think that things now are at a managable
"inventory" level -- if I can only stay away from the after holiday
clearance sales!!!!

Mary Otto
From: HF.MMX@forsythe.stanford.edu (Marilee Marshall)
Newsgroups: alt.sewing
Subject: Re: how to baste slippery stuff
Date: 4 Jan 1993 08:20:57 -0800
Organization: Stanford University
Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: morrow.stanford.edu

Dear Cathy,

A neat trick I learned in "basting" slippery fabrics is to scotch
tape the.  I've also used drafting tape (like masking tape but with
easy to remove sticking).  Good luck.

Marilee
@ Stanford
From: reinert@informatik.uni-kl.de (Birgit Reinert)
Newsgroups: alt.sewing
Subject: Heirloom-Sewing
Date: 8 Jan 93 12:49:25 GMT
Organization: University of Kaiserslautern


 
Following the discussion I read several comments on a subject
called heirloom-sewing.
As this technique sounds very interesting to me, I would like to 
find some literature describing it.
Unfortunately I live in Germany.
I would appreciate if  someone could mail me some interesting books, 
with as much information as possible as I will try to get them from here.
   
Birgit

reinert@informatik.uni-kl.de
Newsgroups: alt.sewing
From: joan@remtech.com (Joan Skoglund)
Subject: Re: 1993 projects: Mine and Yours
Organization: Remtech Inc.
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 22:24:19 GMT

jill@cray.com (Jill McAllister) writes:

>I have a database of my unfinished needlework projects.  A printout of it
>goes on for pages.  I don't think you'd want me to post it here!  :-)


I love it!! Finally, someone who has a trail of unfinished [insert
proper
adjective] projects like I do!!! But, bet that doesn't stop you from
beginning yet another one any more than it does me!!

Joan-- 
 email...joan@leewit.remtech.com or...uunet!remtech!leewit!joan
From: inki@csource.oz.au (sandy turner)
Newsgroups: alt.sewing
Subject: fan dolls
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 93 18:12:16 +1100
Reply-To: inki@csource.oz.au
Organization: Unique Computing Pty Ltd, Melbourne, Australia


Hi again, folks !

I attended my first Star Trek fan convention just before Christmas,
and was surprised to see at least one of the attendees had "fan dolls",
knitted dolls with hand-sewn costumes to represent the characters of her
favourite series.

Since then I have looked EVERYWHERE to find a pattern to knit the basic
doll in order to make one of my own. Failing that, I started over again
trying to find a sewn doll (in felt, or interlock) of the right proportions.
No luck. I can find baby dolls galore, and child dolls, but not "adult"
proportioned dolls of about 8 to 10 inches in height.

If anyone can help me with a pattern for adult proportioned dolls (I will
pay for the pattern, and/or pay postage) I would be very grateful.

Sandy



If anyone else wants to claim responsibility for my comments, they're welcome.
Otherwise, all opinions expressed above are my own, and I'm stuck with them.
From: ctopp@cup.portal.com (Carol F Topp)
Newsgroups: alt.sewing
Subject: Re: The Pile-Up Begins :-)
Date: Thu,  7 Jan 93 13:17:47 PST
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
  <C0I1B9.6y3@acsu.buffalo.edu>

 gorman@acsu.buffalo.edu (Anne-Marie K. Gorman) writes:

>I just got a sewing basket for Christmas.   It's not an upscale, hand-
crafted item, but then, neither are the empty baby-wipe boxes which
I am currently using!  It's basically a big empty space with a shallow


So I'm not the only one that uses empty baby wipe boxes! I take the tops
off and use them as trays for thread and use the bottoms to hold
collections of notions in the dresser drawers that hold my supplies.

