September sewing

September was National Sewing Month, and being so, I purposed to sew throughout the whole month.  I  missed a few days, but I was pleased to be able to make sewing one of my ongoing projects for the month.

Yesterday I determined that I would finish up the blocks for this Neighborhood Quilt.

I still have the to make the sashing and the borders, but I was happy to get each house completed by my own inposed deadline.

So these were the two quilts that made it through the month of September.

Did you reach any of your goals last month??

Linky Party Tuesday

Quiet Place

My husband has been listening to Greg Howlett online for several months.  He recently ordered CD's and oh my, what an amazing piano artist he is.  I wanted to share his beautiful music with you as I think you would agree that it is peaceful, inspiring and worshipful. 

Take a few minutes to visit Greg's website.  I know you won't be disappointed.

Is she a 201 or 66?

Yesterday our neighborhood was to be without power for most of the day, due to the Electric company changing transformers that keep blowing.  So what do you do when you have no power, no water, no coffee pot????  

Well I took the opportunity to run some errands.  And as such, I also stopped in at the Hospice Thrift store.  It's in our old neighborhood, so it's not one that I frequent very often.  As I looked around I came upon this sewing machine case.  

Of course I had to check out what was inside the case!!

And here is what I found!

 

Because of the harp opening I thought I had found a Singer 201.  A lot of gals are doing their machine quilting on the 201.  I asked if the machine worked, and after plugging it in, found that it ran pretty smoothly.  So this little baby came home with me.

  

After I got it home, we discovered the manual in the bottom of the case and it is not a 201 but a Singer 66-16.  I don't really know a lot about these older Singers, but checking the serial number I did discover that this machine was manufactured in 1948.  The machine looks like it has been used, as it has a few scratches on the bed, but the motor seems to purr.  

Does anyone have any idea on what to do to clean this baby up??  I would love to hear from anyone who is using either a 201 or the 66 to do their machine quilting.  The harp opening is about 8- 8 1/2" wide. 

Christmas projects??

Have you been working on Christmas projects??  I tend to be one who puts off holiday sewing until pretty late in the season.

This table topper was started a couple of years ago, but I have purposed to get it finished so I can use it this Christmas.


It's a pattern from Anka's Treasures.

 The instructions are not clear on how to add the border for this shape, but I will do the best I can.

The holidays are fast approaching!

Happy Quilting!

Can I Get A Whoop Whoop?

Sew Darn Crafty
Show Off Friday

Sale? What sale??

Okay, well, I just couldn't resist.




 
 A sale at the LQS beckoned me.

Now tell me, could you resist??

Do I love quilts??

I guess that pretty much sums it all up :-)

Construction continues

Building these houses is taking a little more time then the Full House pattern.  So that means I am cutting each block as I go.



 
These are the ones already in the works.

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I have no idea how this is going to look on my blog.  To say I am a little frustrated with the new interface is an understatement.  Everything was so much easier on the old interface.  I am on a new learning curve right now, just trying to figure out where everything is, that used to be right on my dashboard.  WHY do they have to keep changing things?????