Mare's nest: Sewing Machines, let me count the ways....

Wednesday, March 21, 2007

Sewing Machines, let me count the ways....

Yesterday when the sun came up it looked soooooooo neat, my husband said it was a sun column formed by ice crystals in the air. Whatever it was, it was beautiful and I had to share a picture with my online friends....

Topic of the week:

I have 5 sewing machines. The one I use all the time is my wonderful Viking. What else would a girl whose family is from Minnesota have??? I also have a serger that I absolutely HAD to have, and never use, My husbands grandma's little sewing machine, and two treadle machines. I really hope someday to use one of them. I've never gotten around to finding the time to work with that though. There is one other sewing machine, wait, two other sewing machines in my sewing room. They belong to my 13 year old daughter. One is an antique toy sewing machine that I got her on eBay years ago thinking that it would give me more time to sew if she had her own little (safe) machine. No such luck! I had to sit right with her and help because it was actually harder to use than my big machine. sigh, then a few years ago we got her a Janome for Christmas and she has been sewing ever since.

A post script for the cat lovers on the list- sweet Cassie caught a mouse yesterday also. Now I know that doesn't seem particularly impressive, but Cassie has been completely de-clawed all her life! Every spring and fall those pesky teeny critters attempt to come into this 100+ year old farmhouse and she catches them!

5 comments:

Shelina said...: That is a beautiful sun picture. So glad you got to see it in real life.
You had me giggling about someone from Minnesota using a Viking. Absolutely.
I've always wanted a serger after seeing Sewing with Nancy making quilts using one. It looks like it would be easier than using a sewing machine, but I probably wouldn't get enough use out of one either.; March 21, 2007 at 4:45 PM
Sweet P said...: Another Minnesota girl? Hooray! I grew up in Blaine, a northern suburb of Minnesota. My whole family still lives there.

Congrats on the cat catching a mouse. How many does she usually catch every year?; March 21, 2007 at 5:01 PM
swooze said...: Nice collection! Wonderful pic. Which Janome did you get? We just got the Jem Platinum 720.; March 22, 2007 at 9:20 AM
Carole said...: I would love to see pictures of your treadle machines. Thanks for sharing; March 22, 2007 at 11:36 AM
Susan Freebery said...: What, in the name of all that is good and holy, are you doing up at this hour of the morning? I just had to ask....; April 14, 2007 at 7:53 PM

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Three pennies a day

I have been trying to give my three cents worth lately. I read about this movement to change the world by 3 pennies.
What you do is, every morning you put three pennies in your left pocket. During the course of the day if you do something nice for someone you move one penny to your right pocket. So, it can be something big and nice, something unexpected and nice or even something small and nice like opening the door for a stranger. Then at the end of the day your goal is to have the three pennies in your right pocket.
Kind of neat huh? Just a little pocket reminder to be nice to people and go out of your way a bit. I also tell myself sometimes, "ooo that wasn't a nice thought, I should have to move my penny back!" ;-)
I hope whoever reads this has a three penny day.

Up date on one of the Worlds Smallest Quilt Guilds

Our membership is now officially 50% bigger than previously noted! My good friend Susan from Florida is now an official member of the guild. Initiation took place at the International Quilt Festival in Chicago. Flori, as she is lovingly called in our guild brings a special imitable style to our most exclusive guild. She hob-nobs with Alex Anderson, rubs elbows with Pink Flamingos and knows me! Guess that last part wasn't too humble now was it? ;p Flori is our official Officer in Charge of Coffee and she did her job remarkably well at the festival, finding coffee for us when the situation was getting quite desperate. She also found coffee fabric which was quite the feather in her cap. Well, it would be if she was wearing one. Good job new officer!

History of One of the wolds smallest quilt guilds

I once believed I belonged to THE worlds smallest quilt guild, 2 people- my favorite cousin and myself. Then Mary Stori came to my local guild as speaker and she pointed out that she and a fellow quilt friend were the worlds smallest quilt guild. So, I had to revise my thinking. ONE of the worlds smallest quilt guilds consists of myself and my favorite cousin, we don't have regular meetings as the distance is a bit far for either of us to commit to on a regular basis. She lives in gorgeous Colorado, with a spectacular view of Pikes Peak, I live in lovely Wisconsin, within a short drive of beautiful Lake Michigan.
As a guild however, we are working on 2 or more round robbins. I say 2 or more because I forget exactly where we are with them. I have 2 at my house, and if I remember correctly she has 1 at her house. When we get together, usually in CO, we do a lot of quilt retreating as she has a longarm machine. We don't pay dues, and we haven't decided yet which of us is president, but I think I'm going to run for that office this year. I'm pretty sure I will win as she is awfully busy homeschooling 5 kids, taking care of a baby and running her longarm machine daily. She does most of the charity quilts, quilting donations on her longarm, though we have done several prayer quilts together for people we have heard about.
Now for a name for our little group........ I'm thinking, there will be more on this in my ramblings