Re: t.v. sewing and quilting shows

"J.Lef" <j.lef@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
So, because of a new owner of a sewing machine, I have begun to
watch the local shows on t.v., such as sewing with nancy, the two
quilting shows, the embroidery show.
Its so funny to me watching the shows, because they might as well be
talking a language that is foreign to me.
I want to see the machines in action, and whole shows go by, without
a machine ever being in the picture.
Seems like a lot of folding, pasteting, cutting, binding, etc going
on.
I do appreciate what people are able to create from raw materials,
thats why I am hooked on the painting and craft shows.
But one day, I hope to understand what they are talking about. :)
I watched a whole infomercial on Sunday, on a singer serger(5
thread).
Gee, I had no idea what they were doing or the machine was doing,
except to make some seams on tee shirts.
It almost seemed cheaper to just buy a tee shirt in the store, then
to buy a serger and the materials needed. What am I not understanding on
the > serger?
It makes me feel inadequate, just having a sewing machine. LOL I
guess you would call this "serger envy" LOL

:-)) Yu may have serger envy, but you need to get that sewing machine to
sing before you think about a serger (I think the analogy would be walk
before yu run).

How are your progressing with the sewing machine so far? What have you done
with it and what are you still having problems with?


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