One thing leads to another and another....
Jennifer in Ottawa
quilting class and did I have any tips for her?? I told her that my
biggest tip was that she should take possession of my pfaff 7550
instead of the old generic machine that was her mother's....next, I
had to play the "if-I-were-a-7550-where-would-I-hide-game"!! I knew
that it was in a safe place but the disorganized sewing room was
hiding any signs of it. I gave up and decided that 'it would come to
me' - hours later, I remembered that I had put the machine on the
bottom shelf of my mostly unused sewing table rather than on the floor
under the shelving units. I cleared space on the dining room table
and assembled the 7550 to give it some oil and a whirl ..... smooth
and raring to go! The only thing missing is one of the legs from the
acrylic table so that isn't a big problem - one day, I am sure that
I'll find the leg.
In pursuit of the leg, I have now totally undone any organization that
once belonged in my sewing room - stash hasn't been touched yet -
notions from dressmaking days have been put away - 20yo elastics have
gone to the bin (how long is elastic supposed to stay supple anyway?)
I had metres and metres of all colours, sizes and purposes - all gone
now. I have found enough black and white velcro to make a wall that I
could stick the cats to it when they misbehave! (I seem to remember
such a thing years ago on Regis' show?). Three days have passed and I
have done a little at a time...I really will have to make a new cover
for the ironing board...yesterday, I was looking at the still empty
space behind the door and thinking that a unit of a certain size could
just fit in there without hindering the door opening....today, in the
recycling room, stood a 5ft tall narrow unit (probably used to store
video tapes) - I dragged it into the elevator and then into the sewing
room - behind the door where it now sits waiting to be filled. I plan
to take the small stacking bins that hold a myriad of sewing/quilting
notions and store them there so that my corner wall unit can become
the UFO's new home.
If my thoughts can materialize the perfectly sized storage unit -
maybe, I should be thinking of the lottery?
jennellh
Roberta
speaker yesterday, on clearing clutter. It was all about the release
of energy you get when you let go of stuff. Because all the stuff you
own, for which you are responsible, ties down your energy. And rooms
full of old stuff don't allow you any space for new ideas and personal
growth. A lot of it was about giving ourselves permission to have
fresh new things. About accepting the gift of love that comes with
presents we receive and being able to let go of the actual object that
symbolizes that love.
So I went home and started discarding ancient quilting magazines, to
make room for new ideas! I'll be taking a carload to the recycling
center tomorrow.
You are a super auntie to give your niece a great machine!
Roberta in D
Polly Esther
with a missing leg or pin is a can or two of tomato paste. I don't remember
the exact height of the Pfaff table; you may have to use a can of soup or
corn. Something will work just fine and it does really puzzle the folks who
come through. Polly
"Jennifer in Ottawa" <wrote, in part> I cleared space on the dining room
Polly Esther
around with me for a while. Better yet, I could mount copies of it in all
the closets. Brilliant. Polly
"Roberta" <wrote> Wow, that's impressive! One of my little clubs had an
Roberta
Birgit come over and be your personal clutter consultant for a while.
Come to think of it, I could be bought....
OH, and I forgot to mention Fear as a reason for holding on to stuff,
which we need to replace with Trust that life will continue to supply
us with fresh energy. We're worth it!
Roberta in D
Dr. Zachary Smith
<sniparoonie>
> I have found enough black and white velcro to make a wall that I
> could stick the cats to it when they misbehave! (I seem to remember
> such a thing years ago on Regis' show?).
It was Letterman. (Unless you really meant cats, but I don't find a
link for that...)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9uxxqKGmYg
Michelle C.
there than I care to count--and unlike you, never found them until it
was far too late to matter.
I'm needing some new shelving too. Maybe I'm not thinking about it hard
enough!
Best regards,
Michelle in Nevada
Jennifer in Ottawa
know that it will be in good hands and it will be fun to help her
learn all the features. jennellh
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>
> - Show quoted text -
Jennifer in Ottawa
against my sewing area - it was underneath an ironing board. Now when
I think about it, the table was designed with 4 'cups' which the legs
were pushed into - they were always difficult to remove and eventually
became loose. I remember that I did remove these cups and the locking
mechanism that held them to the acrylic - three of the legs fit back
with screws that I had in storage but I couldn't find a
fourth....somewhere the fourth leg is searching for the elusive
screw...maybe it is rolling its way down the street to Home Depot? I
did find the 5th suction cup leg so that will provide support for
now. jennellh.
