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<P><FONT SIZE=2>You have to give credit where credit is due, and go with what works. Hey if PINK works I use PINK. More cheers for realizing that inexpensive is a good thing. Too many people hold back from any number of A&S projects because they don't have just the right materials or just the right tools, or just the right workshop set up. Your a good man for doing it your way and a better man for having the courage to say so in public.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>AshaHito</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>> -----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> From: Chris Goodson [<A HREF="mailto:cgscoop@earthlink.net">mailto:cgscoop@earthlink.net</A>]</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Sent: Monday, September 16, 2002 6:04 PM</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> To: Merryrose</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Subject: RE: [MR] A humble bid for info: ISO: A Sewing Machine :)</FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> -----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Sadly, I've been struggling without my own sewing machine for </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> a considerable</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> time.--------------</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> I'm putting this reply out to the whole list in respect to those with</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> differing opinions.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> If you want a VERY simple machine that will do a simple </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> stitch, I would</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> suggest the sewing genie. Yes, I hear the sniffs of derision </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> ;-). It is that</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> tiny little machine you see on TV, not the handheld one, but the small</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> tabletop.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> I am primarily a fighter, but I'm starting to like making my </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> own garb. This</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> thing has done well for me so far.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> The lowdown: It's small, runs on wall current or AA </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> batteries. It has one</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> stitch, straight. It doesn't stitch backward. It takes </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> regular size spindles</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> of thread and will go through everything I've tried to sew, up to and</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> including denim.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> The best news, it only costs $45 to $50.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> The only problem's I've had are that the thread sometimes </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> pops out of the</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> tension guide. This can be . . . annoying to say the least, </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> but as I sew</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> more it happens less. The only other drawback is that my wife </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> has a great</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> time making fun of her big manly fighter husband crouched </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> over the sewing</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> machine.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Anyone else have one of these. What do you think?</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> In service,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> William of Faleston</FONT>
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