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From: mnj@cbnewsk.cb.att.com (madhuri.jarwala)
Subject: Re: Crib Bumper Pads - Summary
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: na
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 17:09:04 GMT

I received a lot of replies to my question about the crib bumper pads.
I tried to reply all the emails; but just in case it didn't reach,
THANK YOU EVERYBODY!

Here is a short summary of the responses.
Almost everybody used double layer or more of poly batting that comes in the
sheet form as a filler. One person used heavy duty pellon in between the layers
and another recycled old matrees pad as a filling. Just vertical channel
quilting at some intervals is required to hold everytning together. Bumper
pads made this way have been used for more than one baby without getting 
tattered. Washability was considered important by some. Butterick, Vogue,
Maccalls and Kwick Sew's book on Sewing for Infants were used for patterns 
but are not essential.
One person suggested buying cheap bumpers from the discount store and covering
them up because the loose poly may be too soft.
The ties are the only possible safty hazard so keep them short and tied all
the time. Better yet use velcro strips. They are easy to use too.
Even a biginner can make a bumper pad and matching straight line sewing 
accessories such as curtains, dust ruffle and cutomize the nursery look.
Primarily all this is for the parents rather than the kids. Comforter is
more decoration initially than functional. Blanckets are more useful.
Something I had not thought about was that, bumpers make lowering the
side of the crib difficult. One notices that as the child gets bigger and 
the mattress  gets lower.
All in all, it is a simple and fun  activity to do bumper pads.

It was very inspiring to read all the email and I am going to start small
and make bumper pads for the cradle "free" from all the leftover fabrics
and batting. 
Hope this is useful to other novices like me.

--Madhuri Jarwala
mnj@cbnewsk.att.com
From: kellee@hpcc01.corp.hp.com (Kellee Noonan)
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 15:11:51 GMT
Subject: Re: The Pile-Up Begins :-)
Organization: the HP Corporate notes server
Newsgroups: alt.sewing

This may be a bit extreme, but when my friend's mom started quilting,
she put her china cupboard in her sewing room and used that to store all
her material. It looked really pretty with all the colors showing through
the windows. (I am not sure where she put the china, but all the kids
were out of the house by then, so she didn't need it all out except
at holidays)

My grandmother kept all her buttons in the multi drawer hardware cabinets.
I inherited it. It is about 50 years old, and the drawers are still great!
I think the ones at Sears, if they are Craftsman still, are the best ones,
but I haven't bought one of those cabinets in a long time.

Patterns, notions, and small bits of stuff were stored in those clear,
plastic shoe boxes, so you could see what was in them, and they stacked
on a closet shelf (like a linen closet).

My grandmother was a professional seamstress (draperies, and household
mostly), so her house was set up with two bedrooms and the den (out of
a three bedroom house) for sewing and storing sewing supplies.

kellee
From: vln@icpsr.umich.edu (Victoria Neff)
Newsgroups: alt.sewing
Subject: Re: Thanks!!
Date: 5 Jan 1993 16:50:44 GMT
Organization: Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research
Distribution: world
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In article <1hvnbbINN7lb@life.ai.mit.edu> marie@ai.mit.edu writes:
>Something I must share--someone wrote to me and mentioned that a 
>co-worker thought this group should be named alt.anal-retentive because
>of all the organizational input!  

No, no, no.  If we were anal, we wouldn't accumulate all this stuff!!  We'd
buy exactly what we needed for a project, complete it, throw away any messy
scraps or leftovers, and only then buy more supplies.

WE, as you suggest, are only being practical and sensible!  :-)

d
From: dmiller@theory.lcs.mit.edu (Dick and Jill Miller)
Newsgroups: alt.sewing
Subject: Re:How to Find Other Styles?
Date: 7 Jan 93 18:10:52 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Laboratory for Computer Science, MIT

botteron@pop-tarts.ai.mit.edu (Carol J. Botteron) writes:

>Are there any places around (mail order or Boston area preferred) 
>that sell previous years' patterns?  I don't mean "antique" styles,
>but simply those that were available a few years ago and aren't now.  

I often find older but not antique patterns at yard sales.

--Jill

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From: tigger@satyr.Sylvan.COM (Grace Sylvan)
Newsgroups: alt.sewing
Subject: Re: 1993 projects:  Mine and Yours
Date: 11 Jan 93 09:09:47 GMT
Organization: Sylvan Associates


   jlecher@pbs.org wrote:
   :  
   : 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.

