On Friday, July 24, 2015 at 8:32:22 AM UTC-4, Xeno wrote:

> We have a sewing machine here but last time I used it I broke it. I've
> been banned! Given my sewing ability, this is not a bad thing.

It's a power tool! Any man should be able to use
a sewing machine (and any woman, too).


Cindy Hamilton

"S Viemeister" > wrote in message
...
> On 7/24/2015 4:04 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>> "S Viemeister" > wrote
>>> Ibought a length of cotton fabric printed with a potato design, at a
>>> quilting shop and made a couple of drawstring bags for storage.
>>> I did the same with an onion-patterned fabric.
>>
>> Where is the quilting shop?
>>
> Far, far, away.
> It was bought during one of the Skittish Quilters get-togethers - this one
> was in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

Ahh you man on t'other side


>

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On 24/07/2015 11:07 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Friday, July 24, 2015 at 8:32:22 AM UTC-4, Xeno wrote:
>
>> We have a sewing machine here but last time I used it I broke it. I've
>> been banned! Given my sewing ability, this is not a bad thing.
>
> It's a power tool! Any man should be able to use
> a sewing machine (and any woman, too).
>
>
> Cindy Hamilton
>
Yeah but I dropped the controller and broke it.. Did I mention I was
clumsy???

--

Xeno

On 24/07/2015 11:30 PM, wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Jul 2015 22:28:38 +1000, Xeno >
> wrote:
>
>> On 24/07/2015 7:42 AM, wrote:
>>> On Thu, 23 Jul 2015 15:04:06 -0600, graham > wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 23/07/2015 12:58 PM, wrote:
>>>>> On 23 Jul 2015 16:51:02 GMT, KenK > wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I like a baked potato now and then but normally do not plan them ahead, but
>>>>>> instead make one on the spur of the moment.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yesterday I got hungry for some baked chicken thighs and a baked potato. Of
>>>>>> the two I had, one potato was obviously bad, the other was only half edible
>>>>>> after cutting open afer baking.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Potatoes are expensive! Any way to store them so they keep a month or two?
>>>>>> Now I use a 'crisper' bin in the bottom of the refrigerator.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I Googled and freezing unpeeled raw potatoes is not a good idea. I realize
>>>>>> I could bake ahead and then freeze but I usually combine the potato baking
>>>>>> with baking something else in the meal to save energy.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> TIA
>>>>>
>>>>> I have a bag which has a black lining, shove the spuds in there and
>>>>> hang in the cupboard. They keep a goodly time. I'm on my own so I
>>>>> don't buy bags of spuds, just maybe half a dozen per time.
>>>>>
>>>> Comme ça: http://www.lakeland.co.uk/70293/Potato-Preserving-Bag
>>>>
>>> That's exactly the one I have, couldn't do without it.
>>>
>> I should have read further.. Good idea so I bought one.
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/oxxrjbg
>>
>> This one suits us better as it will sit nicely on a shelf in the pantry.
>
> I hope it closes at the top - I think the main idea is keeping them in
> total darkness in a cool spot, almost as if they were still in the
> ground.
>
Says it closes with a drawstring so I presume it will be no different to
the bag type...


--

Xeno

On 7/24/2015 9:18 AM, Ophelia wrote:
> "S Viemeister" > wrote
>> On 7/24/2015 4:04 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>>> "S Viemeister" > wrote
>>>> I bought a length of cotton fabric printed with a potato design, at a
>>>> quilting shop and made a couple of drawstring bags for storage.
>>>> I did the same with an onion-patterned fabric.
>>> Where is the quilting shop?
>> Far, far, away.
>> It was bought during one of the Skittish Quilters get-togethers - this
>> one was in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
>
> Ahh you man on t'other side
>
Yes. Quilting fabrics in the UK are ridiculously expensive. That seems
to be true in Australia, too - four of our group were Aussies, and they
went crazy in the fabric shops! Even adding on the cost of shipping
everything back, the stuff cost a fraction of what they would have paid
back home.

"S Viemeister" > wrote in message
...
> On 7/24/2015 9:18 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>> "S Viemeister" > wrote
>>> On 7/24/2015 4:04 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>>>> "S Viemeister" > wrote
>>>>> I bought a length of cotton fabric printed with a potato design, at a
>>>>> quilting shop and made a couple of drawstring bags for storage.
>>>>> I did the same with an onion-patterned fabric.
>>>> Where is the quilting shop?
>>> Far, far, away.
>>> It was bought during one of the Skittish Quilters get-togethers - this
>>> one was in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
>>
>> Ahh you man on t'other side
>>
> Yes. Quilting fabrics in the UK are ridiculously expensive. That seems to
> be true in Australia, too - four of our group were Aussies, and they went
> crazy in the fabric shops! Even adding on the cost of shipping everything
> back, the stuff cost a fraction of what they would have paid back home.

Good idea to stock up while you can then


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On 2015-07-24 8:32 AM, Xeno wrote:

> We have a sewing machine here but last time I used it I broke it. I've
> been banned! Given my sewing ability, this is not a bad thing.
>
> Anyway, I guess it wouldn't have been all that difficult to come up with
> an airy wooden box with an inner lining and a lid. You could even make
> it with rustic appeal using old fruit packing crates.
>


I bought a small, inexpensive sewing machine a few years ago. I use it
for hemming things and the occasional minor repair. My wife has never
touched it and could not see any value in having one. When our son was
young he used to bring things to me to be sewn.

On 2015-07-24, Xeno > wrote:
> On 24/07/2015 11:07 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>
>> It's a power tool! Any man should be able to use
>> a sewing machine (and any woman, too).

I pretty much cut my mechanical teeth on my mother's old Kenmore
electric sewing machine. Turns out that piece of junk would become
completely unusable after the bobbin spit out all its contents into
the exposed gears underneath the machine head. I became the go-to guy
for un-fouling the machine, despite not having a clue what I was
doing. I ended up as a hi-tech mechanic (among other things), but
never again have I even attempted to deal with an electric sewing
machine.

> Yeah but I dropped the controller and broke it.. Did I mention I was
> clumsy???

Give me a brand name. I may have the controller you need. I've
tossed at least 2 portable elect sewing machines, yet still have
another. Most thrift shops have a couple lying around for cheap.

nb

On 25/07/2015 12:46 AM, notbob wrote:
> On 2015-07-24, Xeno > wrote:
>> On 24/07/2015 11:07 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>>
>>> It's a power tool! Any man should be able to use
>>> a sewing machine (and any woman, too).
>
> I pretty much cut my mechanical teeth on my mother's old Kenmore
> electric sewing machine. Turns out that piece of junk would become
> completely unusable after the bobbin spit out all its contents into
> the exposed gears underneath the machine head. I became the go-to guy
> for un-fouling the machine, despite not having a clue what I was
> doing. I ended up as a hi-tech mechanic (among other things), but
> never again have I even attempted to deal with an electric sewing
> machine.
>
>> Yeah but I dropped the controller and broke it.. Did I mention I was
>> clumsy???
>
> Give me a brand name. I may have the controller you need. I've
> tossed at least 2 portable elect sewing machines, yet still have
> another. Most thrift shops have a couple lying around for cheap.
>
> nb
>
Thanks for the offer but it's OK, the local sewing machine repairman had
a spare one from a defunct trade-in. It is a 30 year old Janome....
which, I might add, doesn't get a lot of use so it's like new.

--

Xeno

On 2015-07-24, Xeno > wrote:

> Thanks for the offer but it's OK, the local sewing machine repairman had
> a spare one from a defunct trade-in. It is a 30 year old Janome....
> which, I might add, doesn't get a lot of use so it's like new.

Yes, you are correct. I've never even heard of a "Janome", so
probably do not have one. Regardless, I'm glad you were able to obtain a
new controller.

nb

On 2015-07-24, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

> There are many machines out there for the serious sewer that are $3000
> and up. Way up.

Yep. I almost bought a commercial Singer, but someone else in the biz
told me a I needed a walking foot for leather. I changed my plans.
To much $$$$ for a passing lark.

nb

On 7/24/2015 10:56 AM, notbob wrote:
> On 2015-07-24, Xeno > wrote:
>
>> Thanks for the offer but it's OK, the local sewing machine repairman had
>> a spare one from a defunct trade-in. It is a 30 year old Janome....
>> which, I might add, doesn't get a lot of use so it's like new.
>
> Yes, you are correct. I've never even heard of a "Janome", so
> probably do not have one. Regardless, I'm glad you were able to obtain a
> new controller.
>
> nb
>

Janome is one of the better pro quality machines. Singer was good when
your grandmother had one, but today they are cheaply made.

There are many machines out there for the serious sewer that are $3000
and up. Way up.

"Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
...
> On 7/24/2015 10:56 AM, notbob wrote:
>> On 2015-07-24, Xeno > wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks for the offer but it's OK, the local sewing machine repairman had
>>> a spare one from a defunct trade-in. It is a 30 year old Janome....
>>> which, I might add, doesn't get a lot of use so it's like new.
>>
>> Yes, you are correct. I've never even heard of a "Janome", so
>> probably do not have one. Regardless, I'm glad you were able to obtain a
>> new controller.
>>
>> nb
>>
>
> Janome is one of the better pro quality machines. Singer was good when
> your grandmother had one, but today they are cheaply made.
>
> There are many machines out there for the serious sewer that are $3000 and
> up. Way up.

Back in the day I had a Singer treadle machine. Those things never went
wrong and were so easy to thread. For years, machines would be threaded in
the same way, but Not This One! Trouble is that I use it so rarely now I
have to look it up how to thread the blessed things. After so many years
it gets ingrained in your head how to thread ...



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On Fri, 24 Jul 2015 10:17:23 -0400, S Viemeister
> wrote:

>On 7/24/2015 9:18 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>> "S Viemeister" > wrote
>>> On 7/24/2015 4:04 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>>>> "S Viemeister" > wrote
>>>>> I bought a length of cotton fabric printed with a potato design, at a
>>>>> quilting shop and made a couple of drawstring bags for storage.
>>>>> I did the same with an onion-patterned fabric.
>>>> Where is the quilting shop?
>>> Far, far, away.
>>> It was bought during one of the Skittish Quilters get-togethers - this
>>> one was in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
>>
>> Ahh you man on t'other side
>>
>Yes. Quilting fabrics in the UK are ridiculously expensive. That seems
>to be true in Australia, too - four of our group were Aussies, and they
>went crazy in the fabric shops! Even adding on the cost of shipping
>everything back, the stuff cost a fraction of what they would have paid
>back home.

The Super Walmarts here have a huge millinery section, bolts and bolts
of fabrics and not expensive. Every Wednesday the local quilters meet
at the library, Fridays (today) is the knitters meeting. Most attend
both to share/swap supplies, and plan trips to millinery & knitting
emporiums. NYC is probably the best place on the planet to buy
milliner's supplies; fabrics, thread, needles, findings of all kinds,
and huge stores with nothing but buttons, amazing buttons, stores with
nothing but zippers of every kind imaginable, and for a very
reasonable cost they will make the installation while you wait.
http://www.walmart.com/search/?query...s%20qu ilting

sf wrote:
> On Thu, 23 Jul 2015 22:05:05 +0000 (UTC), tert in seattle
> wrote:
>
>> Is it because of the people you hang around with that you are going
>> through all this?
>
> What's your motivation to be such an asshole?

I would appreciate it if you watch your tongue!

On 24/07/2015 7:07 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Friday, July 24, 2015 at 8:32:22 AM UTC-4, Xeno wrote:
>
>> We have a sewing machine here but last time I used it I broke it. I've
>> been banned! Given my sewing ability, this is not a bad thing.
>
> It's a power tool! Any man should be able to use
> a sewing machine (and any woman, too).
>
>
> Cindy Hamilton
>

My mother and her sisters taught me to sew (and even darn socks!) so I
tackle minor repairs by hand. However, I would use a sewing machine
much, much more infrequently than my other power tools so I haven't
bought one.
Graham

--

On 7/24/2015 10:40 AM, tert in seattle wrote:
> sf wrote:
>> On Thu, 23 Jul 2015 22:05:05 +0000 (UTC), tert in seattle
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> Is it because of the people you hang around with that you are going
>>> through all this?
>>
>> What's your motivation to be such an asshole?
>
> I would appreciate it if you watch your tongue!
>

Oh puleeeze, what is this, a church social?

wrote in
:

> On 23 Jul 2015 16:51:02 GMT, KenK > wrote:
>
>>I like a baked potato now and then but normally do not plan them
>>ahead, but instead make one on the spur of the moment.
>>
>>Yesterday I got hungry for some baked chicken thighs and a baked
>>potato. Of the two I had, one potato was obviously bad, the other was
>>only half edible after cutting open afer baking.
>>
>>Potatoes are expensive! Any way to store them so they keep a month or
>>two? Now I use a 'crisper' bin in the bottom of the refrigerator.
>>
>>I Googled and freezing unpeeled raw potatoes is not a good idea. I
>>realize I could bake ahead and then freeze but I usually combine the
>>potato baking with baking something else in the meal to save energy.
>>
>>TIA
>
> I have a bag which has a black lining, shove the spuds in there and
> hang in the cupboard. They keep a goodly time. I'm on my own so I
> don't buy bags of spuds, just maybe half a dozen per time.
>
> ---
> This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software.
> https://www.avast.com/antivirus
>
>

Any suggestions on where to find a bag like that? I can't recall seeing
one anywhere. Sounds like a good solution for me.

