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Sewing Machine Settings for Slippery Fabric Making sure your sewing machine has the proper settings will go a long way in helping to keep your fabric from shifting while you sew. This includes: Setting the stitch length to 10–15 stitches per inch. Working with the sewing machine pressure adjustment to see if more or less pressure on the presser foot helps to hold the fabric in place. Using an even feed or walking foot to help feed the layers of fabric evenly through the sewing machine....

How to Guide a Forstner Bit With a Portable Drill All you need for this trick is a flat piece of scrap lumber or plywood—at least 3/4 inch thick — and a couple of clamps. Essentially, you’re making a small jig that prevents the bit from walking when drilling the real hole in the workpiece. Using Your Jig to Enlarge a Hole Forstner bits, like spade bits, have a small point at their center that serves as a pivot point for the larger body of the bit....

The World’s Largest Subway Systems The Moscow subway serves 3.2 billion riders a year A Short History of the American Subway Boston was America’s first Major Railroad Accidents The U.S. worst railroad disaster took place in 1918, killing 101 Encyclopedia: The History of the Railroad From the earliest railroads to high speed passenger service Planes Famous Planes The world’s most notable passenger, fighter, bomber, experimental, and spy planes Famous Firsts in Aviation From the first balloon flight to today’s non-stop 10,000-mile passenger airline flights The World’s Busiest Airports Atlanta’s airport caters to more passengers than any other Aircraft Crashes The u....

Don’t panic – problems like this really do happen to everyone and they’re usually pretty easy to fix with a little patience. So sit down, take a deep breath, and determine the best way to deal with your particular problem. Where’s the Problem? The first step to fixing a knitting misstep is to identify the extent and location of the problem. The solution will be different depending on whether you need to fix one or two incorrect stitches in the row you just worked or a whole row of misplaced pattern several or many rows back....

Registration with the sub-registrar is effectively a way to safe keep your trust deed with the government. The registrar will issue a certified copy of the deed to you that you can use for your day-to-day purposes. If your copy gets lost or destroyed –you can go to the registrar’s office and get another certified copy made. BUT the real registration of a public charitable trust takes place at the Income Tax Department when you apply for tax exemptions under sections 12A and 80G....

If you have placed a Like button on your webpage and have received a lot of likes –any change in the URL of that page will wipe off your Like count. Facebook does not track changes in URLs. It simply keeps the count associated with a particular URL –which means if URL is gone (i.e. changed) –the count shall also be gone. SEE ALSO: Find the CURRENT number of Facebook Likes for a URL (web page) And there is not much we can do about it....

Many collectors seek more obscure games or those difficult to find complete with all the pieces still in the original box, and they’ll freely spend to get them. Keep an eye out for the following games when you’re foraging garage sales and flea markets for a chance to earn a tidy profit. Because the towers tended to lose functionality with play, it is rather difficult to find one in good working order today....

Why not stitch up a one of a kind gift for the happy wedding couple that they will treasure for a lifetime and will become a family heirloom? The patterns below are just a sample of the patterns out there. From funky to more traditional, there is a cross-stitch for everyone. Instead of the same old boring gift, why not stitch an elegant cross stitch with the date they were married....

Basic economic principles teach us that supply and demand determine an object’s value. For the value to increase over time, the supply must decrease, or the demand must increase. Rapid growth in value happens when both of these events occur simultaneously. The discovery of a new shipwreck full of coins will affect both supply and demand. Sunken Treasures Create Short-Term Excitement When sunken treasure coins are brought up from a long lost shipwreck, it’s an exciting event for many collectors....

HOWEVER, don’t jump with joy! Although the makers of this plugin did a good job but their plugin design has a very serious flaw. We installed WordPress Mobile Pack on TechWelkin about a year ago and soon after our search traffic began to sink. WMP was found to be one of the major reasons for such a drastic decline in traffic coming from search engines –especially from Google. WMP comes with a minimalist theme that is designed to be responsive on different types of devices....

Here’s what you need to know about all types of collectibles, ranging from Beanie Babies and Precious Moments figurines to collector’s plates and Barbie dolls, and what you can expect if you try to sell them. Take Beanie Babies as an example. In his book The Great Beanie Baby Bubble, author Zac Bissonnette notes that Ty, the company that marketed these toys, reported that annual sales had surpassed $1.4 billion in 1998....

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This simple free crochet pattern is the perfect design for beginners who are looking to crochet their first collar. The designer has shown different ways to work the same design by changing colors and adding different details (such as flowers instead of circles on the ends of the ties). It closes easily thanks to that tie. No additional sewing skills are necessary. These coordinated crochet patterns are worked primarily with basic stitches, although there are some clusters for texture....

Here are some suggestions for how you can keep this special element of your tree looking clean and working well so you can enjoy it for years to come. After extended periods in storage, it may be necessary to disassemble, clean, and re-oil locomotive gearboxes. But do not over-lubricate, as too much oil can attract dust and grime and prevent the train from operating smoothly. Check power supplies and wires for any signs of wear or distress....