Carol
Newsgroups: alt.sewing
From: harmet@bambi.cecer.army.mil (Laura Harmet)
Subject: Re: serger vs sewing machine
Followup-To: alt.sewing
Organization: None
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 14:16:31 GMT

In article <1993Jan10.211935.20433@news.vanderbilt.edu>,
vusl@athena.cas.vanderbilt.edu (VU Science Library) wrote:

> Would a serger be better so I can finsih off my edges quickly (something
> I can't do well at all now!)?  Or would the versatility of the sewing
> machine be preferable?  I would like to do some machine embroidery, is that
> out of the question without a top of the line machine?  
> 
> If you had a basic machine and were faced with the choice I have (at the
> price limit I have) what would you do?  Which would it be easier to live
> without?
> 
I have both, and I would say, given your current sewing machine, get the 
sewing machine.  If you're basically interested in doing applique or
machine
embroidery, you have to have a zig-zag stitch.  I have a top-of-the-line
machine, but 90% of the time when I'm doing fancy work, I'm using the 
zig-zag stitch.  

Finishing the edges is nice with a serger, but remember-- that's on the
inside.  Make the outside look perfect first, then worry about the inside
of the garment.  Some people use their sergers for everything, except 
buttonholes.  I find that nothing beats it for rolled edges, but it is
possible to do rolled edges with a sewing machine with a little practice.

I think there's no question about it-- you're going to eventually have to
get both (as one techno-nerd sewing enthusiast to another).  It's just
deciding which one is first.

Laura
From: buchanan@matagh.ncsu.edu (Bob Buchanan)
Newsgroups: alt.sewing
Subject: Please send me the FAQ list
Date: 5 Jan 93 14:23:53 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: NCSU Mathematics Dept.
Originator: buchanan@guest2.math.ncsu.edu


A couple of days ago I saw a two part FAQ list for alt.sewing but I
didn't print it out.  Could someone please repost the FAQ list or
email me a copy.

Thanks,
-- 
Bob Buchanan
919-515-2382 (work)	919-776-7371 (home)
buchanan@math.ncsu.edu
Math Dept, NCSU Box 8205, Raleigh, NC 27695-8205
From: Holly.Doyne@f172.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Holly Doyne)
Sender: Uucp@blkcat.UUCP
Newsgroups: alt.sewing
Subject: Heirloom-Sewing
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 19:47:35 -0500

In a msg on <Jan 08 12:49>, Birgit Reinert of 1:109/401 writes:

 BR> From: reinert@informatik.uni-kl.de (Birgit Reinert)
 BR> Newsgroups: alt.sewing
 BR> Organization: University of Kaiserslautern

 BR> Following the discussion I read several comments on a subject
 BR> called heirloom-sewing.
 BR> As this technique sounds very interesting to me, I would like to 
 BR> find some literature describing it.
 BR> Unfortunately I live in Germany.
 BR> I would appreciate if  someone could mail me some interesting 
 BR> books, with as much information as possible as I will try to 
 BR> get them from here.
 BR>    
 BR> Birgit

One other source would be "Creative  Needle", Box 99, Lookout Mtn, TN 37350. 
Comes out six times a year - $18.00/yr US plus postage. (probably $6-8 year) It
has both projects and instructions as well as lots of Ads..  Back issues are
$3.95, not sure what they would charge for postage but you could write. 

I have a couple of back issues - if you can send me an address netmail - I can
have my husband drop them to you in the Bundespost on his way through Frankfurt 
in a couple of weeks.

       - I'll see what else I can dig up, nur auf englisch.

         - Holly     hdoyne@f172.n109.z1.fidonet.org
From: charleen@net.bio.net (Charleen Bunjiovianna)
Newsgroups: alt.sewing
Subject: Re: Heirloom-Sewing
Date: 8 Jan 93 22:29:57 GMT
Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Biology

In article <1993Jan8.124925.9730@posthorn.informatik.uni-kl.de> reinert@informatik.uni-kl.de (Birgit Reinert) writes:
>
> 
>Following the discussion I read several comments on a subject
>called heirloom-sewing.
>As this technique sounds very interesting to me, I would like to 
>find some literature describing it.

This question is answered in the FAQ, posted here periodically.

Charleen
From: dan@eye.com (Dan Loewus)
Newsgroups: alt.sewing
Subject: old singer machines
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 93 21:19:32 GMT
Distribution: ny
Organization: 3D/EYE, Inc.  Ithaca, NY


Hello sewing netters.  I am new here but thought this a good place to inquire.
I have a 1910 singer that had it's treddle removed and a motor installed around
1930.  I wish to reinstall a foot treddle, unfortunately I do not have the original
( never did ).  Anyone within driving distance of Ithaca have one for sale?  Also
I am in the market for more of the metal spools ( don't know the true name for
these thread spools ) that are used for the bottom thread and go with this machine.  
I tried buying ones for a newer machine at the local fabric store and found they do 
not fit this machine.  I only have one and its rather tiring removing and putting on 
new thread everytime I need to change color.  Please respond via email I can read the 
group for a bit but might miss some posts.

