Well, it's not my birthday today, so no lovely cards to start the day, and the weather is bitterly cold and foggy. Lots to do though, and I've brought lots of fabric into work to cut out.
We have a large room at work, which we use to store old stock and unused items, so my husband said I could use it for sewing if we were quiet. I put my old dining room table in there with a couple of large pieces of laminated MDF on top, and put an old mattress cover over it to make a work/cutting table. It works perfectly, just needs the mattress cover trimming off! All my cutting mess is now at work, and I even manage a bit of sewing there sometimes.
I have three sewing machines at work. The first was given me by a customer, and is a Super Novum. It's a smashing machine, but doesn't have many special feet, so I don't use it as much as I should. The second is a hand cranked Jones Family CS, and was also a gift from a customer. I managed to get it working, but it isn't in very good condition, and I don't use it at all. It came with a couple of feet though which I can use on other machines. The last sewing machine I have at work is a 'Rescue' machine. It was left at the side of a skip, and when I asked, the owner said I could have it as it didn't work. It's a Newhome, and in excellent condition and also has a good variety of extra feet. When I threaded it up, it became obvious why it wouldn't work - the needle was in the wrong way! The bobbin is on the side, and so the needle needs to be threaded from the side. It now sews beautifully, and I use it for the majority of the sewing I do at work.
After my recent purchase of a Pfaff 4850 Coverline, I also brought my old Riccar Overlocker to work. It needs new blades, and I'll get Bob Green (Sewing machine Guru), to sort those out for me, and it will do me well as a second machine.
Pictures will follow but for now, I must do some work....
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