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Re: Current Projects
By: Pattycake Date: July 5, 2018, 10:32 pm
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[quote author=gmatoy link=topic=27.msg7928#msg7928
date=1530845384]
For so many years, I have sewn projects with a deadline. This
must be done by Halloween, that has to be done by Christmas. And
I have mostly been doing there just as they are due.
This year, I'm trying to do my projects early. So, today I
started the quilt that will go off to college with my DGD. I got
the first 7 (out of 16) rows sewn. In the next few days, I will
finish sewing the rows and start sewing the rows together. I am
really enjoying the process of sewing this year.
And, strangely, not as many things seem to be going wrong! Hmmm,
imagine that! One of my goals for this year was to try to sew
every week. Except for one week, I have actually done that and a
lot of weeks, I have sewn 5 or 6 days out of the week.
[/quote]
That's super! Isn't it a relief to know you don't have to rush,
and it will be done in time? I am feeling that way about this
wedding quilt, all that's left is the binding and it will be
done this week, a month before the wedding. And I have one baby
quilt to bind for a baby due in October - I made the quilt about
a year and a half ago, because I knew they'd be having one
sometime soon! But the father's brother's wife is also expecting
again... in September! So I have to get cracking on that one
after i get these bindings done.
#Post#: 7959--------------------------------------------------
Re: Current Projects
By: VorFemme Date: July 6, 2018, 10:50 am
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I have been planning on a summer of sewing - so why is my usual
sewing machine at my mother's house? Hers broke and she needed
one that was reliable and, after all, I had a spare!
A week later and my spare is spending eight weeks in the repair
shop (it will come home the middle of August, just before VorGuy
and I leave on a second summer trip).
At least my embroidery machine can have the embroidery
attachment taken off and be used as a sewing machine. The
peasant blouse for Mom has been finished to the point that the
gathering of the neck & wrists & sewing on bias bindings is all
that is left...then I start a second peasant blouse for SIL,
finish a tank top for myself, and either pick up one of the
UnFinished prOjects (UFOs) sitting around the sewing room or cut
something else out. In the case of one UFO, I need to draft a
two part tulip sleeve (short wrap sleeve) due to not having
quite as much fabric as I thought...this is what happens when
your fabric ages for years, it apparently shrinks in
storage...or something.
#Post#: 8035--------------------------------------------------
Re: Current Projects
By: gmatoy Date: July 7, 2018, 2:41 am
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[quote author=Pattycake link=topic=27.msg7930#msg7930
date=1530847979]
[quote author=gmatoy link=topic=27.msg7928#msg7928
date=1530845384]
For so many years, I have sewn projects with a deadline. This
must be done by Halloween, that has to be done by Christmas. And
I have mostly been doing there just as they are due.
This year, I'm trying to do my projects early. So, today I
started the quilt that will go off to college with my DGD. I got
the first 7 (out of 16) rows sewn. In the next few days, I will
finish sewing the rows and start sewing the rows together. I am
really enjoying the process of sewing this year.
And, strangely, not as many things seem to be going wrong! Hmmm,
imagine that! One of my goals for this year was to try to sew
every week. Except for one week, I have actually done that and a
lot of weeks, I have sewn 5 or 6 days out of the week.
[/quote]
That's super! Isn't it a relief to know you don't have to rush,
and it will be done in time? I am feeling that way about this
wedding quilt, all that's left is the binding and it will be
done this week, a month before the wedding. And I have one baby
quilt to bind for a baby due in October - I made the quilt about
a year and a half ago, because I knew they'd be having one
sometime soon! But the father's brother's wife is also expecting
again... in September! So I have to get cracking on that one
after i get these bindings done.
[/quote]
Pattycake, That makes me nervous just thinking about making that
many quilts. This will be my first bed-sized quilt. I now have
11 rows finished. Had to quit because suddenly my squares
weren't lining up. I've scolded them and put them in a time out
until morning. ;)
#Post#: 8036--------------------------------------------------
Re: Current Projects
By: gmatoy Date: July 7, 2018, 2:45 am
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[quote author=VorFemme link=topic=27.msg7959#msg7959
date=1530892255]
I have been planning on a summer of sewing - so why is my usual
sewing machine at my mother's house? Hers broke and she needed
one that was reliable and, after all, I had a spare!