And with kid's clothing, too, especially if you want 100% cotton. I've
found a source I love - Hanna Andersson - but the prices, even on
sale...  But the Hanna bubbly bib overalls fit Little Robin of the
Tree Trunk Legs Sylvan the best, and they're $28 on sale!

But I've done a little sewing already this year! I took the Burda 4613
overalls and eliminated the side snaps (made the side seams not taper
- I compared to our Hannas). I made a pair in black and blue check
twill. They came out well - so I got brave. I fiddled around and made
a new bib pattern the shape of the hanna bib, then modified the front
pattern for the change. I had a lightweight black plaid, so I decided
to line them with flannel (the Hannas have flannel on the inside,
tightly woven cotton on the outside). I grumbled trying to line up the
plaid, I grumbled at the lining -- but the result, I'm thrilled with!
I might even do it again, although it might almost be worth the extra
$20 to just buy the Hannas!

Hope that everyone else's projects go as well as mine have this past
month!
-- 

Tigger (Grace Sylvan)                Mom of Katherine Yelena, 8/8/89,
tigger@satyr.sylvan.com              Corey 1/31/91; we loved him so,
                                     Robin Gregory born 2/28/92

 "It seems to me that our large goal is to find the ways to help our
 children become humane and strong."
 
              - Dr Haim Ginott quoted by Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish
Newsgroups: alt.sewing
From: lise@kepler.cc.bellcore.com (romanov,elizabeth)
Subject: Re: Crib Bumper Pads
Organization: Bellcore, Piscataway, NJ
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 93 15:36:41 GMT

In article <1993Jan7.160441.28060@cbnewsk.cb.att.com> mnj@cbnewsk.cb.att.com (madhuri.jarwala) writes:
>
>Coming to my question, has anybody made bumper pads for the crib? I 
>bought a book yesterday "PS I love you" which has instructions to
>make bumper pads. But they use foam which will not be washable. I
>guess I could use polyfill; but will it be too soft then? Any ideas,
>suggestions? I could buy bumper pads in the store and cover them. But
>they are about $40 and I bet I can make mine "free" from the fabric
>I alredy have ;-)

When my son was born, I made bumper pads (and matching curtains and a
whole bunch of other pretty things--got a gorgeous bolt of deep green
fabric...but I digress) anyhow, I used a double layer of quilt batting.
The pattern I used was (I think) from Vogue.  The pads were done in four
pieces, and each piece tied to the crib individually, so they didnt'
have to be very stiff.

Enjoy!!!

Regards,
Lise


Newsgroups: alt.sewing,rec.crafts.textiles
From: lsc@ssd.intel.com (Linda Cline)
Subject: Re: Picture to Embroidery-pattern conversion program wanted
Organization: Supercomputer Systems Divison, Intel Corp.
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 20:39:38 GMT

I just received a newsletter from STCUG (Seattle Textile Computer 
User's Group), which mentions a program written by an STCUG 
member, Chris O'Donnell called GifXTS.  It's a cross-stitch 
convertor program which will load a GIF image up to 640x480 
and handles 254 colors/symbols, with printer support.  It's 
cross-stitch rather than embroidery, but perhaps it would be 
helpful to Jan, since it does appear to handle symbols.  Contact 
information for Chris O'Donnell is:

	email:  Compuserve, 70431,1427
		(sorry I'm not familiar with how to change this
		to Internet address)
	snail:	576 Benson Rd., Middlebury, CT  06762

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the same place.  If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at
least twice as fast as that!"	
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Linda Cline                             Through the Looking Glass
Intel Supercomputer Systems Division 
email: lsc@ssd.intel.com
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Newsgroups: alt.sewing
From: carolyn@bucket.rain.com (Carolyn Peterson)
Subject: Sewing Guild group starting
Organization: Rick's Home-Grown Un*x
Distribution: pdx
Date:  6 Jan 93 22:06:07 GMT

(I tried to set distribution to pdx area.)  

The American Sewing Guild has groups set up for Gresham,
Milwaukie/Southeast & Southwest Portland.  This is about new 
groups being formed for the Beaverton/Hillsboro area.

The American Sewing Guild  is starting a morning and an evening
group in Beaverton.  Introductory meetings will be held on
Wednesday, January 13, at Tualatin Hills Park & Recreation
District's Cedar Hills Recreation Center located at 11640 S.W.
Park Way (corner of Park Way and Cedar Hills Blvd.), in Room 3.

