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From: scott@Apple.COM (scott douglass)
Newsgroups: alt.sewing
Subject: Mail order sources
Date: 17 Dec 92 07:56:28 GMT
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA

Well, yes, I did pay attention last time, but not enough attention
obviously.  I've been getting swatches from The Sewing Sampler and
have ordered some great knits and ribbing and the most gorgeous
finewale corduroy brocade which I made into waistcoats for my
little boys and a fancy romper for my baby!  (Okay, the top thing
on my list of things not ot do next Christmas is make adorable
little matching outfits for my kids.  >;)

But now I'm so disgusted with the local fabric shops I'm hoping you
can steer me to some other mail order places.  All I want is some
cotton Chamois cloth to make a shirt for my husband for Christmas.
They used to have it at New York Fabrics because that's what the
boys' knickers were, but it's gone.  I'd settle for flannel, but
all they have is baby flannel with ducks and stuff on it.  I found
some really crappy printed-on check flannel, but the stuff so off-
kilter I don't think it's worth trying to sew it up.

Anyway, what other mail order places do people like and what are
their phone numbers?

Also, in my search I found some nice denim and some beautiful floral
demin which was too expensive, but I thought I could make a shirt
for my mother-in-law and gain major points.  Can I make a shirt
out of denim?  It's just a regular shirt pattern, but it calls for
broadcloth or flannel (ha!) and I hope the denim's not too heavy.
It would be like an overshirt I guess.  Has anyone ever tried this?

Thanks!

		--  maggie

-- 
				--scott douglass
Any opinions above may be mine and are not necessarily those of Apple Computer.
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From: ron.parker@uttsbbs.uucp (Ron Parker)
Newsgroups: alt.sewing,rec.crafts.textiles
Subject: Keerthi Y. Mcintosh address + long lines in articles
Date: 15 Dec 92 08:07:00 GMT
Reply-To: ron.parker@uttsbbs.uucp (Ron Parker)
Organization: The Transfer Station BBS, Danville, CA - 510-837-4610/837-5591


Sorry to post this here, but the address zkym02@hou.amoco.com bounces back,
as I recall it did for someone else too.  Will the real Keerthi Y. Mcintosh
address please stand up <g>.

My request, Keerthi, is will you do whatever you have to do to not send giant
strings of characters in your messages with no cr/lf until the end of several
hundred characters.  If your word processor won't do it, just use the <enter>
or <return> key like you would on a typewriter instead of letting the auto
wrap do it.  I suspect that your computer software sends screen writes instead
of proper files.

The reason I ask this is that the long strings send some offline reader
software out to lunch.  Thus I have to manually reformat your messages before
I can echo them on Fibernet.  The problem even occurs when a user quotes a
passage from one of your messages.  Thanks for your help in this regard.

Ron Parker
ron.parker%uttsbbs%boo@pacbell.com


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From: mberteig@cco.caltech.edu (Michelle Berteig)
Newsgroups: alt.sewing,rec.crafts.textiles
Subject: Re: Seattle Textile Computer Users Group
Date: 19 Dec 1992 18:55:24 GMT
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
NNTP-Posting-Host: punisher.caltech.edu

Hi,

I have tried twice to reply to Ron via e-mail, but it kept bouncing, so
I'm posting this, sorry!

I read the post on the Seattle Textile group and I have some questions.
Does it have a BBS or any type of on-line services?  I'm going to spend
the holidays in Seattle and would like to check it out, if it exists.

Also, what is Fibernet?  (I have heard several people mention it) Is it
also in Seattle?  What is the phone#?  Thanks for any info anyone can
send me!  Please email, I'm leaving for Seattle Monday and so won't have
a lot of time to collect responses...thanks!

--Michelle Berteig
mberteig@cco.caltech.edu


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From: ron.parker@uttsbbs.uucp (Ron Parker)
Newsgroups: alt.sewing,rec.crafts.textiles
Subject: Keerthi Y. Mcintosh address + long lines in articles
Date: 15 Dec 92 08:04:00 GMT
Reply-To: ron.parker@uttsbbs.uucp (Ron Parker)
Organization: The Transfer Station BBS, Danville, CA - 510-837-4610/837-5591


Sorry to post this here, but the address zkym02@hou.amoco.com bounces back,
as I recall it did for someone else too.  Will the real Keerthi Y. Mcintosh
address please stand up <g>.

My request, Keerthi, is will you do whatever you have to do to not send giant
strings of characters in your messages with no cr/lf until the end of several
hundred characters.  If your word processor won't do it, just use the <enter>
or <return> key like you would on a typewriter instead of letting the auto
wrap do it.  I suspect that your computer software sends screen writes instead
of proper files.

