...Bob Bob Bobbin Along

 

 

 

 

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!! 

How Do You Spell R E L I E F ?

 

 

 

The Hot, Humid days have finally turned to
cooler, less-humid days...what a R E L I E F !! 

Ryan Hall Y'all, weather man extraordinaire 
says 6 to 10 days of this lovely weather! 
We're not finished with summer, but this is a nice respite. 

 

These lovely, cool mornings are perfect for yard work. And, Let me tell you....my yard needs some T.LC.!  After unprecedented Spring rains, and a flooded back yard, then grubs and moles, and unprecedented heat, and another flood in the back yard, and then moles AGAIN....it's been like a mole family reunion!  My yard looks like "H-E-double toothpicks!! "

So, I'm taking this opportunity to pull out all the perennials, use my pick ax to loosen up the soil in the beds, change the positions of the stepping stones, etc. and prepare everything for a better looking yard
down the road, I hope.

 

 

 

After a morning of all this physical work, when evening comes I'm pretty-much done for the day....

 

 ... I want to sew, but I don't want to think....
Just put pedal to the metal and listen to the hum.

 

 

 

 

 

I resurrected an old project, Scrap Crazy 6  not even included as a UFO on any of my lists, 
just sitting in a box on the shelf.

 

As a "Thank You" gift quite a few years ago, Miss Mary Mello gave me a set of acrylic Templates. From these templates you cut left-over fabric and assemble a scrappy quilt.

You can still get these on Amazon.  HERE 

 

 I had cut some fabric scraps way back then... not many....didn't do anything with them...So, out they came!

 

 

 

Laid out on the design board.

 

 

 

 

 

I have to admit....it was relaxing and kind of fun.  

Looking at each of these fabrics brings back pleasant memories of past projects.  

I think I'll do this again tonight.

Scrappy or Not Scrappy:  
Look what you can do with these Templates:  Click HERE
 

  

 

 

Notice, too, I'm sewing on Miss Ellie right now.  (Millie is at the Spa.)  Miss Ellie is so dependable and easy to sew on.  

I want to remodel and rearrange my studio so Miss Ellie can be out all the time. Ready to sew on when the mood strikes.

 

 

 

 

I'm auditioning pre-wound bobbins from The Featherweight Shop.  I like them!  No skipped stitches or thread jams... Certainly worth the money.  (Which really isn't much.)  I like the thread, too, Wonderfil.  

If you have a Featherweight, check out The Featherweight Shop! They do tutorials on YouTube and they'll even answer questions via email.  All their materials and tutorials are FREE!

 

 

 

 Finally, happy birthday to my mom...she would have been 91 today.  I still miss her.