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The whole "new year" thing, whether we want it to or not, is a symbol of starting over, starting new, whatever you want to call it. My Dad, Sue-Babe, Vicki, Ray, Piper-Kitty, Max-Cat, Tom-Tom and now my Mom. They've all moved on to that beautiful place in the sky... I'm doing my best to pick up the pieces and make this life matter.<br />
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Quilting Revolutionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16525963009816943007noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-135801867512541373.post-40276107781962119682017-06-19T21:12:00.002-04:002017-09-17T22:24:17.133-04:00Remove (and put back) the Hook on Singer 66 99Time for a little VISUAL help with these old service\adjusters manuals. I have a tendency to look up everything and anything when I'm working on a machine. And frankly, I'm tired of thinking, now where did I put that file?? So I'm making my own adjusters manual. LOL Kind of.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><u>Remove (and put back) the Hook on Singer 66 99</u></b></span><br />
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<b>To Remove the Sewing Hook</b><br />
<b>1) Remove the oscillating hook slide, presser foot, throat plate and bobbin case.</b><br />
Note: if you are working on a REAL OLD 66, like from a treadle cabinet - the bobbin case is a bit more difficult to remove. It will come out easier in step 3.<br />
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<b>2) Turn the machine over on its hinges, take out the screw (N, Fig 8) and remove the feed dog. (I use Chapman Bit #93)</b><br />
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<b>3) Also loosen the set screw (P, Fig 8) and lift out the bobbin case position bracket (F, Fig 5).</b><br />
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First item to note here - is that there are TWO versions of the <u>bobbin case position bracket</u>. So it's not going to make any sense if you are working on a hundred year old machine. See the picture below to understand the difference.<br />
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So this step is valid on a Model 99 and later Model 66's. Solid Hand Wheel is a good rule of thumb here. If it's a solid wheel - there is a set screw under the machine bed that releases the riveted Pin seating the bobbin case position bracket. The next photo is the set screw they are talking about. If that set screw isn't on your machine, then you are looking at the OLDER model, which I'll get into after.<br />
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So if you SEE this set screw - you'd need to loosen (or I would <u><b>remove</b></u> personally, so I can stick oil, PB Blaster or whatever it takes to get all that gunk out of there) to release the Bobbin case position bracket. Once that set screw is super loose (or out) the bracket will come out. (yeah right). I stick a screwdriver under it and gently pry it up. After this is all clean - it's a moot point. It drops in easily and you just turn that set screw back in to tighten it. It's the dirt, grime, dust bunnies, etc that makes it seem difficult to get out. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The position pin on the bottom of the part goes into a hole under the hook. The "Set Screw" under the bed is what holds it in place.</td></tr>
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With the OLDER model 66's, with a spoked hand wheel, there's no set screw under the hook area. It has a SOLID position finger that does NOT move and one screw that holds it down in there, instead of a riveted pin and set screw. Most manuals tell you to move over the position finger to get the bobbin case out. With this model - you can't. You have to remove the entire bracket to get the bobbin case out. I use a Chapman Bit #90 here.<br />
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<b>4) Loosen the oscillating hook crank clamping screw (O, Fig 8)</b><br />
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<b>5) Also loosen the presser bar bracket screw (M, Fig7) and raise the presser bar high enough to permit the sewing hook to be lifted from the machine.</b><br />
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This is another one of those steps that makes me chuckle. Such a simple sentence but SOOOO much work to make it happen after these old girls have been neglected for so long.....<br />
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So let me show you what screw they are talking about. The circled screw is the one that needs to be loosened. I use Chapman Bit #25. <br />
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<u>Do yourself a favor and lubricate this area REALLY well before you go after the presser bar bracket screw (blue circle). </u> I keep mentioning the Chapman Bits because they are, in my humble opinion, the most perfect fit on Singer Screws. <br />
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The bit fills the slot on the top of the screw so perfectly that unless you are being REALLY careless, you will avoid stripping the top of any screw. But I digress. The important thing to note here is that even if you get that set screw loose....that presser bar isn't going to move without some work. Lubricate with oil, PB Blaster if needed. The presser bar needs to be able to move up quite a bit to give the hook clearance to lift out. I also unscrew the Presser Bar Pressure screw (blue arrow) up at the top as far as it will go. If you take the Presser bar Pressure Screw OUT - watch you don't lose the washer that is right underneath it. Below is a picture to give you an idea of how much clearance you need to get the hook out.<br />
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So after ALL of that...let's talk about how to ACTUALLY get that hook out. Because you are probably looking at that picture and asking yourself.. "How in the hell did she do that?? That thing is NOT moving!"<br />
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Yeah - more lubrication, PB Blaster, etc. Take a look at the next photo if you can't get it out. The <span style="color: red;"><b>RED</b></span> circle is the oil hole for the hook. Load that hole up good. The <span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b>BLUE</b></span> arrow is the screw that you loosened in Step 4. It's what clamps that piece onto the very bottom of the hook. If it's not loose enough - it's not going to go anywhere. The <span style="color: #6aa84f; font-weight: bold;">GREEN </span>arrow is the end of a screwdriver pointing at the bottom of the hook piece. You can gently tap the handle end of a screwdriver to try to get it to move a little more. <br />
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<b>Putting it all back:</b><br />
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So HOURS and HOURS later, after you have cleaned all the new areas you can get to and all the parts you removed, we want to put it back together. Well it's not just put everything back where you found it. We have a few things to tweak:<br />
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- We need to "time" the hook so that it will sew again!<br />
- We need the feed dogs to be where we want them to be!<br />
- We need that presser bar back in the right position and make sure our presser foot isn't crooked and applies pressure appropriately!<br />
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<b>1) <u>Put the hook back in the machine</u>.</b> Turn the balance wheel until the needle bar is in the lowest position. Put the hook in so that the hook tip is right around where the tip of the needle will be. (Don't worry - we will adjust this more precisely when we "time" the machine.)<br />
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Make sure the bottom end of the hook goes back into that clamp underneath. Then gently tighten that clamping screw so that it grips the base of the hook to now turn when you turn the balance wheel.<br />
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2) <u>Put the Bobbin Case Position Bracket back in the machine.</u><i><u> </u>Note: if you are working on the older model like i am - you will remove this again after the machine is in "time" and shimmy that bobbin case back in later.</i><br />
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<br />Quilting Revolutionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16525963009816943007noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-135801867512541373.post-377813627794997202017-06-15T19:35:00.001-04:002017-09-17T22:23:42.368-04:00Remove (and put back) Feed Fork Connection Singer 66 99So I'm working on a <u>Singer 66 Red Eye.</u> I want to remove the Feed Fork Connection so I can CLEAN it!<br />
<i>Note: these instructions relate to Singer 99, 127 and 128 as well. </i><br />
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This machine, like many vintage machines that have been sitting in God knows where for 50-60 years, has so much GUNK and rust just caked onto all the metal that I had to take it apart down to the Head. This post is to remind me (and help you) figure out how I took this thing apart and how to get it back together so I don't have to re-invent the wheel (figuratively speaking) the next time I do this. I usually don't need to take them apart this far, but this was an extreme case. So without further delay...here's how to <b><u>"Remove (and put back) the Feed Fork connection" </u></b><br />
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Here's the text from an old adjuster's manual with HORRIBLE pictures.<br />
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<b> STEP 1: "To remove the feed fork connection, first remove the eccentric screw C2 (see pic 1) and nut D2 (see pic 1), disengaging the feed fork connection N2 (see pic 1), from the feed rock shaft O2, (see pic 1)."</b><br />
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Ok - so how...why, what??? The pic they have is a pencil drawing of the entire underbody of the machine.. NOT HELPFUL. So here's the real deal. Put the machine in front of you on a table so you are looking at the BACK of the machine. Lay it down gently with the front of the machine to the tabletop, exposing her underbelly. Bottom left corner of the machine is where the Feed Fork Connection is connected on the bottom. We need to release the fork from the bottom first. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Using your Left Hand, fit the appropriate sized screwdriver to fit perfectly in the slot of the eccentric screw that is securing the <u>Feed Fork Connection</u> to the <u>Feed Rock Shaft. </u> <i>Note: I use Chapman bits - #98 is pretty close</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Once the nut is removed, the eccentric screw will not come out until you remove the screw that tightens around the "eccentric" part of the screw!</td></tr>
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Ok great - Step 1 is done. What's next?<br />
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<b>STEP 2: "Loosen the thumb screw J2, (see pic), turn the arm side cover up, as shown in Fig 43, and retighten the thumb screw J2."</b><br />
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<b>Step 3: "Loosen the set screw K2, Fig 45, in the feed cam and move the feed cam Q3, Fig 45, toward the arm rock shaft F3. Fig 45. Remove the feed fork connection N2, Fig 45 and roller P2, Fig 45."</b></div>
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So what does that step really entail? Why? How? "MOVE the feed cam??" You're kidding right?<br />
So this sent me on a search through my files for a parts list with pictures of the part. This thing is so dark and filthy I can hardly SEE screws or anything else in there! And there's a cast iron WALL blocking me from pulling the fork out....it doesn't bend people. Who WROTE this thing?? And there's a Stitch Length knob in there and pieces attached to the side?? Hello? <br />
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So here's where I kinda started scratching my head and laughing. I tried a screw driver and a small hammer. They said the feed cam moves.... uh....no it doesn't. Is it supposed to? Does it really need to? So I tried wriggling the Feed Fork Connection out ignoring that part....cuz it definitely doesn't move... I scratch my head some more.... Finally I look up the feed cam in an old parts manual to see what the part looks like....</div>
