Oil and Thread

Being a true accompt of the on-going exploits of a self-taught seamster

Friday, 25 October 2013

Sewing on buttons with the Singer 401G

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I had to do a little repair so I used the opportunity to get some photographs. This procedure is so much fun and so quick it is over all ...
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Thursday, 24 October 2013

Greist Buttonholer #1

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This arrived last week.  It was just in time to make the buttonholes on the French back boxers .  I am rather taken with it for a number of ...
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Sunday, 20 October 2013

Simplicity 1960: French Back Boxer Shorts - Pt II

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Here are the finished boxers.  I added the buttonholes using my new toy a Griest #1 template buttonholer for low shank machines (this means...
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Saturday, 19 October 2013

Simplicity 1960: French Back Boxer Shorts - Pt I

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I have had this pink and blue striped cotton shirting for months.  I picked it up cheaply on eBay.  I washed it to preshrink it ages ago and...
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Saturday, 12 October 2013

Wrap Around Pinny Finished

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This is one of those sewing projects that stalled and would not restart for some time.  It was nearly finished for ages but now it is reall...
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Sunday, 29 September 2013

Baby Fence Rail Quilt - Pt VII: The Big Finish

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The Baby Fence Rail Quilt is finished.  It's new owner came to collect it yesterday afternoon an hour or two after I had put the last st...
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Sunday, 22 September 2013

Has anyone ever heard of a Hussif?

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I hadn't until I was chatting to follower Ken a week or two ago.  I thought I knew what he was talking about until Monday when I treated...
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