The reason I ask this is that the long strings send some offline reader
software out to lunch.  Thus I have to manually reformat your messages before
I can echo them on Fibernet.  The problem even occurs when a user quotes a
passage from one of your messages.  Thanks for your help in this regard.

Ron Parker
ron.parker%uttsbbs%boo@pacbell.com


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From: f_lymberyvg@ccsvax.sfasu.edu
Newsgroups: alt.sewing
Subject: Re: looking for sewing machine prices
Date: 17 Dec 92 15:54:24 CST
Distribution: world
Organization: Stephen F. Austin State University



In article <1992Dec15.163534.19493@pbs.org>, jlecher@pbs.org writes:
> In article <10DEC199210244410@juliet.caltech.edu>, wcaw@juliet.caltech.edu (Wilisch, Wolf C. A.) writes:
>> Hi there !
>> 
>> My wife is getting sick of her cheapie sewing machine and is looking into 
>> buying a Bernina (model 1031).  We have ssen prices ranging from $1,100.- to
>> $1,600.-.  I was wondering if anyone out there has additional pricing
>> information for that machine (or a close equivalent).  I know next to zilch
>> about sewing machines, unfortunately.  Are there (like for electronics) mail
>> order places or 'super stores' where one can get good prices, or are the
>> little sewing shops pretty much it ?
>> 
>> Any input would be appreciated
>> 
>> Cheers
>> 
>> Chris W
>>
> As a Matter of Fact, I do! I'm so excited - just bought myself a brand-new
> machine. Mine is a Singer 7043, and it is Singer's top-of-the-line
> mechanical machine (I didn't feel financially able to go for a computerized
> machine yet). I've been drooling over it for about 3 years now, and finally
> broke down and bought one. They're on sale until Christmas at your local
> So-Fro/House of Fabrics stores, and the best price for the year. Mine was
> $549.99. It is also the ONLY mechanical machine with a one-step buttonhole.
> It's not a Great buttonhole, like the neat computerized machines do, but
> it's NOT an awkward 4-step, which I've used for 15 years, and always hated.
> I also looked at comparable Vikings and Berninas, and the prices were
> outrageously high. That's why I chose the Singer. I happen to like Singers,
> too. 
> Now, my old machine works just fine, and has served me well for all these
> years. However, I found that the new machine will sew things that my old
> machine balks at! I was surprised. It's a lightweight machine(because most
> of the innards are plastic), but it sews some really heavy-duty stuff, quite
> easily! I love my new machine.
> 
> Merry Christmas to me! 
> 
> Jane



> EXIT
SEND
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Newsgroups: alt.sewing
From: carolyn@bucket.rain.com (Carolyn Peterson)
Subject: Re: CHIFFON--any advice appreciated
Organization: Rick's Home-Grown Un*x
Date: 14 Dec 92 07:18:34 GMT

pora@hera.Berkeley.EDU (Pora Park) writes:

>     Does anybody have any advice for working with chiffon?

A book you might find helpful is _Sensational Silk--a handbook for
sewing silk and silk-like fabrics_ by Gail Brown.  It is a good
source of information about pattern selection, threads, interfacings,
cutting, marking, sewing, closures, seam finishes, pressing, etc.  I
checked the book out from the library, then decided I wanted to buy a
copy for my own collection.  It's a small paper back (126 pages) and
not too costly. 
 
>I already know about using tissue as a stabilizer.  I'm really 
>the most wary of how to finish all those yards and yards of
>edges.  I could probably borrow a serger from a friend, but
>I've never used one.  Would that be harder to learn just for

For yards and yards of rolled edges, borrowing a serger could speed
things up.  If the friend sets up the machine for you, you
shouldn't need to practice much.  I haven't tried rolled edges on
chiffon, but _The Serger Idea Book_ by Ann Price shows a skirt made
of layers of chiffon that was finished that way.  It needed a longer
stitch (4mm). If a short stitch is used to serge rolled hems on chiffon,
the hem will pull away from the rest of the fabric. 
 
Good luck with the big project!

