A Trip To The Sally Ann (aka Salvation Army)

My daughter has asked us to pick up candle holders as we may find them at the Sally Ann. 

 Well I hit the jackpot recently!  

I sent her photos to make sure they were what she was looking for. 

 I found 13 holders and some even had candles. ). 

0.36 each! 

SCORE!

I thought these were cute but she said no bueno. 

I also found THIS beauty!

It is a Singer 99K from 1955.  

She appears to be in pretty good shape and the cabinet is lovely.

She needs a bobbin cover plate and I need to get some bobbins for her.  

I found an original bobbin cover on eBay last night and will order bobbins for her today.  

I will spend some time this weekend cleaning her up.  

I have another one to clean up too, so will probably work on them both at the same time. 

 The other one is a Dressmaker.

I have had this one for awhile.  

She needs the bobbin shuttle and some bobbins too.  

I think I have a lead on those things so while I am waiting for them all to arrive, 

cleaning and oiling will begin!

Wish me luck.  I am pretty new to this but think that saving vintage machines is important.  

I don't have plans for the Dressmaker.  

Know anyone in need of a machine?

I have a couple of other Singers that need a good home too.  

They both sew well.  

Hoping to get these 2 to that point soon. 

I will keep you posted.

I did finish the dino on Thursday night.  

He is so Stinkin' cute!  

I have the next one to work on this weekend too.

I have three, count them three baby quilts to bind.  

Two are trimmed. 

I hope to get the third trimmed and the bindings sewn on all 3 of them this weekend. 

 Next up will be pillow covers for my daughter's home.

What are you working on this weekend?

~XOP~

Pattern Testing

I have done some pattern testing in the past and 

volunteered to do so for someone I have worked with previously.  

Sterling Sewn.  

Her other patterns were paper pieced and this one was pieced in the usual way. 

 It is always interesting to do this.  You hope all will go smoothly but often times it does not.

The pattern is part of a larger set called Dino Party. 

 This first one is the T-Rex.  He is adorable!  

There were no teeth though so I had to add some.  

I did that using some rick rack.  

Funny story, I wanted white rick rack but didn't have any. 

 My mom had a Martha White cabinet that she got from her mom. 

 I remember my mom putting loads of trim, elastic and embroidery floss into it.

  I  decided to look in there and see if there was any white/cream.  

Sure enough, not only was there white/cream but there were several sizes to choose from!

You can see my rick rack in this pic.  It was tricky to do the diagonal.  

It was a sew and flip so I measured and drew a line,

 then used Elmer's washable school glue and glued the diagonal piece down.

The top teeth were easy as they extended the whole length of the piece.  

The bottom were a bit trickier.  I did measure and ended up getting it right.  

I totally love that my T-Rex has teeth!

 On another note, my daughter has babies!! 

 Pea fowl babies that is.  

Hatching has begun and there are babies everywhere.  

Aren't they just the cutest little things?

Have a great day!

~XOP~