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Post #100,835
by a6l6e6x
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5/8/03 12:45:10 AM
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New Re: Not exactly. :)
My wife has a "quilting frame" and a PC controlled platform for a sewing machine to do the quilting. Occasionally. I write some code to process the quilting design files.

She also has an embroidery sewing machine and all kinds of expensive software to do embroidery design.

Her toys.
Alex
"Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life." -- Eric Hoffer
Post #100,845
by mhuber
5/8/03 1:32:39 AM
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New Those embroidery machines
That software is expensive. And the standards and licensing make Bill Gates look like Linus Torvalds.

Don't know about the quilting frames.

Sewing machines are no longer exclusively my wife's toys - I have my own now. Including a WWII vintage one that I'm considering installing a manly engine on in order to do straight seams fast. The New Home, though, is a fine machine as-is and I'm not going to modify it anytime soon.


Did I mention that I tend to fill out "title" fields with "Mad Hatter" lately? Hats are my special area.

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Post #100,846
by a6l6e6x
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5/8/03 1:49:21 AM
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New Actually, the wife has two of those.
A [link|http://www.epinions.com/content_41636761220|Viking D1] and a [link|http://www.epinions.com/hmgd-Sewing_Machines-Baby_Lock-Sewing_Machines-Baby_Lock_Esante/display_~full_specs|Baby Lock Esante]. You can actually embroider texture with these things. I had the wife do a design for the Linux Tux logo and she made the white chest look like feather tips with an area fill technique. Neat stuff.
Alex
"Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life." -- Eric Hoffer
Post #100,855
by Ashton
5/8/03 3:14:29 AM
5/8/03 3:17:30 AM
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New You rang?
Have had a leather Hatter's hat since the '70s - first project: a hatband card with
In This Style
10 / 6


Ooops

I'm Late



I'm Late




.. no time to say hello goodb

Edit: ye.
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Post #100,862
by static
5/8/03 5:58:12 AM
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New Weaving, too.
I subscribed to the Icon Analyst for a while and they had a series of articles about weaving patterns. The authors discovered how extremely insular the weaving industry is - and how dreadfully expensive the software is! But it was very interesting, nonetheless!

(How does weaving fit in with Icon, you ask? Well, Icon's forte is string and pattern processing and doing things with weaves was a natural fit for exploring this kind of thing. :-)

Wade.

Is it enough to love
Is it enough to breathe
Somebody rip my heart out
And leave me here to bleed
 
Is it enough to die
Somebody save my life
I'd rather be Anything but Ordinary
Please

-- "Anything but Ordinary" by Avril Lavigne.
     Gotta remember those meds - (mhuber) - (6) - May 7, 2003, 10:45:03 PM EDT
         Ya gotta get together with Alex - (boxley) - (5) - May 7, 2003, 10:54:31 PM EDT
             Re: Not exactly. :) - (a6l6e6x) - (4) - May 8, 2003, 12:45:10 AM EDT
                 Those embroidery machines - (mhuber) - (3) - May 8, 2003, 01:32:39 AM EDT
                     Actually, the wife has two of those. - (a6l6e6x) - May 8, 2003, 01:49:21 AM EDT
                     You rang? - (Ashton) - May 8, 2003, 03:17:30 AM EDT
                     Weaving, too. - (static) - May 8, 2003, 05:58:12 AM EDT

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