Yay, the 101 works! Idiot me had the needle inserted ninety degrees wrong.

This is a triumph. I'm making a note here - huge success.The 101 works. It needs cleaning inside, and I need to locate a source for Tri-flow grease, but I can sew on it. Now to work on the green petticoat - I refuse to pick out a fabric to be a skirt for the Faire garb until I can see it in true colors tomorrow morning ( Read more... )

Edited another ten pages for classmates. Stopping at page 276/617, and 124,534 words. Finally in dragon country! And a scene setting based on my two visits to the Golden Pavilion in Kyoto ( Read more... )

Gardened after work. Put in almost all the rest of the tomatoes, and the last four jalepeno plants. Also the yellow crookneck squash, a couple of sugar baby watermelons, and my sole Minnesota midget melon that sprouted ( Read more... )

I was going to work more on the green petticoat tonight. Finish the gathering stitches, at least, and start pinning.

Except, though the 401 will stitch... the presser foot bar will not lower. ^_^;; Kind of missed checking that last night. So I have oiled everywhere that it might be sticking, and gently tapped it a few times with a hammer. ( Read more... )

German is a wonderful language. It has word constructs like "fahrvergnügen" and "schadenfreude." And I suspect it has a word which I do not know that means "I hate being right ( Read more... )

Found flashlight. Charged battery. Drilled placement holes. Swapped pedal brackets and knee levers. Took cabinet and other donation things to Goodwill. Returned truck to parents, along with the barrelful of compost and a half flat of seedlings (melons, cukes, tomatoes, calendula, zinnias). Stopped for lunch, did grocery shopping, came home, ( Read more... )

The city's compost giveaway is tomorrow morning, so today after work I stopped by my parents' and picked up the truck and a bin for compost for them to go in. And, as I drove the land yacht homeward, it started raining ( Read more... )

Went over to my parents' after work. Inquired about the sewing machine. Was told (and show) that it now works freely, with nothing being done to it beyond my attempts last night. Apparently my miraculous powers of sewing machine faith healing just needed time to work on it ( Read more... )

As the final refurbishing touch to fixing up old sewing machines, the general consensus seems to be to use carnauba wax to make the machine all shiny. So I got some that specifically stated it was safe for clearcoats, which from what I've read seems to be the salient point ( Read more... )