TIA


--
You know it's time to clean the refrigerator
when something closes the door from the inside.

On 7/24/2015 12:32 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
NYC is probably the best place on the planet to buy
> milliner's supplies; fabrics, thread, needles, findings of all kinds,
> and huge stores with nothing but buttons, amazing buttons, stores with
> nothing but zippers of every kind imaginable, and for a very
> reasonable cost they will make the installation while you wait.
>
I used to spend a lot of time (and money) in NYC's Garment District!

On 7/24/2015 10:59 AM, KenK wrote:
> wrote in
> :
>
>> On 23 Jul 2015 16:51:02 GMT, KenK > wrote:
>>
>>> I like a baked potato now and then but normally do not plan them
>>> ahead, but instead make one on the spur of the moment.
>>>
>>> Yesterday I got hungry for some baked chicken thighs and a baked
>>> potato. Of the two I had, one potato was obviously bad, the other was
>>> only half edible after cutting open afer baking.
>>>
>>> Potatoes are expensive! Any way to store them so they keep a month or
>>> two? Now I use a 'crisper' bin in the bottom of the refrigerator.
>>>
>>> I Googled and freezing unpeeled raw potatoes is not a good idea. I
>>> realize I could bake ahead and then freeze but I usually combine the
>>> potato baking with baking something else in the meal to save energy.
>>>
>>> TIA
>>
>> I have a bag which has a black lining, shove the spuds in there and
>> hang in the cupboard. They keep a goodly time. I'm on my own so I
>> don't buy bags of spuds, just maybe half a dozen per time.
>>
>> ---
>> This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software.
>> https://www.avast.com/antivirus
>>
>>
>
> Any suggestions on where to find a bag like that? I can't recall seeing
> one anywhere. Sounds like a good solution for me.
>
> TIA
>
>
http://www.amazon.com/Carol-Wright-G...V3C3NMX251CR79

Potato & Onion Storage Bags
by Carol Wright Gifts
Sale: $12.99 & FREE Shipping
In Stock.
Ships from and sold by Miles Kimball Company.
Estimated Delivery Date: Wednesday, July 29 when you choose Two-Day
Shipping at checkout.
Color: Red
Includes 2 10lb. bags
Reusable cotton/poly
Blackout lining absorbs moisture and obstructs light

sf > wrote in
:

> On 23 Jul 2015 16:51:02 GMT, KenK > wrote:
>
>> I like a baked potato now and then but normally do not plan them
>> ahead, but instead make one on the spur of the moment.
>>
>> Yesterday I got hungry for some baked chicken thighs and a baked
>> potato. Of the two I had, one potato was obviously bad, the other was
>> only half edible after cutting open afer baking.
>>
>> Potatoes are expensive! Any way to store them so they keep a month or
>> two? Now I use a 'crisper' bin in the bottom of the refrigerator.
>>
>> I Googled and freezing unpeeled raw potatoes is not a good idea. I
>> realize I could bake ahead and then freeze but I usually combine the
>> potato baking with baking something else in the meal to save energy.
>>
> PS: you could bake 2 potatoes at the same time and make the second
> into twice baked potato. Mine are very simple, no sour cream - just
> milk. Every recipe I see has too much junk in them. All they need is
> a very light sprinkle of cheese on top before they are baked the
> second time.
>
>

Thanks. Good idea!

Never tried twice-baked. I'll have to research that.

--
You know it's time to clean the refrigerator
when something closes the door from the inside.

On Friday, July 24, 2015 at 12:56:08 PM UTC-4, graham wrote:
> On 24/07/2015 7:07 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > On Friday, July 24, 2015 at 8:32:22 AM UTC-4, Xeno wrote:
> >
> >> We have a sewing machine here but last time I used it I broke it. I've
> >> been banned! Given my sewing ability, this is not a bad thing.
> >
> > It's a power tool! Any man should be able to use
> > a sewing machine (and any woman, too).
> >
> >
> > Cindy Hamilton
> >
>
> My mother and her sisters taught me to sew (and even darn socks!) so I
> tackle minor repairs by hand. However, I would use a sewing machine
> much, much more infrequently than my other power tools so I haven't
> bought one.
> Graham

It's not necessary to *own* every kind of power tool, so you're ok
there.

