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Thursday, May 20, 2010

Treadle Quilt Group, Anyone?

I'm wondering how many people in the blogosphere--or who are just online in one fashion or another--might be interested in forming an online group to discuss free motion quilting and free motion embroidery with our vintage people-powered machine.....I know lots of people piece on them, and I know of a handful of people who use them for quilting or for embroidery.  I wonder if there are enough of us to form a group, stretch our skills, share our knowledge.

I know some people use vintage sewing machines that aren't people-powered as well.  Frankly, I'm so old that the sewing machine I bought my first year out of university is now considered vintage--and it's still one of my favorites--and it is, indeed, electric.

There are already groups for people who collect (ISMACS) and use people-powered machines (Treadle On), but I'm not aware of more specialized discussion groups.

If you're a vintage machine quilter (or embroiderer), and would like to join forces, or more accurately, share ideas and experiences, please let me know.

P.S.: You'll need to let me know with the e-mail address at which you wish to receive mail so I can issue an invitation.  (The list was set up as private to help avoid spammers or address harvesters.) If you comment on this blog and have yourself set to "no-reply", I will not be able to invite you. If you don't want to e-mail me *and* have yourself set to "no-reply" *and* put your e-mail address into a comment on this post, please use the word "at" instead of the sign, because using the sign opens yourself up to those drones who search for e-mail addresses.  Thanks.

8 comments:

  1. Hi Dora, it's Stacy! LOL I've been following your blog and did not realize it's the same person I've been communicating via Treadle On and ISMACS! LOL

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  2. I am a member of both ISMACS and TreadleOn - count me in on the quilting/embroidery side of things! Karin in AZ

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  3. Count me in as well! Sounds like an interesting subject. I do have vintage machines and have quilted a little bit. Would LOVE to embroider on one of them!

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  5. Hi, I'd like to join your group. I have a couple of treadles and many more handcranks!
    Priscilla
    pfrappier@comcast.net

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  6. I'd like to join the quilting group. I have so much to learn. I haven't pieced a quilt top yet, but MANY years ago I hand-quilted with my Mother.

    Mary
    marybeau@earthlink.net

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  7. Dora, is the group in this post a go?

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