Though I'm handy with a needle and thread I've never learned how to use a sewing machine.
When I, a few months ago, finally took a kiltmaking class (something that had been on my bucket list for decades) I was happy to learn that the sewing would be done entirely by hand. (Thus my deficiency was not revealed!)
That's amazing, that dumpster find!
BTW a dumpster is a skip to our British friends
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skip_(container)
and not to be confused with a wheelie bin.
I wonder what the British equivalent of "dumpster diving" is!
BTW I grew up with a grandmother who was a great seamstress, and she used an ancient machine which had originally been pedal-powered and had been converted with a bolted-on motor. I wonder where that machine is now.
Last edited by OC Richard; 31st March 13 at 05:16 AM.
Proud Mountaineer from the Highlands of West Virginia; son of the Revolution and Civil War; first Europeans on the Guyandotte
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