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[drumstick diva]

I love that term "Especially secure long sleeved jacket." my late doctor would have laughed till he cried if I had paraded around in one. Heck, he would have written a prescription for one indicating terms of use. I think they have a pronounced slimming effect. Since I am shorter than Linda and I'm sure my arms aren't as long - less material would be needed for one for me. Just sayin'.

 

[superchemicalgirl]

I would be honored and thrilled to purchase an SCG prototype Especially Secure Long-sleeved Jacket. <*nodding furiously*>.

I love this name!

I have 5 machines, but the only things I've made since Bill died were the Halloween costumes for a couple of my grand daughters last year. We used to sew together and man do I miss the help. Bill made experimental and competition parachutes, so when he made a mistake, those seems were a pain to pull out. LOL But I've been sewing since I was 9. My mom said since my legs were so long, I needed to learn and boy was she right. LOL

5 machines! Forgive me, I'm a novice here, but why would one need 5 machines? I'm assuming they do different stitches?

Your comment above about experimental parachutes... when you make a mistake I think the pain of pulling it out is worth it! Considering the ramifications of a mistake in an experimental parachute... I think the only thing that could have made my Cessna ride worse would have been "Here you go, ma'am... in case we go down... here's your experimental parachute."

 

[wolftracks]

I love this name!


5 machines! Forgive me, I'm a novice here, but why would one need 5 machines? I'm assuming they do different stitches?

Your comment above about experimental parachutes... when you make a mistake I think the pain of pulling it out is worth it! Considering the ramifications of a mistake in an experimental parachute... I think the only thing that could have made my Cessna ride worse would have been "Here you go, ma'am... in case we go down... here's your experimental parachute."

Yep and he was insane enough to test them himself.

I have my first one and since my kids didn't learn except the one who went to design school, I have lots of grand daughters who like to learn as much of what I do as I can teach them, so some young sewers, or sew n sews. When we did big projects, we could also line them up with whatever stitch instead of having to mess with them and do an assembly line. Halloween was upwards of 25 costumes. We also did Renaissance and Gothic and Ceremonial items, so if something broke, don't fix it, move to the next machine.

 

[superchemicalgirl]

I guess that makes sense. Except the part about testing the parachutes. That will never make sense to me.

 

[bamachicks8]

Ok I've been out for a day darn cold whooped my butt. Did I miss scgs surprise? Experimental parachute yep that's my worse nightmare. Thinking I need an especially secure long sleeve jacket.

 

[Stumpy]

Yep and he was insane enough to test them himself.

I have my first one and since my kids didn't learn except the one who went to design school, I have lots of grand daughters who like to learn as much of what I do as I can teach them, so some young sewers, or sew n sews. When we did big projects, we could also line them up with whatever stitch instead of having to mess with them and do an assembly line. Halloween was upwards of 25 costumes. We also did Renaissance and Gothic and Ceremonial items, so if something broke, don't fix it, move to the next machine.

Wow -- I would love to learn what you know! I completely understand having more than one machine. Now that most of our sewing factories have gone out of business, the industrial machines are easily available at good prices. I've had one for about a year and have enjoyed the speed and heftiness of it.

 

[Cynthia12]

Thank you fro the laugh!

Ron....oh Ron.....you are being looked for again on the Easter Hatch A Long...they need ya!

 

[ronott1]

Quote:

I checked in with them.

 

[Cynthia12]

I checked in with them.

They sure miss what you did last Hatch A Long..that had to be hard to do. It really was great though.

 

[gryeyes]

I have just come from a short trip which proves I must be nuts. The feed store I used to patronize when it was between my work location and home - too far now unless I am making a trip to Sacramento - is still referring people to me who have rooster-less flocks but broody hens. My flock is mixed, so I always assure buyers I have no clue what will hatch. I try to provide bantam eggs for folks with broody banties, unless they specify otherwise. On Sundqy, the feed store employee who first asked a couple years ago came up to my place for the first time. ("Boy, you weren't kidding when you said you lived way out there!" she said.) I sold a dozen green & olive green-ish eggs to her, LF and bantam. Today, I sold a dozen mixed eggs - brown, pinkish, white, green and olive, 8 LF and 4 bantam - to a retired high school teacher. Because they're "could be anything" eggs, I charge the same as I do for eating eggs:$3.00 a dozen. Our meeting place was 25 miles away. I couldn't find my wallet so I departed sans ID (and money), wearing a shirt with my former agency's logo on it "just in case" I got stopped. Uhhh, you know, as ummm proof of something... The little gas warning light came on enroute. I put that three bucks into the tank at the return trip closest gas station. (Less than a gallon - the light came on again before I got home.) So, it cost more to sell & deliver those eggs than I made. But more of my GrandChicks will be entering the world in places distant from the Olmstead Homestead. Mwwaaahahahahahaha!