Piggy squeals

[AlZilla]

8 minutes ago, Danotriglide said:

Thanks everybody! With the thread I have and a 110-18 needle it’s working good! I’m traveling slow but somewhat erratic on this practice piece.

You're on a slippery slope now. Might as well start saving up for that walking foot industrial.

[dikman]

Yep, a slippery slope that leads into a rabbit hole!

[Danotriglide]

Ha ha ha…..thanks I’ll watch out for slippy ground. For now I’m just making hats with my machine, I used to do them by hand but punching hundreds of holes per panel in a 7 panel hat was too much. Today in the mail I’ll be receiving some 90/40 and 100/16 needles.

Thanks again!

Dano

[Danotriglide]

Hand sewn versus machine sewn, hand first.

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[Wizcrafts]

3 hours ago, Danotriglide said:

For now I’m just making hats with my machine

There is a specialized industrial sewing machine that is perfect for sewing all kinds of hats. It is known as a post, or post bed machine. Some have a flat foot with bottom feed. Some have a roller foot and bottom feed. I have one that is a triple feed walking foot mechanism. A post machine lets the work hang down on all four sides. My Singer 168G101 has a 7 inch tall post. I have used #138 thread in it, although it is happier with #69 and #92. This machine uses the same bobbins as the Singer 111 series machines.

[AlZilla]

3 hours ago, Danotriglide said:

Ha ha ha…..thanks I’ll watch out for slippy ground. For now I’m just making hats with my machine, I used to do them by hand but punching hundreds of holes per panel in a 7 panel hat was too much. Today in the mail I’ll be receiving some 90/40 and 100/16 needles.

Thanks again!

Dano

The hand sewn hat in my profile pic is what sent me down the sewing machine rabbit hole.

 

[Wizcrafts]

31 minutes ago, AlZilla said:

The hand sewn hat in my profile pic is what sent me down the sewing machine rabbit hole.

 

Way back when I was only sewing for about 2 or 3 years, I bought two post bed machines with roller feet off some shoe maker who was going out of business. I used them to sew Marlon Brando style biker caps. I even sewed a Cowboy hat or two, and sewed patches onto ball caps. One day, I counted all of my sewing machines and discovered that I owned 13; a Bakers' Dozen! They included everything from a flat bed tailoring machine to a huge Union Lockstitch machine. That truly was a rabbit hole. Then, I moved and sold all but two machines. I eventually sold the big ULS and went into computer troubleshooting. I finally escaped from the sewing machine rabbit hole!

Then, one day, as the computer troubleshooting was winding itself down, I saw a National walking foot machine for sale, cheap, nearby, and bought it. Y'all can guess what happened next... More rabbit pellets.

[AlZilla]

11 minutes ago, Wizcrafts said:

Then, one day, as the computer troubleshooting was winding itself down, I saw a National walking foot machine for sale, cheap, nearby, and bought it. Y'all can guess what happened next... More rabbit pellets.

Your tag line kind of gives it away ... Looks like an even dozen to me!