Thanks.
-- 
 .|. 
 -o- "A hallucination is only as real as the eyes that see it."
 .|.
Newsgroups: alt.sewing
From: karenb@cc.uow.edu.au (Karen  Barrett)
Subject: Re: 1993 projects: Mine and Yours
Organization: University Of Wollongong
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 93 22:58:14 GMT

dbsander@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Diane B Sanderson) writes:

>I look at these things as "free" since they're all bought and paid for.

I'm glad to hear that someone else thinks this way.  Usually I wouldn't admit
all this but my semi-subconscious thoughts about the cost of projects are that
if I go out and buy the fabric etc and make a garment or project straight
away then it cost what it actually cost.  The longer I've had the materials 
for a project the cheaper it becomes!  I'm not quite sure at what point the
project becomes "free" but I'm working on a theory which says: after a
certain amount of time the materials must have a negative value - 
necessitating their replacement and allowing for two projects for the price 
of one all in one go! (..or less than the price of one depending on how long
I keep the material.....) ;-). Sound feasible? :-)

Karen.
From: jlecher@pbs.org
Newsgroups: alt.sewing
Subject: Re: 1993 projects:  Mine and Yours
Date: 4 Jan 93 16:52:38 EST
Distribution: world
Organization: PBS:Public Broadcasting Service, Alexandria, VA

In article <C0BB6L.D6x@world.std.com>, nancy@world.std.com (Nancy C Reynolds) writes:
> Are there any projects you didn't finish last year and really want to try to
> get done this year?  Or is there something you're just dying to try at
> long last?  What's uppermost in your mind to do this year regarding sewing
> or crafts?   
> --Nancy Reynolds

Unfinished projects? I have a whole ROOM full of them! There's the nice
orange stuff-collector that I made for my boyfriend's car (you know, one
of those things that hangs on the back of the seat?), but I can't find
the brown webbing that I bought for it, and I REFUSE to buy more, therefore
it's not finished because there's nothing to hang it with. My sister gave
me some material to make a blouse for her with, last year, and I haven't
even started because I can't seem to find a pattern that she'll like 
(she's picky), and the list goes on and on and on.....
 
I have a problem that I wonder if anyone else shares with me - I look at
clothes in the store, and I'm horrified at the low quality and high prices,
so I don't buy them. Unfortunately, I'm also working 2 jobs AND taking a
class at college, so I don't have time to make many clothes for me, SO..
as a consequence, I don't have very many clothes at all! It's frustrating.
My boyfriend has a gorgeous jacket that I just finished (finally!), and
I could REALLY use one like that, but I haven't got time to make it! At
least, not until I'm done with the elephant that I promised to make for
my sister for when she went into the hospital, then there's those baby
clothes for that baby that just about due, and the quilt that needs to be
tied......you get the idea, right?

Whew.
Jane
From: kristaz@bcarh792.bnr.ca (Krista Zeidler)
Newsgroups: alt.sewing
Subject: Re: 1993 projects: Mine and Yours
Date: 12 Jan 93 17:56:00 GMT
Reply-To: kristaz@bcarh792.bnr.ca (Krista Zeidler)
Organization: Bell-Northern Research Ltd.

My 1993 projects include a lot of dreams, and some stuff that might
actually get done.  I wasn't going to post this (I am more of a lurker on
this group), but I would appreciate some suggestions for a couple of items,
so here's my list.


I have material for:
  3 polo shirts for my husband
  jeans for me
  a dress, skirt and blouse (for me)
  curtains for our bedroom


I also have alterations I would love to do, but these are in the
dream category until I figure out how.
  I have 3 blazers and one suit that I need to alter (read reduce by
    1 or 2 sizes)
    I could use any suggestions/support on these projects, as I have no
    experience with alterations


And then there are the non-clothes items that we need - covers for a
barbeque and an airconditioner.
  Does anyone have any suggestions for sewing these - I will probably
make them out of a heavy nylon, but I am not sure how my machine (a Kenmore)
will handle the thickness.



