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Re: Getting ready for Christmas 2019
By: gmatoy Date: March 7, 2019, 9:15 pm
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I have completely finished 36 corner bookmarks! Have others
partially done. I hope in two weeks to be finished with these.
Then I want to get this year's lounging pants cut out before my
surgery. I won't be able to do the stretching for getting them
laid out and cut out. However, as long as I do not have to move
the serger, I can sew them up. My happiness meter is on high!
#Post#: 27577--------------------------------------------------
Re: Getting ready for Christmas 2019
By: gmatoy Date: March 12, 2019, 6:24 pm
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I now have 60+ corner bookmarks done and bought fabric today to
do some to take with me on my trip to see my cousin. I'm going
to make them tomorrow after my dentist appointment.
My mother and I went to a fabric store today and I got a cute
and clever pattern to make a box. And it was free with fabric
purchase! Next year's gift!!
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Re: Getting ready for Christmas 2019
By: silversurfer Date: March 13, 2019, 8:18 pm
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I received an excellent early Christmas present yesterday.
Someone was giving away Christmas fabric bunting!
for free!
in the suburb next to mine!
This amazing lady has gone to the work of cutting out hundreds
of triangle bunting, and there is a heap more that I can cut
out. All different designs. All the same shape!
So my plan is to spend the next couple of months sewing the
flags onto bias (which I may make or buy) and then I can give
away Christmas bunting, hang it in the office, hang it outside
my house, give some away, etc! Cant wait.
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Re: Getting ready for Christmas 2019
By: gmatoy Date: March 14, 2019, 2:09 am
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[quote author=silversurfer link=topic=900.msg27618#msg27618
date=1552526336]
I received an excellent early Christmas present yesterday.
Someone was giving away Christmas fabric bunting!
for free!
in the suburb next to mine!
This amazing lady has gone to the work of cutting out hundreds
of triangle bunting, and there is a heap more that I can cut
out. All different designs. All the same shape!
So my plan is to spend the next couple of months sewing the
flags onto bias (which I may make or buy) and then I can give
away Christmas bunting, hang it in the office, hang it outside
my house, give some away, etc! Cant wait.
[/quote]
How nice! Have fun with your project and with sharing it!
#Post#: 29052--------------------------------------------------
Re: Getting ready for Christmas 2019
By: gmatoy Date: April 8, 2019, 3:32 am
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Today I started laying out the projects that I think I can work
on in the next few days and after my surgery. I have one project
in my bag to go to the medical appointments tomorrow. It is an
Easter project (a bunny that looks like the Peep rabbits) and I
need to embroider the eyes and nose on before sewing it up and
stuffing it. I'm hoping to be done with that by Tuesday morning,
so I can take it to a show and tell at a local shop.
I also did a lot of organizing other projects. Did a search and
destroy (searching for a tool and destroying the sewing room in
the search) to find my bobbin winder. I managed to find it and
have it next to the sewing machine for tomorrow's sewing.
I worked on the cutting out and ironing steps of some more
bookmarks which are my Christmas gifts for this year. I got 6
more totally done, also.
It is late and I need to get to bed, so I can force myself out
of bed tomorrow.
#Post#: 29065--------------------------------------------------
Re: Getting ready for Christmas 2019
By: VorFemme Date: April 8, 2019, 9:48 am
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I bought a That Purple Thing (quilter's tool - looks a lot like
a goose quill that has had the barbs stripped off - but it's
really purple). It is used to push stuffing into odd corners,
turn corner, move things around really close to the needle, and
get into small places - one end has a 1/4" square molded into it
for quilting reasons. It turned out to be still in the package
(as I remembered) and in the basket of things where I'd put it,
but upside down so that all I saw was the back of the white
paper label inside the ziplock bag - not the Purple Thing.
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Re: Getting ready for Christmas 2019
By: gmatoy Date: April 8, 2019, 9:26 pm
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Oh, the thing you need that is hiding in plain sight! How well I
know that one!
I finished 4 out of 5 Peep bunnies and got lots of comments in
both medical facilities today. Will go finish the embroidery on
#5 and then sew them, stuff them and whip stitch the closings
before bedtime tonight.
We stopped at a Hobby Lobby and I bought what was left on the
bolt (a yard and an eighth) of navy Kona cotton. I also bought a
pattern to make some bags for friends for Christmas gifts. There
is talk about our entire state going bag less.
