[Nfb-krafters-korner] Friday's questions

[Dan Brewer]

Hi group,
My name is Henrietta.  I just joined the list this week.  I am 
planning on buying a sewing machine this summer.  It has been several 
years since I had a plain old machine.  I am very interested in 
opinions about ease of use.

I was thrilled for your info Joyce. Thank you so much.

Oh, Karla, who just wrote to the list, is a part of a dish cloth 
knitting group.  Lets hear about it Karla.

Thanks again
HenriettaAt 04:25 PM 4/4/2008, you wrote:

>I think this is a great question and I hope you don't mind that I copied it
>for the Friday's Question.
>
>B.Butterfly wrote:
>I am looking for an easier to use sewing machine that does knits.   Any
>suggestions of models are appreciated.
>
>Also, what kinds of things do you do to make the machine more accessible  for
>your needs, and ease of sewing?
>
>Please explain one thing here for me, are you referring to knit fabric when
>you said  sewing knits?
>
>I have a few sewing machines that I use and have used when I was  sighted.
>When I first sat myself behind a sewing machine in my totally  black world I
>chose my Featherweight Singer sewing machine that I had since I  was 16 years
>old.  I did not want any bells or whistles just straight  stitching and
>something I was familiar with.  OK after proving I could sew,  then 
>I had to figure
>out how to sew a straight line and for that I came up with  the plastic
>creditcard taped to the bed of my machine.  I had my dh tape 
>it  down with masking
>tape 1/4 inch from the needle and it poked forward toward me  about 
>2 inches and
>extended out the back maybe 1 inch.  I actually used my  credit union card
>that had no raised numbers on it.  I had him tape 3 sides  of the card down
>leaving the side running even with the foot not taped.  I  wanted to 
>be able to
>feel the distinct edge of the plastic there.  Then I  started practicing.  By
>butting the edge of the fabric up against the edge  of the card I was able to
>make good 1/4 inch seams.
>
>I always used  the long quilt pins when I sewed to pin my fabric  together.
>The ones that have the good size plastic heads on it.  That  way 
>they are easy
>to grab and pull out when you are approaching the foot.   This, too, took
>some practice without eye sight.
>
>OK quilting might be next week's question, back to this week's  question.
>
>I still use my plasticc card to do seam allowances and I have sewn a lot
>since then from quilts to overalls and t shirts for my Grandaughters.
>
>After I proved to myself I could do my sewing, I went out and bought myself
>a new Bernina sewing machine! It has a lot of bells and whistles that I have
>never used and actually I have gone back and forth using my Ellna sewing
>machines that have the disks that you put in for all the regular and fancy
>stitches.  At least I have them marked and don't have to figure out 
>what  button to
>push and how many times to push it.
>
>I recently got myself a Singer machine that has a one step buttonhole  maker.
>  I had one of these babies going back when my kids were kids and  found that
>they still have this feature on a few of their machines.  You  just drop a
>button into this special foot that you put on the machine and 
>set  the machine on
>the buttonhole stitch[there is 3 dials that you have to turn] and  put the
>garment under the foot and walla it makes a buttonhole that will 
>fit  perfect to
>that button!
>
>I can give anyone more details on this if you would like.
>
>Joyce
>
>
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Henrietta
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