The morning meeting will be from 9:30-11 a.m. and the evening
group will meet from 7 p.m. until 8:30 p.m.  Be a charter member
of these groups!  The direction of meeting content will revolve
around the interests of those attending.  Come and share your
ideas--we need your input!

Starting in February the meeting date will be the third Wednesday
of each month.

All skill levels and interests are welcome.  This beginning
meeting is open to all at no cost.  For more information contact
Alberta Hasan at 641-6938.


-- 
Carolyn Peterson
carolyn@bucket.rain.com
Newsgroups: alt.sewing
From: cfeem@ux1.cts.eiu.edu (Eleanor Midkiff)
Subject: Re: Thanks!!
Summary: Slobbism 
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 17:32:38 GMT
Expires: ?
Organization: Eastern Illinois University
Keywords: neat, slob
Followup-To: alt.sewing

In article <1hvnbbINN7lb@life.ai.mit.edu> marie@ai.mit.edu writes:
>
>Thanks to everyone for all your wonderful ideas for storage.  I
>had actually looked at tackle boxes, Art Bins, Rubbermaid thingys, etc.,
>but just didn't know what would be best.
>
>Something I must share--someone wrote to me and mentioned that a 
>co-worker thought this group should be named alt.anal-retentive because
>of all the organizational input!  :-)  I like to think we're just being
>practical and productive.  Besides, if they had a hobby that 
>threatened to take over every inch of storage space, they'd be "anal"
>as well! :-)
>
Well, speaking as the original anal expulsive (i.e., slob), we need places
to put things, too.  I just got a *big* Rubbermaid box with clear sides to
store my yarn that I'm going to get around to knitting someday -- lets me
see it, so I don't get too complacent, but protects it from any hungry
moth-type things.  It fits nicely on the closet shelf, too ;-).

Happy new year to you, too (and everyone else).

Eleanor
-- 
Eleanor Midkiff
(cfeem@eiu.edu)
Xref: sparky alt.sewing:3667 rec.crafts.textiles:2464
From: ntitley@axion.bt.co.uk (Nigel Titley)
Newsgroups: alt.sewing,rec.crafts.textiles
Subject: What to look for in New Orleans?
Date: 5 Jan 93 19:09:11 GMT
Reply-To: ntitley@axion.bt.co.uk
Organization: BT Labs
Organisation: BT Laboratories, Martlesham Heath, IPSWICH UK

I'mi spending a week in New Orleans next week (10th to 16th). I'm into
machine knitting. Any craft shops worth going to see (I'm a bit of a
yarnaholic), or anything else for that matter?

Nigel

Email: NTitley@axion.bt.co.uk
Snail: British Telecom Research labs, Martlesham Heath, Ipswich, Suffolk, UK
"Well, I'm disenchanted too. We're all disenchanted." (James Thurber)
Organization: University of Maine System
Date: Monday, 11 Jan 1993 06:13:20 EST
From: <IO11283@MAINE.MAINE.EDU>
Newsgroups: alt.sewing
Subject: Re: 1993 projects: Mine and Yours
 <1993Jan6.020119.19602@news.eng.convex.com>
 <1if4u6INNqo6@shelley.u.washington.edu>
 <1993Jan8.234611.8706@midway.uchicago.edu>

I hope to finally finish some of the projects I have bought materials for in th
e past two years- most of these are clothing items for myself- To actually USE
some of the fabric peices i've been saving because "This would make a great (BL
ANK) ....."
   I'm presently working on a worsted wool suit, and I have a taffeta waistcoat
 cut out, and I have the lycra all ready to make myself a new speedskating raci
ng suit.  I still have yet to attack the plaid, the jersey knit.....
   BTW, does anyone have a favorite slim pants pattern? (No pleats, no waistban
d)  A good leggings pattern for stretch knits and reasonably stable knits?
    My big hope for '93 is to get into more accessories- HATS!, bags, etc.
-Jennifer S.
From: nicolett@carson.u.washington.edu (Nicolette Roberge)
Newsgroups: alt.sewing
Subject: Re: Looking for pattern: pants with gusset
Date: 8 Jan 1993 15:55:42 GMT
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
NNTP-Posting-Host: carson.u.washington.edu

Folkwear patterns has (used to have?) a pattern for Japanese clothing,
including a pair of pants with a crotch gusset.  

