There was not enough time to quilt this weekend. I did have lots of fun though. Saturday I took a free motion quilting class and got to practice some new stitches like pebbles and leaves. This was fun but wait till you see what the highlight of my weekend was.
After class I headed down to my Mom's in Ft. Lauderdale. She has been working on a slipcover for her living room sofa that is older than I am. She has reupholstered or recovered this about 10 times. She needed me and my electric staple gun. Project finished!!
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The highlight of my weekend was I learned how to sew on a treadle sewing machine.
My mom brought this back from Maine a few summers ago.
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| This dates back to 1899 |
I even got to wind the bobbin. I have never seen a bobbin that looks like that before. It is long and thin and the casing you put it in is shaped like a bullet. It was crazy how you use your hand on the wheel of the sewing machine to get the treadle going and then you have to get your feet going to keep the machine stitching and move your hand back to guide your fabric that is being stitched. You really have to pay attention and make your hands and feet work together. I did start to catch on after a while.
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