This week I worked out that the reason I have so many WIPS isn’t as I thought because I can’t make up my mind about what I am making…it is purely mechanical! And not my creaky old body mechanical either…it was my stupid machine! I hadn’t realised just how poor a condition my twelve year old Janome was in! I spent one hundred and thirty five dollars last year on a service to be told there was nothing wrong with it! Maybe nothing wrong if you manually adjust the tension of the seams by stretching the fabric and the stitching in opposite directions!
I have had a fabulous time sewing with my new Brother Quilter’s Edition machine. It is so smooth and quiet and it adjusts the feeds to the fabric and it threads itself and it has wonder of wonders a one step buttonhole. Oh the delight that is this machine! I might even be able to bring this through and sew in the night …as you know I have insomnia and often am up until five am…prior to this I was concerned at the noise of the machine waking my husband and downstairs neighbours but this machine might just save my night time sanity and get lots of work finished too!
Presently I have almost finished auditioning the half hexagon blocks for one of my quilts which will accompany the basic half hex tutorial.
I seem to have hit on a nerve with the tutorial…most people seem to be nervous about the actual sewing together of the blocks and strips.
I have also been thrifting and have sold several of my finds this week….including an Anthea Crawford jacket
and two skirts to go with it…one was brand new with tags in silk by Ralph Lauren and the other one one is by the Smithsonian store and is also silk chiffon. My friend is so lucky that these are her size!
