February in Maine

It's still freezing cold!  The last storm brought so much rain that most of the snow melted leaving the ground very deeply frozen.  I heard recently about a man whose septic tank froze.  That really stinks!

My sewing has been limited to work on curtains for my daughter's new house.  She bought tab tops for three windows and didn't like the tabs, so I and made pocket slots for hercafe rods.  Lots of seams got ripped, sewn (Oops,I measured wrong) and had to rerip and sew again.  It might have been easier to sew them from scratch. 

My machine quilting projects are really taking the back seat. I'll try to get back to them soon.  We'll have a new baby in March, so I'd better get busy! 

Spring will be her soon and very welcome.  Winter is just too long in Maine! 

Acrylic Inserts Arrived Today

The acrylic inserts for my "Sew Perfect" sewing table arrived today.  I can hardly wait to try them out.

I have been waiting for about 3 weeks for these, knowing it would take a few weeks, and have a few projects that are just sitting there waiting to be machine quilted.  I hope I have the patience to do this well.

Daylight Savings Time

Did you notice how dark it was Tuesday morning?  My alarm goes off at 6 A.M.and when it rang Tuesday morning, it was so dark that I thought it was the middle of the night!  Daylight really tanks at this time of year. 

We'll turn our clocks back 1 hour on Nov. 4th .  It will seem darker than ever then and daylight will continue to decrease untill the winter solstice on Dec. 21st. Then, finally, the daylight time will increase. 

 So the question is, will my sewing time increase or decrease?  Hopefully it will increase. 

Missing in Action

Now that my sewing supplies are neatly organized, I can't find anything!  I'm not sure how this happens...maybe I need another bureau.  I feel like the "Queen of Stuff"!

The Need to Organize

I spent a good deal of time organizing my sewing collections.  Fabric, notions, patterns, thread, sharp stuff out of reach of our two year old.  I'm also purging a bit, too. 

I ordered my acrylic inserts and am eager to use them. 

Get out of my way! I'm ready to sew :o)

My new sewing table!!! Yea!

I just bought the greatest sewing table!  It's an adjustable Sew Perfect Table by Tony's Sewing Machines in Biddeford Maine.  I love it!   His website is http://tonyssewingmachine.com/

I've been looking for a cabinet model since May and bought an old model Singer table model from Craigslist, which was just that, old. It did everything I expected, but I have two newer and better machines that I'd rather use but they won't fit into this cabinet without a major overhaul.  I don't have the router, skill saw, etc. to redo this, so basically it's history.  I'll probably give it away or sell it real cheap.

SO-O-O, I've been searching the internet for weeks for a flat surface table model with inserts that will accomodate my two machines and finally found the Sew Perfect Table.  (I'm so excited.)  I drove to Biddeford yesterday and spoke with Tony about his tables and was so impressed!  He has created these tables and manufactures them.  I love that they're made in Maine and not overseas.  They're sturdy, adjustable table top heights and machine bed heights. Optional inserts that are custom made for just about any model of sewing machine can be purchased separately.  I have a Singer and a Kenmore so I ordered the inserts for both of my machines and expect them to arrive at my door in a few weeks, and I can't wait to do some free motion quilting. 

Leah Day's Website

I am so inspired by Leah"s website.  She has tons of helpful quilting ideas and a blog of her own.
Check out  http://www.freemotionquilting.blogspot.com/