News from April 1930's
August 2009, Volume 1 Issue 7
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We are clearing more inventory to make room for more! April 1930's is having quite the sale over on eBay this week featuring several of the more desirable attachments as well as a grade 8++ Singer Featherweight 221. All items have no reserve with FREE SHIPPING!
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Singer Featherweight 221 Sewing Machine
Wait till you see how shiny it is!
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Singer Attachments & Books
 
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Shirring Tutorial
Ever wonder what you can do with this little attachment? It's called a shirring foot, or sometimes referred to as the gathering attachment. By loosely hand-winding your bobbin with elastic thread you can instantly create shirred fabric with which to use for dress bodices, elasticized cuffs and more.
 
After you shir the fabric, steam the stitched rows with the iron on heavy-steam. I just barely hold the iron over the fabric and the shirring shrinks up quickly creating elasticity. I love it!
Or forgo the elastic thread, use regular sewing thread in the bobbin and make a tactile quilt square for BABY!
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Our Family
Last weekend we spent some time Huckleberry picking as a family. If you've never tasted huckleberries before, they're similar to a blueberry, only much, much smaller. They also have a more distinct flavor. Because of their small size a large yield takes several hours of picking! It took us approximately a combined 10 hours to pick enough berries for only two batches of jam, but hmmm-mmmm is the jam ever worth the effort!
That's me along with my daughter and her best little friend... we're so focused on getting those berries!
"Mama, did you say pick 10, eat 1? or was that pick 1 eat 10?" |