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Jennifer in Ottawa
On Nov 27, 12:09 pm, "Dr. Zachary Smith" <Dr.Sm...@rochester.rr.com>
wrote:
Jennifer in Ottawa
recipe that my Mum to make! One of my nephews emailed yesterday to
ask if I had it because he wanted to make his Grandma's bread with his
own son over the holidays....in my mind's eye, I can see the scrap of
paper that it was written on and because it was something in her own
writing, it has been preserved somewhere. It was an old recipe she
called Greek bread (made with honey instead of sugar for the yeast)
and she made large baps with it instead of loaves. One day, it will
turn up - not in her bible nor in any of her own cook books - not even
copied onto the fly leaf of any of her books. She loved to save
things and copy words of wisdom that she might read somewhere.....I
know that I inherited her collecting spirit - she use to give me
things to 'save' for her whenever my sister was in the toss-it-out
mode. jennellh
On Nov 27, 2:32 pm, "Michelle C." <michelle_of_the_des...@ATyahoo.com>
wrote:
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Patti
Could that be the one you are looking for?
.
In message
<686ff56f-fdf9-47e6...@j14g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>,
Jennifer in Ottawa <jenn...@gmail.com> writes
>I really didn't notice that the leg was missing when it was leaning up
>against my sewing area - it was underneath an ironing board. Now when
>I think about it, the table was designed with 4 'cups' which the legs
>were pushed into - they were always difficult to remove and eventually
>became loose. I remember that I did remove these cups and the locking
>mechanism that held them to the acrylic - three of the legs fit back
>with screws that I had in storage but I couldn't find a
>fourth....somewhere the fourth leg is searching for the elusive
>screw...maybe it is rolling its way down the street to Home Depot? I
>did find the 5th suction cup leg so that will provide support for
>now. jennellh.
--
Best Regards
pat on the hill
Pat in Virginia
etc. Did you ever find the accessory leg??
Grins, Pat in VA/USA
Jennifer in Ottawa
I haven't found the leg yet! I do remember the last time that I saw
it though - I just don't remember where I put it...I did find the
extra length legs that came with both my tables that are meant to be
used with a tilt table. jennellh
Jennifer in Ottawa
> I have just noticed a screw poking out from underneath my printer here.
> Could that be the one you are looking for?
> .
> In message
> Jennifer in Ottawa <jenne...@gmail.com> writes
>
> >I really didn't notice that the leg was missing when it was leaning up
> >against my sewing area - it was underneath an ironing board. Now when
> >I think about it, the table was designed with 4 'cups' which the legs
> >were pushed into - they were always difficult to remove and eventually
> >became loose. I remember that I did remove these cups and the locking
> >mechanism that held them to the acrylic - three of the legs fit back
> >with screws that I had in storage but I couldn't find a
> >fourth....somewhere the fourth leg is searching for the elusive
> >screw...maybe it is rolling its way down the street to Home Depot? I
> >did find the 5th suction cup leg so that will provide support for
> >now. jennellh.
>
> --
> Best Regards
> pat on the hill
Send it over! Is the leg with it? jennellh
Dr. Zachary Smith
in my mind because frankly, it was kind of cool. :-)
Too bad the clip I found cut off the first part where Dave jumped onto
the wall...
At the time there was some talk about some bars & amusement parks
turning the stunt into an attraction, but I have no idea if they ever
flew...
> > link for that...)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9uxxqKGmYg- Hide quoted text -
Dr. Zachary Smith
> The latest thing that has gone to the dreaded safe place
I'm suddenly getting the impression that the phrase "safe place" isn't
being used at face value...
Would it be similar to the "safe place" you put something so as not to
lose it, then promptly forget where that was?
Doc
Jennifer in Ottawa
Michelle C.
dreaded safe place. But as you said, it will turn up one day, and in a
place where you least expect it!
Mary in Rock Island IL
Jennifer in Ottawa
please! Looking for a leg......jennellh
On Nov 28, 10:41 pm, Mary in Rock Island IL <Illin...@SPAMmchsi.com>
wrote:
Jennifer in Ottawa
result was a good one. I made large baps rather than loaves which was
Mum's way of making bread - my nephew will probably remember the shape
rather than the taste? I'll find out tomorrow when I see him.
jennellh
On Nov 28, 9:38 pm, "Michelle C." <michelle_of_the_des...@ATyahoo.com>
> >> - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text -
Sunny
roll, but then I also seem to recall that "bap" means breast in some
idioms. That doesn't sound quite like something to put on the
table.... but then again, what better way to juice up the conversation
with all the stodgy relatives.......
Sunny
:)
Patti
Sartorresartus
That's where the name comes from (one way or the other). Think
silicone implants!
A bap is a floured, as opposed to crusty, roll. Sizes vary, but think
burger bun. They are soft and light, usually used as breakfast rolls
or for sandwiches.
