A Mission Completion Day
Hello studio, did you miss me? Today my plan was to totally finish up two projects and clean up behind them. It’s always more fun to back to the studio when it is tidy and ready to go.
I will say that my phots today were reduced by are pulling large. I will have to check this out later.
After some heavy stitching that was a test, a new needle, checking for way-ward threads and oiling. The heavy stitching was a placemat that had the same heft as some of the rugs Orlin and I had done on our Newcomb Flying Shuttle rug loom. There were no glitches at all. Success would have been sweeter if I had nudged the design a bit to the right by a quarter of an inch. . But who’s counting? Me! After I had the machine tidied up, I spent some time revisiting what was loaded onto the machine for possible designs to embroider out. If anyone wanted to shelter in place for the long haul, there are 0ver 250 designs to choose from for embroidering. Using the straight side of sewing I couldn’t begin to count the options. Imagination is the only limitation.
Sometime last summer-fall, I pulled out what had been, the kid’s grandmother’s hank of silk embroidery floss. You know I never let go of items that I have an emotional attachment to. Yes, memories of Ester Schafer, come with those emotions.
When there had been a shop on Highway #7 called Stitch-ville, both Carrie and I had shopped there separately or together. I retained a nice stash of some of what had been purchased. The silk floss was going to be used on a yard of binding, it being only 3″ wide with 2.25″ of stitching space.
Today was the day of hemming this band and giving it a good pressing. I had no pattern but the stitches seemed to find their way home.
The stitching needed the magnifying lamp and there may have been lulls in the stitching and how long each time I was good for. Right now I am having an issue with the photos and another day I will do so some trial and error to fix it. I do know that I pulled the phots from the file-folder to make sure the titles would be included. The photo from this afternoon looks like we have lots of snow. Not. We have no snow at all.
Dennis and I are having Sub-Way for supper taking advantage before the real cold of winter sets in and would blow us a way. It may be 32 degree out but it feels like zero.
Take care and with that I will take my leave. ♥