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Well lookit that... it's a separate part. Not a great image, but it helped me figure out that that eccentric tear drop side on the left will likely need to be pointing down in order for the fork to come out. That's helpful, but the Feed Fork has a piece sticking out that is engaged into the Stitch Length knob on the front. That thing is NOT coming out without moving the feed cam, that's for sure.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I looked closely at the set screw I took out - it's got a pointed tip, that goes into the groove on the main shaft to hold it in place! </td></tr>
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Well I'll tell you what, I don't think that set screw was necessary after all these years, because that thing is ON there. With Rust, crud and God knows what else... So to MOVE the Feed Cam...here's the "real deal". PB Blaster....Oil - cleaner, Q-tips, whatever you can get in there. You gotta get that crub gooey to get her moving. It's the only way. After you get it nice and gooey (I let PB Blaster soak in under that groove for about 15 minutes) THEN.....Get out some Locking Pliers (Vice Grips)!!!</div>
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Once I got that feed cam spinning freely - I was able to move it over just enough to give me some wiggle room with the other end of the Feed Fork Connection. You've got to be able to angle the fork enough to get the <b>"ROLLER"</b> that they mention out of the Stitch Length Regulator slideway piece that is screwed onto the inside of the head!</div>
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One of the projects that I mentioned that I'd be starting in my <a href="http://quiltingrevolution.blogspot.com/2017/01/top-10-ufos-for-2017.html">Top 10 UFO's for 2017</a> post was the BOM (Block of the Month) <a href="http://freemotionquilting.blogspot.com/p/machine-quilting-block-party.html">Machine Quilting Block Party hosted by Leah Day</a>.<br />
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A very good friend of mine, that less than 2 years ago was a COMPLETE beginner, did the "Block Party" called <a href="https://leahday.com/collections/shop/products/machine-quilting-block-party">Sunshine Surprise in 2016</a>. She took a fast liking to free-motion quilting so I sent her looking for Leah Day. All I knew about Leah Day at that point was that she had a fast-growing internet presence when it came to quilting on a domestic machine. The more you googled...the more she came up in results. 12 months later, Sabrina presented the most BEAUTIFUL finished quilt! I couldn't be more proud! Her skills with piecing, cutting, points and quilting increased 10-fold!! </div>
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When it comes to free-motion, if you've followed my blog over the years, I'm <i><u>still</u></i> a less-than-confident novice. I can TELL you everything you need to do, but still have this internal hesitation on doing it myself. Last year - I quilted my first quilt on my Vintage Singer 201 Sewing Machine. You can read about that fun journey <a href="http://quiltingrevolution.blogspot.com/2016/06/jewel-box-journey.html">here</a>. After seeing how much Sabrina excelled with Leah Day, I was ONBOARD for doing the next one with her! </div>
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Join us! <a href="https://leahday.com/collections/shop/products/2017-machine-quilting-block-party">Machine Quilting Block Party - Flower Festival</a>. Block 2 was just released on Feb 1. First of the month, every month, the next one gets released. You get the instructions for the block, the template for the quilting and there are many many many videos to provide instruction and confidence along the way! <a href="http://freemotionquilting.blogspot.com/p/machine-quilting-block-party.html">Tutorial Videos.</a></div>
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So here's how far along I got!</div>
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It's hard to see in the picture - but the background fabric is a light blue\gray batik with Light blue impressions on it. That I bought at Miller's Amish Shop in Lyndonville on a road trip with Rose & Sabrina. The other Batiks are from Vicki's stash. The LOUD batiks are going to go on the back of each block. This is a Quilt-As-You-Go Quilt so all the quilted blocks get attached at the end. I have a bunch of amazing batiks that I inherited from Vicki that I would never have the heart to cut into. They are just so gorgeous in BIG pieces. The back of this quilt will be a cool mish-mosh of some of these fabrics. The night before retreat I even got these all in the washing machine and dried. I don't normally pre-wash but Leah Day said so, so I did. I am a BIG advocate of when you are taking a class\instruction from a teacher, you do everything their way when you are learning. No matter how skilled\advanced you think you are, there will ALWAYS be something, even if it's just a teeny-tiny tid bit, that you will learn. Nobody likes a <b><u>know-it-all</u></b> student. If you know it all, why are you taking the class? Anywho, I digress...</div>
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OH - Important to mention!!! Speaking of learning a teeny-tiny tidbit....let me tell you about the octave my voice reached when I threw in a purple batik fat quarter last minute and the water in the washing machine immediately started turning HOT PINK. OMG, I totally started to panic. I ripped that purple out of the water sooooo fast! Threw it in the laundry tub and tried to rinse it and it just kept flowing, and flowing and flowing hot pink\purple down the drain. I finally grabbed it like it was a spider body in a kleenex and threw it at the garbage can!!</div>
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I had a batik\hand dye discussion with my friend Sandy over at <a href="http://quiltingfortherestofus.com/blog/thinkin-about-it-thursday-and-retreat-report/2/9/2017">Quilting For The Rest of Us</a>. (Go on, visit her a minute and then come back. She does a fabulous "pose" when told to. (grin) )</div>
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Anywho - Vicki was dabbling in dying fabrics, so there is a chance that the purple "batik" I threw in the washing machine was a hand-dyed fabric that had not yet had the color set. Sandy does a LOT more than dabble with it. So I peppered her with questions on retreat. The result is this bulleted list:</div>
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<li>SYNTHRAPOL is a special detergent that does all kinds of cool stuff. It suspends dye particles so that they do not reattach to fabric. Removes sizing, oils, fingerprints and other impurities.</li>
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Moving onto Block 1! <a href="https://leahday.com/collections/shop/products/2017-machine-quilting-block-party">"Blooming Nine Patch Block" </a> I spent about 2 hours starching and pressing all my nice clean fabrics before I started cutting. I joked a few times... "why did I wash, dry and then stand here making it stiff again...."<br />
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Block 2 went together beautifully as well. It's not sewn down yet and somewhere between my dryer and retreat, the yellow batik disappeared... I had a small piece with me for the center of Block 1, but not enough to do the center of block 2 and I wanted yellow there. This one is an applique block. I want to watch Leah's video on how SHE does the applique steps <a href="http://freemotionquilting.blogspot.com/2017/02/how-to-piece-pointy-eight-petal-dresden.html">here</a>. I was going to hand applique it down, but again....why take a "class\guided instruction" if you are just going to do it your way??</div>
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I worked on several other projects at retreat, which I will cover in another post, so these two blocks made it home and up on one of my design walls without being quilted. I kept feeling this little "tug" about which machine to use to quilt this quilt. By the time I got set back up at home....I knew what I was going to do...</div>
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Meet "Emma".... (gasp!) Did you even know that I had a computerized machine?? This is actually "Emma II". My first machine was a Viking Designer 1 that I purchased as a house-warming gift to myself back in 2003. My first love was Machine Embroidery...not quilting. More on that some other time. A few years later, I had an opportunity to upgrade to a Designer SE, so I did! Anyway... a long-time friend of mine happened to mention that she was looking for a new home for HER DSE. We bought them\upgraded them at the same time. So this little nostalgic tug pulled at me.... Lula... Lula is Emma's SISTER! Don't ask me why, but she's coming home with me too. So Lula and Emma will live happily ever after together... Ok yeah - getting off track here...</div>
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The BLUE thread is from a show I did. We were testing tension on an old Singer 15-91. I loaded up some rainbow varigated thread and just started testing out some of the blank space that was left on this scrap. Once I got my rhythm going, I slapped a 10" square light blue batik right on top of it and loaded up a different thread.</div>
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So while off in Syracuse this past weekend for the AQS show, I get wind of an event at <a href="http://calicogals.com/">Calico Gals</a> on Thursday night! <a href="http://www.thesplendidsampler.com/2016/07/08/there-is-always-time-to-be-splendid/">"Meet up in the Middle"</a> -Pat Sloan called it. "People are bringing their blocks, Pat Sloan will be there, etc and so on". Lori couldn't make it, so I took her place with Charlotte. Can I just say....WOW. What a fun, crazy, awesome group of peeps!! Here's some pictures from the event!!<br />
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It was nice to see <a href="http://scrap-therapy-quilts.blogspot.com/">Joan Ford of Hummingbird Highway</a> again. We had a class with her a few years back and had an absolute blast. She even blogged about it here. My <a href="http://quiltingrevolution.blogspot.com/2016/06/jewel-box-journey.html">Jewel Box Journey</a> is one of her patterns! <br />
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Needless to say - upon returning from my trip and having the luxury of an internet connection (which was non-existent at Quilt Camp de la Charlotte... I started sifting through the Spendid Sampler site and downloading my favorites. I'm not interested in making them all, but as a result of seeing so many design walls...there are a few I DEFINITELY want to make!!!<br />
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The first one that caught my eye was <a href="http://www.elefantz.com/2016/05/my-splendid-sampler-block.html">"Blossoming" by Jenny Reynolds</a>.<br />
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I honestly don't have a clue how many people actually read my blog (guess I should look at the stats page every once and while eh?). I do it for a creative record of sorts. So much loss in my life the last few years and very poignant moments when handling a departed friends UFO's has really struck a chord with me. If their stories aren't told.... they just stay.... UN finished, forever. And sometimes eventually just disappear.<br />
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Some people think that quilting is an isolation hobby. They picture someone hidden away from the world, sitting at a sewing machine like there are shackles on their ankles. Those that are active quilters know, that for the most part, that's the furthest thing from the truth. There's soooooo many social aspects to quilting. <br />
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1) Classes - some that you took because a friend begged you to do it with her, some that you begged someone else to do with you, some that you took because you wanted to expand a specific skill set or add a new technique to your bag of tricks! Some because you just wanted to spend some time with a particularly nationally known quilter. Some because you wanted to hit the 7 quilt shops on the way!<br />
