2024 Deliveries & Stash Acquisition

[Serinde]

Well done. (I'd probably need a gin.)

[Mabel Figworthy]

That is some accidental purchase !

[Steam.Jo]

That is some accidental purchase !

I only bid £75 on it with the expectation that I did not have a chance and I got it for £64 The two different oils required have increased the cost by 20%

Needless to say I did not get as much progress on my cross stitch Fairy as I hoped.

Jo

[KittyZ]

It's so neat to see all the fun things everyone gets here.
I had to get a couple of new things to make my stitching easier:
I needed a bigger magnetic board for bigger charts.

I love that it's my favorite color blue, and it came with 3 magnets & you can prop it up as well.

I also needed better floss holders since the cardboard one that came with my cat and dog ornaments was falling apart.

These also helped me organize the tangled mess of wool that came with my new start Thai Cat.

[Serinde]

I'm a great believer in magnetic boards. I usually prop mine up on an inexpensive metal book stand (the sort we used for holding paper when typing back in ye olde dayes). Works a treat.

[Mabel Figworthy]

I got several samples of faux leather at a good price, and of course Lexi had to inspect them. The last pic shows most of my collection of leathers and faux leathers.

[Serinde]

Oooo! Shiny!

[Mabel Figworthy]

[Serinde]

Well, yeah!

[Steam.Jo]

I mentioned my new Bernina at the sewing group and they said why not join the quilting group Then there was a discussion about you can't lug a Bernina to a quilting group what you need is a Lightweight machine, ideally a Featherweight. So Bernina now has a little sister:



It was claimed to be serviced but the non insulated pins on the cracked mains plug tells me that no one has touched it since before 1984, other than someone squirting some oil on her. I also found a suspect bit of tape in the foot controller which has been corrected Whilst she was originally photographed in a dark corner so I was not sure of her condition, there was only a couple of paint chips:



The good news is that tomorrow the clocks go back so I will gain an extra hour in each day to do all the things I plan to do in my retirement (How does anyone get time for work )

Jo

[richardandtracy]

A Singer Sewing Machine that is white? Whatever is the world coming to? Going to the dogs, I tell you. Going to the dogs.

Looks like a nice little machine. Does it have a decent carry case? My mum's singer from the 50's had a pretty heavy plywood hood that went over the top. Was sturdy, but it made it 'portable' only by stretching the definition beyond breaking point. But.. you didn't need a forklift, at least. Hope it's not too heavy.

I have an admission. I use sewing machines, but I find the rotary shuttle utterly incomprehensible. The really old Singers with horizontally oscillating shuttles, I do understand, but the rotary ones baffle me. Must be a mental block.

Good choice.

Regards,

Richard.

[Steam.Jo]

Thank you Richard,

A Singer Sewing Machine that is white? Whatever is the world coming to?

Its actually off white heading towards DMC 504 shade, but not as definite an aquamarine as 504.

It weighs in at 5Kg, where as the bare 730 Bernina is 10.5Kg.

It has a plywood case it sits in but I plan to fit it into a flight bag for transporting around to avoid the original case getting damaged. At 285mm long, 185mm wide and 230mm high ((11 1/4" by 7 1/4" by 9") it will fit in one with about 100mm to spare and space for boards with padding space either side . The extra 4" at either end in the flight bag will give me space for a pocket for the foot control and a box of accessories. I've ordered a flight bag and kitting it out that will give me something to make on the two of them while I learn stuff.

I learnt a lot about rotary shuttles yesterday: DO NOT OPERATE THE SEWING MACHINE WITHOUT A BOBBIN IN PLACE. I also learnt how to remove a rat's nest of threads under the shuttle mechanism if you do.


I may also have found a use for that Dragon Needle case front I made last year. I can make it up as a needle/scissor case for the Featherweight

I must do some work on my Fairy

Jo

[Serinde]

What a perfectly wonderful dinky Singer!

[Steam.Jo]

I've done a quick modification to my Singer: The Featherweight shop sells "Thread Posts" which are designed to enable you to hold a cotton reel horizontally so you can take the thread from the end of the reel as intended rather than the side which twists the thread. These are made in plastic and each part is available as a spare... this tells me the plastic ones they sell break .

So I made my own in aluminium:



I am still learning how to use her

Jo

[Serinde]

Interesting!

[Mabel Figworthy]

Clever!

[richardandtracy]

Brilliant idea.

Regards,

Richard