My Birthday was last week, so, I've gotten a few fun things.
I have a Secret Sister at church. I think she knows me well, can you tell?
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| sewing themed candle base (battery operated candle) |
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| not only does it have 'sewing' items, but, it even has a boot, since I'm a born & bred Texan |
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| this was the sticker on the card |
Another friend also gave me some cool stuff.
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| coloring book and colored pencils |
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| this card reminds me of my sewing room |
She also gave me a cool, zipper bag, that is in the picture with the jelly roll strips that I won at
Inchworm Fabrics. Thanks Jeanette!
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| zipper bag (gift), and jelly rolls I won |
Back in September, I found a sewing machine table. At the time, I wasn't sure what machine it would fit. I've since found out that it is a Singer 401 table, but, it will fit a Singer 301 short bed machine. Both my Singer 301's are long bed machines (I do have a Singer 401, but, I haven't stitched much on it). Well, a lady with a Singer 301 short bed machine traded beds with me (they just screw on and off). She has the table for the Singer 301 long bed, and there was a gap, since her short bed didn't quite fit. Well, now we are both happy.
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| Singer 301 with it's new short bed |
We knew that the colors would probably be a bit 'off' but, that doesn't bother either of us. Now I can use my table! I was hoping that my new Featherweight would also fit in this table, but, I found out that the Featherweight is slightly wider than a Singer 301 or 401, so, it doesn't fit :(
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| Featherweight sits 'on' the table, not 'in' the table, oh well |
I guess I'll just have to keep looking for a Featherweight table:) I did get myself something for the Featherweight. I've burned my hand 5 times now, on the light on the Featherweight. I'm not used to machines with lights, and, this machine is shorter than my other machines, so, I keep hitting the light (Ouch)! I found a LED bulb for Featherweights at
Nova's Featherweights. It shipped quickly. Sorry that the picture is blurry.
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| new LED bulb |
This bulb gets warm, but not
HOT. MUCH better!
I have been doing some stitching. I've made lots and lots of half square triangles.
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| HST's |
I'm making this pattern.
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| top half of twin sized quilt (bottom will be the same as the top) |
This is how far I've gotten so far today.
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| top corner(s) of pattern |
I still have lots of stitching to go on this one. It's for my nieces graduation, in the spring.