-- 
Carolyn Peterson
carolyn@bucket.rain.com
Newsgroups: alt.sewing
From: "Mary E. Allison" <mary@uicsl.csl.uiuc.edu>
Subject: MERRY CHRISTMAS 
Organization: Computer Science, Indiana University
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 92 16:31:22 CST
X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.3 PL11]

The 12 days of sewing
        Mary Allison, 1991

On the twelfth day of Christmas my true love gave to me

12 yards of fabric
11 spools of thread
10 empty bobbins
 9 sharp point needles
 8 shoulder pads
 7 brand new patterns
 6 hooks & eyes
 5 golden buttons
 4 tape measures
 3 frog closures
 2 pairs of scissors
 and a serger in a carrying case


-- 
Let the rock of sleighbells jingle
Hail our dear old friend Kris Kringle
Driving his reindeer across the sky
Don't stand underneath when they fly by
  -- Tom Lehrer

    Mary Allison (mary@uicsl.csl.uiuc.edu) Urbana, Illinois
From: jane@soave.swdc.stratus.com (Jane Beckman)
Newsgroups: alt.sewing
Subject: Re: CHIFFON--any advice appreciated
Date: 17 Dec 92 01:19:18 GMT
Organization: Stratus Computer, Inc., San Jose, CA

There are several alternatives on finishing the edges of
chiffon.  I used to be very fond of chiffon blouses, back in
college, an eon or two ago, so I learned a couple tricks from
the Age Before Serger-Mania.

Do you have a hemmer foot?  These are special feet that make a
narrow (1/8") hem by rolling the edge and sewing it.  Many
older Singers have them, and I know my Riccar Super Stretch
came with one as standard issue accessory.

The other trick is to set the zig-zag stitch for very tight
(around 1 on the dial) medium-width stitching, and finish your
edge with this.  The trick of this one is that you have to
trim off the outside edge, back to the stitching.  Think of
this as a faux serger finish.  (A hint for trimming: rotary
cutters work wonderfully.  Be careful, and lay a straight-edge
along the section you are trimming, the edge just lapping the
zig-zag stitching, and trim flush to the edge.)

--
  Jilara   [jane@swdc.stratus.com]

"The field of pseudo-science hasn't progressed much in ten
years, except to gain access to the net." --from ca.earthquakes
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From: ron.parker@uttsbbs.uucp (Ron Parker)
Newsgroups: alt.sewing,rec.crafts.textiles
Subject: Seattle Textile Computer Users Group
Date: 15 Dec 92 08:06:00 GMT
Reply-To: ron.parker@uttsbbs.uucp (Ron Parker)
Organization: The Transfer Station BBS, Danville, CA - 510-837-4610/837-5591


Some of you may not be aware of the existence of the Seattle Textile
Computer Users Group.  They have an active local program for any of you
in the Seattle/tacoma metro area, but also publish a newsletter that I
am quite sure many of you would find very useful.  It is one of the few
publications that I read cover to cover as soon as it arrives.  The
newsletter and a membership is $18/yr and they are increasing the
newsletter frequency to ten issue/year in 1993.  I am sure that they
would be glad to send you a sample copy for an SASE.  Mention that you
heard about them from Ron Parker from Fibernet.

The Secretary/Treasurer is Giselle Blythe, STCUG, PO Box 17506, Seattle,
WA 98107 206-789-6772 or Prodigy DHHV23B.  The Editor, Susan Oldham can
be reached at 72147.2637@compuserve.com or Kula on America Online

Ron Parker
ron.parker%uttsbbs%boo@pacbell.com


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From: eldridge@tachyn.enet.dec.com (Kathi Eldridge)
Newsgroups: alt.sewing
Subject: Re: making dressmakers form
Date: 18 Dec 92 19:20:42 GMT
Reply-To: eldridge@tachyn.enet.dec.com (Kathi Eldridge)
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation, Merrimack, NH


In article <1grh87INNf6g@CS.UTK.EDU>, jfarmer@cs.utk.edu (JOHN FARMER) writes:
|>Recently, I saw an article in a sewing magazine on "how to make your own
|>Dressmakers form."  Unfortunately, when I went back to get the article, the 
|>magazine was gone.  Can anybody tell me *what* magazine this was (so I can
|>attempt to get the issue from the publisher), or would anybody be willing
|>to sell me a copy of this magazine, or a copy of the article.
|>
|>Thanks.
|>Susan

	I have one of the books that Threads magazine puts out that has
	instructions on how to make your own dress form.  I forget right
	now which book it was.  The process seemed far to complicated to 
	me, but the idea of having a perfect dress form is really appealling.

	- Kathi
Newsgroups: alt.sewing
From: marg@media-lab.media.mit.edu (Margaret Minsky)
Subject: discount microfibers?, Miyake pattern questions?
Organization: /u/marg/.organization
Distribution: alt
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 20:13:29 GMT

The local "Sew-Fisticated" store has a 40% sale on patterns.  I bought
the Issey Miyake coats. 