Have made this pattern many times in everything from fleece to silk to
canvas (for a karate uniform).  It's great.  

Also very good on the same pattern is the field worker shirt.  It's nice
in cottons, silk or even wool.  I use it for around the house, office
wear, and make it long for bathrobes.  

unfortunately I lent this pattern out to a fellow karate student and never
got it back.....

Yes, I learned a lesson from it.  But use my old clothes as a pattern now!

Nicolette
Newsgroups: alt.sewing
From: ab5y@uvacs.cs.Virginia.EDU (Ann Bailey)
Subject: Preparing wool
Originator: ab5y@palm.cs.Virginia.EDU
Organization: University of Virginia Computer Science Department
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 18:27:54 GMT

I'm making a wool robe for my husband and I bought some Pendleton wool
for it, but I have no idea how it should be pre-washed, etc.  Do I take
it to the dry cleaner's?  Also what would be the best way to finish the
seams for the garment?  

Any input would be greatly appreciated since I don't want to ruin this
piece of fabric.  I'm so excited to have found it and then I got it 50% off!

Thanks,
Ann 

Organization: School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: alt.sewing
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 13:55:44 -0500 
From: "Robert J. Havey" <havey+@CMU.EDU>
Subject: figure skating outfit



i need some fabric to make a figure skating outfit--black spandex with sequins.
does anyone have a clue where i could find something like this, or know of
someone who could help?  a phone # with an address would be great.  i'd
appreciate any leads.

thanks,

  /       /
 /_______/__
/_) (_) /_)


havey+@cmu.edu
Newsgroups: alt.sewing
From: deeds@oracle (Deanna J. Deeds)
Newsgroups: alt.sewing
Subject: Re: 1993 projects:  Mine and Yours
Date: 6 Jan 93 00:30:09 GMT
Reply-To: deeds@solaria.hac.com
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]

jlecher@pbs.org wrote:
:  
: 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.
: 
: Jane

Yes, I share this problem, Jane.  I know how you feel.  It's so hard to 
make that decision to buy.

Let me also second Marilee's request for the chatelaine instructions and/or
description.  I don't tat, but I would like to know what dimensions etc.
to make one.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Deanna J. Deeds                                        deeds@solaria.hac.com
From: bweiss@cs.arizona.edu (Beth Weiss)
Newsgroups: alt.sewing
Subject: Re: Crib Bumper Pads (was Re: 1993 projects)
Date: 7 Jan 93 17:30:05 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: U of Arizona CS Dept, Tucson

> mnj@cbnewsk.cb.att.com (madhuri.jarwala) writes:
>My project in the next few weeks is to make bumper pads for the crib.
>
>Coming to my question, has anybody made bumper pads for the crib? I 
>bought a book yesterday "PS I love you" which has instructions to
>make bumper pads. But they use foam which will not be washable. I
>guess I could use polyfill; but will it be too soft then?

I used batting, rather than foam, which is what the McCalls pattern I
used specified.  I also used pre-quilted material (this was one of my
first projects :-).  They are not too soft, and look great--even
though they are very brightly colored they don't stop the baby from
sleeping.

>Any ideas, suggestions? I could buy bumper pads in the store and
>cover them. But they are about $40 and I bet I can make mine "free"
>from the fabric I alredy have ;-)

As I said, bumpers were one of my first projects.  (Actually, the
bassinet liner was the first one, and then the crib quilt and dust
ruffle, and _then_ the bumpers) It wasn't "free", because I didn't
have _anything_ in the house: I had to buy material, thread, batting,
_everything_, and borrow my mother's sewing machine!

>Are there any safty issues? In that case, am I better off buying in
>the store?

Nope, don't buy them.  But you might want to use shorter snap ties
rather than longer ties that need to be tied.  There have been cases
of children strangling themselves with crib bumper ties (or perhaps
that's just an urban legend)

There are also instructions in Kwik-Sew's Sewing for Baby book.  I've
made clothes for Jordan from it, and have been pretty pleased with the
results.  

