Hi Vicki,
 RH> Are you on the mailing list for the store flyers?
 VO>     Yep.  And I just saw an ad for the Sure-Lock cones 3/$5.  I don't
 VO> even know if that's a good price.
Yes, it is a good price.  Most of the time the cones go for about $2.99
each.  It's an average thread, a god one to play around with.
 VO>     Well, I checked at Joann's here in town and they don't have the
 VO> adapter, and only have the Priced Right thread.
Never heard of Priced Right.  It's probably about like the others.  Do
you have a Wal-Mart or other big store that has a fabric department?
W-M seems to have a good supply of sewing gadgets, at least the one here
does.
 VO>     I think the adapter is the way for me to go.  I have two different
 VO> sewing machines depending on what I'm using them for.
Sounds like a sure thing.  I've also seen, in cataloges, an adapter
thing you just hook onto the spool holder of your machine & the cone
sits on the table.  I'm not sure how well something like that would
work; I suppose it's worth a try.  I like having the cone sit on
something that can hold it down a bit better.
What kind of machines do you have?  I only have one sewing machine; at
times, I wish I'd gotten a treadle in Germany but we have the weight &
space constraints to deal with.  I know my old Singer Futura 2 made
better buttonholes (didn't have to fuss as much) than the Pfaff.  Well,
now that I know how to outsmart the Pfaff, it does a pretty good job.
 RH> It comes from being a sewer also.  If you have a bobbin of a color
 RH> that is close, you can go ahead and use that.  I also keep a bobbin of
 RH> the invisible nylon thread on hand for projects when I don't want to
 RH> wind a bobbin of the color I'm using--if it's an odd color and I'm not
 RH> using too much of it, that's a very handy thing to keep in mind.
 VO>     Not a bad thought.  Something I'll probably invest in.
Have you worked with the nylon thread before?  Sometimes it can be a bit
of a problem.  I have used it for both the top and bottom but prefer to
use it only in one or the other.
Catch you later,
Ruth
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