Lyon's Farm Fall Festival 2019

This past weekend was the Lyon's Farm Fall Festival.  I've participated in this festival since 2012.  The first year, I took 4 sewing machines.  This year I took 13 sewing machines.  I had less space this year, so my booth was a bit crowded. (the first year I had the whole building to myself).

One of the vendors sold old jewelry.  She had a (new) sewing machine pin, and I just had to buy it.  It looks like my Willcox & Gibbs chainstich machine.

I wasn't the only one sewing at the festival.  The Quilter's Dozen has been at this event longer than I have.  The ladies were hand quilting their next raffle quilt for the Prairie Fest Quilt Show that they put on.  I'll be trying to win this quilt next Father's Day (always the last day of Prairie Fest).

On Saturday morning, hubby brought me some flowers for my booth.  Thursday was our 32nd Anniversary.

Due to the rain most of the weekend, the crowds were very thin.  Instead of talking about my machines most of the weekend, I got lots of sewing done instead.

1927 Singer 15 hand crank

I finished my Rainbow Scrap Challenge blocks for August (light blue) and September (purple).  Sorry, the colors are washed out in the photos.

RSC19 August blocks

RSC19 September blocks

I also got lots stitched on 6 Parcheesi game boards that I'm making, but I didn't take any photos.

Another vendor had a treadle head in his garage, and he asked if I wanted it.  It's rusty, but it turns.  This is the first new machine I've gotten in over a year (I've been being really good).

1915 Singer 66 with Red Eye decals

I'll try to start getting this cleaned up this weekend. 

2018 Lyon's Farm Fall Festival

This weekend was the Annual Lyon's Farm Fall Festival, and as usual, I had a booth with some of my vintage sewing machines. 

Hubby and I set up on Friday.  Our cars were loaded!  People always ask me how I get so many machines in the car.

floorboard of my car (seats moved as far forward as possible, so that long things can get in the back area)

start layering the back end of my car

finish layering the back end of my car

add machines to the back seat of my car

stuff in the back seat of hubby's car

I didn't get a picture of the treadle cabinet in the very back of hubby's car, with more stuff around the cabinet.  Even my front seat was loaded with a sewing machine chair.

When we were done setting up, I decided to stop at one of my favorite thrift shops, just a mile or so down the road.  It's always fun to see what they have in the crafting section.  I was about to give up on the crafting section when I spied a small bag crammed with fabric, that said 'Quilting Remnants $3' on it.

Hmmm.... I wonder what kind of remnants are in this bag....

Well, when I opened it up, it wasn't remnants, it was almost a completed quilted jacket.

what was in the bag

The front parts were already stitched to the back, and even the collar was sewn on.  All of it was already quilted.  I just needed to find fabric for the binding (not in the bag).  Darn, I had to go to the quilt shop ;). 

On Saturday, my friend Marilyn came and sewed with me in my booth.

Marilyn, stitching on an electric Japanese class 15 machine

Here are a few pictures of my booth.  I had 15 machines in my booth, along with some of my small quilted things.

Drawing Room Cabinet treadle in the foreground 

13 machines (including 2 toy machines)

aprons and jacket parts on the chairs

A gentleman visited the booth early on Saturday.  He and his wife are volunteers at Lyon's farm.  He saw my Singer 20 chainstitch toy machine and said that his wife has one very similar to it.  He called  his wife, and had her bring the machine with her. 

his wife's 1955 Singer 20 toy machine in a case

All the parts except the needle and the screw that holds the needle in were with their machine.  They even had the clamp to hold the machine to a table and the screwdriver.  The book is in great shape, too.  He left it in my booth for the whole weekend.  It was a fun addition to my booth.

On Sunday, hubby came and spent the day with me in the booth.  Hubby knows lots about many of my machines and enjoys telling people about them.  He even helped the kids to stitch on the 1914 Singer 66k (Lotus decals) hand crank that he uses to make some camping gear.  The kids love to get a chance to use one of the machines (especially the boys).  

I spent way more time chatting about machines than I did sewing over the weekend.  I did get the binding stitched to the jacket parts on Saturday, and did most of the hand stitching at home on Saturday night.  I finished the hand stitching on Sunday, and stitched the last parts of the jacket together.

me in my new quilted jacket

The Quilter's Dozen hand quilting group was set up in the building, too.  You can see them behind me, working on a whole cloth quilt.  I know many of the ladies in the group.  I love it when they are also in this building.  Usually they are in another building each year.  

With temps around 58 degrees on Saturday, and around 68 degrees today, it was a great weekend for the Fall Festival.  What a fun weekend!  

2017 Lyon's Farm Fall Festival

Almost every year, since 2012 I've had a booth at Lyon's Farm Fall Festival, to show off some of my vintage machines (no selling) and do demo's.  Here are some pictures from this years booth.

My booth is a double booth, and I get the same area each year.  The first year I participated, I had this whole building to myself.  Each year afterwards, they add more and more vendors to this building, so, my area shrinks.  I still get more room than the paying vendors (when you do demos of historical things, and don't sell anything, you get a free booth).

