Sheilajeanne

Everything is starting to bloom here! My white lilac is gorgeous this year, but for some reason the purple ones are lagging behind. Flowering crabs are just about in full blossom, too. The scent when you go outside is amazing! Both the liac and the flowering crab trees are highly perfumed. I'd post photos, but we're having a thunderstorm with heavy rain at the moment.

I love the pink saucer magnolias! They're my favourite! Our church has a lovely magnolia tree just outside the front door. It was in full bloom last week, so I snapped a picture. There's also a small decorative waterfall beside the angel statue.

Frodo, that's a cypress tree in your previous post, right? Have never seen one in real life...

Right, should have said only the edges are glued! Gotta have something holding it together!

It is possible to get the spines separate from the binders, but you have to buy more than one: https://www.amazon.ca/GORGECRAFT-Mechanism-Replacement-Notebook-Organization/dp/B0D9Y52Q42/ref=sr_1_19?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.8NrSbrqYITZvlCynqNpfPu-exYO4tl-IF9ia6PXcoSTyTXvV9nWv0Xg7qkbIn10tvLbazE6xn9rSz4gOWUj9uicoIo2jF7m3urxkAgkzQeartloL-wr6CyUEXhiVsETdikB4Jo2w1ROuR7SDmiIapV9R0fAZAqORWOWArg80HKt5ss7_WrAXfUKW39pJqJSUxhEw-5m3O2jY7dN3kHUOYJAUfGhnMf8Y0stERUwBkXdTyVEhiwIr1yN-5AkwEMEPElTQHUcHt9RJJ9cdv1PUsoniPYwqr992Kcw5u_LlTd4.38BT56S29bq3XSbAMNincPJPxD0uWs3bIAd9EIpxxV4&dib_tag=se&hvadid=605132128236&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=9221298&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=e&hvrand=2623142170463263152&hvtargid=kwd-324338471741&hydadcr=19050_13435280&keywords=3%2Bring%2Bbinder%2Bspine&mcid=a6b31fa6d8d2328ebe33b33d7487becb&qid=1747362180&sr=8-19&th=1 Given how many different sizes there are, I'd double check that I picked the right one before placing an order! The British sized paper is different from North American sizes! Somewhere I have a leather notebook holder which holds an 8 1/2 by 11 pad. I'll see if I can find it so I can tell you how the inner liner is attached. I'm pretty sure it's not glued, and like I said, the inner liner has to be slightly smaller to allow the holder or binder to fold without wrinkles. I know for sure the plastic ones aren't glued. When they fall apart from age, the cardboard stiffener isn't attached to the plastic.

That is some awesome work! I'm sure your friend is very pleased with it! Back in my teens, I had a summer job making binders in a factory, and knowing exactly how a binder is put together, I am curious as to how you converted a plastic binder to leather. A binder is made of 3 layers - an outer plastic layer, an inner cardboard layer of 3 pieces - one for the spine and two for the covers, then an inner layer of plastic. The rings are attached with 2 rivets that go through all 3 layers. So, I'm curious to know how you were able to remove the rivets? Or did you leave them and the outer layer of plastic in place and just cover them with leather? What size is the binder - does it take 8 1/2 x 11 paper? Asking because I've often thought of doing something similar! It's also possible to buy the rings separately, but of course, that would be more expensive than repurposing them from a plastic binder, which was likely just lying around the house! Edit: I think I know why the leather of the inner liner bunched up. The same thing happens with the inner liner of a wallet when you fold it. To prevent it, the inner liner has to be slightly smaller than the outside of your piece. I'm unsure of exactly how much, but if you fold the piece in half before doing your final cutting and stitching, you will likely be able to see how much you need to cut away for a good fit.

You're welcome! Glad to be of help. What I like about these designs is most of them are so simple, so easy to copy and carve. At the same time, they are very pretty and elegant. Edit: I missed an item in the index, probably because it's so antiquated no one is ever going to use it: Rouleaux a Musique translates as Music Rolls. This was what was played on the very early phonographs, before the transition to recording disks. It was a wax roll, with the tune engraved on it by a needle. Later rolls were made of celluloid, which was much more durable. Music rolls were also used in player pianos. Yeah, definitely not many of those around any more!

Chuck, the problem with the extra stiff suspension is the car would 'float' when going over washboards! And since we had a lot of relatives that lived on farms, where there were gravel roads, that was a bit scary, especially since my brother liked to drive fast!

My brother's first car new car was a Road Runner - not sure of the year, but 1970-something. He special ordered a manual transmission and extra stiff suspension. If you were driving on a gravel road with washboards, the car would just about rattle the filings out of your teeth! He drove it for many years until one winter, when he was living in Calgary, it got into an argument with a snowplow... Yeah, you can guess how THAT turned out!

