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Me Musing .
. . January
16, 2010 . . .
Yesterday I
got my little Christmas cedar birdhouse hung in the tree facing
toward Mt. Aetna so the birds will have a nice view, even though
it looks sort of bleak this time of year!
Then
I hung my three Temple Bells that I bought up in Jacksonville, Oregon
last year.
When
I downloaded the photos the scenery reminded me of photos I had
seen recently on 'traveling Japan' websites and that made me remember
a favorite photo of a Japanese brush . . . so I removed another
photo from a frame and replaced it with the brush photo. I was really
pleased with how it turned out. (If I could afford a 'real
one' of those wonderful brushes I'd have one in a minute!)
A few days
ago, my friend Susan who makes all kinds of wonderful wool items
let me pick out two wool pillows as an early birthday gift. Perhaps
since I had used the scraps of the '$1,000 chair cushion' fabric
in the duvet cover I just finished, I picked the fuschia (or is
it magenta????) ones! It is a colour I am drawn to but have never
had anything of . . . until now. I really like how they add to the
colours in the bedroom.
This morning
I decided that until my Alley Workshop is done, I would move the
sewing area into the breakfast room where the light is better.
I got some
more of that wonderful carded wool for another comforter and cut
two old sheets down to size last night to contain it. Then my Serger
acted up and I wasn't in the mood to tackle re-threading all 4 spools,
so decided I'd put that off until today.
I have never
been good at figuring things out by reading directions . . . I do
better 'show and tell'! Eb had other projects to tend to so I sat
down and decided I would attempt cleaning, oiling and putting new
needles, bobbins and thread in all three machines . . . my 1970's
Bernina, my 1985 Serger and the Singer Stylist (made between 1968-1972)
I bought at the Estate Sale here, which belonged to Mary.
It took me
about 4 tries to get the Serger re-threaded, but now it is working
well. That is the one thing I always disliked about that machine
. . . too hard to thread. But when it works, it is great as it sews
really faaaaaaaaaast,
which I love!
Next I worked
on the Bernina. It sews fairly well, but the bobbin winder has never
wound evenly, which is very frustrating.
Finally I cleaned
and oiled Mary's machine. The book is a great 'see Spot, see Spot
run' kind of instruction book, so it was fairly easy and I discovered
that the bobbin winder works REALLY good . . . very even 'putting
on' of the thread . . . so I figured even if that was all I used
the machine for, it was worth it!!!!!!!!!
Then I tried
sewing on it and it has a GREAT stitch . . . perfect I'd say . .
. even better than the Bernina, so Mary's machine may become my
#1 machine!
I asked Eb
to help me put the machine into the sewing cabinet it came with
and after about 10 minutes of practically standing on our heads
trying to put the machine onto the stems that would hold it in the
cabinet, we realized it wasn't the right cabinet to fit that machine!
No wonder there was a special cut piece of board cut to cover the
hole in the cabinet! Oh well, I like the blonde colour as it reminds
me of the first furniture Mother and Daddy ever bought as their
own.
With the machines
ready to go I serged the edges of the new comforter so it will be
ready for a duvet cover. As yet though, I don't know what fabrics
I will use but I dooooooo
have plenty to choose from!
Until soon,
Che'usa
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