Also, some posted here a while ago instructions for making padded hangers.
Of course, I didn't need them then so I didn't save the instructions.  If 
someone has them, could you please post again.  Unfortunately I don't have
an email address, so I can't avoid the waste of bandwidth

Krista
Newsgroups: alt.sewing
From: dbsander@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Diane B Sanderson)
Subject: Re: 1993 projects:  Mine and Yours
Organization: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 93 14:41:42 EST


Unfinished projects.  That means to me that I have no spare-time security.
If I didn't have something to procrastinate or put off until another day
I don't think I could survive.  I have so many projects sitting home that
thinking about it makes my head swim.  I'm getting things ready for a craft
show in February and am getting over the flu.  Here are a few of the things
on my list:
braided rug (acquired the wool at least five years ago) for my daughter
   (now living with her SO and daughter)

   Christmas banners for next year (can't plan too early)
   finish a pair of slacks for me
   finish a dress I started a long time ago in time to wear in the Spring
      (maybe I don't like it now)
      (I keep getting these indents)
(here we are)
crewel pillow cover started this fall
another pillow that needs to have a back crocheted
pillow covers for grandsons (one not born yet)
wool jacket (I need to buy a pattern)
jersey slacks (haven't cut, but am thinking about it)

And these things don't even make a dent in the material I have.

I look at these things as "free" since they're all bought and paid for.
I need a great deal of restraint when I go to buy the pattern (tonight)
for the jacket, which I really want to do.  I think I'll convince my
husband to go along, maybe bribe him with a promise of a hot fudge 
sundae.  He provides a great deal of restraint for me, but he absolutely
hates going into fabric shops.

Thanks for asking.
Diane Sanderson
sanderson@suhep.phy.syr.edu



Newsgroups: alt.sewing
From: joann@unixhub.SLAC.Stanford.EDU (Jo Ann Malina)
Subject: Re: The Pile-Up Begins :-)
Organization: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 10:11:20 GMT

In article <29120@oasys.dt.navy.mil> chamberl@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Anne Chamberlain) writes:
>Once when one of our local knitting shops was going out of business,
>I bought a floss display cabinet---a nice wooden box with plastic drawers,
>each drawer about 2"x2"x6".  There must be about 16 drawers---great
>for sorting snaps, thread, needles, ribbons, etc.  Something different
>in each drawer.  Come to think of it, the same type of box in hardware
>stores would work.  They come in all sizes and shapes in the hardware
>store.

I have one of these cheap plastic boxes divided into sections, and the
top is so warped it won't stay closed. Likewise, when I look at the
cabinets full of little drawers in the local hardware store, these
drawers are often warped and won't stay closed or open readily. I could
use a good one -- any ideas about where to find them?


*) *) *) *) *) *) *) *) *) *) *)!(* (* (* (* (* (* (* (* (* (* (* (* (*
Jo Ann Malina, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
joann@unixhub.slac.stanford.edu  -or-  415/926-2846
Neither Stanford nor the DOE would be caught dead with these opinions.
Nor do they consult me when formulating theirs.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
It ain't what they call you, it's what you answer to.     -Bill Clinton
Newsgroups: alt.sewing
From: jareed@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Judith Ann Reed)
Subject: Re: 1993 projects:  Mine and Yours
Organization: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 93 16:13:31 EST

In article <1993Jan5.121714.21893@hemlock.cray.com> jill@cray.com (Jill McAllister) writes:
>I have a database of my unfinished needlework projects.  A printout of it
>goes on for pages.  I don't think you'd want me to post it here!  :-)

Jill, I'm not sure whether that constitutes admirable organization or 
fanaticism, but I am impressed either way with the database idea!

We all look about equally far behind - the scary part, for me, is the magazines
I keep getting with all the terrific new project ideas in them, on top of all
the stuff already in the queue!!!!