(Finally, a question I could answer--as a novice, I've been pretty
much a lurker :-)
--
--Beth Weiss
bweiss@cs.arizona.edu
Newsgroups: alt.sewing
From: mnj@cbnewsk.cb.att.com (madhuri.jarwala)
Subject: Crib Bumper Pads (was Re: 1993 projects)
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: na
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 16:04:41 GMT

My project in the next few weeks is to make bumper pads for the crib.
I have already made a quilt. It has alternate blocks of pinwheels in red, 
blue, green, purple, and orange on pale yellow background. There are two
types of alternating blocks. One is solid deep gold; another is a print
fabric with multi-colored tiny teddy bears. On the gold blocks, I have 
quited teddy bears. The rest is tied. If I had to quilt it all, the baby 
would be already here. (Due March 12!) It is a very colorful quilt; not
conducive to sleep at all. So I guess it will be a playtime quilt.

Coming to my question, has anybody made bumper pads for the crib? I 
bought a book yesterday "PS I love you" which has instructions to
make bumper pads. But they use foam which will not be washable. I
guess I could use polyfill; but will it be too soft then? Any ideas,
suggestions? I could buy bumper pads in the store and cover them. But
they are about $40 and I bet I can make mine "free" from the fabric
I alredy have ;-)
Are there any safty issues? In that case, am I better off buying in
the store?

--Madhuri Jarwala
mnj@cbnewsk.att.com or 
mnj@pruxp.att.com
From: ron.parker@uttsbbs.uucp (Ron Parker) 
Newsgroups: alt.sewing
Subject: New to Computers
Date: 12 Jan 93 07:11:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: The Transfer Station BBS, Danville, CA - 510-837-4610/837-5591
Reply-To: ron.parker@uttsbbs.uucp (Ron Parker) 


Hello all! It's not for me but for my wife! She loves to sew and was
wondering who know of a good surger for sale! Her name is Lorraine
Jackson but she does not use the computer yet!.....smile. So if anyone
would like to speak to her about sewing she would love it, and then
maybe I could talk her into more computer stuff..hehehh... Again she
would love to here from all the sewer's out there.

Keith Jackson via Fibernet
                                                                  
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From: pora@hera.Berkeley.EDU (Pora Park)
Newsgroups: alt.sewing
Subject: help researching sergers?
Date: 11 Jan 1993 19:02:40 GMT
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: hera.berkeley.edu




Hi Gang,


I've just been offered a new sewing machine for
a pre-wedding gift.  I suppose I'll get a serger
since my 1960's Singer is still goin' strong.
I know the talk of sergers is exhaustive in this
group, but how do I get a hold of the back logs
of stuff?  Anybody collecting it somewhere?
I've got Anne Gockel's mini-FAQ on brand names,
but nothing else.


Thanks in advance,
Pora Park

pora@hera.berkeley.edu

Newsgroups: alt.sewing
From: riggle@adobe.com (Kathleen Riggle)
Subject: Re: 1993 projects:  Mine and Yours
Organization: Adobe Systems Incorporated, Mountain View
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 19:01:31 GMT

In article <1993Jan5.121714.21893@hemlock.cray.com> jill@cray.com (Jill McAllister) writes:
>In article <C0BB6L.D6x@world.std.com> nancy@world.std.com (Nancy C Reynolds) writes:
>>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. 
>
>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 keep my projects in a to do list manager on the Mac.  I can assign
priorities to the projects and when I mark it done, it records the
date finished.  It doesn't go on for pages (more like a page) but I
don't think I want to post it either!  :-)

BTW, we have a sewing group that meets once or twice a month and this
converstion started among us.  So, we started a contest.  Who had the
most unfinished UFO's and who had the least?  The people that proopsed
the questions then baked cookies for the winners.  After that was
finished, one of the women said she would make cookies for the person
that finished the most UFO's by June of this year.  So, we have an
incentive to finish our projects (since these people bake as well as 
they sew! )

I do plan on finishing all those little sewing projects that are just
a hem or button away from being done.  Am I the only one that gets a
garment completely finished except for the hem or buttons?  I've even
thought about setting aside one night a week to work only on these
projects.  

Kathie
-- 
riggle@mv.us.adobe.com
From: ron.parker@uttsbbs.uucp (Ron Parker) 
Newsgroups: alt.sewing
Subject: Canopy
Date: 12 Jan 93 07:14:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: The Transfer Station BBS, Danville, CA - 510-837-4610/837-5591
Reply-To: ron.parker@uttsbbs.uucp (Ron Parker) 


Hi Keith.  Do you know if your wife is looking for a pattern for a sewn
canopy cover, or a crocheted one?  I recently saw a pattern for a
crocheted one, but it looked *extremely* complicated.  I think I have
one for a lace knit canopy cover also.

Patti Johnson via Fibernet BBS
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