Although I can't quite persuade my husband of that. He's even
got a wet saw that will cut half-inch thick glass. Granted, he
rescued it from the dumpster where he used to work, so it's not
like he paid real money for it.

Cindy Hamilton

In article >, says...
>
> On 24/07/2015 7:07 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > On Friday, July 24, 2015 at 8:32:22 AM UTC-4, Xeno wrote:
> >
> >> We have a sewing machine here but last time I used it I broke it. I've
> >> been banned! Given my sewing ability, this is not a bad thing.
> >
> > It's a power tool! Any man should be able to use
> > a sewing machine (and any woman, too).
> >
> >
> > Cindy Hamilton
> >
>
> My mother and her sisters taught me to sew (and even darn socks!) so I
> tackle minor repairs by hand. However, I would use a sewing machine
> much, much more infrequently than my other power tools so I haven't
> bought one.
> Graham


I let my husband use mine. His tailor grandmother taught him as a
small boy, and as a boyscout, he designed and made his own tent. Now he
mostly just mends his own trouserpockets. My sons all learned to knit
for Action Man, and were taught machine sewing at High school and passed
their " machine driving test" (obviously a teacher who knew how to
motivate).

My sewing machine was my mother's, it's a pre-WW2 electric Singer,
still going strong at 70+. (I'm in the middle of making curtains with it
atm.). However, its sturdy capabilities are very plain (doesn't even
reverse) and having tried my friend's modern machine I'm greeneyed about
the scores of different stitches at the push of a button, etc.

Janet UK

On 24/07/2015 1:03 PM, wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Jul 2015 10:38:17 -0400, Dave Smith
> > wrote:
>
>> On 2015-07-24 8:32 AM, Xeno wrote:
>>
>>> We have a sewing machine here but last time I used it I broke it. I've
>>> been banned! Given my sewing ability, this is not a bad thing.
>>>
>>> Anyway, I guess it wouldn't have been all that difficult to come up with
>>> an airy wooden box with an inner lining and a lid. You could even make
>>> it with rustic appeal using old fruit packing crates.
>>>
>>
>>
>> I bought a small, inexpensive sewing machine a few years ago. I use it
>> for hemming things and the occasional minor repair. My wife has never
>> touched it and could not see any value in having one. When our son was
>> young he used to bring things to me to be sewn.
>
> My father was like that - he went to sea aged 14 and soon found if he
> darned socks and knitted new ones, he could earn some money from it
>
>
> ---
> This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software.
> https://www.avast.com/antivirus
>
I have a sailmaker's "glove" with which you can push bodkins through
tough canvas. It was last used in WW2 to sew sailors' corpses into
hammocks for burial at sea.
Graham

--

On 24/07/2015 10:59 AM, KenK wrote:
> wrote in
> :
>
>> On 23 Jul 2015 16:51:02 GMT, KenK > wrote:
>>
>>> I like a baked potato now and then but normally do not plan them
>>> ahead, but instead make one on the spur of the moment.
>>>
>>> Yesterday I got hungry for some baked chicken thighs and a baked
>>> potato. Of the two I had, one potato was obviously bad, the other was
>>> only half edible after cutting open afer baking.
>>>
>>> Potatoes are expensive! Any way to store them so they keep a month or
>>> two? Now I use a 'crisper' bin in the bottom of the refrigerator.
>>>
>>> I Googled and freezing unpeeled raw potatoes is not a good idea. I
>>> realize I could bake ahead and then freeze but I usually combine the
>>> potato baking with baking something else in the meal to save energy.
>>>
>>> TIA
>>
>> I have a bag which has a black lining, shove the spuds in there and
>> hang in the cupboard. They keep a goodly time. I'm on my own so I
>> don't buy bags of spuds, just maybe half a dozen per time.
>>
>> ---
>> This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software.
>> https://www.avast.com/antivirus
>>
>>
>
> Any suggestions on where to find a bag like that? I can't recall seeing
> one anywhere. Sounds like a good solution for me.
>
> TIA
>
>
http://www.lakeland.co.uk/70293/Potato-Preserving-Bag

The postage might be expensive.
Graham

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On 2015-07-24, > wrote:

> My father was like that - he went to sea aged 14 and soon found if he
> darned socks and knitted new ones, he could earn some money from it

Not sure about the USN, but Royal Navy usta make their sailors
make/sew some of their own uniforms. Hadda learn to sew to pull that
trick off. It's my understanding that sailors in the RN could sew
damn near anything, including womens clothing.

nb --Aubrey/Maturin fan

On Fri, 24 Jul 2015 12:32:16 -0400, Brooklyn1
> wrote:

snip
>
>The Super Walmarts here have a huge millinery section, bolts and bolts
>of fabrics and not expensive. Every Wednesday the local quilters meet
>at the library, Fridays (today) is the knitters meeting. Most attend
>both to share/swap supplies, and plan trips to millinery & knitting
>emporiums. NYC is probably the best place on the planet to buy
>milliner's supplies; fabrics, thread, needles, findings of all kinds,
>and huge stores with nothing but buttons, amazing buttons, stores with
>nothing but zippers of every kind imaginable, and for a very
>reasonable cost they will make the installation while you wait.
>http://www.walmart.com/search/?query...s%20qu ilting

there are fabric stores and there are fabric stores. The different
levels of shops do not carry the same materials at all.
Janet US

On Fri, 24 Jul 2015 13:19:34 -0600, graham > wrote:

> On 24/07/2015 10:59 AM, KenK wrote:
> > wrote in
> > :
> >
> >> On 23 Jul 2015 16:51:02 GMT, KenK > wrote:
> >>
> >>> I like a baked potato now and then but normally do not plan them
> >>> ahead, but instead make one on the spur of the moment.
> >>>
> >>> Yesterday I got hungry for some baked chicken thighs and a baked
> >>> potato. Of the two I had, one potato was obviously bad, the other was
> >>> only half edible after cutting open afer baking.
> >>>
> >>> Potatoes are expensive! Any way to store them so they keep a month or
> >>> two? Now I use a 'crisper' bin in the bottom of the refrigerator.
> >>>
> >>> I Googled and freezing unpeeled raw potatoes is not a good idea. I
> >>> realize I could bake ahead and then freeze but I usually combine the
> >>> potato baking with baking something else in the meal to save energy.
> >>>
> >>> TIA
> >>
> >> I have a bag which has a black lining, shove the spuds in there and
> >> hang in the cupboard. They keep a goodly time. I'm on my own so I
> >> don't buy bags of spuds, just maybe half a dozen per time.
> >>
> >> ---
> >> This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software.
> >> https://www.avast.com/antivirus
> >>
> >>
> >
> > Any suggestions on where to find a bag like that? I can't recall seeing
> > one anywhere. Sounds like a good solution for me.
> >
> > TIA
> >
> >
> http://www.lakeland.co.uk/70293/Potato-Preserving-Bag
>
> The postage might be expensive.
> Graham

Sorry to piggyback, but my server doesn't have his message.

Ken, check out grocery stores first. If you just want to store one or
two potatoes, I know you can find reusable mesh bags in the produce
section that will do the job. You can also find cloth bags at some
stores - Trader Joe's has them for sure or you can enter "reusable
tote bags" into the Amazon search bar.
http://www.amazon.com/Cotton-Natural...WNDNHKNCHY PT

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sf

"Ophelia" > wrote in message
...
>
>
> "Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On 7/24/2015 10:56 AM, notbob wrote:
>>> On 2015-07-24, Xeno > wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thanks for the offer but it's OK, the local sewing machine repairman
>>>> had
>>>> a spare one from a defunct trade-in. It is a 30 year old Janome....
>>>> which, I might add, doesn't get a lot of use so it's like new.
>>>
>>> Yes, you are correct. I've never even heard of a "Janome", so
>>> probably do not have one. Regardless, I'm glad you were able to obtain
>>> a
>>> new controller.
>>>
>>> nb
>>>
>>
>> Janome is one of the better pro quality machines. Singer was good when
>> your grandmother had one, but today they are cheaply made.
>>
>> There are many machines out there for the serious sewer that are $3000
>> and up. Way up.
>
> Back in the day I had a Singer treadle machine. Those things never went
> wrong and were so easy to thread. For years, machines would be threaded
> in the same way, but Not This One! Trouble is that I use it so rarely now
> I have to look it up how to thread the blessed things. After so many
> years it gets ingrained in your head how to thread ...

My mom got a new machine years ago but never did figure out how to thread
it. She even attended a class to learn how to use it. She wound up getting
rid of it.