Now, how about a stottie? A stottie is a big'un. Dinnerplate sized
and used to soak up gravy and fill corners; I've heard them called
manhole covers in some parts! I love the names for bread.
Nel
(Gadget Queen)
Kate XXXXXX
Here in the UK it usually meands a round or oval soft-crust bread roll
that is flatter than it is high.
--
Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls
Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
http://www.katedicey.co.uk
Click on Kate's Pages and explore!
Kate XXXXXX
Remember that Stotties are originally oven bottom bread, and baked on
both sides... They were flat round loaves shoved in to get the last of
the heat and turned over half way through cooking to make sure they
cooked through. Tradition was that they were then split horizontally
and used as plates. One did for two folk. Rather like mediaeval
trencher bread. As I recall, the best ones, from traditional bakers in
the north east, are made from a more solid bread dough, possibly not
twice rizen as it also has bigger holes...
I used to frequent a pub in Durham* after Bede climbing club meets that
did stottie sarnies. There was usually a choice of ham, roast beef, or
sometimes lamb, or cheese, and chutney, mustard, or sliced onion (this
being a 1/4" thich slice out of a large onion!). You could have a half
stottie or a whole one. We'd order a selection, counting a half for
each girl and a whole for each bloke. I avoided the onions... Food for
the gods!
With that and a pint inside you, you were fit for anything!
*The pub almost opposite St Giles' Church.
Dr. Zachary Smith
I have a poker story about that, but I hesitate...
Doc
Dr. Zachary Smith
wrote:
> Here in the UK it usually meands a round or oval soft-crust bread roll
> that is flatter than it is high.
"flatter than it is high"? You wanna run that by me again?
... Nevermind.
Jennifer in Ottawa
communicating about new toys that look like table legs.....jennellh
On Nov 29, 2:31 am, Patti <Pa...@quik.clara.co.uk> wrote:
> No, sorry. Shall I look for that?
> .
> In message
> <36f66277-9ee0-4817-b424-090d7af2d...@f10g2000vbl.googlegroups.com>,
> Jennifer in Ottawa <jenne...@gmail.com> writes
Polly Esther
"Dr. Zachary Smith" <wrote>
Jennifer in Ottawa
Mum - they were a good size to feed all the children and also to send
off into the fields with the workers.
Stottie - now there's a word that I haven't heard in a very long
time! jennellh (born in York!)
Patti
to you - what's your machine?
.
In message
<b1f0ecf4-14f8-467f...@k17g2000yqh.googlegroups.com>,
>communicating about new toys that look like table legs.....jennellh
--
Kathyl
Ok....I just looked. No leg....or fingers, arms, any appendages what
so ever. I'm sorry. I did find some wonderfully flat wonderunder and
freezer paper sheets that will go through the printer nicely. My
sewing room is such a mess right now that Jennifer's leg "could" be in
there somewhere. Just not under the mat. I'm still looking for an
electric staple gun and a suction grab handle that I KNOW I KNOW I
KNOW are here somewhere. (They aren't under the mat either.)
Michelle C.
Kate XXXXXX
Well, starts as a ball but gets squashed flat before cooking...
Sartorresartus
Don't forget I live in Selby. Small world.
Nel
(Gadget Queen)
Jennifer in Ottawa
- it was the shape of the bread that he remembered.
I'll write out the method for him and hope that he'll have good
results when he tries it for himself. jennellh
On Nov 29, 2:58 pm, "Michelle C." <michelle_of_the_des...@ATyahoo.com>
Jennifer in Ottawa
Where our fish&chip shop once stood is now part of the school playing
field - one of the reasons why my parents decided to emigrate to
Canada in 1962. I have ties to Fulford and surrounding area - one of
my Aunts ran a pub in Sykehouse and the ride through Selby and the
toll bridge was a highlight, especially late at night for us kids. I
recently researched my paternal side of the family tree and found
links to Heck - I enjoy reading the York press online occasionally
and am interested in all the local news - my best friend and her
family still live in York - a friendship that is now 60yrs old. Lots
of memories, jennellh.
Polly Esther
announced a new gadget find? You're not just sitting around resting on your
laurels or something, are you? Polly
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Sartorresartus
I've been doing some extensive research into needles, threads and hand-
quilting frames...
I'm still to find the PERFECT portable etui and bag (though I'm very
close with the latter, I think)
I've decided I need a chatelaine, but I keep missing out on EBay.
I've made a few, but they aren't working just right, yet.
I missed the two UK Exhibitions this year, due to ill-health, so there
is a hole where my usual finds would rest, but now I'm playing with
the Museum, there are a few things calling...!
