I've been sewing up a storm the last three days. I started 5 different Valentine's blocks on Thursday. I made them on my Singer Spartan hand crank. I'll have to finish them on my Janome, since I have to do the applique on them. I can't do the blanket stitch on my vintage machines. Sorry, I forgot to take pictures of the blocks. I'll show them when they are done.
Remember this thread catcher?
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| Thread catcher |
Val found the pattern
here.
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| 28 thread catchers cut out, pinned and ready to be sewn |
Well, as the over achiever I can sometimes be, I found several cute, coordinating fabrics, and cut out as many sets as I could. I wound up with 28 sets.
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| Singer Spartan (192K) hand crank |
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| Back Tack lever on Singer Spartan |
The Back Tack feature on this Singer Spartan is great for making these thread catchers. I could lock each end of each side sew much easier using this.
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| Sidewinder Portable Bobbin Threader |
Another great thing is my Sidewinder Portable Bobbin Threader. I can use this for my round bobbin vintage sewing machines. This is sew much easier than winding the bobbins on the treadles and hand cranks. I wish I had another one. It would be great to have one at home, and one for 'travel'. I'm always afraid I'm going to lose it (or put it up somewhere 'safe' and never find it again).
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| 28 almost completed thread catchers |
Well, I sewed all 28 thread catchers. I just finished. All I have to do is to sew on the buttons. I have a couple of jars of buttons in the basement, so, that is my next thing to do tonight. I hope I have enough cute buttons for each of these.
I finally got time to visit a thrift store this week. It was so busy November, December and January, that I really haven't been to the thrift stores much. I think I'm having withdrawal ; ) Well, I found this cute bowl on Thursday afternoon.
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| thrift store find |
Well, I'd better be off so that I can go thru all of my buttons. I hope you are having a great crafty weekend, too.
By the way, did you notice that I now have 100 followers??? WOW! I think this deserves a GIVEAWAY to all of you wonderful readers. Hmmm... now, what great things can I give? I'll be back soon with the answer.