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2) Guild Sew Days - while you COULD sit alone at home and focus on a project, there is something special to being surrounded by others that love the craft. There are moments that you might never sew another flying geese block for as long as you live....except when you are doing them in the company of friends. There are fellowship moments. There are moments when you find yourself vulnerable and open up to people that you wouldn't normally open up to. There are moments where you find companionship & comfort because your common interests brought you together. There is laughter, there are jokes, there are "memories" that are created when for no apparent reason, everyone breaks into a familiar song. There are tears and moments of release. There are moments where you make mistakes and get to laugh at yourself. There are AHA moments where everyone learns something. There are moments where the world is peaceful, calm, loving, nurturing and the bad stuff just doesn't exist....<br />
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3) Weekend Retreat Get Aways - Now THESE are the bonding moments. Morning, noon and night you are with your friends. They become a PART of your projects, they become a PART of your story.<br />
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4) Guild meetings\Show and Tell - When someone else's project grabs at you so hard that you HAVE to make one, try it, do it, learn it. Or just their story calls to you.<br />
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I could go on and on, but the point is, some UFO's are WORTH finishing. Some have stories, memories, emotions that should NOT be forgotten. They are scrapbooks of a quilters life! They are our legacy.....<br />
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This was why I started the "<a href="http://quiltingrevolution.blogspot.com/p/wips.html">My Projects</a>" Tab on my blog. Pulling things out, assessing their importance, their story. I've been trying to take the time to add at least 2 a week. Having a one stop visual of all that exists down in that sewing room of mine.<br />
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So here's the ones I REALLY REALLY want to finish this year. <br />
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1) Retreat Sweatshirt<br />
2) Seasonal Halloween Sampler Wall Hanging<br />
3) Scrappy Log Cabin Blocks<br />
4) Thangles Mini Sampler<br />
5) Quilters Dozen Plus BACKGROUND Quilt<br />
6) Scraps of Time - Winter<br />
7) Technicolor Galaxy<br />
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Here's a few BOM's\Mystery's I know I am STARTING this year!<br />
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1) Leah Day - <a href="http://freemotionquilting.blogspot.com/p/machine-quilting-block-party.html">Machine Quilting Block Party</a><br />
2) BOM with Kate! (This is specific to our local quild)<br />
3) Charlotte Hawkes - <a href="http://www.charlottehawkesquilts.com/">Surrounded by Scraps</a><br />
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1) Seasonal Halloween Sampler Wall Hanging<br />
2) Quilters Dozen Plus BackGround Quilt<br />
3) Vicki - Snail's Trail<br />
4) Halloween Scrap Frenzy!Quilting Revolutionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16525963009816943007noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-135801867512541373.post-31519319138913995552017-01-14T18:27:00.000-05:002017-01-15T18:27:32.937-05:00Saturday Sew Day!Our local CCQ group had sew days this weekend. I was able to make it for a little while on Saturday! Here's what I worked on!<br />
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I started and finished the "August" Block (Bottom Right corner) and cut the strips for the September Block!<br />
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Quilting Revolutionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16525963009816943007noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-135801867512541373.post-25984720876339538412017-01-11T22:28:00.002-05:002017-09-17T22:25:13.866-04:00Sewing Studio OVERHAULThe before pictures were so overwhelming I think that I deleted them. I can't find any on my phone anywhere. So forward motion!!! right!??!?!<br />
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Quilting Revolutionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16525963009816943007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-135801867512541373.post-92082481327794208212017-01-11T22:27:00.000-05:002017-01-11T22:27:28.289-05:00Update on ProjectsToday I spent some more time updating the "<a href="http://quiltingrevolution.blogspot.com/p/wips.html">My Projects</a>" tab of my Blog. This is where I have started to catalog all of the WIP's (Works in Progress) UFO's (Unfinished Objects), PIB's (Projects in Bags). I am determined to get more organized! <br />
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Here's a copy of what the tab looks like JUUUUst in case I screw something up and lose it!<br />
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Started June 2015 - Scrappy Log Cabins<br />
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Dec 2016 - Progress Note <a href="http://quiltingrevolution.blogspot.com/2016/12/scrappy-log-cabin-blocks.html">here</a><br />
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Started November 2016 - <a href="http://www.scrapsoftimequilts.com/cgi-bin/sot_disppic.cgi?pf=clothing_etc/pq124.jpg&it=Quilt+Patterns&pd=Spring+from+Winter&pn=14+1/2%22+x+15%22"><b>Scraps of Time - Winter</b></a><br />
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Nov 2016 - progress post <a href="http://quiltingrevolution.blogspot.com/2016/11/black-friday-project-winter-scraps-of.html">here.</a><br />
- needs birdhouse roof repaired, Sashing and Border<br />
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Started September 2016 - <a href="http://pileofabric.com/products/skill-builder-bom-2015">Technicolor Galaxy Skillbuilder 2015 BOM</a> -<br />
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June 2016 - Progress Note: <a href="http://quiltingrevolution.blogspot.com/2016/06/technicolor-galaxy-skillbuilder.html">here</a><br />
Sept 2016 - Progress post <a href="http://quiltingrevolution.blogspot.com/2016/09/technicolor-galaxy-progress.html">here</a><br />
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Started June 2016 - <b><a href="http://www.thangles.com/projectpacks/blueberrystars.html">Thangles Mini Sampler</a></b><br />
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Progress Note added 7/25/16<br />
June 2016 - Progress post <a href="http://quiltingrevolution.blogspot.com/2016/06/thangles-sampler-dwm.html">here</a><br />
August 2016 - Progress post <a href="http://quiltingrevolution.blogspot.com/2016/08/another-mini-quilt-anvil-blocks.html">here</a><br />
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Started May 2016 - <b><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/196205483/quilted-memories-quilt-pattern-8-hand">Quilted Memories Hand Embroidery</a></b><br />
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Progress Note added May 2016<br />
May 2016 - Progress post <a href="http://quiltingrevolution.blogspot.com/2016/05/hand-embroidery-quilted-memories.html">here</a><br />
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Started March 2016 - <b><a href="http://www.byannie.com/shop/category/patterns/lets-get-organized/">Let's Get Organized ByAnnie Class Series</a></b><br />
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Progress Note added July 2016<br />
July 2016 - Progress post <a href="http://quiltingrevolution.blogspot.com/2016/07/byannie-lets-get-organized.html">here</a><br />
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Joined together - April 2015 - Vicki Flower Blocks<br />
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Every month at the CCQ quild meeting - Kate picks a block out of "Around the Block" by Judy Hopkins. People could participate, donate, or not. We've been doing this for years.<br />
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In 2014 - Vicki chose a palette of fabrics for her monthly blocks. Flowery, peaceful, pretty fabrics. She completed 8 blocks before she passed away in January 2015.<br />
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In her memory - I decided to use the rest of the fabrics in the bag as a retreat project in her memory. I pre-cut 1,500 squares and tucked stacks of 50 into little memory boxes. Each quilter at the May 2015 retreat received the box along with some gridelined fusible stabilizer. The group project was appreciated and reminded everyone of her.<br />
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I joined her 8 blocks with one of the group blocks in the middle.<br />
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Started September 2013 - <b>Halloween Frenzy - Scrap Quilt</b><br />
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Progress note added 2/12/16.<br />
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September 2013 - started cutting<br />
February 2015 - progress post <a href="http://quiltingrevolution.blogspot.com/2015/02/modified-string-x-halloween-frenzy.html">here.</a><br />
February 2016 - Progress post <a href="http://quiltingrevolution.blogspot.com/2016/02/whatcha-workin-on-halloween-frenzy.html">here</a>.<br />
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<i>Needs to be Hand Basted, Quilted & Bound</i><br />
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Started December 5, 2014 - <a href="http://quiltville.blogspot.com/p/grand-illusion-mystery.html">"Grand Illusion" - Bonnie Hunter Mystery Quilt</a><br />
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Progress Note added - 12-23-14<br />
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Part 1 Post <a href="http://quiltingrevolution.blogspot.com/2014/11/grand-illusion-mystery-quilt.html">here</a><br />
Part 2 Post <a href="http://quiltingrevolution.blogspot.com/2014/12/grand-illusion-mystery-quilt-progress.html">here</a><br />
Part 3 Post <a href="http://quiltingrevolution.blogspot.com/2014/12/grand-illusion-progress-without-marking.html">here</a><br />
Part 4 Post <a href="http://quiltingrevolution.blogspot.com/2014/12/grand-illusion-getting-there.html">here</a><br />
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Started sometime in 2012? - Judy Neimeyer Seasonal Table Runner<br />
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CCQ Quilt Guild decided to have Barb Miller from Mt Pleasant Quilt Company come and teach a small Judy Neimeyer class at the church.<br />
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I made a good amount of progress during the course of the class but really only took it to learn the "technique. I had intended "some day" to finish it up.<br />
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Then I found a pattern called Misty Mountain Pond (also by Judy Neimeyer) that used the same units! Well of course - go big or go home right??<br />
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Still haven't gotten back to it.<br />
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Started by Vicki Steffenhagen - Seasonal Table Runner - Judy Neimeyer<br />
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Vicki took this class with me. As you can see - neither of us finished it. Someday...someday...<br />
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Started December 2, 2012 - <a href="http://quiltville.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">"Easy Street" - Bonnie Hunter's Mystery Quilt</a><br />
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5 ladies in my Guild are doing it too!<br />
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Progress Note added - 12-12-12<br />
Part Posted <a href="http://quiltingrevolution.blogspot.com/2012/12/mystery-quilt-inspiration.html">here</a><br />
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Progress 12-17-14 LOL - just realized I never updated this!<br />
