[Nfb-krafters-korner] new member trying again

[blindhands at aol.com]

Welcome Sue,
 
I had gotten a Bernina about 10 years back soon after I went blind.   Man, 
you said you got $150 for your Feather Weight?  Those babies are very  hard 
to find and the quilters love them because they are easy to take to  
workshops and classes.  I have a Feather Weight that I got second hand 50  years 
ago.
 
I got the Bernina with the needle threader, but it did not last very long  
for me.  I have found needle threaders that I feel are the best because  
they are almost 2 inches long the wire part and the metal disk is a little  
larger then a quarter in size.  So I can feed it through the needle and  
actually let go of it to find the thread without it falling down or out of the  
needle and then use both hands to get the thread into it.
 
I love my sewing and quilting.  I have not done any lately, but the  urge 
is starting to make me poke around and find a sewing project to work  on.
 
I went out and purchased a Singer machine last year just to make  
buttonholes with.  I had this old Singer and started searching around for  one like 
it.  It has this foot that you drop a button into the foot.   Then you slide 
the bar on the foot to hold the button in place.  You set  all the settings 
on the machine to this certain spot and wa la it will make a  buttonhole to 
perfectly fit that button and stops when it is finished doing the  
buttonhole.  I paid only $115 for the machine and that included  shipping.
 
Glad you joined us.  We have a lot of talented folks around  here.
 
We have some great upcoming classes.
 
I did a sewing machine lecture last year on tools that I have found to help 
 me cut out fabric, sew and quilt.
 
Keep on Krafting...
 
Joyce