Hi Jeannelou,
 JT>       YEs, for the leather, the sewing machine behaved fairly well.
 JT> For some reason, it usually does.    I get my leather jackets  to
Must be the machine's temperament is suited for leather; at the price
you get the machines for, it says "leather is fine, everything else,
phoey!"
 JT> recycle at yard sales.   The top price i will pay is $5 and that has
 JT> to be something pretty special.  Even at that price, i get maybe four
 JT> pouches and some 'scrapy' projects from it.  The pouches sell
Hmmm, haven't noticed any leather jackets at yard sales around here.  I
got some pieces of scrap years ago and made a purse (bag); would like to
see what I could do now that I've more experience.  First one was when I
was in early years of college as I recall.
 JT> machine about every 20 pouches, a dollar for the special thread and
 JT> needle, and another dollar for the thong.  Parsed out, it costs $9.50
 JT> in materials to make at least $28, worth of pouches, plus anything
So it sounds like you do pretty good, if they sell.
 JT> some other lucrative things.    I haven't sold any of the beverage
 JT> carriers yet, so i don't know what the traffic will bear on them.
Don't see why they wouldn't; I should think that real die hard SCAers
would want to use something like that to avoid apperances of the mundane
world.
 JT>    I too have several of the multiple hole punches, but the BC bottoms
 JT> are on a curve that  make punching them , a real nuisance.
What about a handle with several punches in a row (imagine a garden
rake)?
 JT>    Sara, my injured friend,  spent the evening with me last night
 JT> [while our husbands went to a meeting].   She is doing very well . She
 JT> can
 JT> already hold things in her injured hand.  She plans to start a small
 JT> Ribbon EMB kit today.   She cannot, of course support any considerable
 JT> weight or lift it above her bust.   Thanks for your thoughtful
Bit by bit, she will gain strength in that hand to a certain extent only
she and her body will determine.  Meanwhile, keep encouraging her to
work with it but not overwork it; the ribbon embroidery sounds like it
would be a good start.  Having had both hands basically out of
commission, I can sympathise; I do appreciate the limited use they do
have now.
Catch you later,
Ruth
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