While the yard baked this past couple of days, I have been cool inside sewing away. I made five baby flannel blankets for a soon to be new baby in the family. Mailed them off - Mark it DONE! Finished grandbaby’s quilt. Mailed it off today - Mark it DONE! Finished hubby's couch quilt. Mailed it off today - Mark it DONE!
I was using my Mom's Singer Genie machine for the construction of the quilt tops. Switched to her Singer 2010 to quilt them because the walking foot fit the 2010. The machine has some issues. I remember Mom telling me several years ago that the 2010 would continue sewing and you had to unplug it to stop. The first couple of times I started and stopped sewing, it worked fine. Then I stopped at a crucial point and it did not. That is when I remembered that it continues to sew. LOL! I just said "Thanks Mom!" and got good at pulling the plug. After I finished the second quilt, I noticed that the 2010 machine was also skipping stitches. Back to the Genie to fix what I could. Boy did I learn a lot on these two quilts.
I go back to the real work life next week. I think I will try to find a 40’s or 50’s dress pattern I have stashed away and try to sew it up this weekend. I know I have plenty of fabric to choose from – from my stash or from the five or six huge boxes of my mom’s stash my siblings sent me in the past couple of months. If only I could use it all. My Sister said I should have started on it 10 years ago – LOL!
More later…
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