Such a long break!

Well, I'm sad to say that creating things took a back seat to work on my health. Glad to be feeling better but sorry I haven't made anything lately!

I visited my parents this last week and found a few things at the local Goodwill Outlet.

Singer 237
Missing a few things but I wanted to find a machine to try working on it.  My super nice 301 A has been refurbished and I won't be doing anything to it but oiling / cleaning, so I wanted a project machine. Hence the 237.

Back of 237

Case
The case smells of mold even though it's plastic so first I'll be cleaning and trying some odor removal products.

It has the plate, one foot, lots of bobbins, the spool pin, and the cord & presser foot

It's pretty clean

And the wheel turns freely
Here's a pic of my 301

Front






Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Finally setting up a sewing area again

Image
All progress on unpacking and setting up a sewing area were suspended when I was hired to be a classroom teacher in August 2016. Now that school is out and I have about three weeks before summer school starts, I started unpacking!

First, I had to move all my books & bookcases across the living room. Then, I could position the plastic shelving for fabric & other craft supplies. Now, I need to give the shelves a good wipe-down before putting away my fabric and yarn.




Read more

Knitting and sewing prep

Image
I've been working on a shawl and eventually will be making prayer shawls regularly.  I was working furiously on a final paper for my education class (School, Community, and Family) & had to have a break! I am loving this pattern, from "KnitSimple 33 Knit Shawls: Beautiful Wraps in Cables & Lace" published by Mixed Media Resources in 2015. I found it at my local Michael's store back in February or March. Here's an Amazon Affiliate link: 33 Knit Shawls: Beautiful Wraps in Cables and Lace


Read more

Working on a blouse

I wanted to test the fit of Butterick 5218 so I dug out some linen scrap fabric from two earlier projects. I was able to get the front, facing, and sleeves out of the toile.  I pieced the back by adding a CB seam and a seam crosswise about 5 inches above the hem. The collar & under collar were also cut from the black linen.I'm using my vintage Singer 301A for the first time and it seems like a dream! I just love it.

Read more