There's the older trench coat type thing (featured in Threads a few
issues ago). I am not sure I'll make it any time soon but they
sometimes discontinue the patterns. It comes in two sizes,, (XS-S-M)
and (L-XL). Does anyone know what the sizes are really like? I am
short so I bought the smaller one even thoguh I am not an especially
small size. I'll still probably have to figure out how to shorten it
too. (Altering Issey Miyake takes thought)

The new coat is really two separate coat patterns that are supposed to
go together and they look incredible!! One is lightweight and looks
like a cocoon.  The other is reversible and padded. I'd like to make
them up in polarfleece (instead of fake fur) and supplex nylon or
preferably a beautiful polyester (microfiber) lightweight. Does anyone
know where to get either of the latter at a good price? (We are
talking about 11 yards of fabric). All sizes are in each envelope.
These coats look so beautiful on the envelopes, I am very eager to see
them in person.

There are lots of welts on these coats. I am not sure if I like the
Vogue directions for welted buttonholes and pockets so I am looking
forward to experimentation and looking up some different methods.
Please let me know hints and favorite methods, I would like to get
them to look 100% nice this time.

Tha pattern sale was a big advantage because these patterns are $18.95
EACH, that means $38 at list for the coat, good grief Vogue.
Newsgroups: alt.sewing
From: westphal@iscnvx.lmsc.lockheed.com (Dorothy Westphal)
Subject: Re: remnants
Organization: Lockheed Missiles and Space Co.
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 92 19:35:44 GMT

In article <28614@oasys.dt.navy.mil> chamberl@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Anne Chamberlain) writes:
>What do you sewers do with your remnants?
>
>I save everything---maybe I'll get into quilting some day, I hope, I
>hope.  But what do I do with the wools?  How about some creative brainstorming
>for woolen remnants?

Wool crazy quilt (or patchwork of simple squares). When big enough,
just line it; no batting. wonderful throw on a cold evening.

-- 
Dorothy Westphal, Sunnyvale, Calif. % Just when things are going your way...%
westphal@iscnvx.lmsc.lockheed.com   %               they get even better!   %
Newsgroups: alt.sewing
From: harmet@bambi.cecer.army.mil (Laura Harmet)
Subject: Re: CHIFFON--any advice appreciated
Followup-To: alt.sewing
Organization: None
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 14:40:52 GMT

In article <8717.2413@stratus.SWDC.Stratus.COM>,
jane@soave.swdc.stratus.com (Jane Beckman) wrote:
> 

> The other trick is to set the zig-zag stitch for very tight
> (around 1 on the dial) medium-width stitching, and finish your
> edge with this.  The trick of this one is that you have to
> trim off the outside edge, back to the stitching.  Think of
> this as a faux serger finish.  (A hint for trimming: rotary
> cutters work wonderfully.  Be careful, and lay a straight-edge
> along the section you are trimming, the edge just lapping the
> zig-zag stitching, and trim flush to the edge.)
> 
A variation on this stitch is to set the width very wide, say 5mm, and
the stitch length pretty short,about 1.8mm, and zig-zag off the edge of
the fabric.  This is whats called roll-and-whip in heirloom sewing.  The
fabric will roll under as you sew.  You may be left with a few harry 
ends, but if you've got yards and yards of fabric, it may not be
noticable.   I've only used this on cotton baptiste's and silks, but
I would assume it would work equally well on chiffon.

Laura
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From: ron.parker@uttsbbs.uucp (Ron Parker)
Newsgroups: alt.sewing,rec.crafts.textiles
Subject: Seattle Textile Computer Users Group
Date: 15 Dec 92 08:08:00 GMT
Reply-To: ron.parker@uttsbbs.uucp (Ron Parker)
Organization: The Transfer Station BBS, Danville, CA - 510-837-4610/837-5591


Some of you may not be aware of the existence of the Seattle Textile
Computer Users Group.  They have an active local program for any of you
in the Seattle/tacoma metro area, but also publish a newsletter that I
am quite sure many of you would find very useful.  It is one of the few
publications that I read cover to cover as soon as it arrives.  The
newsletter and a membership is $18/yr and they are increasing the
newsletter frequency to ten issue/year in 1993.  I am sure that they
would be glad to send you a sample copy for an SASE.  Mention that you
heard about them from Ron Parker from Fibernet.

The Secretary/Treasurer is Giselle Blythe, STCUG, PO Box 17506, Seattle,
WA 98107 206-789-6772 or Prodigy DHHV23B.  The Editor, Susan Oldham can
be reached at 72147.2637@compuserve.com or Kula on America Online

Ron Parker
ron.parker%uttsbbs%boo@pacbell.com


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Newsgroups: alt.sewing
From: ccorbato@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Charles Corbato)
Subject: Singer Featherweight
Organization: The Ohio State University
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 00:20:08 GMT

I'm not sure I have seen this kind of request here before .....

