This is the wonderful sewing machine I’ve had for more than the past five years. A few years ago, I was able to add a lovely iridescent “skin” to the plain faceplate (click the photo to enlarge for a better view!), and I’ve loved sewing on such a beautiful machine […]
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It’s done! I have to say that putting the pieces together is pretty hard on thumbs that have some arthritis in them, but the alligator clamps that helped to grab the little “nubbins” and the button clips that held them in place afterwards made a difficult/fiddly task somewhat easier. I […]
In fifteen pieces, to be exact! One of the pictured pieces is actually two identical ones, so that’s why it doesn’t look like fifteen. I counted up how many stitches went into making these pieces, and the total was almost 378,000! I used up an entire roll of water-soluble stabilizer, […]
I’ve started another project, but this one is proving to be a bit more time-consuming than I’d anticipated. I’ve done a few little free-standing embroidered appliqué projects, but this one is much more involved. To give a bit of background information, one of our grandsons is a firefighter, so when […]
I’ve been on a roll making bags lately, but I think this may be the last one for at least a little while. Who knows? I saw that someone online had resized a Project Bag to make it into storage for embroidery machine hoops. What a great idea — especially […]
Sometimes it seems as though things go in a series. I’ve made yet another bag, though this one isn’t intended to store tools for my smaller Bernina. I have a smallish light box for transferring designs; it measures about 14″ x 10.5″ and is quite thin. I saw that By […]