Nana’s Cool Machine
It’s 10:30 on Friday night and Rob just got home. It has been one of those long weeks. Rob billed over 60 hours this week so far (tomorrow he will add a few more). Rob is missing the kids because he has worked so much this week that he hasn’t really seen them. I am missing Rob because I’ve been around the kids so much…
I thought I’d try to do some catching up. My mom came down before Thanksgiving and we had a Totally Ready Open House for her products. (By the way, the site was just redesigned, very chic.) She also brought with her a brand new dreamy sewing machine and we all had to try it out, including the kids. It has all kinds of bells and whistles, a self threading needle, thread cutting feature, a zillion decorative stitches, etc. etc. She is so into quilting now, and I have never seen her this excited about any machine in my life! She taught me how to do “paper piecing“, her newest favorite that simplifies the patterns, but makes things look so complicated and impressive. I’ll show you what I made another time… It’s so fun. We all were amazed and look forward to seeing the projects Nana comes up with next.
Nana shows the girls how to program a fancy stitch into the machine.
Hunter had fun trying it out too!
Hunter took this picture and I just thought it was a great one.
I have tried paper piecing too, and loved it! Your Mom’s machine looks really nice, what kind is it? Which of your children like sewing? Are any of them planning any fun sewing projects? Ciel and I are right in the middle of some projects right now. I am trying to do catch up on everything I am behind on (which is a LOT!), and she is trying out some of her own ideas and making some of her own creations. She just needs to get her sewing machine back from Logan, then she and I can “tandem” sew. Until then I will have to learn to share my machine.
Paper Piecing is a terrific way to teach a person to make their first quilt and have it look great. When Dave was only 8 years old, I taught him how to do it and he made the whole top himself. It is such a forgiving method that it is easy to correct mistakes from beginners.
Last night I took my new Juki machine, plus my old sewing cabinet, out to a friend to see if the two pieces would/could be compatible. Yeah, Arlin knew just how to do it! So after the holidays he will work on that project for me. He’s was so smart about seeing the vision of the best way to do it. I am thrilled because it is much nicer to have the machine available any time without having to set it up and take it down and move it off the table, etc.
One more thing . . . while I was out visiting Cindy and Arlin last night, I told them about TOTALLY READY and sent along the link for them to see. They are making their whole Christmas full of preparedness gifts, resources and ideas for their family this year, who are all coming home from near and far.
Emma loves to sew! Unfortunately I am not the most patient teacher, so she gets very short lessons from me. I don’t remember the name of the machine, but she saved up forever to get it, and has not stopped sewing since.
My mom will love to hear that someone is doing a preparedness Christmas. Those are her favorite!
Is it like English paper quilting? I am currently working on a queen size English paper quilt. I am so close to done I need to get with the program and just finish it. I started 2 years ago but have done all I have done in 2 months. So I guess currently is NOT acurate it has been awhile since I have done anything on it. I am making a texas star quilt.
Sounds like a great machine. My mom has a fancy one and told me that someday I can have it. I am excited but someday is too far away.