2024: WALKING FOOT

May 15

 Walking foot installed!

I am capable of squinting and giving the machine the middlefinger at the same time too.

good thing Singer people are not within walking distance. No screwdriver in the original kit. the screw that secures everything is a round headed slotted screw NOT the type you can unscrew with finger and thumb like in tutorials. I better get on full body armor to test drive this. the needle may break and embed itself in my throat or eyeball.

oh and the lever was not in all tutorials.

Hope I never have to do a buttonhole as this install is a royal pain in the ass. I will sew with the walking foot for everything!

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2023: SEW- MASKS

Finally weather warm enough and ambition to sew. Then the machine screwed up and apparently I did not know how to thread the machine. I will have to re learn that each time it is so convoluted,

and the making of  a bobbin. LOL

The lawn cotton is VERY  flimsy and not easy to work with.

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2022:SEW & KNIT repairs and reuse

 old post repeat

Over the  years I have knit things that end up shrinking- so I find a use for them. These were neckwarmers and bed socks LOL now a seat for the truck so I can see over the steering wheel. I had sewn the dark sock end incorrectly and had to take out those stitches and try again. It is nice and thick. It was a dark day- my only excuse.

 February 16

fixed

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February 19

Bought 3 tops at Macy's. no turtleneck , 100% cotton and very comfortable EXCEPT they had itchy tags at the back. arghhh!

so I decided to remove them hoping to not leave itchiness behind. First one I cut close and tried to pull the rest out with tweezers. second one I cut the tag in half lengthwise and then proceded to stitch rip it out. sewn in twice good grief.

February 22

I have 2 100% wool sweaters. one was zipper front- zipper broke after 20 plus years. The other was a cardigan that Mom knit for all of us. I bet mine is the only one still worn! I had removed the buttons years ago. Recently used safety pins to secure it closed so there was no draft on my belly. Well out on errands I felt this sharp digging in my belly and the safety pins were just too much. panic panic So I sewed the fronts up not so bulky as the other time I did this. Tried them on and fine. Stuck them out on a rack outside hoping they would get snowed on to clean them. Too bulky to hand wash. Winds whipped up and I brought them in. They got enough air. will wear.

so I now have pullover V necks!

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February 17

of course all hand work eventually involves the ironing board. Mine was driving me crazy with the rocking motion even though it is on a  hard tile floor. It would rock so much it almost sent the iron to the floor many times.So I decided to try something- wrapping the feet with electrical tape. Seems to have minimized the rocking. good enough

wow looks like I did not do much repairing in 2022!

December 

I bought a red cashmere sweater online through Macy's and picked it up at Macy's in Hyannis. Long story short- went twice to pick it up- not understanding. LOL Guy clerk was super pleasant you can always joke with him.

 I love the sweater it is lightweight warm and easy to wash. Noticed after a couple of days that the bottom button had fallen off! Could not find it and did not hear the vacuum find it either. I had forgotten the rule that anything with buttons needs to be re sewn. one odd ball button. My 2 red spare buttons did not fit the hole.

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2022:SEW- REPAIRS etc see 2022- sew & knit repairs

 Every time I buy underwear I have to cut off the top of the elastic waistband that is like a tourniquet on me. They stopped making the one brand that fits and I am slowly wearing those out. 

I clipped two pair and left one uncut just in  case it decides to fit

January 20

so on my birthday the zipper to my favorite sweater broke- stuck in a bad place. I finally got it to the bottom stepped out of the sweater and cut the zipper out. I thought is would be colorful and interesting to sew up the front with colorful yarn. well yeah it looked like shit and was to thick at my navel. so I cut it out and went back to the safety pins for closure. ha ha

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2022:SEW- NEW PROJECTS

 January 18

Bought this red material to make a stitch book for the sewing machine. Then realized nothing would show up. So it just sat there. I ended up doing a stitch book on an old turtleneck hem LOL good enough for now. So decided to make kitchen door curtains same as the last set of yellow ones. 2 pieces of material 36 inches long and approximately 16 inches wide. Sewed seams on top and bottom for rod and side seams narrow. simple.

It will be awhile before I can put them up- need to block cold glass drafts for now.

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February 2

got to Hyannis and used Dara's gift card at Joanns needed Bobbibs and a craft needle that is long and has a large eye. Got yarn for leg warmers and 2 quilting squares for masks.

April 11

material for 3 kitchen cabinet curtains.

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April 27

curtain for lower cabinet with cleaning supplies and shopping bags

April 19

ed door curtains went up

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May 23

finally made the cabinet curtains for the upper ones.

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The kitchen door curtain May 31

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the above curtains washed wonderfully by hand

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May - June-July etc pillow project.

first had it hanging in sun room window

Mom and I had identical dresses. black and white and long. Tiny mirrors in the bodice. Mine no longer fit so I cut it up for use.

found a pillow form packed away and it is perfect. I machine sewed 3 edges stuffed the pillow in and machine stitched it shut. BIG MISTAKE, stitches all over the place and the machine jammed.

stitch ripping took a few days. Finally hand stitches it back together. wow that was an awkward position for 15 inches. I will do a colorful thread edging as decoration. I hope.

June 26

still not completed . I am undecided as to whether to trim edges with tiny buttons or what. BUT I needed a "sharps" needle to do anything. I must have 100s of needles. Found this round container and even following the instructions of twisting to open could not open the case. So I put it in a plastic bag and hit it- breaking the plastic.

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