My list:
	raspberry fleece and black fleece headscarves
	black cordury vest for daughter
        vest of some kind for me
	elizabethan vest and skirt for same daughter
	cream blouse with decorative button trim - I hope that look doesn't go
						   out before I finish!
        Cupid cross stitch, started last January - by Valentines day?
	Teal pants, need extensive pattern fitting
	Summer dress for another daughter
	Coral Reef needlepoint picture
	Leisure Arts Santa picture, before christmas! (Ha!)
	Embroidery or applique for m-in-law's wall
	Use the other 4 yards of raspberry fleece before spring! (it was too 
		yummy, at $2/yd, to pass by!)
        
 A bit daunting written down, but a challenge too!
 
 By the way, I just bought a project magazine full of nifty projects (oh no!)
 and it had a nice ad for the New Home Memory Craft Scan and Sew, to use with
 the New Home Memory Craft 8000 - up to 4 color scanning of any design. Anyone
 out there lucky enough to have such a thing, and want to tell us about it?
 Has anyone priced it? 

Judith Reed
judith@suhep.phy.syr.edu
jareed@rodan.syr.edu
From: mcm@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
Newsgroups: alt.sewing
Subject: Re: Heirloom-Sewing
Date: 8 Jan 93 13:42:30 CST
Organization: University of Kansas Academic Computing Services

In article <1993Jan8.124925.9730@posthorn.informatik.uni-kl.de>, reinert@informatik.uni-kl.de (Birgit Reinert) writes:
>  
> Following the discussion I read several comments on a subject
> called heirloom-sewing.
> As this technique sounds very interesting to me, I would like to 
> find some literature describing it.
> Unfortunately I live in Germany.
> I would appreciate if  someone could mail me some interesting books, 
> with as much information as possible as I will try to get them from here.
>    
> Birgit
> 
> reinert@informatik.uni-kl.de
This is often done in association with English Smocking and French Hand Sewing,
or, a rather confusing name, French Handsewing by Maching.  Smocking is the
geometic designs you see on fancy girl's dresses.  The fabric is pleated first,
then stiches are done at the top of the pleats.  Similarly, there are pictures
that can be smocked in much the same way.  The dress construction is "hierloom"
and includes french seams (no raw edges), etc.  French Hand sewing, whether by
hand or machine, is typically seen in fancy, lacy garments like Christening
gowns and fancy dresses.  I first learned it while learning to finish hand
smocked dresses and I use many of the techniques on other garments because the
finishing is so superior to the methods described in the store bought patterns. 
But is also takes longer.  Two magazines devoted to these topics and that are
available in the US are Creative Needle and Sew Beautiful.  I hope this helps a
little in your search for more information.  The best place to start is with a
fabric shop that carries the nicer fabrics.

Newsgroups: alt.sewing
From: westphal@iscnvx.lmsc.lockheed.com (Dorothy Westphal)
Subject: Re: 1993 projects: Mine and Yours
Organization: Lockheed Missiles and Space Co.
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 93 19:58:11 GMT

In article <1993Jan5.225814.17721@cc.uow.edu.au> karenb@cc.uow.edu.au (Karen  Barrett) writes:
>dbsander@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Diane B Sanderson) writes:
>
>>I look at these things as "free" since they're all bought and paid for.
>
>I'm glad to hear that someone else thinks this way.  Usually I wouldn't admit
>all this but my semi-subconscious thoughts about the cost of projects are that
>if I go out and buy the fabric etc and make a garment or project straight
>away then it cost what it actually cost.  The longer I've had the materials 
>for a project the cheaper it becomes!  I'm not quite sure at what point the
>project becomes "free" but I'm working on a theory which says: after a
>certain amount of time the materials must have a negative value - 

Makes sense to me! And I have another way to get "free" items (on paper):
My husband has become devoted to his Quicken home finance program,
and when he goes to enter checks, payees, and purpose, any check to the
fabric store is simply for "fabric", regardless of intended purpose, 
rather than ask me whether it should be "clothing", "home", gift", or
whatever. So it looks like some big craft budget, but anytime I finish
an item of clothing or a birthday toy or whatever, it is made from 
things "lying around the house" even if I used notions I bought last week!


-- 
Dorothy Westphal, Sunnyvale, Calif. % Just when things are going your way...%
westphal@iscnvx.lmsc.lockheed.com   %               they get even better!   %