The day is done.
I haven't gotten much sewing done, but I did do the monthly bills/budget and made phone calls I've been putting off for a while. So that was good. And I also played some miniature golf and got fried fish for dinner. Yum!
Other than that, I've finally got the waist of the Pesky Pannier finished. It needs a hook and bar, and all the tapes are only pinned and the steel lengths need to be finalized, but I'd rather do that now that the waist is done. And I can go ahead and finish up my bodice pattern now.
I also got my grandmother's serger up and working! When she gave it to me, we didn't know a gear was broken. The shop actually managed to find a replacement, so I got it back a couple months ago. In a Joann's sale a few weeks ago I got white cone thread. And this afternoon I changed the thread and serged the ends of the batiste, lawn, and pimatex, plus the green 40s print and the Hawaiian print I got yesterday, so I could pre-wash them. Yay!
Finally, I played around with the Singer ruffler and tucker attachments. The ruffler took some work. It's not quite the same as a modern one. It helped when I found a picture of another Featherweight 221 foot in action so I could see that a lever on mine was totally out of place. It took some careful brute force to get it back. But it went back successfully, without blood or stabbings. And then it worked fine! I need to figure out some rough 2:1 and 1.5:1 ratios, and also how to ruffle and sew down to a foundation material at the same time. It can even attached a binding/facing at the same time - this is amazing! The tucker foot was much simpler. It makes super tiny tucks so easy, and presses a fold line for the next tuck at the same time so there's zero guesswork where to place it. Both wonderful tools!
Other than that, I've finally got the waist of the Pesky Pannier finished. It needs a hook and bar, and all the tapes are only pinned and the steel lengths need to be finalized, but I'd rather do that now that the waist is done. And I can go ahead and finish up my bodice pattern now.
I also got my grandmother's serger up and working! When she gave it to me, we didn't know a gear was broken. The shop actually managed to find a replacement, so I got it back a couple months ago. In a Joann's sale a few weeks ago I got white cone thread. And this afternoon I changed the thread and serged the ends of the batiste, lawn, and pimatex, plus the green 40s print and the Hawaiian print I got yesterday, so I could pre-wash them. Yay!
Finally, I played around with the Singer ruffler and tucker attachments. The ruffler took some work. It's not quite the same as a modern one. It helped when I found a picture of another Featherweight 221 foot in action so I could see that a lever on mine was totally out of place. It took some careful brute force to get it back. But it went back successfully, without blood or stabbings. And then it worked fine! I need to figure out some rough 2:1 and 1.5:1 ratios, and also how to ruffle and sew down to a foundation material at the same time. It can even attached a binding/facing at the same time - this is amazing! The tucker foot was much simpler. It makes super tiny tucks so easy, and presses a fold line for the next tuck at the same time so there's zero guesswork where to place it. Both wonderful tools!