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Post by piney on Aug 10, 2020 10:23:56 GMT -6
I have a New Home Janome that is nearly 25 years old, nothing fancy. I enjoy sewing by hand as well; it may sound crazy but I am considering hemming the linen curtains I plan to make for my living room windows by hand.
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Post by sparkle on Aug 10, 2020 11:01:15 GMT -6
I have a New Home Janome that is nearly 25 years old, nothing fancy. I enjoy sewing by hand as well; it may sound crazy but I am considering hemming the linen curtains I plan to make for my living room windows by hand. Not crazy at all. I love sewing by hand!
Last year, I gave myself a birthday present of a 1920 Singer Red Eye treadle sewing machine. It's ready to sew but I need to find a little more info on how to adjust the thread tension and stitch length. She's a grand old Iron Lady! Currently, I sew masks on a Husqvarna Viking Jade. I wouldn't mind giving a Janome a spin!
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Post by piney on Aug 10, 2020 11:06:35 GMT -6
I have never had the Janome serviced, I clean lint out of it but it still runs like a scalded dog. My current obsession is clothing, since I hate all the clothing in stores pretty much because I'm at a fussy age, so I'd like to sew my own classics if they're made of easy fabrics. I like to scout out fabric in unusual places, the huge 100% linen panel I bought for the curtain project will need to be cut into three panels because I have three individual windows. The panel was such a good price that I went back and bought one in grey for making clothing out of, which should work well.
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Post by sparkle on Aug 10, 2020 11:32:55 GMT -6
I have never had the Janome serviced, I clean lint out of it but it still runs like a scalded dog. My current obsession is clothing, since I hate all the clothing in stores pretty much because I'm at a fussy age, so I'd like to sew my own classics if they're made of easy fabrics. I like to scout out fabric in unusual places, the huge 100% linen panel I bought for the curtain project will need to be cut into three panels because I have three individual windows. The panel was such a good price that I went back and bought one in grey for making clothing out of, which should work well. I've never sewn on linen. I'll bet it's fun. Love getting those deals!
I'm such a slob about how I dress. Sweat and tee shirts unless I go out. I've been thinking about sewing some nicer clothes one of these days. I'd like to try sewing on silk, casual stuff like big shirts.
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Post by piney on Aug 10, 2020 11:46:40 GMT -6
I like unstructured loose clothing best, I have stopped caring if they make me look shorter. I found a pattern for a modern style kimono cardigan that will be made from that grey linen (and 84"x 54" for $39 can't be beat in any fabric store, with scraps for another project!). I recently bought some linen clothes online and of course I can't leave anything alone, I removed the side seam pockets. Linen is easy to work with, and it will last forever. I don't even mind how it wrinkles because it's so cool and comfortable.
Now I just have to make space to work.
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Post by sparkle on Aug 10, 2020 12:00:50 GMT -6
I like unstructured loose clothing best, I have stopped caring if they make me look shorter. I found a pattern for a modern style kimono cardigan that will be made from that grey linen (and 84"x 54" for $39 can't be beat in any fabric store, with scraps for another project!). I recently bought some linen clothes online and of course I can't leave anything alone, I removed the side seam pockets. Linen is easy to work with, and it will last forever. I don't even mind how it wrinkles because it's so cool and comfortable. Now I just have to make space to work. My house is the same. Any horizontal space is otherwise occupied.
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Post by jwrauch on Aug 10, 2020 18:24:11 GMT -6
I like copper, I find pieces of solid copper wire in the street sometimes. Last spring I went hiking in a local nature preserve and found a ten foot length of thick copper. I can pound that flat and use it to make other things, I should fabricate a spoon or something, haha. (This is pretty much the only use I get out of that jeweler's degree lately.) You have a jeweler's degree? Wow!
I studied dental lab technology and learned to cast metal. did some jewelry. Here's a picture of the gold cartouche I made for my Ma-in-law. It's her name in Japanese katakana.
I'm a retired dentist and we had to learn lost wax casting technique. Haven't done anything in years but I used to make rings for Mrs R. Beautiful work there.
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Post by sparkle on Aug 10, 2020 21:00:17 GMT -6
You have a jeweler's degree? Wow!
I studied dental lab technology and learned to cast metal. did some jewelry. Here's a picture of the gold cartouche I made for my Ma-in-law. It's her name in Japanese katakana.
I'm a retired dentist and we had to learn lost wax casting technique. Haven't done anything in years but I used to make rings for Mrs R. Beautiful work there. Funny, dentists actually making crowns is not something I've ever thought about. I did learn a lot about the craft from the one dentist I did crowns for. I remember there was a tiny gap at the margin of one of my crowns and she spent a half hour showing me how to pull the gold down to fill in the gap using a burnisher, a technique I had not learned in school.
Thanks for your kind words.
Do you have any photos of the rings you made? This conversation makes me want to wax a ring for the diamond my hubby gave me, from his mom's first wedding ring.
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Post by jwrauch on Aug 11, 2020 10:39:34 GMT -6
In our first 2 years in dental school we learned to make crowns, bridges , removable partial dentures, and complete dentures. Once we got into the clinical phase we still did most of our own lab work. I'll have to check on pictures.
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Post by sparkle on Aug 11, 2020 11:18:36 GMT -6
In our first 2 years in dental school we learned to make crowns, bridges , removable partial dentures, and complete dentures. Once we got into the clinical phase we still did most of our own lab work. I'll have to check on pictures. Learning dental lab was fascinating! One of the happiest years of my life, and the skills I learned have enabled me to do so many tasks in all of my creative pursuits. Making doll molds with RTV, especially.
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Post by piney on Aug 11, 2020 11:35:13 GMT -6
Here's a pic of my last sterling silver casting. (I didn't polish him.)
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Post by sparkle on Aug 11, 2020 12:37:29 GMT -6
Here's a pic of my last sterling silver casting. (I didn't polish him.) Wow! That's great! Where did you sprue him?
Reminds me of my dental lab class -- the teacher found a perfectly formed dead spider in a corner and sprued him, flasked him, invested him and cast him in gold. The casting came out perfect!
Thanks for posting the photo.
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Post by piney on Aug 11, 2020 12:58:17 GMT -6
The sprue was under his belly, nobody believed all of his legs would come out fully formed, haha.
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Post by sparkle on Aug 11, 2020 13:29:31 GMT -6
The sprue was under his belly, nobody believed all of his legs would come out fully formed, haha. I guess you showed 'em! Did you do the wax as well? Carving or hot waxing or combination?
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Post by piney on Aug 11, 2020 13:37:54 GMT -6
I bought the wax from one of the jeweler's supply companies, we did a group order. I can't imagine how much fun we could have had with internet then, it's so much easier to find tools and equipment now online. Sometimes I do repairs for people at home, once in a while I make a bunch of copper pieces, it has been a while.
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