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.

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?

swooze said...

Nice collection! Wonderful pic. Which Janome did you get? We just got the Jem Platinum 720.

Carole said...

I would love to see pictures of your treadle machines. Thanks for sharing

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....