Well hello! FINALLY I got the site to allow me to download photos! Just took all day for it to work!
A little about what I have been doing.
I have been quilting, but it is a surprise so I can not post anything on it yet! I did come across a great find at a yard sale we drove by. It was $10 and I talked her down to $8! What a steal!
It looks to me to fit a vintage Singer sewing machine. I have a great machine that my brother found for me at a yard sale for only $10 (!!!!) that I thought would fit, but it is about an inch to long. He found me a Singer 328k in the original box. Sturdy, pretty little beast! It works great! So I have been searching for hints as to what this little cabinet might have held. It has a knee pedal that was attached to the inside of the right knee area. Kind of an interesting little thing!
It folds out to make a wide sewing surface. I would like to convert it to fit the Singer 328k, but first I am going to try to figure out what machine SHOULD go in here! It's a little rough, but I think with a little love and care I can make it a great sewing table!!!
Knee pedal! It is a BOCO Model 66 with a plug for the motor and for the light! I have never seen anything like it. I don't think I would like to sew with knee pedal!
My new love of hand embroidery has been keeping me busy as well. This is a great tree that I got from Aimee Ray's Doodle Stitching: The Motif Collection.
I am starting to really like stitching trees. As of now I am working on a tree designed by Jenny Hart of Sublime Stitching. She has a great new way of designing embroidery that is more modern.
I purchased a book called Redwork from The Workbasket.
I liked this book because it had a CD that accompanied the book that I could use to stitch out the patten from my embroidery machine. It also has the patterns available for hand embroidery. It has a wide variety of patterns that fit a number of occasions. With a little technical help from a friend, I got the CD to work with my machine and the machine stitched this out:
I like the look, but it is almost too perfect!! You can tell from the back that it is machine stitched. In a pinch I would do the machine, but I am really enjoying the hand stitched look now!
I have yet to finish my daughter's ladybug quilt. It is in my "to do" pile, along with the tree skirt! Once I start them, I make myself finish them! So I am keeping myself out of trouble with sewing and potty training my three year old son! What fun!
Happy Crafting!! :-}
