In the quilting area I have a few things to talk about. I have finished cutting the blue points for the Smith Mountain Morning quilt and my next step will be the half squares. I will be cutting them with my GO Cutter. My husband bought the GO for me a few years ago for Mother's Day. I love it but I have to admit that I have not used it as much as I should. I am planning on remembering I have it now that it is where I can see it in my new quilting studio.
I have the GO out and ready to go.
The cutting table is almost finished. My husband is working on the facings and then I will be able to move it into my quilt studio. We designed this table and it has three slots where the shelf goes all the way through which will hold my long GO strip cutters and possibly the Groovy boards for my HQ. I will also store all my rulers and rotary cutters in this. I am very excited about this getting done because then all cutting items will be in one place and I will be able to find things quickly. As it is now I have these items strung out in different places and I have to constantly remember where I have stored each item.
This is the trim we will be using. It is the same knotty alder we have been using throughout the basement.
I have also cleaned and oiled my Ginza treadle machine but for the life of me I cannot get the top thread to pick up the bobbin thread and so therefore it does not sew. I suspect the bobbin casing I have in there is not the correct one. It looks newer than it should. I have searched many times on the internet for the Ginza company with absolutely no results. It is like this company never was.
I have also had my husband put up my hanger on the wall for my old aprons and my wooden spool collection. I have the first school sewing project on the right, an apron, and the apron my grandmother made for me when I was a teenage.
My grandmother would save the wooden spools from the thread and string them on an old shoe string. When I helped my mother empty her storage unit that she had had for 20 years I found these in there. It immediately brought back memories of wearing these at grandma's house as a young child.
Well, I think I need to get busy here at home. Take care and I will talk next week.
I love your cutting table. I wish I had the go cutter. Maybe someday. Your school project apron brings back memories for me. Mine was yellow check.
ReplyDeleteHere is something it won't hurt to try on your treadle machine. Check the needle position. It may be necessary to put it with the eye front to back or slightly off center side to side. It's hard to describe. Different than you would think is normal. I sometimes put the needle into the Gammill backwards and it won't sew for anything. Also every now and then I've gotten a whole package of needles that were ever so slightly too short even though they are supposed to be the same size. Mass production doesn't mean always correct.