A week later and my spare is spending eight weeks in the repair
shop (it will come home the middle of August, just before VorGuy
and I leave on a second summer trip).
At least my embroidery machine can have the embroidery
attachment taken off and be used as a sewing machine. The
peasant blouse for Mom has been finished to the point that the
gathering of the neck & wrists & sewing on bias bindings is all
that is left...then I start a second peasant blouse for SIL,
finish a tank top for myself, and either pick up one of the
UnFinished prOjects (UFOs) sitting around the sewing room or cut
something else out. In the case of one UFO, I need to draft a
two part tulip sleeve (short wrap sleeve) due to not having
quite as much fabric as I thought...this is what happens when
your fabric ages for years, it apparently shrinks in
storage...or something.
[/quote]
I'm glad you have options. I was had a machine issue once when I
had a deadline for something I promised DD. I called a sewing
friend and asked her to finish it as I "knew" she didn't allow
anyone to touch her machine. She told me to do it myself, on her
machine. I felt so honored to be trusted with her machine.
#Post#: 8054--------------------------------------------------
Re: Current Projects
By: VorFemme Date: July 7, 2018, 11:34 am
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[quote author=gmatoy link=topic=27.msg8036#msg8036
date=1530949515]
[quote author=VorFemme link=topic=27.msg7959#msg7959
date=1530892255]
I have been planning on a summer of sewing - so why is my usual
sewing machine at my mother's house? Hers broke and she needed
one that was reliable and, after all, I had a spare!
A week later and my spare is spending eight weeks in the repair
shop (it will come home the middle of August, just before VorGuy
and I leave on a second summer trip).
At least my embroidery machine can have the embroidery
attachment taken off and be used as a sewing machine. The
peasant blouse for Mom has been finished to the point that the
gathering of the neck & wrists & sewing on bias bindings is all
that is left...then I start a second peasant blouse for SIL,
finish a tank top for myself, and either pick up one of the
UnFinished prOjects (UFOs) sitting around the sewing room or cut
something else out. In the case of one UFO, I need to draft a
two part tulip sleeve (short wrap sleeve) due to not having
quite as much fabric as I thought...this is what happens when
your fabric ages for years, it apparently shrinks in
storage...or something.
[/quote]
I'm glad you have options. I was had a machine issue once when I
had a deadline for something I promised DD. I called a sewing
friend and asked her to finish it as I "knew" she didn't allow
anyone to touch her machine. She told me to do it myself, on her
machine. I felt so honored to be trusted with her machine.
[/quote]
Back some thirty years ago, when I had one machine and
overlockers/sergers or coverhem machines were found only in
professional workrooms & factories (because they were expensive)
- I mislaid my bobbin case. For non-sewers - this is a piece
the size of five stacked middle sized coins (or slightly
smaller) that holds the bobbin that goes under the machine so
that the two threads (spool on top & bobbin on the bottom) can
be wrapped around each other to form a locking stitch that holds
securely.
If you don't have that small bit of metal holding the bobbin &
its thread supply - then the machine is only good for punching
holes in stuff with a needle. At midnight before the first day
of school when you promised a new dress to your DD is no time to
have the bobbin case go missing. After a frantic twenty or
thirty minutes, I prayed and sat down to wait for a sign from
God or the universe as to what to do (find the thing or start
hand stitching for hours). This was back when WalMart still
closed at 10 pm instead of staying open all night. Not that
they sold bobbin cases, just bobbins & thread. Sears sold
bobbin cases or at least let you order them from their parts
department.
I sat on it and was done sewing in less than thirty minutes.
God and the universe seem to have a sense of humor.
About 1993, I got my first serger (some four years later) and
over the last 25 years I have had more money and used some of it
to get more machines that do things that the machines available
when I was younger could not do "automatically" - now that
embroidery machines have been made computer compatible with
software designed for use "at home" and both machines and the
computers have gotten comparatively cheaper, too. In some
cases, VorGuy decided that I could get more done with a newer
machine or I could do things that he was interested in getting
(embroidered logos on polo shirts for himself & his former
students & now things for the grandkids).
