River week wrap up

12/4/2023

Kim and I had a great week at the river with Anne and Weesie. We all made a lot of progress on our projects and I think we wore Weesie out. Anne said she slept the whole day after I left. One of the projects that I worked on was this crochet cape. I finished it Sunday while I was watching football and I started another one. From The Heart put out a call for wheelchair capes. I had one already finished, this one is the second and I'll try to get one more finished before I deliver in a couple of weeks. This cape works up really quick.

This is a "pattern" that I made from combining some other patterns and the directions are here. The yarn is Lion Brand Mandala Ombre and I think it makes a pretty cape.

I accomplished all of the stitching on the postcards that I could while at the river and I did some of the finishing this weekend. I had to stitch the berries at home because I didn't take any red metallic threads with me. The color I used here is kind of a copper color. I wish I had used a more textured background with these but it's too late for that!

This is the stitching that I got done on the other two designs. The trees will get some crystal but I'll add those after I stitch the edges. I got the birds outlined and the ribbon added.

Yesterday my birds got painted eyes and what a difference that makes!

Now I'm ready to fuse the backs and serge the edges. The end is in sight!

I also brought home a little toy to play with for the next few months. Anne bought this Sashiko machine secondhand in the Spring. She will be out of town for a few months so she let me bring it home to play with until she returns.
It's a really interesting machine. There's no top thread, only a bobbin. It may look like a sewing machine but it doesn't work like one at all.

This is what the stitching looks like. You can adjust the size of the stitches and spaces separately. I'm not allowing myself to play with it until the Christmas postcards are all in the mail.

This week I will get the cards finished and I want to get 4 veterans quilts quilted.

Patricia Caldwell

12/4/2023 02:16:17 pm

Love the machine. Can't wait to see how it works out for you.

Tina in NJ

12/4/2023 02:27:27 pm

I’ve never heard of a machine like that! Time to do some research

KristinF

12/4/2023 03:43:24 pm

Your blue/tan/brown/gray cape is beautiful. The cards are pretty, and I love the photo of all the bird cards with their new 'eye'!

Not that I'm very good at it or anything, but I taught a class and did a presentation for our guild on sashiko. I mentioned this machine. I would love to have one! Hoping the price comes down a bit. How fun that you will get to play with it. The 2nd iteration of it is supposed to be better than the first. I was thinking it would be fun to use this machine in making bags.

12/4/2023 03:45:52 pm

I hit submit by mistake - I meant to add that the stitch quality on your test piece with the sashiko machine looks very good.

Karen link

12/4/2023 05:42:21 pm

let me know how you like that machine - I have looked at one that I believe was on the Baby Lock site and wondered what it was like. Someone told me that the back side of the stitching doesn't look all that great but they liked the front

patty

12/5/2023 08:00:52 am

The postcards look great. That is a lot of birds you made! That machine is interesting, but how does the thread stay put?

Gene

12/5/2023 08:05:07 am

The cape looks wonderful. And the cards are adorable. A tiny dot of white in the birds' eyes will add sparkle.(I use a toothpick to paint it in the eyes)

I remember when that Sashiko machine first came out. I have only seen it online. I have always found it interesting so I hope you tell us all about it.

Wanda link

12/5/2023 01:24:14 pm

The Sashiko machines were available the last year I was working at the sewing machine store but I never tried one. It will be fun to see you play with it.

Mary Anne

12/6/2023 05:52:38 pm

Your postcards are all looking great - lots of happy people again this year I suspect.
Never heard of a Sashiko machine and look forward to your 'review' of how it performs.

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