The top is complete, still waiting for an AHA moment that gives me the drive to quilt it. Last thought was to add hand embroidery - not sure if that will really happen...<br />
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<i>Needs to be Quilted & Bound</i><br />
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Started June 2, 2011 - <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Applique-Masterpiece-Affairs-Heart-Rossmann/dp/157432859X" target="_blank">Affairs of the Heart - Designed by Aie Rossman</a><br />
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First Hand Applique Project Ever (Needle-Turn)<br />
3 Friends of mine are doing this quilt too. We meet twice a month to work on it, but usually end up laughing and eating instead. (blushing)<br />
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Progress Note added - 12-12-12<br />
Progress Note added - 12-17-14 Haven't worked on this in quite some time. Still on one of the design walls though.<br />
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Started sometime in 2010? 2009? - <a href="http://www.emblibrary.com/EL/Products.aspx?Catalog=Emblibrary&ProductID=X5701">Halloween Sampler - Machine Embroidery</a><br />
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Progress Updates posted 2/11/16<br />
These embroidered blocks have been laying around for about 4-5 years.. Time to do something with them!<br />
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Part 1 Post <a href="http://quiltingrevolution.blogspot.com/2014/12/embroider-this-part-1-halloween-sampler.html" target="_blank">here</a><br />
Part 2 Post <a href="http://quiltingrevolution.blogspot.com/2015/05/embroider-this-part-2-halloween-sampler.html" target="_blank">here</a><br />
Part 3 Post <a href="http://quiltingrevolution.blogspot.com/2015/06/embroider-this-part-3-halloween-sampler.html">here</a><br />
Part 4 Post <a href="http://quiltingrevolution.blogspot.com/2015/07/embroider-this-part-4-seasonal-sampler.html">here</a><br />
Part 5 Post <a href="http://quiltingrevolution.blogspot.com/2015/08/embroider-this-part-5-seasonal-sampler.html">here</a><br />
Part 6 Post <a href="http://quiltingrevolution.blogspot.com/2015/09/embroider-this-part-6-seasonal-sampler.html">here</a><br />
Part 7 Post <a href="http://quiltingrevolution.blogspot.com/2015/10/embroider-this-part-7-final-seasonal.html">here</a><br />
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Canal Country Quilt Guild (12" Challenge) - 2010 (sewing notion focus fabric)<br />
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Jan's Sewing Notion Focus Fabric<br />
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In 2010 - The Spencerport Quilt Guild did a "Round Robin" type challenge with it's members.<br />
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A yard of fabric went into a bag and passed from person to person for 12 months. Every month, using the "focus fabric" in the bag - you had to make a block (or blocks) that finished at 12". We showed the blocks at Show N Tell and passed the bag on. At the end of the year - your bag was returned to you and the challenge was to find the appropriate setting for the blocks and finish the quilt!<br />
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January 2017 - I pulled out the bag of blocks for the 100th time and inspiration finally hit. I put the blocks up on the design wall to remember what I envisioned!<br />
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Canal Country Quilt Guild (12" Challenge) - 2010 Sue Babe's Blocks<br />
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Sue Babe's Polka Dots & Buttons<br />
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"Round Robin" 12" challenge. These were found in Sue Reynolds things after she passed away in October of 2013. They were passed on to me to remember her. Sue Babe, Vicki and I were the 3 amigas. So many fun stories about the "button man" blocks, buttons and Sunbonnet Sue.<br />
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Canal Country Quilt Guild (12" Challenge) - 2010 Vicki's Blocks<br />
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Vicki's Crazy Swirl Flowers<br />
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"Round Robin" 12" challenge. These blocks were given to me after Vicki Steffenhagen passed away in January of 2015.<br />
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Everyone in our guild stretched the boundaries with the challenge. Vicki was in complete awe of what these blocks became. The two of us together had a tendency to push people to try new things. The blocks people made for her were a testament of how much she was respected as a friend, teacher and inspiration<br />
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Started 2009?? - <a href="http://www.stitchconnection.com/embroidery.html">Pine Tree Valley</a> - Machine Embroidered BOM 2008?<br />
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Block of the Month Class taught by Vicki S and Jan Mercer at Betty's Quilting Etc in Spencerport<br />
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Never got around to finishing the quilt. Must do something with these blocks!<br />
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Started 2010? - Retreat Sweatshirt - Machine Embroidery<br />
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A sweatshirt I started to show off some of my favorite Machine Embroidery designs. Button fabric was from my Sue-Babe's stash to be used as a collar, bottom & Sleeves. Sweatshirt had all ribbing cut off of it.<br />
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Some day need to pick some more designs and get this cool shirt finished.<br />
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Started November 2006 - Sally Collins Workshop - Precision Piecing<br />
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Most amazing workshop I've ever participated in. Was SO inspired by Sally Collins. Sadly - the quilt I designed never got off the group. I do still want to make it some day though!<br />
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Everything from class is still in a bin<br />
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Started by Vicki Steffenhagen - Birthstone Flowers<br />
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Vicki finished 4 out of 12 of the Birthstone flower blocks out of "Quilts With Style" magazine before she passed away. There a BILLION little pieces in each block - all paper pieced.<br />
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This was a project we chose to do together. She was 4 blocks ahead of my ZERO progress.<br />
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Started by Vicki Steffenhagen - Civil War Print Sampler<br />
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This was a project that Vicki was working on at various retreats with me. She got 6 out of 12 parts finished before she passed away.<br />
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Started by Vicki Steffenhagen - Tulip Flower Garden Sampler<br />
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This was a project Vicki started. At some point I'd like to spread it all out and see what's left to do. It's really beautiful.<br />
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Started by Vicki Steffenhagen - Sometime in 2010 - Quilters Dozen Plus<br />
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Vicki made these class samples back when we worked together at Betty's Quilting Etc in Spencerport, NY. She was given the option to "purchase them back" from the shop owner when the shop closed. So she did.<br />
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I spent a Sew Weekend sometime in 2015 pin-basting a bunch of them with the intent to quilt them and hang them in my living Room.<br />
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I think these need to go on my Top 10 UFO's for 2017!<br />
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Started by Vicki Steffenhagen - Bloomin Flowers 2008?<br />
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Vicki and I both had a severe passion (addiction) for Machine Embroidery. We taught classes all over Monroe County. Both "Embroidery Club" and some "Embroidered Block of the Month" classes.<br />
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Bloomin Flowers is a BOM class that I taught in 2010 while working at Betty's Quilting Etc in Spencerport.<br />
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I finished my quilt and it even won a few Blue ribbons around town! This is as far as Vicki got with her blocks.<br />
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I'd like to sit down with these and come up with something. Machine Embroidery takes a LONG time and hefty investment with thread - we shall see.<br />
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Painstakenly HAND Stitched by Vicki Steffenhagen - Baltimore Beauties<br />
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About 20 years ago - before Vicki and I became besties - she worked at another quilt shop in Holley called "Apple Country". There she taught many classes in Hand Applique<br />
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These "Baltimore Album" blocks are absolutely exquisite. I'd like to get these into a wall hanging in her memory.<br />
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<br />Quilting Revolutionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16525963009816943007noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-135801867512541373.post-91258130826117424192017-01-08T23:59:00.003-05:002017-01-08T23:59:30.332-05:00Free Motion Block Party with Leah Day!I blame Sabrina for this....<br />
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<br />Quilting Revolutionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16525963009816943007noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-135801867512541373.post-7120091741770503662016-12-18T16:58:00.000-05:002017-01-03T17:26:08.775-05:00Scrappy Log Cabin BlocksSo over a year ago, I think June 2015, the "Hamlin" girls started an exchange of these scrappy log cabin blocks. It all started with an issue of Quiltmaker Magazine.<br />
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We modified the center of the Log Cabin Block to fit the measurements of one that Bonnie Hunter posted in her Addicted to Scraps Column in the July\August 2015 issue. She had an HST in the middle - we liked the 4-patch idea. But you can find her <a href="http://quiltville.blogspot.com/p/addicted-to-scraps.html">Log Cabin Love</a> block on her website under her "Addicted to Scraps" tab.<br />
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We made 10 every month and exchanged them for each others blocks, so that it would get SUPER scrappy. I decided that I had had enough of making them and was ready to put them together. We had another Sew Weekend at the church and it was the project that I brought to work on! Big bins of strip scraps, accuquilt cutter with 1 1/2" strip cutting die, 3 totes, 2 machines and a partridge in a pear tree. I swear, every time I think I'm not going to haul as much into the car - the load gets bigger.<br />
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I laid out my blocks and we all oohed and aahed and got the itch to get them all out!<br />
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I ended up making 4 more log cabins and switching them around some more. Right now - I have 16 squares of 4 blocks. Must MUST get back to this one!! It's going to be so cozy. Sort of Lap size to Twin.</div>
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Quilting Revolutionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16525963009816943007noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-135801867512541373.post-43573830620308108582016-11-27T15:17:00.000-05:002017-01-03T16:33:35.170-05:00Black Friday Project - Winter Scraps of TimeUsually I'm one of those Black Friday nut jobs that get up at 5:00 am (or never go to bed) to run around at Joann's to take advantage of the amazing deals. This year - they changed their ad plan so that the UBER deals were on Wednesday instead of Friday. Well - some of us have to work during the week, so....off to Sew Weekend with the girls instead! <br />
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Big Surprise - I started something new. It's a mini - 12 1/2" finished I think. Called Scraps of Time. It was nice to grab a bin of scraps and just play for the weekend. I needed that. I have to finish ONE little tiny patchwork block, fix a birdhouse roof and pick\add sashing and border. Shamefully - it gets a spot on <a href="http://quiltingrevolution.blogspot.com/p/wips.html">My Projects</a> page because it's not done. But... it will happen! Right?!!?!?<br />
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They thought it was hilarious that I brought a printer with me....but lo and behold, several people used it!! I needed to print\cut petals and hexies on water soluble stabilizer. And I also wanted to get out my colored pencils and color my center! I wanted to add hot pink\magenta to the wheel, so I needed to figure out how to work it in there.<br>
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It felt so good to cut the first pieces and COMMIT to making this quilt. Lots and lots of starch, careful cutting. I made my first pass at the center....<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Quilting Revolutionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16525963009816943007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-135801867512541373.post-44109228563464681712016-09-13T17:56:00.000-04:002017-01-03T18:15:03.641-05:00Bionic Gear Bag for RoseHave I mentioned my dear friend Rosie Posie? She's a hoot. I gotta keep it brief though, because she gets very upset about being put "On the Internet without her permission" (giggle). She's so cute.<br />
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Anyway.....MISS Rose... has that perfect puppy dog look along with a whine that will put the most enthusiastic 4 year old to shame. Sometimes this works for Rose.... Guilt. HAHAHA. Trust me, I'm laughing here. I brought some things to "Show and Tell" at guild over the past 6 months and each time I proudly showed my completed bags: (Retreat Bag posted <a href="http://quiltingrevolution.blogspot.com/2016/06/exclusive-retreat-and-show-n-tell-bag.html">here</a> and Bionic Gear Bag posted <a href="http://quiltingrevolution.blogspot.com/2016/08/a-finish-bionic-gear-bag.html">here</a>, and Toiletry bag posted <a href="http://quiltingrevolution.blogspot.com/2016/07/byannie-lets-get-organized.html">here</a>) I heard this little whimper from the back row....that got kinda screechy.... and while I thought I dodged them, smiled, and forgot about it...she was slowly whittling away at my armor... <br />
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I'd smile.... laugh uncomfortably... "You gotta make one if you want one Rose...." and she would show the most dramatic look of shock she could muster....followed by a pout. Now Rose is about 4 foot something, cute as a button, EIGHTY-ONE years old and has a tendency to come along on my Craig's List adventures, wearing her Eeyore pajamas, pretending to be a pain-in-the-ass granny that can't make up her mind. Sometimes, the seller will feel that guilty twinge that I thought (foolishly) that I was immune to.... and give us a good price just to get rid of us....</div>
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Mental Note #1 - Gotta make Rosie a retreat bag with Halloween fabrics, she would just love that.</div>
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Mental Note #2 - Gotta make Rosie a toiletries bag, she would just love that.</div>
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Mental Note #3 - Gotta make Rosie a Bionic Gear Bag, maybe with those purplish leftovers I have from another project, she would just love that.</div>
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So I would mention these mental notes to other friends, and thus committing in my mind that I'm going to do it....right?? WRONG.</div>
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I texted her one weekend when all these mental notes were flying around in my head and made it down on paper. I was like.....what happened here??? How did she do that????</div>
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The text went something like this - <b>"Let's talk bags for a minute missy.. You've asked me for a Toiletry Bag, a Chubby Charmer bad AND a Bionic Gear bag. Guilt is weighing on me bad here... can you pick a favorite or something? "</b></div>
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So I'm waiting for her response right..... I'm waiting to be released from my guilt with something like <i>"Oh my goodness...I was just kidding, you don't have to make me a bag...." </i> right? WRONG.</div>
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She comes back with "Is the Bionic Bag the one u showed on Tues night?</div>
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.................. yes......... (as I'm hanging my guilt ridden head in my hands watching my phone)....</div>
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"I would love that one." she says.</div>
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So away I go to my stash and get cutting. I want to get this thing done and OUT of my head!!!</div>
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So I sneak up behind her at the next guild meeting and hand her the bag. She squeels with delight! Gives me a hug and a kiss and I announce..... "I love you Rosie...and I am NOW guilt free".<br />
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She proceeds to show off her bag as HER show and tell.....giggling the whole way.<br />
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While this post is dated Sept 13 - I'm actually writing it in January 2017 and back dating it. I've been meaning to sit still for a night and post a bunch of different things that I've been doing. I tell you this only because it is relevant to the story here. EVERY single time I have seen Rose since.....there is that whimper, then whine, then shock, then pout about something. Anything, you pick. And I look at her, point my finger and tell her... "Oh no you don't!! I'm immune!! You go find someone else to pick on! I've got at least a year before that crap works on me again....". And she smiles and laughs and crosses her arms and wanders away... She knows I've got her number now. bwahahahahahahaha....</div>
Quilting Revolutionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16525963009816943007noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-135801867512541373.post-82154462268024336442016-08-04T19:48:00.000-04:002016-08-04T19:48:07.199-04:00Another Mini Quilt - Anvil BlocksWhile up at "Camp Charlotte" last weekend, for the AQS Quilt Week in Syracuse, I played with scraps. How can I not? I mean, when you're hanging out with the SCRAP QUEEN of <a href="http://scrapitudequilts.com/">ScrapitudeQuilts</a>... ya GOTTA play with scraps!! I have another post coming with all my AQS finds and sights coming...it's a long one. :-)<div>
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Anywho, I finished my <a href="http://quiltingrevolution.blogspot.com/2016/08/a-finish-bionic-gear-bag.html">Bionic Gear Bag</a> while I was up there (posted that on Monday), and also made a few more blocks on my <a href="http://quiltingrevolution.blogspot.com/2016/06/thangles-sampler-dwm.html">Thangles Mini Sampler</a>. </div>
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I brought my favorite scrap bins with me to play with and my 18 x 24" design wall. These Stackable Sterlite bins are my favorite product when it comes to organizers. They "SNAP" together. And you can snap as many as you want! They come with 2 drawers and a top. But I've stacked these puppies up to 4 before and happily carried them around. <div>
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My focus was that little ziplock bag full of HST's laying up front there. That bag WAS stuffed full of them. One of my quilting friends that passed away several years ago made them. Sue Reynolds, whom I called Sue-Babe, would have fits of energy that were focused usually on one thing. Sometimes it would be flying geese, sometimes hand embroidery, sometimes 3 1/2 squares. Whatever it was, she went bonkers making\collecting them. No idea what she had planned for this little box of HST's but I ended up with them after she passed away. So it's been in my mind to make a little "Sue-Babe Mini Quilt" with them. I got them all out and started trying different ways to put them together. I settled on a little quilt that I saw in one of my Mini Patterns. I love these little patterns. They are called "Quilt Squares - Small Quilts" By Lori Smith - you can see the pattern <a href="https://www.frommyhearttoyourhands.com/Qstore/Qstore.cgi?CMD=011&PROD=1319419806">here.</a> The one I picked was from her first pattern in the series. I think it's called an Anvil Block.</div>
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It turned out so sweet and cute. I'll add it to my new QUILT ME page that I made on my blog so that I don't lose track of it and remember to quilt it! You can check out my other pages by clicking the tabs across the top of my blog.</div>
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Well after that, true to "Jan-Form"....I ended up clicking through links and searching some more. That's when I realized that the Needle book was actually an ACCESSORY to a much COOLER item!<br />
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Several people in the Facebook group asked for details of what I did to "trick out" my pockets. The pattern designer has a very unique way of writing patterns. It's very very long (wordy), but she says early on that she wrote it in this manner so that you can feel like you are sitting along beside her making the project with her! If you are a thorough instruction reader, you'll love it. If you are the type of quilter that goes right for the bullet points, cutting list and pictures....you WILL struggle with this pattern. Any way, at the point in building the bag that you can add features to the zipper pockets, she tells you. And makes some suggestions! Here's what I did:</div>
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<li>A small pocket for my screwdriver\or thimble. (Mostly screwdriver - I am the resident "Vintage sewing machine fixing person" at every sewing gathering...so I always need it to rescue a machine from it's owner</li>
<li>Small square Vinyl pockets on THREE of the pockets. The paper tab that is in there was the thing I used to determine size. I swear I forget what's in zippered pockets, so a label to fill out is really helpful to me!</li>
<li>Couple of different small sections of elastic, spaced for specific tools. I want to be able to stand up and easily grab certain things while I'm working and have a quick place to put them back</li>
<li>Vinyl on 4th zipper pouch. One side is for Index cards (shopping lists, or "put-it-in-the-BGB-list", etc. and the other is for business cards.(Grin - MY business cards)</li>
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I spent a LOT of time making sure the binding was perfect and it was totally worth it. I can't tell you how many projects I've done where the last step is to "bind" and it makes the entire project look like crap. It's one of the most valuable things I've learned from the By Annie Classes I'm taking.<br />
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Check out MORE design walls at <a href="http://www.patchworktimes.com/2016/08/01/design-wall-monday-august-1-2016/">Patchwork Times</a> or <a href="http://lovelaughquilt.blogspot.com/2016/07/monday-making_31.html">Monday Making</a> or <a href="http://emsscrapbag.blogspot.com/2016/08/moving-it-forward.html">Moving it Forward</a> or <a href="http://www.cookingupquilts.com/mcm-32-quilty-friends-feathers-fun/">Main Crush Monday</a> or even <a href="http://whatahootquilts.blogspot.com/2016/08/boms-away-bit.html">BOMS away Monday!</a><br />
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<br />Quilting Revolutionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16525963009816943007noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-135801867512541373.post-64853707678658280672016-07-25T11:55:00.000-04:002016-07-26T17:19:56.645-04:00ByAnnie - Let's Get Organized!!Accountability..... that's what every quilter needs to keep on task. Right?? Over a year ago, Kim and I impulsively signed up for this 12 month class because we liked a few bags. HA! It's been a riot. My progress is MINIMAL... but there is some... sort of. <br />
