Zip-a-dee-doo-dah
Zip Line
(Auntie Nyla in Jamaica some years back.)
Zippered up
That is exactly what happened to October...it zipped on by! HOW?!
And, what do I have to show for it? ZIP!!
Well, I did give the studio a good dusting after I finished Ana's pull-over, but that is it for the whole month!!
Click HERE for a happy tune!
Back in April, at the AQS Paducah Quilt show, I purchased prewound bobbins.
Well, I'm here to tell you THEY ARE A GAME CHANGER!!
So far I LOVE THEM!!
Most of the time I sew on a Janome 5200. These bobbins work perfectly! I've been told not all machines can use prewound bobbins, so, you'll have to decide whether or not to try them. This package was $30 and that is not an insignificant amount of money for a TRY. Honestly though, I'm glad I took the chance.
But Wait, there's MORE!!! (This line is from a song I used to sing with my kids, "Bats in my Belfry." HERE)
Prewound bobbins for Miss Ellie! YES!! Purchased from The Featherweight Shop, they are flawless in my 1951 Featherweight!
Now I'm about to make a blasphemous statement... This Wonderfil Efina Cotton thread is so, SEW nice! (Sorry, Auntie Nyla.)
My Quilting Auntie, Nyla had her ideas about quilting. As far as she was concerned HER ideas were the ONLY way to do things. And, in her mind Aurifil thread was THE ONLY thread to use when quilting.
Well, I think Wonderfil just might give Aurifil a run for their money.
As any Featherweight owner will tell you, as cute as these machines are, the bobbin area can be temperamental. This thread - prewound bobbin combination was absolutely PURRRRRFFFECT!
Miss Ellie hummed along with NO bobbin thread tangles or breaks or skipped stitches. I'm in LOVE!!
I took a chance on these Featherweight prewound bobbins because I trust The Featherweight Shop.
Find them HERE. Had I seen these "in the wild" I may have passed them by. But, I'm hooked now!
My only niggling thought is the waste....the empty bobbin....you just toss 'em in the trash. I was told that the bobbins are good quality and can be reused, but if I jump over to the prewound side, why would I need so many empty bobbins? I would like to send them back to Wonderfil to be reused. (I know it's a teeny, tiny piece going to the landfill....but it all adds up...)
Give prewound bobbins a try! You just might fall in Love!!
Hard to believe, but here it is .... The Beginning of the End of 2025! It is just a couple of weeks to Halloween 👻, followed very quickly by Thanksgiving 🦃and right on November's heals is CHRISTMAS 🎅!!!
And, October is getting off to a slow start.
While I've lost some momentum in completing UFOs, I am still plugging away.
Here is the lineup for October.
The APQ UFO Number is 2 and the
River's Edge UFO Letter is "F"
APQ's: October's number is 9.
Cat Panels: I have three cat panels, per se and a set of six cat blocks.
I remember buying this book and making these blocks. What I don't remember is what year that was.
I remember I was with Aunt Nyla and we were at a quilt show....
Uncle Neil (Auntie's Husband) painted the faces.
I also have these three CAT panels...wonder if I can combine them into one something???
We shall see how the month progresses. I have two quilt tops done now that need quilting and binding.
Two finished is better than one more started, right?
River's Edge: October's Letter is " F ".
A Box-O-Random Blocks. Left over blocks from past projects or "just because." They could be assembled into a quilt. I saw a video on this quite a while back....Karen Brown of Just Get It Done Quilts. Click HERE to watch the video.
Again, I would not bet the farm that this will happen NOW, so late in the year. I'd rather go back and "mop up" some of the others started this year and not yet finished. This would be a good one to start with in January!
AND the Prototype for Ana's pull-over shirt is done....finally.
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| It does not hang well on the hanger. |
I'm really happy I made a "draft" of the
real thing....I'm rusty in clothes construction.
I do now feel more confident cutting into
the "expensive" piece of fabric we bought
LAST Thanksgiving.
One Year, that's not too long to be on a UFO list.
It was mailed off to her today to try on and
give me feed back as to what should be changed.
