Quote Originally Posted by NancyMan
Alan, you've inspired me. I've got what? about 20 sports coats in my closet. Nearly half of them look convertable. (the solid colours and tweeds) Now where's that sewing machine me mum gave me a coupla years ago? Found it in the back of the storage room. Whoa. How do you use this thing? It looks like a dandy machine, but there's no instructions. I go to the web and search for "Pfaff Hobbymatic 870"+instructions. And in no time at all I've found a site where a hard copy of the manual can be ordered. As if life weren't all ready good enough. Well its about to get better :mrgreen: (dressed)!

Cheers,
Vincent
The next-most-useful thing to the sewing machine is a full-length mirror!

....and next to that is a friend who'll crawl around you and put in pins where hems are supposed to be, while you stand up straight. I've done that about a million times for my wife. If you don't have a wife, rent a friend for beer and pizza. *grin*