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The series is one that the designer, Annie Unrein, from ByAnnie.com thunk up called "Let's get Organized". There are shops all over the place holding this series. We are doing the one hosted by <a href="http://www.patchworkgardenquilting.com/">Patchwork Garden</a> in Amherst, NY Amazing shop, Amazing people, SO worth the trip one Monday a month! We commit to buying a pattern and the assembly kit (no fabric, just Soft & Stable and pieces parts)<br />
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Month 1: <a href="http://www.byannie.com/shop/product/stash-and-dash-pdf/">Stash N Dash</a><br />
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Month 2: <a href="http://www.byannie.com/shop/product/nesting-baskets/">Nesting Baskets</a><br />
Not going to make this one - saving the kit to make duplicates of some coming later this year<br />
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Month 3: <a href="http://www.byannie.com/shop/product/ditty-bags/">Ditty Bags</a><br />
I Made One! And LOVE LOVE LOVE it!<br />
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Month 4: <a href="http://www.byannie.com/shop/product/project-bags/">Project Bags</a><br />
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Month 5: <a href="http://www.byannie.com/shop/product/needle-case-wool-pincushion/">Needle Case & Pincushion</a><br />
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Month 6: <a href="http://www.byannie.com/shop/product/open-wide/">Open Wide</a><br />
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Month 7: <a href="http://www.byannie.com/shop/product/thread-dispenser-2/">Thread Dispenser/Sewing Case</a><br />
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Month 8: <a href="http://www.byannie.com/shop/product/just-in-case/">Just in Case</a><br />
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Month 9: <a href="http://www.byannie.com/shop/product/power-trip/">Power Trip</a><br />
Can't WAIT! I want to make several of these!!<br />
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Month 10: <a href="http://www.byannie.com/shop/product/all-aboard-train-case-trio/">All Aboard Train Case Trio</a><br />
Ditto here - LOVE this one!<br />
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Month 11: <a href="http://www.byannie.com/shop/product/catch-all-caddy/">Catch All Caddy</a><br />
I want to make one for my car, and one for sewing weekends. Really looking forward to this one<br />
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Month 12: <a href="http://www.byannie.com/shop/product/a-place-for-everything-pattern/">A Place for Everything</a><br />
The Holy Grail<br />
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Here's some pictures of class samples so far!!<br />
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What a journey this quilt has taken me on. So many little stories come to mind when I look at this quilt. It's actually called <a href="http://hummingbird-highway.com/patterns-and-notions/bloomin-steps/">Bloomin Steps by Joan Ford</a>. But it's also a classic twist on the traditional "Jewel Box" Block.</div>
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Here's some of her stories: This was my very first scrap quilt. The first funny part of this quilt is that I didn't HAVE any scraps when I started it! I had yardage! Lots and lots of yardage. I started cutting for this quilt in the Winter of 2012, when my Vicki was still alive. Even now, I pause as I write that, because it still startles me from time to time that she is gone. We were like two peas in a pod and so many of our quilting projects had each other in them somehow...someway. This one was so us....from the very first cut.</div>
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Part 1 posted <a href="http://quiltingrevolution.blogspot.com/2013/01/design-wall-monday-just-keep-cutting.html">here</a><br />
Part 2 posted <a href="http://quiltingrevolution.blogspot.com/2013/07/design-wall-monday-sew-and-tell.html">here</a><br />
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We decided somewhere in the fall of 2012 that we (Vicki and I) wanted to make the same quilt. Neither of us had ever done a scrap quilt. Our friend Charlotte Hawkes is the scrap QUEEN of our guild and just kept showing up with scrap quilt after scrap quilt for show and tell. Each one more beautiful than the next. Vicki and I were OCD when it came to color....balance. Some colors didn't belong ANYWHERE together. When we asked Charlotte how she chose her fabrics, she always came back with... "Choose?? They are scraps! There's no color, just VALUE". We still didn't buy it. I had a VAST collection of floral fabrics (Never used a single one, just bought them) and Vicki was going through a Bright Batik phase. So I cut into every floral fabric I had to make my scraps and Vicki picked 4 colors - Hot pink, purple, navy and dark green. I cut into 30 different white on white's...Vicki cut into ONE White on White. (Baby Steps!) Her finished quilt top is actually sitting on my <a href="http://quiltingrevolution.blogspot.com/p/quiltme.html">"Quilt Me"</a> page that I recently added to my blog.<br />
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Anywho, we both had them neatly piled into towers after we cut what felt like 10,000 squares and had no idea how to begin. I called Charlotte at 10:00 at night and said "Now what??? I have them all sorted into piles and have at least 20-30 squares in each tower of that particular fabric".... <br />
Silence.... <br />
"You WHAT?" she asks. <br />
"I said....I have them all sorte..." I stammered.<br />
"Stop..... take the box and throw it up in the air". <br />
Now I'm silent. "Throw? Wait....what??"<br />
"Like a tossed salad", she says. "Mix them all up!"<br />
"Charlotte, I can't do this!"<br />
"Yes you can! Mix them all up!"<br />
"....I gotta go, I need wine"<br />
We disconnect. <br />
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It was February 2013 at a Valentine's Day weekend retreat that we planned to start this quilt together. Vicki, Sandy H, Lori and I whisked off into a Winter Wonderland and found a cozy corner of the retreat center to hunker down to sew and chit-chat. As I recall now, I wish I had taken more pictures of our shenanigans that weekend. But I can still see Vicki and I across from each other, gently lining up our blocks and sewing. I got really bold with what went together by the end of the weekend. Vicki still had graph paper and color charts. (grin)<br />
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By July - we were still working on the borders.... (forgot to cut for those....) And I felt so FREE of color limitations, I wanted to get REALLY bold and piece the back with MORE of the floral fabrics. I cut up several hundred 6" squares and pieced them all together for the back. I had this crazy notion that I wanted to line up the scrappy back with the blocks so when I woke up one day with the most AMAZING free-motion quilting skills... the quilting pattern would look amazing on the back too. HA! Vicki called me inspirational. Ray, her husband, said I was nuts. Vicki called a family member and got her gigantic quilt frame that had been loaned out for years picked up and set back up in the family room. Her thought was that we could hand baste it on the frame to make sure all the squares lined up. I watched with awe at how she handled that frame and loaded it all up. She gave my shoulder a squeeze and said "this will be yours one day". I chortled some quip about slipping immortality pills into her ice cream and never gave it another thought. Until she so suddenly passed away a few months later in January of 2014. We sat at that frame a few days a week for a month basting that quilt. Sometimes we gossiped, sometimes we laughed, sometimes we made fun of Ray and the Dog (neither one of them could hear us) and sometimes we quietly went into our "zone". We always enjoyed each other's company no matter what we were doing. We brought a sense of peace to each other whenever we were together. Nothing in the world could keep us from smiling and laughing. We squeeled like school girls when the quilt was done and came off the frame. Ray wanted to know what we were going to do with the empty frame.... Vicki draped some quilt tops over the bars and called it a day.<br />
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That quilt hung, only hand basted, on a quilt stand in my living room for over a year. I didn't have amazing free-motion skills to make my inspiring ideas come alive. But it was basted, by our hands, and that was enough for me.</div>
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It was a tough year for me. But I felt comfort keeping in close touch with Ray. Helping him sort through all of her things and helping him make some sort of purpose to a life without his bride. I did inherit that quilting frame, but I didn't have much desire to do any quilting. </div>
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Time passed, and a new kind of normal slowly started to form. I went on a retreat with a large group of besties and found some healing in a pile of Halloween fabric. <a href="http://quiltingrevolution.blogspot.com/2015/02/modified-string-x-halloween-frenzy.html">Halloween Frenzy</a> was born. I impulsively decided to make it reversible so that I could use Vicki's frame again. Then I changed gears and spent the summer\fall focused on the <a href="http://quiltingrevolution.blogspot.com/2015/10/autumn-victoria.html">Autumn Victoria</a> Quilt that Vicki started. I wanted it to hang at her guild's quilt show and wanted Ray and her Mom to see it completed. 3 months later, less than 2 days before the anniversary of Vicki's death....Ray passed away, from what I believe, was a broken heart. There was a sense of finality when Ray was gone, but also a sense of healing. He was so very sad to be without her. He couldn't make sense of his life or what he was supposed to do without her.</div>
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I was only finding peace with quilting. It was the only place my mind could settle down. And since I got so used to sewing every single day to make that deadline, I didn't know what to do with myself when it went off to Kim to be quilted. Kim is infectious and is a long arm quilter. At that point, I never even saw her sit at a sewing machine, I only saw her stand at her long arm. Idle hands, something something.....I picked up the Jewel box quilt and figured.... I know how to stitch-in-the-ditch, at least SOME progress would happen.</div>
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Kim was VERY excited that I was "Quilting". Not piecing...but "Quilting". She convinced me to go out and buy a piece of plexiglass and some dry erase markers and start auditioning quilt designs for the rest of the quilt. Let me say, that blue tape around the edges is PERFECTLY mitered. :-) But my mind was completely blank with ideas. Kim comes over and starts drawing the most beautiful designs. I'm taking pictures the whole time and discounting everything because "I" can't do it. </div>
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Now at this point, she's pretty sick of my "can't do" attitude and demands that I go buy a sketch book and a new pack of colored sharpies. She calls daily... "did you buy a sketchbook? did you buy a sketchbook?" Finally I buy one and show up on her doorstep with it. No idea what to do next.</div>
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She draws out a meander with instructions and says.....fill the next 5 pages just like that.</div>
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She turns several blank pages and does something fancy. I try.....and fail. If I were sewing this design, I would have bird's nests on the back from starting and stopping and oh man..... This sucks.</div>