My wife is looking for a used Singer Featherweight, model #221,
reasonably priced.  Please e-mail me any information.  Thanks.
-- 
   +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
   | Charles Corbato                       Internet: corbato.1@osu.edu or |
   | Ohio State Univ, Columbus, OH     ccorbato@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu |
   +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
From: jane@soave.swdc.stratus.com (Jane Beckman)
Newsgroups: alt.sewing
Subject: Mary Englebreit Transfers?
Date: 17 Dec 92 01:29:27 GMT
Organization: Stratus Computer, Inc., San Jose, CA

I just had a horrible shock to my system.  I was planning to
do up a series of shirts, using Mary Englebreit transfers from
Daisy Kingdom, as a base.  My major sources, who used to carry
a good selection, tell me that they have discontinued them
(though they say folks ask for them, all the time).  I have
found a very limited (mostly overly cutsie, kid-oriented)
selection in a couple places, but it looks like leftover
stock.  None of the ones I want are there.  Specifically, I
was looking for "No matter where you go, there you are" and
"Snap out of it!" and the kids with the pumpkins. (I'm just
glad I got "I'm Lost!" back last summer, when I had a
chance!)  The only new stock they seem to have are her
Christmas transfers.

It's too late for THIS Christmas, but does anyone know if
there is a place that sells Mary Englebreit transfers by mail,
maybe, that might have something like the old selection?  I
REALLY, REALLY, REALLY want "Snap out of it!" because it's so
characteristic of my best friend.  They're also some of the
best transfers that I've used.  You'd think that, with
T-shirt/sweatshirt decoration and Mary Englebreit so popular,
more folks would carry these...
--
  Jilara   [jane@swdc.stratus.com]

"The field of pseudo-science hasn't progressed much in ten
years, except to gain access to the net." --from ca.earthquakes
From: karen@misty.boeing.com (Karen Robinson)
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 19:48:25 GMT
Subject: Re: Xmas gifts for a quilt-o-maniac
Organization: Boeing Commercial Airplane BCS Support
Newsgroups: alt.sewing

Give your quilter some BRITISH MADE quilting needles.  They are
much better than all others.  Go to a good quilting supply store, not
any old fabric store.
  
From: karen@misty.boeing.com (Karen Robinson)
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 23:31:12 GMT
Subject: Finishing chiffon, & other info
Organization: Boeing Commercial Airplane BCS Support
Newsgroups: alt.sewing

For those of you who don't know, we have a wonderful store here
in the Seattle area called Jehlor Fantasy Fabrics.  They specialize
in fancy fabrics used for costumes, ice skating, ballroom dance,
belly dance, etc.  They have sequined fabrics, metallics, lame',
satins, chiffons, lycra, brocades, rhinestones, glass beads, feather
boas, fringe, beaded and sequined appliques, & trims.  

THEY DO MAIL ORDER, and a catalog is available.  Their phone number
is 206-575-8250.  Address is Jehlor Fantasy Fabrics, 730 Andover Park W,
Tukwila, Wa.  98188.   There are currently out of catalogs, but
watch for an announcement in Sew News about their 1993 color catalog.

The main reason i'm writing this blurb is because one day I noticed they
sell a "hot knife". This is cross between a wood burning tool and a
rotary cutter!!.  You can cut out a synthetic fabric, such as chiffon,
and seal the edge simultaneously---no finishing required.  I'm told
this is how ice skating costumes are done.  They sell for around $30.

It seems to me this would really be a time saver and also give a very
pleasing affect to a ballroom dance dress or any other costume where
the weight of a hem would detract from the floating effect desired.

I have to say I have not tried this, but it seems intuitively obvious
to me that it would work very well.
From: gallen@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Gwen Allen)
Newsgroups: alt.sewing
Subject: Re: Xmas gifts for a quilt-o-maniac
Date: 14 Dec 92 14:26:24 GMT
Reply-To: gallen@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Gwen Allen)
Organization: Carderock Division, NSWC, Bethesda, MD

In alt.sewing, karen@misty.boeing.com (Karen Robinson) writes:
>Give your quilter some BRITISH MADE quilting needles.  They are
>much better than all others.  Go to a good quilting supply store, not
>any old fabric store.
>
May I please add to your message...HOORAY for J.P. Coats needles (made
in the U.K.).  I threw out ALL my other needles and use Coats needles
for everything, hand sewing, quilting, cross stitch, etc.  They are
thin and strong and slide through all but the most difficult fabrics.

Gwen