Home Sweet Home Progress

Setting up the embroidery machine, figuring out dimensions for multiple hoopings and changing the pattern on Home Sweet Home has caused me to put off doing the outside borders.  Today I resisted the urge to go take a nap and powered through 1 60 inch side border.  This is going to be our "Growing up San Diego" quilt so I embroidered one side with the 3 addresses where Greg grew up.  Got the swags glued on so now I have some evening hand work.  Took 6 hours to do the measuring and the embroidery.

There are different communities in San Diego but I stuck with "San Diego" for the ones within the San Diego City Limit

This is the right side border-I can't wait to get this done.  My deadline is the 3rd Wed in Sept.  but want it done before.  Wasn't sure what color thread I wanted but this ended up being perfect.

Sewing Machines Past and Present

I was at my quilting day yesterday and got a call from my husband.  He was garage saling in our little town when he came upon a find that he thought his wife would like.  After his brief description I flew out the door, promising to return in a flash.  I was back in 15 minutes and later that night after a little cleaning my husband's find looked like this:

 This is a 1925 Singer model number 128
It runs beautifully and has amazing graphics.  The wooden arched cover still has its graphics and single key.  I need to find a foot pedal to use it.  But if I were 87 years old-I'd need more than a foot pedal.

Can't wait to get it running so I can try it out.  It is the first machine that I have seen that has a stick like bobbin and the bobbin goes from side to side rather than around.   This machine came out on Dec 8, 1925.  Dec. 8 is my Birthday.

 I have a 1947 (my birth year) Singer featherweight that I take to workshops and a 1960 Singer featherweight that my mom bought me in junior high that I use at The Comforter's.  I think Singer made a great machine back in the day:). The 1925 machine was made in the US, the 1960 in England-I'd have to look at the '47 to see where it was made.  I need to research why they may have moved locations for manufacture.

The machine I use most often is not a Singer but a beautiful Babylock Elegante that isn't something I like to move-but a wonderful machine to sew on.