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I told her that I had originally envisioned a feather around the open part so she draws out the square - to size... meaning the actual size of the quilt block and whips up this gorgeous feathery thing. I tried to TRACE what she did, and I had no idea how she did it. So then I made HER trace it, and I followed behind with a pencil and arrows to figure out how she did it. I need direction... </div>
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More "I can't do this" from me. Everything I drew looked like a 4 year old did it. She tells me to photo-copy the block 30 times and keep trying....</div>
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I must've drawn those feathers 100 times. They actually started to look pretty good! So then I got cheeky and started googling "free motion fillers" and filtering by images. I'd find something and try to draw it....in EXCESS. I needed a bigger Sketch Book.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I did it - I don't like it, but I filled a page....</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">What if I draw a grid similar to my border?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oooh, this is kinda cool..</td></tr>
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Then I stumbled on Orange Peel fillers. I drew myself a tutorial map and started to fill pages with it. I finally had the courage to start SOMETHING, anything, on this quilt. Kim said "Start with the Orange Peel". So I did.<br />
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By the time I got around that entire border, an entire 3-day retreat was over. But MAN was I proud! I was really shaky in the beginning, but I was content with not being perfect. I wanted this quilt to map out more of my journey!!<br />
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I tried to sketch out the feathers again and they came to me SO much easier. I had a rhythm in my head that seemed to work so I numbered them and put the sketch right by my machine. If I blanked out and lost my way, I could look at the sketch to pick up where I left off. I found that I like to free-motion very FAST. I need to learn to slow down to make the stitches more even.<br />
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The "grid" concept came from one of Kim's sketches, and I liked the idea of it being kinda mashed down. Looking back on this?? After I did all the Stitch-in-the-ditch, I should have sat and picked out all of the basting stitches. I kept getting snagged on them and thought it was my lack of experience or losing my rhythm. It wasn't either, I was catching on basting stitches underneath.</div>
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One day - I stopped home for lunch to find Max Cat taking ownership of the "Jan & Vicki" scented quilt. I got a kick out of it.</div>
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Then later that evening, I was quilting away and the quilt wouldn't move....I found another stow away!</div>
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As he crept closer and closer, he finally made his demands. "Mom....stop quilting and pay attention to me". I guess I really was focused. Every day after work I went straight to the machine and often times forgot about dinner and everything else.</div>
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After much needed cuddle time, I had my next evening to myself to continue on to the borders.</div>
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Literally the SECOND I stitched the last line in the border, I added the binding to the front and took it straight to the washing machine. I couldn't wait to see it all washed, dried, crinkly. </div>
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It came out of the washing machine, I glue basted the binding back and had it ready to go to guild the next night for show and tell! I was sooooo excited!!!</div>
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I didn't get a chance to hand tack the binding before the quilt show deadline, so I let it hang there just glue basted. I am really really proud to see this completed.</div>
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The final piece of this journey....was the binding. In April of this year, me and 5 besties took a trip to Paducah in a camper. There was one leg of that trip that 4 of us sat with this quilt sprawled across the camper working on hand basting the binding. Soooo many friendships and stories with this quilt. I will FOREVER cherish it.</div>
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Online Class purchased and the printer templates are in route. I'm excited. The class was the Skillbuilder BOM for 2015 and is now complete and ready to purchase without waiting each month. SCORE!<br />
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I got my super secret Logon to pileofabric.com and to be honest? She doesn't charge enough! Printable PDF's, lesson by lesson. Video tutorials. Full color pattern is 119 pages. And she makes you ORGANIZE the project before hand. Love that! While I can't officially say I've started this...the printer is on fire. I'm excited! <br />
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This video Alyssa recently put on YouTube sealed the deal!!! <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzPihDdofqc">A Peek into the Technicolor Galaxy Quilt</a><br />
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I went to the Paducah Quilt Show in April for the first time. One of my purchases was from the THANGLES booth. It's a Block of the Month Sampler in ITTY BITTY pieces. So I pulled out a collection of fat eighths that I had been saving for a special project. Best Press on all the pieces (I've heard this is REALLY helpful when doing miniatures) and started cutting! </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1/2" THANGLES! (Not kidding)</td></tr>
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I left off on Month 4 - April. This was the perfect project to play with when stuck inside!<br />
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Check out MORE design walls at <a href="http://www.patchworktimes.com/2016/06/27/design-wall-june-27-2016/">Patchwork Times</a> or <a href="http://lovelaughquilt.blogspot.com/2016/06/monday-making-in-summertime.html">Monday Making</a> or <a href="http://emsscrapbag.blogspot.com/2016/06/moving-it-forward_27.html">Moving it Forward</a> or <a href="http://www.cookingupquilts.com/mcm-26-i-finally-organized-my-stash/">Main Crush Monday</a> or even <a href="http://whatahootquilts.blogspot.com/2016/06/boms-away-bunbuns-and-stitchery.html">BOMS away Monday!</a>Quilting Revolutionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16525963009816943007noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-135801867512541373.post-34683657169327835272016-06-19T21:52:00.000-04:002016-06-20T15:28:25.560-04:00Exclusive Retreat and Show N Tell Bag! (Design Wall Monday)Sometimes you gotta stop "planning" a project...and just DO IT! My sweet friend Kathy Case and I have been collecting "Sewing Notions" Fabric for as long as we can remember. Never knew what we were going to do with them all. But there was always this undeniable pull to buy them. Usually just a fat quarter, sometimes yardage. I mean what can you REALLY do with all these fabrics that call to us but have a 18-24" repeat?? How can you cut into it?? But you have to have them right?!<br />
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We made sure we had at LEAST a 5 1/2" square of each other's fabric. Some of the prints where small, so those were turned into 4 patchs (3" x 3" squares to get 5 1/2") More importantly, friendship is in this bag. Fabrics gifted over the years from Rosie, Lois, Kathy, Vicki, SueBabe... Just because. Fabrics won in our guild silent auction at Spring & Fall retreats. They are all in there. And to top it off! We were contagious! Jerilyn has one! Lori had 5 and made two more with us! Marlene has one! And even Charlotte climbed up on the wagon!</div>
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The pattern is called "Chubby Charmer Tote Pattern". The Designer is Penny Sturges and the publisher is Quilts Illustrated. You can get the pattern <a href="http://www.quiltsillustrated.com/shop/Quiltsillustrated-Patterns/p/ps024-Chubby-Charmer-Tote-Pattern.htm">here</a> if you are interested. Or ask your local quilt shop to order it! The pattern called for (48) 5" squares, great project for a charm pack! Like I said, we modified the pattern. We went with 66 5 1/2" squares and left off the corners from each side. It was already a BIG bag to start with. Now it's HUuuuuuge! </div>
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Those are REALLY big bananas mind you, but it gives you an idea. The reason it's so big is because not only did we have MORE than enough Sewing Notions Fabric to make every square different, but we wanted to be able to use our bags specifically for retreats! Nothing ever seems to fit our sheets, clothes, towel and a quilt for the bed. Now we have one! </div>
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I just added the Magnet snaps to both sides of mine so that when it's NOT completely stuffed full, the corners would fold in. Otherwise, you can't get through doorways without rubbing up against something, or risking tearing the bag. </div>
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The second reason we wanted them so big is that when we go to guild meetings, we are SO proud to be showing off our completed quilts. How sad is it that we stuff them in a garbage bag or something equivalent in order to be able to "hide & carry" them until the moment of the big reveal?? Well no more for this girl! I can fit two (or probably more) queen size quilts in this baby!! Woot Woot! </div>
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Kathy did her lining with this cute little sea-green fabric that appeared at the last minute! So I took a piece of that just before I sewed the final seams and made an interior pocket out of it! I'm going to find a pigment pen and write on it <b>"Kathy's lining - had to have it!"</b></div>
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So that's what I did all weekend!! Excited to be just in time to post it for "Design Wall Monday!" Take a peek at other design walls over at <a href="http://www.patchworktimes.com/2016/06/20/design-wall-monday-june-20-2016/">Patchwork Times</a> and <a href="http://lovelaughquilt.blogspot.com/2016/06/heres-what-im-working-on-this-week.html">Monday Making!</a><br />
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EDITED & UPDATED: I forgot to mention a REALLY important detail! My appreciation for the Singer Model 301 was completely renewed doing this project! I used my Vintage Suzy Centennial Singer 99 to piece the blocks together. But then I snapped the belt on her (my fault, it was an old rubber one that was cracked, I had been meaning to replace it). So I bounced over to my tablemate's Singer 301 to finish up. The side\bottom seams on this bag are as follows: (Main fabric, batting, Lining + Main Fabric, batting, Lining)... 6 layers. This is where it gets good!! With the plastic machines that I USED to use, I would have been hesitant to even try to top-stitch around the rim when I was done. That sweet little 301 didn't even hesitate, groan or growl! So that top-stitch went through 6 layers, PLUS the folded seam allowances from both sides! That is 12 LAYERS!! Perfect stitch all the way around. That, in my humble opinion, is the end all to be all selling point of these beautiful gear-driven machines!</div>
Quilting Revolutionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16525963009816943007noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-135801867512541373.post-91580425347002936602016-06-05T17:01:00.001-04:002016-07-05T18:35:35.527-04:00Vintage Singer 66 Red Eye Restoration - JoanSo often, I still find myself looking for resources that produce START TO FINISH instructions of Vintage Sewing Machine Restoration. Still haven't found any that are truly complete, so I've started my own. This is one of many draft posts I have saved, that eventually will be posted. You can't do this in a weekend folks, not if you are looking for the best quality results that can be accomplished. Some of us "got the bug", did one machine and moved on to some other hobby. Me - I'm still at it and loving it. Learning new things every time.<br />
