Tuesday, April 21, 2020

Goodwill Singer 15-88 Converted. But Does It Sew? (And Treadle 328 Gets A Cover)

Here is my quandary.  Right now getting more treadle parts is kind of not a happening thing.  I know where to get them.  My contact has plenty, but neither of us are all that excited about breaking home alone rules.  So I'm down to four sets of irons to mount machines in.  And two of those sets are Davis irons.  So while cleaning the new 15-88 I was also getting the black paint on a set of Singer irons (the boy does the gold after I get them painted).


Tuesday, April 14, 2020

Singer 15-90- nah, 15-88 From Shopgoodwill

This is number seven of Shopgoodwill.com purchases I've made.  So far the score for packing has been: 2 excellent, 2 average, 2 oh my god, how do you breathe!?  This one is the tie breaker. Let's see how Waco faired.


Monday, April 13, 2020

The Sewing Room Is Coming Along

I've shot some videos up in the sewing room, usually just showing the five or six square feet that wasn't silted under with crap.  This week the boy is on spring break from e-school so rather than just watch him play Mega Death Killer 39 for another fourteen solid hours, I dragged him up to the Sewing Room and we got some work done.


Sunday, April 12, 2020

Singer 101 - My x01 Straight Is Complete

So even though I was traveling most of last year doesn't mean I wasn't still picking up the odd bit of sewing machine coolness on the way.


Saturday, April 11, 2020

How To Make Decent Masks Video

The hospital in my home town decided after a month of turning down donated masks that, oops, they actually needed some.  My sister has started churning them out.

With so many people giving 'tips' on how to make them there is a lot of bad recommendations floating around.  So I thought I would add my own, but hopefully not as bad.

Friday, April 3, 2020

Great British Sewing Bee - Revisited

Oh well, it's still the only show on TV that has a bit of sewing in it I guess.  Series 6 is on the way, so here's what I thought of series 5.


Wednesday, April 1, 2020

Making Masks - Like Everyone Should Be


Yep, if you can sew you should be pumping these guys out whenever you can.  Even if your local hospital isn't taking donations (not very bright) you can always mail them to someplace like:
Yale New Haven Health System
Regional Operations Center
Attn: PPE Donations
600 Derby Ave. (Route 34)
West Haven, CT 06516