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Re: Getting ready for Christmas 2019
By: VorFemme Date: April 9, 2019, 12:35 am
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I have been thinking of primal scream therapy over my embroidery
machine. I had one that I knew how to use that I’d had for ten
years or so when VorGuy decided that a new one would help me be
more efficient (his way of saying faster) on some of my
projects...I kept using the older one most of the time unless I
wanted to use the much bigger hoop...
Early November 2018, the machine made horrible grinding noises
and got taken to the shop. Repairable but no parts for a second
issue that was developing. I decided not to fix the one issue
only to watch the second issue kill the machine in weeks or
months. Lost a washing machine three days after the repairs
were done on A when B completely died. No refunds on repair A
and doing both repair A & repair B would have added up to the
cost of a new machine of better quality than the one that
died...not getting caught in that trap again...we did have to go
get a new washing machine immediately, no delays (six month old
baby) and a load of wash that had sat in the dead machine while
waiting for repair person to show up & fix A.
So, back to "this month", I had some things to embroider and
decided to get back to getting them done. Three months of being
sick, busy, or out of town left the embroidery machine either
feeling neglected or that it was on vacation. No cooperation
from the machine....after several attempts and troubleshooting
every single thing that it threw in my face (literally, it
ejected a spool of thread off of a thread stand that didn’t come
with a spool cap...I grabbed a spool cap so that wasn't
happening again). The thread snagged on one end of the cylinder
and then was tugged with enough force to have the cylinder fly
up into my face. Good thing I had on my reading glasses...
I am finally getting the settings tweaked, the tensions
adjusted, a different presser foot, and changing the size of the
needle to get faster results. But it has been more work and
less fun than I was hoping it would be. At least I have
something to show for my day in the sewing room!
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Re: Getting ready for Christmas 2019
By: gmatoy Date: April 10, 2019, 10:00 pm
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Oh, VorFemme, I have been there with sewing machines and
sergers! You have my sympathy!
Today I started pulling fabric and patterns to get stuff cut out
before my surgery. I don't think I can do the stretching to cut
things out after surgery; however, if I get things cut out now,
I should be up to sewing them after the surgery. I located the
fabrics with no issue. The patterns were an entirely different
matter. Luckily, I have extras of the very easy PJ pants
pattern, so I'm going to use a few of those. (And hope that
Simplicity patterns go on a good sale soon!) I also found the
apron pattern that I bought with an eye to modifying it into a
summer top, so I'll give that a shot tomorrow.
Need to do a few cleaning jobs over the weekend. I know from
past surgeries that little things will drive me crazy when I can
not take care of them. (Things that don't bother me for months
when I'm able to do them. Go figure!)
#Post#: 29241--------------------------------------------------
Re: Getting ready for Christmas 2019
By: Chez Miriam Date: April 12, 2019, 7:05 am
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[quote author=gmatoy link=topic=900.msg29202#msg29202
date=1554951618]
Oh, VorFemme, I have been there with sewing machines and
sergers! You have my sympathy!
Today I started pulling fabric and patterns to get stuff cut out
before my surgery. I don't think I can do the stretching to cut
things out after surgery; however, if I get things cut out now,
I should be up to sewing them after the surgery. I located the
fabrics with no issue. The patterns were an entirely different
matter. Luckily, I have extras of the very easy PJ pants
pattern, so I'm going to use a few of those. (And hope that
Simplicity patterns go on a good sale soon!) I also found the
apron pattern that I bought with an eye to modifying it into a
summer top, so I'll give that a shot tomorrow.
Need to do a few cleaning jobs over the weekend. I know from
past surgeries that little things will drive me crazy when I can
not take care of them. (Things that don't bother me for months
when I'm able to do them. Go figure!)
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^ Not doing as much as normal + time to notice/dwell/fret =
bother...
At least in my experience! When I'm rushed off my feet, and
happy, I don't notice that the downstairs loo really needs
decorating, but when I'm too tired/depressed to start/stick with
a project, oh how I notice what has to be done.
Perhaps I should put magazines in there to take my mind off the
decor? That idea doesn't fill me with joy*, so I'm just
kidding. ;) ;D
* Words like 'droplet' and 'spray' make me think "ew, yuk!", so
even though I grew up with a bunch of Readers' Digest in the
smallest room, now I'm a 'grown-up' I think I'll pass.
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