featherweight tote

My Friend had designed a featherweight mate pattern for a carrier and table protector for the featherweight. She has a pattern on craftsy. I made one a bit ago, and it is getting worn out ( or I was just tired of it), so it was time to make another one. I wanted it to be a little brighter but still look good with the black of my featherweight.

It is so easy to put a sewing machine in and out of a case with it in the carrier. It has handles and when it is opened on the table, it protects the table and has a place for your favorite tools.

I don't use my official featherweight box, because I don't want to tear it up with traveling. I use a regular sewing tote, and I want my machine to be protected. There is also an extra flap in the design that fits between the table and the little screw on the side when the table is folded up for traveling.

I felt like cutting last night and cut several sets of glitter

and 3 inch churndashes

Sometimes I just want to mess in the scraps, and cutting these little pieces was therapeutic.

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treasure mart

A weekend trip to the treasure mart, and we found this wonderful old tv set. My first memory of a tv set from when I was a little girl is one like this. boy tvs have changed in 50 years.

There were some old quilt tops to explore. The lone star diamonds were hand stitched but the setting triangles were machine pieced. odd

fun border

 This one was so sweet and handpieced. I really wanted this one, but I surely don't need it and so I talked myself into leaving it there.

This was an interesting Minnesota sewing machine with stamped cast iron body. It was in a martha washington cabinet which took a little finesse to open it. Husband to the rescue.

 I have a finish to share. I long armed it and was very annoyed with the quilter who pieced it ( me) the borders were difficult. So that's it. Next year I am concentrating on squaring up the borders better, so my longarmer ( me) doesn't get fussy.

I love the stripe for a binding.

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vintage brother sewing machine

My husband is a very talented machine repairman. And he is more than willing to contribute to my love of vintage machines. I have never met a machine he could not coax into a useful tool. This one he even found on a curbside, abandoned and unloved. The color is not as blue as it really is in real life. It's a 1950s Japanese clone for the Singer 15 models, I believe. She is a straight stitch machine and she runs really well and fast now that she has been serviced.

Bonnie Hunter of quiltville has this machine. I've seen it on quilt cam.

I love how the machine case has a place for plug ins. She weighs a ton, but even on a tv tray she doesn't shake at the fastest speed.

This machine would love a new home if you live near enough to central Indiana to pick her up locally. I will list her on craigs list for 45.00.

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