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Does anyone sew with a treadle machine? I started sewing with a 1910ish Singer when I was in 9th grade. It was a lovely machine - had never been electrified! - and I could get it to fly. I had to leave it when I moved out, due to space, and now I have one of those cheap plastic wonders. I *HATE* this machine sooooo much - BUT I'm trying to tell myself it's just a learning curve. My current project (just the bottom hem to go!) is a sleeveless dress. I stalled on in this week... I'm wearing it to a 1940's event and I was trying to figure out how to set the zipper into the side. Last month, I made a pair of retro high waisted jeans. Ran out of time and ended up having to finish up the closure with a dennison gun! Still got tons of complements. Right now I'm icing down my belly. It was warm in here and I was all alone, so... While pressing out the hem, I knocked the iron right into myself. While doing the jeans, I sewed through my finger. Starting to think this isn't the hobby for me!! 
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Do we talk about knitting clothes in this thread? Does anyone have experience with knitting machines? I have used one of the small circular knitting machines to make fun little things and found it to be very easy. I have a large collection now of 1940's sweater and hat patterns, but I know jack about knitting (and don't really have the time to do anything other than crank a lever). I know knitting by hand is a time-consuming process, but can be easy to learn. I'd like to use a knitting machine to cut down the time. Does anyone have any GOOD websites with instructions/videos? Youtube seems only to have circular machine vids.
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Where did you get the Vespa fabric? Do you have a link where I can buy some online?
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Feb 6, 2009 01:10
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seriouslywtf posted:I bought it from a local shop, they have an online store at Etsy. Here's the color I got and here's a kind of magenta one. It's by Kokka Echino Nico so you can probably Google and try to find it elsewhere too. Awesome! They're local for me too!
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