I had a used Kenmore. A simple model. IIRC, they put little numbers on the
machine so that you know which place to place the thread next.

"graham" > wrote in message
...
> On 24/07/2015 7:07 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>> On Friday, July 24, 2015 at 8:32:22 AM UTC-4, Xeno wrote:
>>
>>> We have a sewing machine here but last time I used it I broke it. I've
>>> been banned! Given my sewing ability, this is not a bad thing.
>>
>> It's a power tool! Any man should be able to use
>> a sewing machine (and any woman, too).
>>
>>
>> Cindy Hamilton
>>
>
> My mother and her sisters taught me to sew (and even darn socks!) so I
> tackle minor repairs by hand. However, I would use a sewing machine much,
> much more infrequently than my other power tools so I haven't bought one.
> Graham

I had one but rarely used it so got rid of it. Got one for Angela and she
never used it.

Was talking to a friend about this the other day. Used to be that clothing
seams needed frequent repairs. I am not sure why. But I think it's because
nowadays, the thread used is either all polyester or cotton/poly. Sometimes
nylon. The old all cotton thread just didn't seem to hold up very well. I
can't remember the last time I had to fix a seam but I think it was in the
80's.

"graham" > wrote in message
...
> On 24/07/2015 10:59 AM, KenK wrote:
>> wrote in
>> :
>>
>>> On 23 Jul 2015 16:51:02 GMT, KenK > wrote:
>>>
>>>> I like a baked potato now and then but normally do not plan them
>>>> ahead, but instead make one on the spur of the moment.
>>>>
>>>> Yesterday I got hungry for some baked chicken thighs and a baked
>>>> potato. Of the two I had, one potato was obviously bad, the other was
>>>> only half edible after cutting open afer baking.
>>>>
>>>> Potatoes are expensive! Any way to store them so they keep a month or
>>>> two? Now I use a 'crisper' bin in the bottom of the refrigerator.
>>>>
>>>> I Googled and freezing unpeeled raw potatoes is not a good idea. I
>>>> realize I could bake ahead and then freeze but I usually combine the
>>>> potato baking with baking something else in the meal to save energy.
>>>>
>>>> TIA
>>>
>>> I have a bag which has a black lining, shove the spuds in there and
>>> hang in the cupboard. They keep a goodly time. I'm on my own so I
>>> don't buy bags of spuds, just maybe half a dozen per time.
>>>
>>> ---
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>>> https://www.avast.com/antivirus
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Any suggestions on where to find a bag like that? I can't recall seeing
>> one anywhere. Sounds like a good solution for me.
>>
>> TIA
>>
>>
> http://www.lakeland.co.uk/70293/Potato-Preserving-Bag
>
> The postage might be expensive.
> Graham

I have seen potato bags here but none with a black lining. I wasn't really
looking for one like that though. I had a potato bag but some potatoes
spoiled in it and discolored it.

On Fri, 24 Jul 2015 10:56:04 -0600, graham > wrote:

>On 24/07/2015 7:07 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>> On Friday, July 24, 2015 at 8:32:22 AM UTC-4, Xeno wrote:
>>
>>> We have a sewing machine here but last time I used it I broke it. I've
>>> been banned! Given my sewing ability, this is not a bad thing.
>>
>> It's a power tool! Any man should be able to use
>> a sewing machine (and any woman, too).
>>
>>
>> Cindy Hamilton
>>
>
>My mother and her sisters taught me to sew (and even darn socks!) so I
>tackle minor repairs by hand. However, I would use a sewing machine
>much, much more infrequently than my other power tools so I haven't
>bought one.
>Graham

Do you still have the darning egg? I don't know if they exist anymore.
koko

--

Food is our common ground, a universal experience
James Beard

On 7/24/2015 3:10 PM, Janet wrote:

> My sewing machine was my mother's, it's a pre-WW2 electric Singer,
> still going strong at 70+. (I'm in the middle of making curtains with it
> atm.). However, its sturdy capabilities are very plain (doesn't even
> reverse) and having tried my friend's modern machine I'm greeneyed about
> the scores of different stitches at the push of a button, etc.
>
I have one of the super duper, does-everything compute-controlled
machines, and I love it - but I would never want to get rid of my trusty
old Singer.

Julie Bove wrote:
>
> "Ophelia" > wrote in message
> ...

