Wow it has been a busy 2 weeks. I really don't know where the time went. Work has been crazy busy for me and I haven't gotten home before 7:00pm any night this week and it was basically the same about every night the week before. We are short handed and need to get people trained. It is putting a strain on everyone. But I am managing my stress and rising to the challenge thanks to my morning routine.
I started listening to a new Podcast. Just Wanna Quilt. The host always ends it with "I hope you find time to quilt today." I am glad that I have found time to quilt everyday.
Let's see, what have I gotten done these past two week working 30 minutes in the morning. I have finished the Great Outdoors quilt top. I have finished fussy cutting the blocks for the two Winnie the Pooh baby quilts. I have done about 15 hexies. That is just the morning.
In the evening, I have finished binding one quilt and am 3/4 the way done binding the second quilt. I have also done a few hexies in the evening.
The reason I have been doing Hexies in the morning is that my sewing machine has been acting up. I am convinced that it's the tension discs are not holding. I suspect the spring that adjusts the discs has loss it's spring. I would be sewing along and the top thread would start looping on the bottom. I would adjust the tension again and after awhile it would start looping again. It was very frustrating to say the least. I ended up taking it in to be serviced. I have had it for 13 years and never had to take it in. I also took in my mother's old singer 301A. It has basically been in storage for the last 40 years. I learned to sew on it and I want to get it running again. Anyway for the last few days I've not had a machine to sew on.
It has been a good machine but I started having problems with it when I used it for a 4-H sewing club. Syd Viot, friend of my mother, once stated that sewing machines are intimate pieces of equipment and should only be used by one person. After my experiences with the 4-H girls using my machine, I started to understand where she was coming from. My daughters understood the mechanics of sewing so much more than the other girls, Largely because I sewed.
At one point I ended up replacing the Kenmore with a Singer Prelude. It was while the Kenmore was in the shop for the umpteenth time. Anyway yesterday, I cleaned the Kenmore up, dusted it out and threaded it. With a little tension adjustment, it's stitching beautifully. The only problem is that I don't have a 1/4 inch foot for it. I am going to try taking a snap on adapter off another machine to use until the foot that I ordered comes in. Hopefully I can be stitching again in the next day or two. Oh and the Prelude is still here. I passed it onto one of my daughters.
In the meantime, there are strips to cut to size for the Winnie the Pooh quilts and several bins of fabric to sort and fold. Plus I need to cut up (fussy cut) the scraps from the Winnie the Pooh fabric. I suspect I will find more scraps in the bins. So Mt Scrapmore is growing again. I am sure I have enough to keep me busy one way or another. Not to mention all of the backs I need to make for several quilts.
This week's goals:
- Make backings for 2 quilts
- Put one quilt on the machine and quilt it this coming weekend
- Finish binding the second Church Ladies Apron quilt
- Cut the strips for the Winnie the Pooh quilts
- Start on the ribbon dance quilt for Izora.
- Make inner borders for 2 quilts.
- Find fabric for outer borders for two quilts
What are your goals this week?
How are you doing at finding time to sew?
Do you have a routine set that lets you sew?
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