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    Graduated from Sewing Class

    My wife and I took a beginners sewing class at the local community college and we have completed the class. I now feel dangerous and ready to sew straight lines with my sewing machine

    I was the only male ( a thorn between the roses ) and I feel I held my own with the ladies. While the instructor brought some blue fabric for me to use, I used some olive green and cammo fabric for my class projects and teased my wife about not having any pink cammo for her projects.

    The wife asked if I was going to take the advance class and I told her I do not know yet, have to wait to see what it will cover.

    I have several DIY projects planned that I have thought about for a year but have not tackled because I did not know enough about my thread injector to feel comfortable with it. Before I would not know why I screwed up, now I will know why I screwed it up.

    For those of you wanting to learn how to sew, check with your local community college to see it they offer such a class and if not, ask them to offer one
    I am still 18 but with 52 years of experience !

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    Congrats! You have gone of the deep end now.....once you start, you never go back!

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    OK now I am going to ask a stupid question...why the heck do you call a sewing machine a thread injector?? My mom was owner/operator of a sewing studio and the machines were sewing machines...I learned to sew at 10 on a sewing maching...is it is macho thing to call it a thread injector??

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    Would you prefer Fabric Welder?

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    a fabric welder...that would be a iron applied to an iron on patch!!!!!

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    Congratulations Gunner76. Let the fun begin!
    Keep movin', keep believing and enjoy the journey!

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    Men use thread injectors

    I told the instructor it was a thread injector and she just shook her head.

    Commercial grade sewing machine is a textile impaler
    I am still 18 but with 52 years of experience !

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    Quote Originally Posted by dink712 View Post
    OK now I am going to ask a stupid question...why the heck do you call a sewing machine a thread injector?? My mom was owner/operator of a sewing studio and the machines were sewing machines...I learned to sew at 10 on a sewing maching...is it is macho thing to call it a thread injector??
    For the same reason we call whoopie slings, whoopie slings, and not: 6 ft 7/64 amsteal grey line with a loop, and 12 inch retractable barry on the other end. Its a SLANG term.
    I miss my 4.8Lb base weight as a ground dweller...But I sure DON'T MISS the ground.

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    Quote Originally Posted by gunner76 View Post
    Commercial grade sewing machine is a textile impaler
    Quote Originally Posted by mugs View Post
    For the same reason we call whoopie slings, whoopie slings, and not: 6 ft 7/64 amsteal grey line with a loop, and 12 inch retractable barry on the other end. Its a SLANG term.
    And way to go Gunner!! ZQ
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    Have to admit, I was wondering what a thread injector was!

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