Sunny Sunday the 5th
The sun shinning can make a difference in the attitude when its cold out.
Dennis announced that he was going to do an oven meal for supper. I headed for the studio so as to not budge in on his preparation. As I was going down the steps I reminded him to let me know if he needed any help. After a goodly amount of time Dennis was at the back door with his jacket on. I was told 350 degrees for 45 minutes. Enough said.
I was working on two table runners with embroidery. I got them hemmed so it was a matter of choosing what design went where. There are quite a few steps to remember with the embroidery. I chose the aqua mesh stabilizer for the backing. Two layers. There is always going to be a bit of a pucker here and there depending on how dense the design is. On the top of the hoop I put a thin film of H20 stabilizer to prevent the stitching being embedded into the fabric.
Measure, measure when there are multiple times to take the fabric out of the hoop to reposition with additional stabilizer, etc.
All went well. No problems during the process. The next step will be to soak them in water to allow all the stabilizer is dissolve off of them front and back. While the table runners are still damp I will pin them down to square them up. As luck would have it, I have a bi-fold heavy cardboard table topper for the church tables. The thumb tacks work really well on that.
Before any more stitching, the sewing machine will need some TLC. Fuzz and wandering threads need to be cleaned out. Oiling after this type of workout (over 150,000 stitches) is mandatory, culminating with a new needle.
I belong to a group on Facebook in regard to the model of Bernina that each have. Amazing for the amount of people that really shouldn’t be working with such a wonderful machine.
The oven meal will be a mystery revealed. I did lift the lid of the round blue-speckled roaster when I came up from the studio. I saw a healthy layer of black pepper and some crushed soda crackers.
With that I will take my leave. ♥