Maybe I should demote myself to Dowager Queen of Gadgets if there is
another taker?
I await the Group's pleasure...
Nel
(...)
Kate XXXXXX
for a start...
Polly Esther
discoveries. When I saw Leslie's mention of the twin-needle, I wondered why
you hadn't appeared with something unique, clever or crazy. Crazy might be
fun. Polly
"Sartorresartus" <wrote> Actually, no, Polly, but I don't want to bore folk.
Sartorresartus
But we're working on the loop turner thingy.
So it's obvious... I need more gadgets!
Nel
Roberta
Last weekend I went to an antiques fair, because a German acqaintance
said she always had a stand there. She's in her 70s, or thereabouts,
and her grandfather owned a shop that sold furniture and wooden toys
and an odd assortment of other stuff, pre-WWI. So she inherited a
storeroom full of old inventory, and she's been selling it off bit by
bit ever since. I bought a child's darning set: little wooden stand,
painted green, with a wooden blossom to hold a little thimble, a
padded blossom on a longer stem for a pincushion, and a removable
mushroom "darning egg" that holds needles inside the stem.
Irresistible!
Roberta in D
Pati, in Phx
I have 2 different favorites for that. <G> Number one is the FasTurn
system. Love it, have every size of it (from mini to big blue tubes)
and can use it in a couple of different ways too. You can also "stuff"
as you turn the tube if you want.
The tubes come with "pigtail" ended wire "pullers" that work really
well. Or, if you have a closed end tube, use a smaller diameter tube
to push the fabric through the larger tube.
Before the FasTurn, I used a simple wire type turner... with a "latch
hook" on the end. It worked well for many years. (In fact I had more
than one of them.......)
Pati, in Phx
Sartorresartus
of my gadgets come from my Gran and her sister (my Sainted Auntie
Queen).
I have a pretty little egg that came from Durham, I think. It's
wooden and when opened it contains needles, thread and a thimble. It
was just right for popping in a handbag.
I want one of those "Nanny Pins" that look like a brooch and open at
one end to reveal needles and thread. I carry my thimbles on a chain
around my neck, so there would be no excuse for not settling down to
stitch anywhere.
Nel
(Gadget Queen)
Sandy
<274f5615-4b4a-4bc2...@f16g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>,
Sartorresartus <ey...@aol.com> wrote:
Nope. Queens are queens for *life*, Nel. ;) We wait with bated breath to
hear what gadgets you discover -- and we'll wait as patiently as
possible. :)
--
Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas
sw.foster1 (at) gmail (dot) com (remove/change the obvious)
http://www.sandymike.net
Michelle C.
I bet the one you composed is just as tasty. :-)
Edna Pearl
decoupaged a small wooden box with photocopies of Victorian trade cards
advertising threads and sewing machines. It's just the right size to hold
enough embroidery floss, scissors, thimble, and needlecase for a small to
medium cross-stitch project, and it's small enough to hold in one hand.
I also recently finished a small wooden box for my hand-quilting needles and
thimbles, with a needlepoint design of a landscape showing throw a window on
the top of the box.
I am the heir to a several pine-needle baskets that I use for quilting and
everyday sewing notions, which stay on the counter beside my SM, with bigger
basket to be the receptacle of odd scraps of fabric and larger notions.
My favorite sewing storage is an oak chest with a divider tray that sets in
the top, which was built by my dad from a bed headboard with a carved
bas-relief decoration. He built it as a tackle box, and I refinished it
decades ago. My DMC embroidery floss is arranged in the top tray, with
canvases, wool yarn, and oddball flosses stored under the tray.
ep
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fishing boxes adn i just came across some.
Some of these look very exciting. We have a shop not far away, I am
going to look in a day or two. Also at these:
The zinger (read "chatelaine") and the light magnifier look good, and
then there are the 'ergonomic snips'. I wonder what they would be
like with thread? Mmm... methinks their shearling mocassins might
find a new home, too... I like mocassins.
And don't forget, I'm always ready to rehome those gadgets that stay
in the back of your cupboards unloved and unused, especially if they
are the kind that take twice as long to use, and even more to put
away, than the job they were designed to save time doing in the first
place! (Kitchen or sewing room)
Nel
(Happily still the Gadget Queen)
Roberta
status :-)
I am really lusting after the Firefly light (but does that mean one
also needs to wear a hat while sewing?) And those 3.5" Arrow Scissors
are just too cute!
Roberta in D
Michelle C.
Makes me feel better about using one of those boxes with the multiple
small drawers usually used to store screws for my jewelry box. :-)