I like making things: I dug through my photos and found some of my previous projects

Friday, July 29, 2011

I dug through my photos and found some of my previous projects

Here are some of my previous projects. We had a spate of babies, grand kids and grand nieces and nephews and that was when I decided the knitting needles should come out again. The last sweater I hand knitted was an Arran one in a beautiful buttercup color and I forgot to take a photo before I mailed it off.

Oh dear, it sucks to be getting older and more forgetful!

(Since living in Northern America (Canada and the US) for fifteen years I have picked up some of their not so nice sayings, 'sucks to be....' being one of them. But I guess, when in Rome.....and all that lol).

I realized that my sewing these past years had been mainly limited to making curtains although I did make one summer dress for my grand daughter but that was a very easy garment. The hardest part being the tie up straps on the top.

Wrong date on this, I had forgotten to reset date after charging battery on camera, made this in 2010

Now I have my machine I think I will be much more prolific with my projects. That's the plan anyway!

Made for my granddaughter. She is four now and still wears it. It kinda grew with her

Shoes for a friend's granddaughter

Another for my granddaughter

One for a grand nephew

Wrong date on this too, I made this June 2010 for my grandson.

Living room curtains, there are two windows this size so made two sets

Sunroom curtains. there are two other windows in this room two that I made sets for

I searched for more but I must have deleted them.......thank goodness eh?

Off to sew up the sweater ready to do the neckband. I dreamed about it and that I did the neckband in the contrast color so that's what I'm going to do.

6 comments:

AlexJuly 30, 2011 at 5:22 AM
These are all so beautiful maureen well done they look really stunning.

Alex
ReplyDelete
Replies
maureenlthompsonJuly 30, 2011 at 10:54 AM
Thanks Alex. You do great stuff too. I love the little green sweater, so cute1
ReplyDelete
Replies
AnonymousJuly 31, 2011 at 8:04 PM
They are all beautiful but the little dress really is adorable. Did I mention I am about to be married to a grandfather? :)
ReplyDelete
Replies
maureenlthompsonAugust 1, 2011 at 1:52 PM
Ok, I am a little confused here, but that's easy these days. As I know you have been married for a few years now I am assuming you are going to become grandparents soon. Congratulations to you both.

Thanks for the nice comments, they mean a lot.
ReplyDelete
Replies
The Sewing and Knitting LoftSeptember 29, 2011 at 11:04 AM
Your work is beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDelete
Replies
maureenlthompsonSeptember 30, 2011 at 11:11 AM
Thanks for the nice comments.
ReplyDelete
Replies

Add comment

As in the words of Thumper: If you can't say 'nuffin nice don't say 'nuffin at all.

Glad you stopped by

I started this blog in 2011: Ever since my Mum taught me to knit at the age of about six or seven I have made things. Back then it was doll clothes. I was also inspired by Mrs Levitt an elderly lady who had a sewing room in a conservatory type room on the back of her house. I would sit and watch her in awe as she sewed.

When I was a child living in England the school system was such that you started at 5 years, did two years in Infant School, then four years in Primary School then five to seven years in Secondary School, depending on whether you chose to stay on after fifth form to get qualifications to go to University. I can't remember much of the Infant school other than making the standard square doily thingy from fabric that had holes in it so you could embroider patterns into it. A bit like the modern day cross stitch fabric but with bigger holes and spaces to make it easy for small hands to use. I also remember with great joy getting a toy sewing machine one Christmas which sewed only chain stitch but I did make doll clothes on it and that was before I started Primary school. I do have very vivid recollections of Primary school and having sewing and knitting lessons. In Primary school I knitted gloves and made a dress from scratch hand sewing it all.

Secondary school continued on with sewing by which time I had progressed to using full sized sewing machines and was making more intricate skirts and dresses. My parents bought me a proper sewing machine when I was thirteen. I used that same machine right up until I emigrated to Canada at age forty six years.

I have always had a fascination for sewing machines and knitting machines. I bought my first knitting machine at around age twenty one from an ad in a newspaper for twelve pounds. I had absolutely no idea what one was just that I wanted one. I trundled on the bus to the address in the advert and handed over my twelve pounds having absolutely no idea what I had really bought. Fortunately it came with a manual. It was an aged Knitmaster, very basic and I loved it. I wore it out. Next was a Brother push button one which I didn't keep because it was at a time in my life when things were difficult. Later on in my life, around forty, when things were better I bought a brand new Brother punchard machine with a ribber attachment. I loved it and made many things. Life took a different turn, I moved countries twice and along the way, regrettably I sold it.

Now, through the universe's blessing I now have another machine. It is a vintage one because they stopped making them early 90's but works perfectly and I love it. So I decided to make this blog to document my knitting progress and include sewing projects.

In 2013: we embarked on a new hobby, leather-work. My husband got started with it and it drew me in. It is something we can do together. We have a workshop so have plenty of room to work. We added another workbench for me to work on in 2013. We already had one but we were tripping over each other both trying to work at it. We only make things we want to make. It is strictly a hobby. We made some things for our good neighbours who help us out a lot. I am also working on Christmas presents. So this blog now incorporates the leather-work. Knitting and sewing will always be my first love though.

Fast forward to 2023 and now age almost 75 years. I have seven sewing machines, four knitting machines, several ribber attachments and a garter carriage for one of the machines. I am blessed beyond words, but I know that I have more than enough machines to keep me going in my lifetime so I don’t think I will be adding to my collection any time soon……….unless a nice embroidery machine manifests itself very cheaply.

I am a Brit living in the USA, sometimes I spell like a Brit and sometimes like an American. Sometimes I use slang and even make grammatical errors. I blog for the pleasure of it and to record my endeavours in the event that my memory fades, as I am sure it will with more age. I will be able to look back and remind myself of the things I have made along the way. So please forgive my mistakes when reading about my life making things here in the hinterlands and I hope you get as much enjoyment from my blog as I do from reading the blogs I follow.

Pages

Friday, July 29, 2011

I dug through my photos and found some of my previous projects

6 comments: