I Finally Did It



I packed up the sewing room. I haven't really used anything other than the iron, board, and hand-sewing gear in weeks and it was killing me.

Tomorrow the mobile storage unit will arrive and a fair bit of my sewing gear will go in it. The photo below shows the gear I wanted to keep handy for next month - when we can (hopefully) inhabit at least the basement of our house.


From left to right across the top: drawers with sharps, marking and measuring tools, and bias tape; cardboard cutting surface; white box containing many of my patterns and my sewing reference books; ironing board. Next row: blue milk crate containing my Burda magazine collection - including pattern sheets and traced patterns, and other sewing magazines; Janome sewing machine; wine box containing sleeve board, press cloths, iron, desk lamp, tin of thread, power strips; under bed box containing fabric that I have plans/commitments to use upon our return.



This photo contains the items that will live for a few months in mobile storage: four large Rubbermaid bins of fabrics, vintage Singer, collapsible fabric scrap hamper, plastic bag chock full of mending, three more notion drawers, two boxes of patterns and other random stuff. I can't think about all of this too much or I will start to pilfer through it again.




And here is what I will pack to take with me when we visit in-laws and other friends. The wool pleat-front dress that needs its lining hemmed, the blue circle dress fiasco, and a small bag of hand-sewing gear.

In other news I recently went shopping for a bit more summer clothing. I am fairly certain that I will be sporting this outfit pretty frequently:



The stripes and the polka dots amuse me. And just in case you feel that pattern mixing/high-contrast outfit is clownish, I present you with the outfit my eldest daughter chose to wear down the hill to pick up Peter from school:



The little acorn didn't fall too far from the tree...

Comments

Karin said…
I love kid style! My little girls did/do the same thing :)
Julia said…
You and your daughter have wonderful STYLE!
LOL! Thanks y'all.
Anonymous said…
I don't know--she seems to know what she needs and wants in life--maybe we should just all follow her lead!

cat
Good luck during your time of sewing deprivation!
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Unknown said…
Hi there,

I was searching on "Janome 5124" on google, and one of the links (plus a few more clicks on more links!) brought me across this page!

I see there is one Janome 5124 swing machine on the above photo. This is the model that my wife has been using for a long time. But it is now broken, and the part needed is the main PCB (Printed Circuit Board) or its Micro as the technician called it.

I am now looking for a similar model, even a broken one.

If you know of someone having one but not using, I would really appreciate it if you let me know. Here is my e-mail address: russ.is.kv@gmail.com

Finally, I am from Toronto area, Ontario.

Have a nice day!
Russell

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