Wishing all my blogging friends a Happy New Year - I hope we manage to have a lot of fun together, get to know each other more and create lots of lovely things....
Hand sewing whilst watching cricket has meant the bottom half of Field Journal hexagons is almost done.... I was short one plain hexagon and I want to make half hexagons to straighten the top and bottoms (I need 17) When those are added on I will join them together for TA DA... I have to say as much as I have loved doing this one I am glad to see the light at the end of the tunnel
We have a shaded 'fernery' on one side of the house to shield from afternoon sun. This big Delicious Monster has grown so well but fell over due to all the rain.
You can see here just how big the leaves were....
Plenty of time in the Sewing Room between Christmas and New Year........ I agreed to quilt up a raffle quilt for embroidery guild so this was first up on the rack .....
We had to unpick some quilting done in the sashing as it was pulling too much
I used my sit down machine for this one and did a large meander in the border and then joined hearts in all the sashing.... The biggest time use was dealing with all the tiny safety pins and very close hand basting all over it!
That's 2 quilts added to the binding queue....
Just before Christmas a local woman asked if anyone wanted a bunch of sewing stuff (from her late mother). I offered to go through it and pass on to whoever.
My car was packed full - sadly most of it needed to be chucked out, packs and packs of rusty needles and pins, old magazine patterns, boxes - general rubbish. There is some fabric and thread which I have put aside for Womens Shed,
Anyway amongst it all was a Sewing Machine (her Mum still used but it probably needs a service)
It is so heavy - good and solid
I haven't given it a go yet, there is a manual. I'm not sure it is worth the cost of a service but I have found a space to store it for a maybe day..... Anybody know much about these? I do love the old solid machines.
Righto, Gotto Go....
I have another quilt which I pressed this morning ready to pin on the frame...
Hmmmm.... maybe I'll do some prep work instead....
Take care..... xx
10 comments:
Boy! You have started the year at a fast pace. So much already achieved. I haven’t seen a machine like that either. Very unusual.
Your quilting is beautiful Fiona, you're off to a flying start!
Never even heard of a 2 in 1 machine like that ...
The saying goes "let sleeping dogs lie" ... maybe it's the same for cats? :)
I've never seen or heard of a machine like that before! it'll be interesting to hear the results if/when you test drive it
Busy busy on the quilting front! FJ is looking gorgeous and the end is in sight and no quilting to do. xx
Great start to 2025 Fiona.
Interesting machine . Should google it and see what it says?
Puss looks cosy.
I remember those Janome machines....I didn't have one, but a friend did. I'm on a Facebook page for vintage machines in Aust. and N.Z. which has helpful members with a lot of knowledge. Well done on the quilting.....and doesn't kitty look comfortable!
So much gets accomplished when we find time to sew. Field Journal is blooming beautifully. Those are big leaves all right! Wow! Look at you go with the quilting. You're on a roll and did wonderful work. Love the design on the first one and I would have given up on the heart one, or pass it along to someone else. Two are checked off your list of to-be-quilted. Congrats! That is the most wonderful machine ever. Why don't they make more like this? Two machines for the space of one. What's not to love. I have an overlock machine but haven't even open the manual yet. It was gifted and might be in need of service too.
Good idea to let the cat sleep, otherwise it might ask for attention and steal your sewing time. Haha. Enjoy! ;^)
You are off to a good start in the sewing room. An interesting machine.
Gosh you have been busy Fiona - so much work done in such a short space of time. Love everything as usual. But I especially love your little helper at the end who is quietly pressing the end of the quilt for you (!!) Happy Creative New Year to you Fiona x0x
You have been quilting up a storm. I always find this time of year quite productive as there are no big commitments left to deal with once Christmas has gone. I hide away and sew.
Good luck with the hexies.
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