I’ve been visiting this book — Traditional British Quilts by Dorothy Osler — at my public library about once a month for the past two years. It’s in the reference section, so I couldn’t check it out and take it home with me. It was also published in 1987, and it’s been out of print [...]
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A Trip Around the World
Posted in Quilting, tagged Bonnie K. Hunter, bright fabrics, child's quilt, Quilting, Sewing, snake quilt, Trip Around the World pattern on April 22, 2012 | 4 Comments »
Next up, Scrappy Trips Around the World, using Bonnie K. Hunter’s free pattern on her website. Sometimes I see a quilt pattern first and then visualise it in my own fabrics. This time, we found a wonderful fabric first. I bought this cute snake fabric because my little girl liked it so much. And when I [...]
Blue and Yellow Progress
Posted in Nigel the quilting dog, Quilting, UFO Progress, tagged blue and yellow quilt, Crossed Canoes pattern, Janome 6500P, Nigel the quilting dog, quarter blocks, Quilting, Sewing, Singer 99K on April 20, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve made good progress on the blue and yellow Crossed Canoes project this month. All the quarter blocks are finished (168 of them!), which will yield 42 – 12-inch blocks. They are going to be set 6 x 7, and the finished quilt will measure approximately 72 inches by 84 inches. It’s not going to [...]
Ruby and the UFO
Posted in Nigel the quilting dog, Quilting, Sewing machines, UFO Progress, tagged blue and yellow quilt, Crossed Canoes pattern, finishing UFO quilts, Janome 6500P, paper pieced pattern, Quilting, Sewing, Singer 201K, Singer 99K hand crank, World Wide Quilting Page on March 11, 2012 | 11 Comments »
Lately I’ve been sewing only in my sewing room on my two favourite electric machines — Marie, the Janome 6500P, and Peggy, the Singer 201K from 1951. Today however, my 10-year-old asked me if I would sew in the living room so I could watch Dr. Who DVDs with her. How could I resist a [...]
Ruby Steps Out
Posted in Sewing machines, tagged Quilting, Sewing, Singer 99K, Singer 99K hand crank, vintage Singer sewing machine on February 1, 2012 | 11 Comments »
My latest restoration project is “Ruby,” a Singer 99K model from 1927, serial number Y4432093. I was so impatient to start working on her that I forgot to take any “Before” photos. So here she is, just being beautiful in the “After” stage. Ruby came to me in a sadly neglected state. She was very [...]
New Year’s Girl
Posted in Sewing machines, tagged 1937 Singer sewing machine, Quilting, Sewing, Singer 15K80, Singer treadle sewing machine, vintage Singer sewing machine on January 1, 2012 | 11 Comments »
I’ve been having fun with my new sewing machine that we brought home yesterday. It’s a Singer Model 15K80 from 1937. When she’s put away, she looks like this: I cleaned and oiled the machine itself and lubricated the treadle irons, and she is so quiet now! She has a lot of wear to her [...]
Updated Singer Serial Number Information
Posted in Sewing machines, tagged ISMACS, Quilting, Sewing, Singer 160th Anniversary, Singer certificates, vintage Singer serial numbers, vintage Singer sewing machines on October 9, 2011 | 2 Comments »
ISMACS (International Sewing Machine Collectors’ Society) has recently made the vintage Singer serial numbers available on their website. At the Singer Sewing Company website, you can get a certificate for your vintage machine using the serial number. It’s really good fun! They also have lots of historical information and pictures relating to vintage Singer sewing [...]
Today’s Sewing Machine
Posted in Sewing machines, tagged Quilting, Sewing, Singer 15K sewing machine, vintage Singer sewing machine, vintage Singer treadle sewing machine, vintage treadle sewing machine on September 30, 2011 | 6 Comments »
Today I’ve been sewing on “Lavinia,” my Singer 15K treadle machine from 1907. First I cleaned her and oiled her, and then we made some Maple Leaf blocks. She sews such a lovely stitch! I’ve been trying to determine which sub-category this Singer 15 fits into — I know she’s not a 15K80 or 15-96. [...]
Sweet little Vibra sewing machine
Posted in Sewing machines, tagged antique sewing machine, cylindrical shuttle, Jones CS sewing machine, Quilting, Sewing, sewing machines, Vibra sewing machine, vintage handcrank sewing machines on August 30, 2011 | 2 Comments »
My latest project has been to clean and restore this sweet little Vibra handcrank machine to good running order. She really is small — her base is 12 inches long, 6.5 inches wide, and 1.5 inches tall from the bottom of the cast iron feet to the machine bed. She is badged as a “Vibra,” [...]
Gone Crazy (Stash Report)
Posted in Stash Reports 2011, tagged Monochromatic Challenge, Quilting, Sewing, stash busting, stash report on April 17, 2011 | 15 Comments »
I’ve been really good with my buying and have sewn mainly from my stash for more than two years now, ever since I found Judy on the Internet and joined the Stash Busting group. However…in the last couple of weeks, I have been very naughty. It all started with this fabric, which I just had [...]
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