#Post#: 8055--------------------------------------------------
Re: Current Projects
By: Pattycake Date: July 7, 2018, 11:55 am
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[quote author=gmatoy link=topic=27.msg8035#msg8035
date=1530949306]
[quote author=Pattycake link=topic=27.msg7930#msg7930
date=1530847979]
...snip
That's super! Isn't it a relief to know you don't have to rush,
and it will be done in time? I am feeling that way about this
wedding quilt, all that's left is the binding and it will be
done this week, a month before the wedding. And I have one baby
quilt to bind for a baby due in October - I made the quilt about
a year and a half ago, because I knew they'd be having one
sometime soon! But the father's brother's wife is also expecting
again... in September! So I have to get cracking on that one
after i get these bindings done.
[/quote]
Pattycake, That makes me nervous just thinking about making that
many quilts. This will be my first bed-sized quilt. I now have
11 rows finished. Had to quit because suddenly my squares
weren't lining up. I've scolded them and put them in a time out
until morning. ;)
[/quote]
Well, the wedding quilt wasn't originally intended to be for a
wedding, it was a mystery quilt that turned out to have hearts.
So it was actually done last year, and I just had it quilted in
time for this wedding. The one baby quilt was done last year
too, so really, I only have a 42" square quilt to make - that's
easy!
I love that, "I've scolded them and put them in a time out until
morning." ;D I will have to do that with some of mine!
Now, just waiting for the rodeo to come on so I can finish this
binding. (Calgary Stampede - yaaaaaa hooooo!!!)
#Post#: 8077--------------------------------------------------
Re: Current Projects
By: gmatoy Date: July 7, 2018, 7:27 pm
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Pattycake, "Easy" is in the eye of the beholder! And I should
have stopped sooner as this morning I saw another place that
needed to be redone!
#Post#: 8079--------------------------------------------------
Re: Current Projects
By: Pattycake Date: July 7, 2018, 7:47 pm
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Well, a 42" square quilt is easy compared to a full size quilt;
it's about a quarter of a queen, depending on the measurements.
A whole lot easier to quilt too. I do those myself, whereas the
big ones I usually send out to be quilted.
What I hate is, there's a dozen other quilts I want to start! I
am making myself finish these ones first though, then I have to
get the next Mountie quilt done. Why is it that it's always
easier and more fun to start something than to finish things, I
would like to know.
#Post#: 8088--------------------------------------------------
Re: Current Projects
By: gmatoy Date: July 8, 2018, 1:55 am
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Today I finished the last row of squares for DGD's quilt.
Tomorrow I press and begin to sew rows together. Then prior
commitments interfere and I take a few days off. Also, I'm going
to have to sew a black out curtain for the master bedroom's
window for when DGS comes over. It will make it easier for DD to
get him to take a nap at our house. Still, I really think the
sewing has been enjoyable this year. Hurrah!
#Post#: 8105--------------------------------------------------
Re: Current Projects
By: VorFemme Date: July 8, 2018, 10:39 am
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I am working on two garments from a bright turquoise (well, dark
turquoise) handkerchief linen: a sleeveless tank top cut on the
bias for myself and a peasant blouse for my mother. After I
finish those, I am altering the pattern for my sister-in-law to
have a similar peasant blouse, and then checking to see how much
of the ten yards that I started out with I have left...it's too
light weight for a dress but perfect for tops...
I have recently *discovered* real linen (I already knew about
real wool fabric - but it's too hot in Houston, Texas, USA in
the summer to wear anything that isn't made for a tropical
climate - and the wool fabric that I have in the stash was
bought for spring & fall a couple of states north of here - so,
suitable for winter but too heavy for summer). I'm continuing
to age the wool and working with the linen that I have
accumulated over the last few months...
I am having a bit of trouble with the sewing machine and
remembering to wear my reading glasses to sew. I didn't need
reading glasses to thread a needle last year and it's
aggravating to have to find them every time I sit down at a
sewing machine.
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