Category: Vintage Sewing Machines
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Ilona’s Future’s so Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades!
I have certainly learned a lot cleaning up Ilona – my Singer 15-88. As you know from this post my Mom has given me her and her sister’s Vintage Sewing Machines. I even bought myself a small hammer and a screwdriver… you know, one of those ones with a bunch of different attachments? I took…
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Fabric Frenzy!
… or what I like to call “My Pilgrimage to the Church of Fabricana”. I’m not in the least obsessive or possessive regarding all things sewing related. (Ya, right!) I have even sworn off fabric shopping – PERIOD – for the last year. Well, except for the couple of purchases I made about a month…
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The ladies I hang out with…
are ladies that need a lot of attention, but their company is so rewarding. To start from the beginning, we are presently helping our parents move from a home they have been in for forty years to a seniors’ home. There is a lot to go through – some is moved with them, some is…
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Another baby in the family.
A while ago I stopped sewing and blogging long enough to show you my sewing machines, here and here. Lately we have been spending a bit of time at our parents’ place doing some spring cleaning and in the process have found some lovely treasures. Mom let me bring this home to show off to…
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I think it is my anniversary!
But before I tell you about that, let me just make a correction to an earlier post. I neglected to mention my tiniest baby. My Necchi Supernova! She may be a toy sewing machine, but this tiny baby has a special place on my book shelf, safe from harm. I found this baby while antique…