Barbara over at
Cat Patches is hosting the NewFO challenge for 2012.
Here are my NewFO's for the month of October.
I was in the Wicked blog hop, over at
!Sew We Quilt! My day was last Wednesday, Oct. 24th. Here are the blocks I created for this blog hop.
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| Yo-yo spider mini quilt (completed) |
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| paper pieced blocks |
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| paper pieced blocks |
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| paper pieced blocks |
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| 'batty' block |
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| paper pieced block |
If you want more info on these blocks, check out my post
here. All of these blocks were sewn on my 1959 Singer Spartan (192K) hand crank.
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| 1959 Singer Spartan (192K) hand crank |
I collect 'people powered' sewing machines (treadles and hand cranks). I am in an online group called
Treadle On. Treadle on is having a block exchange, called a TOBE (Treadle On Block Exchange). The current TOBE is 6" half square triangle blocks. All of these blocks have to be made on a people powered sewing machine. I made 5 sets of blocks, with 12 blocks being a set. I used 4 different machines to make these blocks.
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| 1896 Singer 15 treadle |
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| TOBE blocks made on 1896 Singer 15 treadle |
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| 1948 Singer 15-88 hand crank |
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| TOBE blocks made on 1948 Singer 15-88 hand crank |
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| 1921 Singer 66 'Redeye' hand crank |
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| TOBE blocks made on 1921 Singer 66 'Redeye' hand crank |
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| 1959 Singer Spartan (192K) hand crank |
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| TOBE block made on 1959 Singer Spartan (192K) hand crank |
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| TOBE block made on 1959 Singer Spartan (192K) hand crank |
Little to do and lots of time! Oops! Reverse that! Lots to do and little time! See ya at the end of November with more NewFO's!
Just love the passion you have with these old machines!
ReplyDeleteWow! Look at you go. Your wicked blocks are darling.
ReplyDeleteI'm amazed that you can do all this on a hand crank. Kudos to you.
ReplyDeleteYour machines are superb! I drooled over every one. I recently converted my Singer 128 to hand crank and I have to wonder what took me so long. Now I have my dream machine- a Wheeler & Wilson #8 treadle. She's coming along and I hope to be quilting on her before spring. Your Halloween quilt blocks are absolutely cute! Thanks for sharing your work- and your machines!
ReplyDeleteYour blocks are so darn cute!!! Thanks for sharing them with us! And I am just amazed at your "people-powered" machines!!! I recently got a treadle but haven't tried to play with it yet.
ReplyDeleteI absolutely love the batty block! My Singer 15-30 treadle is almost up and running. And you have inspired me to get started by quilting on it! I am going to start small with some mug rugs but hope to make a throw blanket in the long run! Thank you so much for your wonderful blog! :)
ReplyDeleteLove your Halloween blocks and the machines are amazing.
ReplyDeleteI love those paper pieced blocks and the machines are great. I have one with the bent case but haven't spent the time to figure out how to use it. Great projects.
ReplyDeleteYour wicked blocks are wicked fun! And the TOBE blocks & the machines you used are terrific.
ReplyDeleteI voted for your Yo Yo Spider today! I usually don't go for yo yo quilts, but this one is very cute!
ReplyDeleteHaha!! Love your Willy Wonka reference in there at the end! You really had a lot accomplished in the month of October, didn't you?! I loved your yo-yo spider -- really darling! But the block that really catches my eye and that I'd like to see more of is the one 'under the needle' in that first picture with your Spartan!! What is that? It's really pretty! :)
ReplyDeleteSo many cute and creative things! You certainly were busy for the month of October.
ReplyDeleteI have Gary's grandmother old treadle. I need to get it serviced. Oiled and cleaned up.
ReplyDeleteLOVE THE SPIDER!