Recent content by mackenzie

Thank you so much for your help. I'll check out that site. As far from handimans they are pretty hard to find around here these days. But thank you. Have a great day. Mackenzie

I need some help from the telephone experts here. I got a bakelite wall mounted telephone, and being wallmounted it doesn't have the cord for the plug. Since I don't want to break my wall to get the "wall plug" higher I was thinking to put in a cord. I was wondering if anyone here knows where to...

well, I can agree on that...

But that is the nature of tattoos, they multiply... You start with one and a few years later you find yourself covered, and can't understand what happened....

hi folks and telephone experts. I just got my first bakelite phone, an Urmet. I figured out how to polish it ( I'm clever..). But I've got some paint on the cloth cord and the metal thing on the dial circle ( sorry, I don't know the words for these parts in english, looks rusty. Can anyone tell...

Thank you!

I made this from the vintage knitting for modern knitters book. Sorry for the bad pic, it looks better in real life. Now I just need to get a white belt. I'm currently working on the blue bird from A stitch in time. Still have to do a sleeve and then I'm done.

michou1930 - It's lovely! show us more!!!!

I was looking at the pants Texasgirl posted and was asking myself if they would be cut on the bias? What do you think?

As far as the new book ( a stitch in time) goes, they have posted pics of the original pattern and the remake ( a couple of pics in more then one size) and to me it looks as though the bigger sizes are the ones that has changed the shape and the smaller sizes still has the original shape. I...

I just recived A stitch in time today. It is wonderful. I already have problems deciding wich one to start with. And Fleur, you are beautiful.

About zippers, I find it easier to put them in if I baste them in before I start sewing and I always put in the zipper before I sew the rest of the seam, that way I avoid the bulge that has a tendency to appear... If I make a dress I always leave a bit of the seam just over the start and end...

Thanks, and sorry I didn't see you answered here. :offtopic: I can't wait to see the material...

I find that when I have been losing weight fast I gain it back faster, but when I took my time ( about a year for 7 kg) it has been staying off. Well, I have been having periods when I have been eating everything in my way and re-gained about 2 kg, but as soon as I start thinking about what I...

Fleur- What is the brand of your repro coat? Do they have a site? I want one!!!