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This Bare Home sherpa fleece blanket is so soft and warm I went ahead and reviewed it on Amazon. The cream color is perfect, not too yellow nor too white to blend in with our decor. The full/queen is plenty large enough for our queen bed.
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This Bare Home sherpa fleece blanket is so soft and warm I went ahead and reviewed it on Amazon. The cream color is perfect, not too yellow nor too white to blend in with our decor. The full/queen is plenty large enough for our queen bed.
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I love having the free arm and more space on the right of the bed! Most coverstitch machines have neither, however more companies are adding those features now.
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The 900CPX is a two needle machine with the stitches 5mm apart. A three needle coverstitch usually has a choice of 3mm or 6mm. The 5mm has been ok for me so far. I use a drug store dental pick to pull out the threads when ending the stitches.
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The front panel has a guide for different stitches and a lever. When the lever is on the right it's for normal coverstitching. To the left tightens the looper thread for heavyweight fabrics. It's supposed to be on the right when threading.
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The looper threading is easy. Pull the lever out, thread it with the looper thread, and push it back in. There is only one looper as opposed to a serger with two loopers.
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The huge tree inside Westfield Galleria in Roseville CA. This was the last place I had to go to finish up shopping. Yay!
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The brass sleigh, reindeer and ceramic tree are all vintage. They were my mom's and were out for Christmas when I was growing up. The tree has a base with electricity but I don't use that part. It's pretty lit up but I don't trust the old wiring.
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The tree with the colored lights setting. I usually keep them on white though. I wish my phone would take decent night pics. I had to take all these during daylight.
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This year I left the bonsai trees that are always on the mantel there. I hung a few small ornaments on them.
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I couldn't get the huge bows I bought for the topper last year to stay on this time. I took a couple of the clip-on poinsettia's from the mantel and that works. This tree feels tipsy so I don't want anything heavy for a topper.
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Some of the lights stopped working on the old wreath so I got a lighter weight non-lit one this year. I think I like the old one better though.
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A backyard visitor. When I found out there was a baby raccoon there as well I went inside! Don't want to upset mama.
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Free arm on my Brother 1034D serger. I use it often and have since I bought in 2012. I had used a Janome serger for 9 years before that with no free arm.
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I always wanted one of these buttonhole cutters but they always came with cheap wooden boards that crack. I bought this one with a little cutting mat instead.
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Underside of Dreamstitch bi-level foot. I bought both left and right from Amazon. They look just like the Brother brand and work fine, however there is not a lot of difference in the levels. Hopefully it will be enough for flat felled seams.
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This is my initial order. The snaps and grommets aren't much but those dies really add up. All are heavy solid long-lasting metal though. I have a list of more items to order after I use the tool for awhile. I wish I had ordered the hole cutting dies.
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Showing how the fashion snaps fit into the dies. I'd rather look at my own pics than have to keep watching the video tutorials on the Kamsnaps website. Someday I might try the colored plastic snaps too, and of course they have their own dies.
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So far I've practiced with everything I ordered and it all works great! The tool handle is easily pressed, no real strength needed. These are the dies and parts needed for the fashion spring snaps. Even the existing snaps I already had worked!
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The snaps and grommets come in packs of 50 each. That seems like a lot to me, but from the Kamsnaps FB group I joined there are plenty of folks who ruin some by putting them in backward or pressing too hard which damages them.
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To start with I got the KX-T2 with mounting board, a variety of size 20 metal fashion spring snaps, size 16 open ring snaps, a variety of size 7mm grommets and all the dies to make it all work.
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I finally got a Kamsnaps KX-T2 mini table press! At first I wanted the heavy duty DK93 but for my sporadic use this will be better as not so bulky to store and heavy. This will do the same things: snaps, grommets, rivets and covered buttons.
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Found a place to store my Oliso Project Iron so it's handy. The cord is dropped inside my MOOD bag so no need to wrap it for storage. Seeing it should help me remember to use it more often! (For Steam Irons Album.)
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Haha! I typed in "night club" on my free version of Photoroom and added this pic since it was still in my phone. Three hunky guys and one holding up my chair. So silly! (Simplicity 8875 Album.)
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Italian pot roast, aka Stracotto. After preparing on the stove it went in the Crock Pot. The chuck roast is browned in bacon drippings. I omitted celery and next time wil add a little red wine.
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I ordered this Tramontina 10" pan online with Kohl's cash. What a great pan! Heavy but not too heavy, well made and no rivets inside. Non-stick and perfect for eggs. I bought a glass univeral lid from Amazon to fit 9.5" - 11".
