Tag: Singer 15-88

  • So to continue my …

    So to continue my …

    #makenine2019 and my Islander Sewing Systems “Jacket Express”! Last week my sewing got off to a rough start! First of all a couple of Fridays ago, I couldn’t get home without taking a good run, a few times, at the first of many hills we have … without success. I abandoned my vehicle on the…

  • Ilona’s Future’s so Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades!

    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…

  • Fabric Frenzy!

    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…

  • The ladies I hang out with…

    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…