I like making things: It's the 27th already and maybe, just maybe, I will get to play with my new prezzie today!

Sunday, December 27, 2015

It's the 27th already and maybe, just maybe, I will get to play with my new prezzie today!

It's been a hectic couple of days, Christmas day was busy with opening presents and playing with the dogs with the new toys and going to our neighbours. The dogs didn't fare too well from the ham bones we bought them. Boris was sick and Maggie got the poops. So lot's of cleaning up after Boris and running outside with Maggie. They both seem Ok now thankfully.

To make matters worse, we got a puncture Christmas Day. We were at the neighbours when one of them came and asked if we knew our tyre was flat. It was OK when we left the house because my husband always checks the tyres when we go anywhere. The neighbours are only half a mile away so we must have got it between ours and theirs.

They pumped it up for us and we got home with it after a very enjoyable afternoon at their place.

Yesterday, I was able to drive it into town to get it looked at. We had to replace it, the tyre wall was damaged. They tyre bay was heaving, it was like everyone from miles around needed their tyres fixing, so that took quite a while.

We also sat and watched the final Hobbit movie, that was very enjoyable and the Dr Who Christmas special.

So one way or another I never got to try out my new Big Shot machine.

But today is the day!

Pictures will be added when I have it up and running and tried it.

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DawnDecember 27, 2015 at 9:40 AM
waiting in anticipation :-)
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PamDecember 27, 2015 at 10:10 AM
My Big Shot Plus will sit and wait until the house is empty, if I touch it I will be lost. I am itching to try it out though.
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TrudieDecember 27, 2015 at 10:57 AM
You will love your big shot machine - I had one for my 60th birthday in November and it is brilliant because each shape cut is so precise. The problem is now buying all the different sizes and shapes of dies - I have to keep saving up for the next one that I need (want!) and then sending for them. I hope you get chance to play with your machine and that you enjoy it xx
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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.

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Sunday, December 27, 2015

It's the 27th already and maybe, just maybe, I will get to play with my new prezzie today!

6 comments: