Thank you Judy for my Friday smile! Happy sewing, Sandra Walker A&E Clothing and Embroidery Montgomery, Texas Member, Greater Conroe/Lake Conroe Area Chamber of Commerce and Montgomery County Professionals www.companycasuals.com/aeclothing ----- Original Message ----- From: <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2007 11:59 PM Subject: [amayausers] Re: Hoops - Wood vs. Metal > This message was posted by Judy on AmayaUsers.com. PLEASE DO NOT REPLY VIA > EMAIL. Instead, respond to the thread on the WEBSITE by clicking here: > http://www.amayausers.com/boards/ultimatebb.php?/topic/1/159.html#000004 > > I got Big Red in June of 2004, then Smokey replaced her in January of this > year. I have been using the same hoops all this time. In 2005, the > wooden ones started to warp. I went to Staples and got some of the big > binder clips, and after I'm done using them I clip them together. It took > about a month, but they "un-warped" and are still perfectly square. And > once something gets hooped in the wood, it's almost like it doesn't dare > move. The additional height seems to hold it really well, so for heavy > items I always break out the wood. For lighter stuff, the round plastic > are wonderful. I had the square plastic ones -- briefly. I found that > even though they provided more sewing area than the round ones, it was > easier to get the items tight in the round hoops. The WACF I have nick > named the Why (I) Am Cussing Freely. It and I do not get along. It likes > to make my fingers sore and help Smokey to eat hats. The CCF is my > Comforting Cap Fancier. In easy, rarely if ever a > llows Smokey a snack, and no sore fingers or standing or your head or > having to rotate the cap frame holder while fervently praying for 3rd and > 4th hands to miraculously appear. > > =========================================================== > > The AmayaUsers Mailing List > Website: http://www.amayausers.com > Discussion Board: http://www.amayausers.com/boards > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://www.amayausers.com/list > > =========================================================== > =========================================================== The AmayaUsers Mailing List Website: http://www.amayausers.com Discussion Board: http://www.amayausers.com/boards Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://www.amayausers.com/list ===========================================================