>> Back in the day I had a Singer treadle machine. Those things never went
>> wrong and were so easy to thread. For years, machines would be threaded
>> in the same way, but Not This One! Trouble is that I use it so rarely now
>> I have to look it up how to thread the blessed things. After so many
>> years it gets ingrained in your head how to thread ...
>
> My mom got a new machine years ago but never did figure out how to thread
> it. She even attended a class to learn how to use it. She wound up getting
> rid of it.

hmmmmmm....

On 7/24/2015 8:54 PM, koko wrote:

> Do you still have the darning egg? I don't know if they exist anymore.
>
They're available on Amazon!

On Sat, 25 Jul 2015 01:12:30 +0000 (UTC), tert in seattle
> wrote:

>Julie Bove wrote:
>> "Ophelia" > wrote in message
>> ...
>
>>> Back in the day I had a Singer treadle machine. Those things never went
>>> wrong and were so easy to thread. For years, machines would be threaded
>>> in the same way, but Not This One! Trouble is that I use it so rarely now
>>> I have to look it up how to thread the blessed things. After so many
>>> years it gets ingrained in your head how to thread ...
>>
>> My mom got a new machine years ago but never did figure out how to thread
>> it. She even attended a class to learn how to use it. She wound up getting
>> rid of it.
>
>hmmmmmm....

Yep...
Bove in troll mode again.

On 24/07/2015 6:54 PM, koko wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Jul 2015 10:56:04 -0600, graham > wrote:
>
>> On 24/07/2015 7:07 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>> On Friday, July 24, 2015 at 8:32:22 AM UTC-4, Xeno wrote:
>>>
>>>> We have a sewing machine here but last time I used it I broke it. I've
>>>> been banned! Given my sewing ability, this is not a bad thing.
>>>
>>> It's a power tool! Any man should be able to use
>>> a sewing machine (and any woman, too).
>>>
>>>
>>> Cindy Hamilton
>>>
>>
>> My mother and her sisters taught me to sew (and even darn socks!) so I
>> tackle minor repairs by hand. However, I would use a sewing machine
>> much, much more infrequently than my other power tools so I haven't
>> bought one.
>> Graham
>
> Do you still have the darning egg? I don't know if they exist anymore.

No, but I could easily turn one on my lathe.
Graham


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On 24/07/2015 1:10 PM, Janet wrote:
> In article >, says...
>>
>> On 24/07/2015 7:07 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>> On Friday, July 24, 2015 at 8:32:22 AM UTC-4, Xeno wrote:
>>>
>>>> We have a sewing machine here but last time I used it I broke it. I've
>>>> been banned! Given my sewing ability, this is not a bad thing.
>>>
>>> It's a power tool! Any man should be able to use
>>> a sewing machine (and any woman, too).
>>>
>>>
>>> Cindy Hamilton
>>>
>>
>> My mother and her sisters taught me to sew (and even darn socks!) so I
>> tackle minor repairs by hand. However, I would use a sewing machine
>> much, much more infrequently than my other power tools so I haven't
>> bought one.
>> Graham
>
>
> I let my husband use mine. His tailor grandmother taught him as a
> small boy, and as a boyscout, he designed and made his own tent. Now he
> mostly just mends his own trouserpockets. My sons all learned to knit
> for Action Man, and were taught machine sewing at High school and passed
> their " machine driving test" (obviously a teacher who knew how to
> motivate).
>
> My sewing machine was my mother's, it's a pre-WW2 electric Singer,
> still going strong at 70+. (I'm in the middle of making curtains with it
> atm.). However, its sturdy capabilities are very plain (doesn't even
> reverse) and having tried my friend's modern machine I'm greeneyed about
> the scores of different stitches at the push of a button, etc.
>
> Janet UK
>
My ex was a dab hand on the sewing machine, like most women of her
generation and education, and I suppose there was a division of labour.
I made toys and furniture for the kids and she made their clothes when
they were young.
Graham


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On Friday, July 24, 2015 at 8:20:04 PM UTC-5, tert in seattle wrote:
>
> Julie Bove wrote:
> >
> > My mom got a new machine years ago but never did figure out how to thread
> > it. She even attended a class to learn how to use it. She wound up getting
> > rid of it.
>
> hmmmmmm....
>
>
Surely you are not surprised.

On Friday, July 24, 2015 at 3:56:34 PM UTC-5, Janet B wrote:
>
> there are fabric stores and there are fabric stores. The different
> levels of shops do not carry the same materials at all.
> Janet US
>
>
Absolutley, I couldn't agree more.