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From: MyGirlFriday
Date: 03-31-2005, 10:28 PM (1 of 23)
No laughing~I mean it!!  This is going to be a very silly question but I just have to ask because I don't know! Here goes~ You know those pin cushions that are in the shape of a tomato? What is the part that is kinda heavy that is like the "stem"? The smaller part?? Just wondering~ mgf~ 
Blessings & Smiles
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From: JulieS
Date: 03-31-2005, 11:04 PM (2 of 23)
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I remember asking my Mom the same thing when I was a little girl... she told me it was used to sharpen the needles. Not sure if that's true or not, though! Julie |
User: JulieS
Member since: 01-11-2005 Total posts: 26 |
From: mamadus
Date: 04-01-2005, 01:19 AM (3 of 23)
yep.. that's exactly what my gran always told me too... so that's two votes for sharpener...  MO life is too short, not to explore
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User: mamadus
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From: Magot
Date: 04-01-2005, 04:38 AM (4 of 23)
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I remember asking Mary this a while ago - I think it looks like a chile - she tells me it is a mutant strawberry which is full of sand or emery dust or someting that you put your rusting needles in and out and it sharpens them up. Wow, I sound knowledgable - I still think it is a chile though.
love and kisses, Jan
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From: DorothyL
Date: 04-01-2005, 07:21 AM (5 of 23)
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IT'S A STRAWBERRY!! Dorothy |
User: DorothyL
Member since: 12-09-2002 Total posts: 3883 |
From: grandmasue
Date: 04-01-2005, 10:09 AM (6 of 23)
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I agree that it is a little strawberry. I agree with the part that it is supposed to be for sharpening a dull needle. I agree that the big part is a tomato. but would someone tell me WHY there is a little strawberry growing out of a tomato!!!!!!!!!!! Since I was a little girl playing with my Grandmothers pin-cushion I have wondered about this.
Grandma Sue
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From: GreenDragonLady
Date: 04-01-2005, 12:53 PM (7 of 23)
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Maybe because whoever invented it wanted to remind people that tomatoes are berries? One of life's great mysteries I guess!
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User: GreenDragonLady
Member since: 07-29-2004 Total posts: 495 
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From: Magot
Date: 04-01-2005, 12:57 PM (8 of 23)
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I still thnk chiles go best with tomatoes - strawberries taste horrid with tomato sauce.
love and kisses, Jan
Guts-R-Us Cells a Speciality DNA to order. |
User: Magot
Member since: 12-22-2002 Total posts: 3626
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From: Chrysantha
Date: 04-01-2005, 04:19 PM (9 of 23)
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Yep..it's a sharpening berry fulla sand...
Chrys
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User: Chrysantha
Member since: 09-06-2002 Total posts: 2414 
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From: MyGirlFriday
Date: 04-01-2005, 07:22 PM (10 of 23)
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Wow~ I will wonder no longer on that one! I knew I could ask y'all anything! mgf~
Blessings & Smiles
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User: MyGirlFriday
Member since: 12-05-2004 Total posts: 288
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From: paroper
Date: 04-01-2005, 08:03 PM (11 of 23)
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I've always been told that it is not a good idea to leave the needles in the strawberry though. I've been told that it will cause them to rust.
pam
Bernina 200e, Artista V5 Designer Plus, Explorations, Magic Box, Bernina 2000DE & 335 Bernette Serger, Bernina 1530 Sewing Machine, Bernina 1300 DC Overlock (with coverstitch) |
User: paroper
Member since: 02-03-2004 Total posts: 3775 |
From: westbrook
Date: 04-01-2005, 08:48 PM (12 of 23)
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The Strawberry is filled with pumice stone that has been ground into a fine sand. It is for sharpening needles, but if you run your sewing machine needle in and out a few times it will knock off any burrs thay may be on it that will cause problems. I also use it to sharpen my sewing machine needles after a few hours of use. |
User: westbrook
Member since: 12-13-2004 Total posts: 35 |
From: Selene
Date: 04-02-2005, 07:45 AM (13 of 23)
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We have them here in Spain too!! I always thought it was a chile hanging there!! Never worked out why, though...
Selene
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User: Selene
Member since: 03-03-2004 Total posts: 71 
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From: Sewhappie
Date: 04-02-2005, 12:31 PM (14 of 23)
| I have a hard time finding a tomato with the strawberry on it around here!!!! |
User: Sewhappie
Member since: 10-27-2001 Total posts: 1427 |
From: Magot
Date: 04-02-2005, 02:40 PM (15 of 23)
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see that MGF, you crazy Dancing Frog! We know it all!( between us)
love and kisses, Jan
Guts-R-Us Cells a Speciality DNA to order. |
User: Magot
Member since: 12-22-2002 Total posts: 3626
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From: MyGirlFriday
Date: 04-02-2005, 08:12 PM (16 of 23)
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I knew I could get an answer around here! Y'all are the best! mgf~
Blessings & Smiles
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User: MyGirlFriday
Member since: 12-05-2004 Total posts: 288
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From: bren
Date: 04-03-2005, 05:40 AM (17 of 23)
 I never knew that!!!and I don't think I ever even thought about it LOL...I don't think I'm very abservant...Oh well...learn something new everyday.
Bren:
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From: LeapFrog Libby
Date: 04-04-2005, 12:58 PM (18 of 23)
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IT works for pins also.. Nobody said that, yet.. I have some of those glass head pins (silk pins) and one or two came with dull points on them, and I tried it.. Works well enough that I use them on the terrycloth.. I would not put them in silk or satin, but I keep a seaprate pincusion for my serger anyway, so they do not get mixed up..
Sew With Love
Libby |
User: LeapFrog Libby
Member since: 05-01-2002 Total posts: 2022 
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From: oklahomanana
Date: 04-04-2005, 02:25 PM (19 of 23)
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SEW HAPPIE, You need one of these? Let me know okay> I have a hard time finding a tomato with the strawberry on it around here!!!! One of the best gifts to give a child/grandchild is your listening ear.
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User: oklahomanana
Member since: 09-07-2004 Total posts: 406 
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From: plrlegal
Date: 04-04-2005, 10:21 PM (20 of 23)
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Libby you just made cold chills run down my spine by mentioning that you keep a separate pincushion/pins for your serger. I have had my serger for several years and never, never used any kind of pins around it but that's discussion for another forum, right? Patsy Patsy
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User: plrlegal
Member since: 05-19-2001 Total posts: 318 |
From: paroper
Date: 04-04-2005, 11:40 PM (21 of 23)
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Meeee too. I'd never use pins anywhere near my serger because I know they will chip the blades and it moves too fast for me to get them out of the fabric if they are close.
pam
Bernina 200e, Artista V5 Designer Plus, Explorations, Magic Box, Bernina 2000DE & 335 Bernette Serger, Bernina 1530 Sewing Machine, Bernina 1300 DC Overlock (with coverstitch) |
User: paroper
Member since: 02-03-2004 Total posts: 3775 |
From: LeapFrog Libby
Date: 04-05-2005, 07:13 PM (22 of 23)
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Just like everything else, Its the way you learn to do something.. I was taught that way.. (pins are placed 1 inch at least, away from stitching line)There is no way they can get in the way of the knives.. Not on my old serger, anyway.. Its 15 years old and a plain old 3/4 thread.. I have never come even close to hitting a pin with it.. And, besides how could I make the numbers of "Libs Bibs" that I make if I couldn't pin the ribbing on to serge them in place??
Sew With Love
Libby |
User: LeapFrog Libby
Member since: 05-01-2002 Total posts: 2022
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From: Jessica3
Date: 04-25-2005, 12:52 PM (23 of 23)
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I think it's a strawberry too! mine is not attached to the tomatoe though!
Jessica
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User: Jessica3
Member since: 04-23-2005 Total posts: 15 
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