........sewing day

[bubba]

My friend and I belong to a group that makes sanitary supplies for girls/women in Africa. Today, Nipsy and I sewed several, then I finished them off on the serger.

I have owned several different brands of machines, Singer, Pfaff, Brother, Juki and now this Bernina. I am pretty sure I will never buy another brand machine, if I ever have to. This thing has oomph! I got to wind a bobbin and I was flabberghasted!

Trust me, if you ever find a good deal on one of these, take it if you can. You won't be sorry!

[KarenC]

I know what you mean. My Bernina is over 30 years old and I still love her.

[grammaterry]

congratulations on your new machine

[Bubby]

My Aunt Lois had an older Bernina that she took everywhere for her entire life...she wouldn't even try another machine.

[Bubby]

Kudos to you and your friend for working on the sanitary product project. Lack of sanitary supplies is one of the main reasons girls drop out of school in under-developed or poverty stricken areas/countries.

[KPH]

So glad you're loving your new baby.

[SuzanneOrleansOntario]

Oh I am envious. You have an air-fed serger? I have a White serger, over 30 years old. It ploughs through anything, but ohh to have the threads whizz through would be a dream.

Do you have a pattern and type of fabrics that you use? I might be interested in making some to send.

[ktdid]

Bubba, I'm not familiar with the sanitary project, could you enlighten me? Thank you

[bubba]

I wish I could provide a name of the project, as well as patterns, but I really don't know. We go to a church where all the pieces are cut out and we are basically assembly workers!! I think my friend knows, but sadly, she is in Australia for the next eight weeks and I can't contact her!!!

I will try to get the info in a couple months when we go again.

[Ltoppins]

We make these at our church and send them to Zambia. There are never enough- the women and girls line up by the hundreds to get them! I hope this link works! If not I’ll find another way to post some directions on here. There are some tutorials on Pinterest; it just depends on what style you want/need to make. Let me know if this link works.
http://media.wix.com/ugd/1150cf_70f2...905d1beb39.pdf