If someone wants to try some designs that are different from Sheridan carving, this book is available online: Le Cuir: Compositions Decorative, par Jehan Raymond. It's quite old, and the designs have an Art Nouveau flavour: https://archive.org/details/LeCuirCompositionsDecoratives/raymond-j-cuir-1908-BK001200-LowRes/ Couple of examples: https://archive.org/details/LeCuirCompositionsDecoratives/raymond-j-cuir-1908-BK001200-LowRes/page/n15/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/LeCuirCompositionsDecoratives/raymond-j-cuir-1908-BK001200-LowRes/page/n6/mode/1up If you have a problem understanding the French, there are lots of free translation apps online. This is the one I use most frequently: https://www.bing.com/translator Or just PM me - I'm pretty fluent. Have been using Duolingo to improve my High School French! Edit: just found a document with a translation of the book's index! When you see a list that includes pen blotters, you know the book's OLD!! Index for Le Cuir Card holders Picture Frames Billfolds Cigarette and match boxes Pocket Sewing kit holders Blotters and pads Cigarette and cigar boxes Binders Belts, buttons and paper knives Calendars and notebooks Pen blotters and pocket mirrors

My step-son's wife used to teach ESL (English as a Second Language.) She was teaching her students about time. After going over the basics, she asked one student what time it was. He looked at his wrist watch, and with impeccable (but totally WRONG logic) proudly announced, "It is ten o'watch!"

Yeah, you must try harder, Fred!

I just wanted to clarify I made a mistake with the title. It should have read 'Singers', plural! Seems that everyone who gets seriously into crafting things with sewing machines winds up with a whole bunch of them. The lady who previously owned the house I'm living in did a lot of sewing, and one of the neighbours told me she had FIVE sewing machines! I'm getting there, I'm afraid! I have 3 already: an old Singer I'm planning to refurbish (it's a domestic, not a leather machine) the Seiko I bought from Ferg, and my mother's fancy domestic machine that does all sorts of things like buttonholes, zig-zag, etc. and claims it will do light weight leather. Have yet to test that out...

That's a groaner for sure, Bob!

Oookay, took me a moment...lol!!

I've replaced my rooster with a duck. Now I wake up at the quack of dawn!

What a beautiful, but sad story! And what beautiful craftsmanship! Homecrafted: Decor, Garden, Kitchen Maey Mary · sSeodtponru8gm04if930a9cc29i2gh33talmcut93a8g16chhtmu6hgu72i · This chair isn’t just a chair. It’s where grief turned into something beautiful. A few months ago, after my mother passed, I went back to her house after the funeral. I walked into her sewing room — the one she practically lived in — and was immediately overwhelmed. Her Singer machines were still sitting there. Half-finished pieces. Ribbons. Patterns. A little notepad with her Tedooo app order list still open beside her machine. She sold so many beautiful handmade things on there. And it hit me... I couldn’t keep the machines as they were, and I couldn’t let them go either. So I brought them home. Not to use them, but to honor her. I built this chair — from her old Singer bases, her favorite reclaimed oak. I even tucked some of her machine attachments into the design. I wanted something I could see every time I opened my eyes in the morning and closed them at night. A reminder of her strength, her hands, her art, her legacy.

Why is this in the OT forum and not the sewing machine forum?

Well, since this is Easter weekend, here's a nice clean religious joke! At an Easter mass, at which some young ladies were to take their final vows to become nuns, the presiding bishop noticed two rabbis enter the church just before the mass began. They sat down at the back of the church, on the right side of the center aisle. The bishop wondered why they had come but didn't have time to inquire before the mass began. When it came time for some announcements, his curiosity got the best of him. He announced that he was delighted to see two rabbis at the mass but was curious as to why they were present on this occasion, where the young ladies were to become the "Brides of Christ." The eldest of the rabbis rose to his feet and explained, "We're from the family of the Groom."

Have never seen one of those on this side of the pond! My husband had a white Volvo 740 station wagon, though, which he loved. He kept having problems with it, and when he took it to the dealer, you could almost always count on the bill being $1,000. Volvo in Canada seemed to think their cars were on par with high-end cars like the Mercedes, and charged us accordingly. One day when the car quit on the Don Valley Distressway, and I was very lucky to be able to coast to the side of the highway without getting hit, they refused to even give us a ride home. We were over 20 km. away, and the taxi we called refused to take us because we had our German shepherd with us. The tow truck driver took pity on us, and gave us a ride. Due to all the problems, I traded it in when he died. Still, I couldn't help but shed a few tears as I walked away from it. He'd had it throughout our entire marriage, and as he drove away from the dealership after buying it, the salesman said to him, "Good luck with your courting car!"

Very true, Mulesaw. I recently replaced my 2010 Rav 4 with a much newer model, a 2020 Rav 4 Hybrid. I've had it for a couple of months, and numerous times, I've noticed someone walking towards it with the intention of getting inside it, only to realize their very similar vehicle was parked several spaces away! Still, I think it's a very nice looking vehicle, and I love the way it drives. Especially love the gas mileage...lol!

"What are the names of your dogs?" "Calvin and Klein." "Isn't that a brand of underwear?" "Exactly. They're boxers!"

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