I have 3 sewing machines now. A friend was offloading excess and gave me a Singer 4530 and an old dress form. The machine needed a good cleaning and appears to be in fair condition. I had to order a new bobbin case for it. It is also missing the tension knob (but I am…
What have I been up to since I last checked in?… alterations, restorations, refashions, reproductions, oh my… I’ve been doing a ton of work for a massage therapist. She asked me to copy a pair of pants and make a pattern. Since then she has had me make 8 pairs of pants. We are working…
This weekend has once again confirmed my lack of coordination. I tell you, I am like a baby giraffe or a muppet. Or maybe a muppet version of a baby giraffe. Friday I was silkscreening some stuff with handmade screens and I was sitting at my drafting table on the rolling chair. I leaned to…
I finally tried out mod podge silkscreening.
A co-worker had me take a look at her Bernina recently. The problem? She was unable to disengage the needle to wind a bobbin. The Bernina 1008 requires that you turn the inner portion of the handwheel towards you in order to disengage the needle. This thing wouldn’t budge. I decided to clean out the…
This is the new machine. The Necchi 522. I bought it off the original owner on Craigslist. She even had the owners manual and parts.
Ok, I’ll admit that I am a little spoiled. I have 2 sewing rooms. I sew in my office but I have another room for cutting and fitting. This is the cutting room: It looks like I have spent a fortune on it but really I haven’t. I have a folding cutting table (from mom),…
I broke my sewing machine. I had a feeling that it happen one day. It has survived 2.5 years of abuse but I finally broke it. It’s not an extreme tragedy because I did get it to work again. It was yet another reminder that I need to buy a machine with more metal parts…
I wanted skirts for summer. Rather than start from scratch I went back to converting pants into skirts. Now we have all seen the instructions for a standard jean skirt…
To some people “home sewer” is the new four letter word. Claire posted this on her blog and this is all I have to say… I am a home sewer. I sew… in my home… I make the majority of my clothes. I use PATTERNS from the store (although I may or may not use…