Ode to Sewing Machines #42

 Many of you follow my "Ode to the Sewing Machine" posts.  We've all seen the ads on craigslist, ebay and elsewhere.  The clueless sellers give those of us who sew a belly laugh, or two!  Here's installment #42!

Quilt of Valor

 I made this quilt a few months ago, longarmed it and finally finished the binding this afternoon. It’s being donated to the QOV sewing group I’m in. 

Winnie the Pooh quilt

 I've longarmed 15 quilts since my last post and I thought I'd better get another post up since it's been so long!  This is a customer's adorable Winnie the Pooh quilt.  It's a queen size and it's looking great!

The Christmas rush has begun!  I've got 14 more quilts here, waiting to be longarmed.  4 of those are charity quilts, all for the Quilt of Valor sewing group I'm in.

Latest quilt on the frame

 

After having my machine down for a couple weeks, I'm happy to say I have fixed the robotics.  I'm busy stitching on this king size quilt.  The X-axis gear was out of whack on the robotics, and as soon as I fixed that, then the Y-axis gear went out of whack.  LOL!  At least now I know how to fix them if the problem ever happens again.

You can see the quilts lined up in the background that are waiting to be finished!  I'm way behind, so I'll be busy, busy the next few days.

Take A Stand tote

 Next on the agenda is the Take A Stand tote byAnnie.com.  This tote will carry my mini-iron and other things when I travel with my sewing machine.  This tote is made to coordinate with Running With Scissors.  Notice in the photo it shows the RWS tote on top of the TAS tote.  This will be handy sitting next to my machine when I'm sewing.

Update: August 28th ~  I finished the Take a Stand tote and it holds a lot of supplies!  I used it while on vacation to Williamsburg.  The last photo is the Running With Scissors tool case sitting on top of the Take a Stand tote.

Running with Scissors tool case

 My longarm robotics is down at the moment so I'm using the time to sew an organizing tote to hold my sewing things when I travel.  This tote is called Running with Scissors and the pattern is from ByAnnie.com.  I've made several of the bags and totes from this website and they come together nicely.  I found the fabrics for my tote while I was on a quilting retreat in Virginia!  

Update: July 30th.  I finished the tool case this afternoon!  It has my most important tools I need to carry plus plenty of room for other things.

Ode to Sewing Machines #41

Many of you follow my "Ode to the Sewing Machine" posts.  We've all seen the ads on craigslist, ebay and elsewhere.  The clueless sellers give those of us who sew a belly laugh, or two!  Here's installment #41…

Tetanus Shot needed to use it!

And this next one has so much wrong with it!  

It's not a treadle, or a Featherweight or

a Singer, nor is it in a Box.

Insulated lunchbox tote

 I decided to change from brown bagging it when I go to all day quilt classes and found this kit online.  It's called the Zippity-Do-Done insulated lunchbox tote.  Kit includes instructions, preprinted insulated batting, handle strapping, plastic interior base, and a white Zippity-Do-Done zipper.   The kits are available in different colors.  Here's the finished tote!  

I made one change to the pattern.  The white fabric you see on both sides of the zipper is not in the pattern, the zipper is rather wide and I thought I would cover the excess zipper tape with a pretty fabric.  I like how it turned out!