This is what you see, when you enter the building. 

my booth

I brought 14 different machines to this demo. 

'Debbie' a 1950's Class 15, that I turned into a hand crank

'Victor' another 1950's Class 15 that is now a treadle

I brought the sewing chair I recovered.

recovered sewing chair

Here are more machines.

1927 Singer 15 hand crank

1953 Singer 301A in it's card table

Every year I have a hand crank machine set up for the kids to sew on.  It is always this machine.  The kids (and their parents) love to sew on this machine.  This is also the machine that my husband uses when he stitches his camping/backpacking items.

1914 Singer 66 back clamp hand crank

1925 Singer 99 3/4 size machine 'Tinkerbell'

1926 Singer 128 3/4 size machine

approx 1927 Frister & Rossman Model E

1950's Home Mark Class 15 electric

This is my oldest sewing machine.

1880 Willcox & Gibbs hand crank

early 1900's Gritzner

1878-1885 Wheeler & Wilson

1939 Singer 221 Featherweight 'Betty Sue'

1911-12 Bradbury VS

I was going to wear one of my new aprons while I was in the booth, but, it was 95 degrees today, with high humidity, and I was in an un-air conditioned building.  I didn't want to add another layer of clothing.  I decided to show them off on my ironing board instead. 

vintage ironing board and new aprons

Hubby glued me 2 more sets of chair wheelies, so, I decided to try them out this weekend.

new chair wheelies

I got a free sewing table this summer, and haven't had a chance to use it yet.  Here it is, with the sewing machine I was stitching on today.

new sewing table

Last week, I found another sewing table that I could use with my vintage machines.  Most sewing tables are made for a specific machine, so, they don't work.  This one works great.

new(est) sewing table

Since I would have several hours of stitching time (between chatting about vintage machines and helping kids sew) I decided it would be a good time to work on some of Kevin's Sapphire Star Mystery Quilt Along Clues.  I decided to stitch on Clue #2.  Well, Here is what Kevin had to say about Clue #2.....

Get out your feather boas quilters........

because we are going to be.........

STRIPPING!!!!!!

So.......

Here is my boa, and some strips....

strips with my boa

Since this was Kevin's Mystery I was stitching, I decided that the cute rooster pin cushion he made me had to come along to the demo.  See it at the top of the previous picture?  Several people saw the rooster and had to check him out. 

stitching on some strips

With all the chatting I did today, I didn't get this Clue finished.  Hopefully it will be finished tomorrow, and I'll be able to start on Clue #3. 

I'm wanting my Fall weather back.  The Chicago area is usually 72 degrees for our highs this time of year.  We've set new record high temps the past several days (including today) and our low this morning was 72 degrees.  Tomorrow is only supposed to be 90 degrees.  Hey, those 5 degrees make a difference, especially when you are packing up 14 different sewing machines.  At least I brought 2 fans for my booth. 
 

Lyon's Farm Fall Festival Demo 2016

This weekend is the Lyon's Farm Fall Festival.  This is the fifth time I've set up my machines for this festival.  My friend, Marilyn came today and stitched with me for a while.  I started off the day by working on the quilting on this baby quilt.  I only got about half of the quilting done on it.

Post WWII series 15 treadle 'Victor'

Here are close up pictures of the machines on this table

1880 Willcox & Gibbs chainstitch hand crank (my oldest machine)

1923 Singer 128 hand crank

 This next machine is the one that I let all the kids try out.  Some didn't want to quit hand cranking.

1914 Singer 66K hand crank

1927 Singer 15 hand crank

And here are close up pictures of the machines on this table

Early to mid 1880's Wheeler & Wilson #8

Early 1900's Gritzner VS hand crank

1950's Betsy Ross toy chainstitch (electric)

1911-1912 Bradbury VS hand crank

Post WWII Precision Home Mark Super DeLuxe (electric)

I hung a quilt from the PVC quilt frame that hubby made me a few weeks ago.

Grandmother's Flower Garden

My ironing board and iron (vintage for both, of course) sat near the display of an antique bedroom that is a display in the building.

bedroom furniture isn't mine, just the ironing board

And last, but not least

Up close of the last 2 machines.  The treadle is the one I've been working on restoring.  I finished the wood a few days ago.  I think it turned out pretty nice.  I still haven't had a chance to see if it sews or not.  This is my oldest treadle.

1881 Singer 12 treadle

1881 Singer 12 Treadle head

After lunch I started making purses on 'Betty Sue', my purple Featherweight. 

1939 Singer 221 Featherweight

While Marilyn was helping me in my booth, I got a chance to check out what else was going on at the Festival.  In the foundry, the man was selling these cute quilt hangers.  His wife is a quilter, and asked him to make large safety pins for hanging small quilts.  Of course I had to get one. 

jumbo safety pin quilt hanger (holds up to 19.5" quilt sleeve)

The festival was much quieter this year, than it has been in the past.  I'm hoping that more people show up tomorrow, since there will be an antique car show on Sunday.