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As I type this, This horrific smell of APPLE CIDER VINEGAR is wafting around my workspace. Why? Cuz after a weekend of more research, I found a few great videos on ACTUAL tests of removing rust. The ones with Vinegar seemed really interesting, so why not try it? I have the perfect candidate awaiting restoration.<br />
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So here's "Joan" (Which is actually her owner's name) - The Vintage Singer 66 Red Eye as she came in the shop. I have no idea where\how she was stored, but you'll be able to tell from the pictures that wherever she was - she was there...sitting very still.....for a very VERY long time.....<br />
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Yep! Sewing machine oil! You'll hear from every hobbyist, USE SEWING MACHINE OIL. You try it and think - my gosh - there has GOT to be an easier way!! It does nothing for the dirt, grime, rust, etc. Q-tips, cotton balls.....are you kidding? This thing needs a power washer and some SUPER STRONG chemicals! Yep - maybe. But later. Not now. Let me explain why.....</div>
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First and foremost - every machine is different. Over the decades, or in this case, a CENTURY... yes, you read that right. Her serial number is G2561017. That number falls into a range that was given to the factory on December 12th, 1912. So she was born sometime between that day and March 19, 1913. In March, according to records, another allotment of numbers was recorded for a run of Singer 66's. That puts this old girl at about 103 years old. Anyway - my point.... each machine is different, because we have no way of knowing what elements, environments she's been exposed to for all those years. What she in a HOT place? Cold place? Was she somewhere near an ocean? Where the salt of the sea is always in the air? Was she in a barn that was suffocatingly hot and moist? All of this matters when it comes to bringing these girls back. It is, after all, painted metal. Metal can expand, contract, etc. Paint, clear coat...none of this is permanent. If the clear coat is cloudy and yellowed like this girl - you have your work cut out for you. But if you try ANYTHING but Sewing machine oil when you start out, you can ruin the clear coat even worse. Better yet - the decals. Those sweet little gold, green and red decals are just water slide decals, and are protected by that nasty clear coat (if the clear coat even still exists!!!)</div>
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The oil will reveal what's under the dirt - cloudy clear coat, good decals? BE GENTLE WHEN RUBBING!! Let it soak in on it's own. Once everything starts moving - THEN you can start removing parts. Take pictures as you go, mark the parts, write notes. I have put almost 100 of these together now, so I'm good throwing it all in a pan. If you are new to this - do as I say, not as I do. Take a billion photos! </div>
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Here we go!! Pour in the Apple Cider Vinegar and cover it up. It's June 5th, 2016. This is a good time to mention that it took about 14 hours (in total) over the course of 3 days to free this girl up. Take your time, don't rush. It's worth it in the end!!! See ya in a few days!! I can't wait to see what shape these parts are in after soaking in the ACV!!</div>
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Within 6 HOURS of the soak, I started rubbing pieces to see how they did. This was STRAIGHT ACV, so it started doing it's job SUPER fast. There were places that I had to do as much polishing as I would have had to work the rust manually. All in all - I don't think the ACV soak saved me any time. Very impressive results - but there is a dull gray (bare metal) look left behind to some of the pieces that needs an enormous amount of elbow grease to polish back to a glossy shine. Depending on the metal (ie, chrome or nickel plated), the shine won't come back. I personally feel that the nostalgia of sort-of-shiny-with-pits is better than a dull matte finish. If I use this process again, it's going to only be on RAW metal.</div>
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When I tackle a machine on my bench for full restoration, I take apart every single piece. Clean, sand, polish every screw. Extreme? Yep! But that's why I take so much pride when my machines leave my shop! I keep everything for each machine separate and in their own trays, cups, area. EXCEPT when they are all my personal stock! This past winter I had some time in between customer machines, for a change, to work on some of my stock machines. I decided to tackle a handful of 201-2's at the same time. (NOTE: if a part varied on a machine (ie Chrome verses Black hand wheel, blackside parts, etc. - I kept a log to ensure that the original pieces went back to the machines they came from) Not that anyone would truly notice the difference mind you...but authenticity is important to me. Anyway - I digress.<br />
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Phew! It took an entire weekend to take all those machines apart! Some parts had to be oiled, penetrated...coaxed to separate from the head. And at Midnight on a Sunday night, it's time to go to bed and head to work in the morning. I'm excited to get right back to it after work! The phone rings on Monday, some friends want to go out - ok! Tuesday - big outage at work, gotta work late. Wednesday - flat tire Thursday - what a week! Netflix and Wine! Friday - a Sit N Sew with all the Gurlz!! Woo Hoo! Maybe next weekend I'll get back to the boxes of parts. Well you get the idea. I'd love to tout that I can leisurely work on these babies 24\7 but alas, I still work full time at an 8-5 job, have family and friends, and lookee there - I'm a human being and get tired! </div>
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I thought it was a GREAT idea to tackle multiple machines at once. And I still do, to a certain degree. But when customer machines still come in, and orders, sometimes it's just this nagging "I have GOT to find the time to finish ALL of those!" Over the next few months, I took a small tray of parts at a time and got to work. Cleaning, dremeling, polishing, wiping, inspecting...every piece, until I could finally say all the parts were ready to go back on the heads. Whoops....gotta do the motors. You can see the process of cleaning and re-wiring those babies <a href="http://quiltingrevolution.blogspot.com/2015/12/rewiring-singer-potted-motor-worst-case.html">here</a></div>
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Don't even get me started on what it takes to clean the head - we'll get to that on another post. Today, I want to point out what to do and look for when your trays and stuff have been moved around 42 times and you aren't 100% sure which screws go where! Unless of course you have a fully intact machine sitting next to them all. (Whew - thank goodness I do!) But when I DON'T - here's a reference for which screw is which! Along with the part names & Numbers according to Singer for easy look up! We're just going to focus on the Presser bar area in this example. I threw the stop motion clamp & screw in there because the screw looks similar to the others. Until you look closer!</div>
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Let's start with the screws that go with the Clamp Stop Motion Screw, Tensioner release lever and Presser foot lifter. 2 of these screws are what are called "HINGE" screws. They are called Hinge screws because the parts that are held onto the machine move freely on the screw. That's what the little solid part above the threads of the screw are for! I put a sewing machine needle in the individual photos to help decipher the size. <br />
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Above is a visual of WHY these two parts need "HINGE" screws. Both of these parts need to be able to "rock" freely on the shiny smooth portion just under the head of the screw. If they aren't working in unison together, one of those screws aren't seated correctly. This is just one example of WHY I take everything apart. Those "hinges" should get a drop of oil, and with a drop of oil can lead to build up and prohibit "smooth" hinges! Also - when you are putting this area back together, the Tension Releasing Lever should go in first, then the Presser Foot Lifter.<br />
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Next - we focus on getting the presser bar back in. You'll need the Presser Bar Guide Bracket, set screw and the actual Presser Bar.<br />
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Roll the hand wheel until the needle is the down position - this gets the gears out of the way so that you can "side-shimmy" that piece back in above the Presser Foot Lifter Level. DO NOT FORCE THIS PIECE. There is a sweet spot where this piece slides right in. This piece is another area that needs to always move FREELY - Up and down with the presser foot lever. Hold the guide bracket in place with your fingers (with the set screw out far enough to not impede the inside of the bracket) and slide that presser bar down through the top - through the bracket (held by your fingers), and down through to the bed of the machine. </div>
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<b><i>Note - you can tighten the set screw on the presser bar guide bracket enough to hold it in place for now, but plan on going back to it later. </i></b> For later reference when doing final TWEAKS - Presser foot height needs to be set at not more than 19/64 of an inch between presser foot and the top surface of the throat plate. The presser foot should be parallel with the feed dog when lowered. The needle should be close to (but not touch) the inner or right hand side of the large toe of the presser foot.</div>
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Then you add the Pressure Regulating Thumb Screw <b><u>AND THE THIN WASHER </u></b>to the top to keep all the pieces in!<br />
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Now the most interesting part I found I needed to research was for that thumb screw that holds the foot on! I honestly thought the thumb screws were all interchangeable. But then again, I had never piled all the parts for multiple machines into trays before. Interesting findings!<br />
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The thumb screw that measures a little more than 1/2" in diameter and 3/4" in length is the one for the presser feet as well as the shiny side cover on the back of the machine. The one that is a little LESS than 1/2" in diameter and 1/2" in length is the one for the Faceplate! Regardless - they are all threaded the same on the screw, other than the feed dog lever, so it's easy to put them in the wrong place. <br />
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Quilting Revolutionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16525963009816943007noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-135801867512541373.post-60701079849948324162016-02-17T12:47:00.003-05:002016-02-17T12:59:40.588-05:00Tumblers! ... Cuz Why Not?!?So I have a friend that is obsessed with Missouri Star Daily Deal, you can get obsessed too! Just click <a href="https://www.missouriquiltco.com/shop/dailydeal">HERE</a> .....Daily!
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One day - the deal was a mini charm pack (2.5" precuts) with a Mini Tumbler Template. She bought it....she had no idea why. LOL She's a relatively new quilter. I told her she needed to cut them and sew them together! It would help her practice perfect quarter inch seams, and lining up units to match points. Then I impulsively said "I'll do it with you!". So in true Sabrina form...I was handed the template to "do mine" within a few days.. HAHA. I picked up a little mini charm pack from "The Quilter's Daughter" quilt shop in Perry, NY. (not sure why, because I have a kabillion in my stash....) Anywho, last night....I did my tumblers.</div>
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Tumbler Template on 2.5" Squares<br />
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