tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3154660583164992762024-03-14T08:52:55.500-04:00Outnumbered QuilterI am a Man. I am a Quilter.
I am an Outnumbered Quilter...Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13624140507953560723noreply@blogger.comBlogger136125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-315466058316499276.post-21765118208780021202015-03-20T07:15:00.000-04:002015-03-20T07:15:11.259-04:00Trish Got a New Car!<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">A few months ago, we bought a new <span style="color: red;"><strike>car</strike></span> SUV for my wife. She was driving a mini van that was 12 years old and had a lot of miles. We decided to trade it in and get her something a little smaller, as two of our kids have moved out of the house and we really don't need room to seat seven anymore.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />So, we got her a Ford Escape. She loves it. The only time I've driven it was to test drive it for about 10 minutes before we bought it. It's hers and she drives it, and frankly, that's fine by me. She cares for two young boys during the day and she has a few car seats in it.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">We usually drive my car when we go places, but back around Christmas we took her vehicle to her dad's house and when I was taking out the car seats I noticed this...</span><br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdgaKCfJZXcrYCUFHbiQpGBULk0ZLqQ9aD1cAerJ9D_kOOcQV6eLFbH_ZvK22lsAwaiklZs8CLTulJ6A44qalj7OqMN3Ky_n2M7oQdUQvjlwlph31Ab8cCZasvdxQLTwmFL1j5hsAvaoo2/s1600/2014-11-29+10.03.17.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdgaKCfJZXcrYCUFHbiQpGBULk0ZLqQ9aD1cAerJ9D_kOOcQV6eLFbH_ZvK22lsAwaiklZs8CLTulJ6A44qalj7OqMN3Ky_n2M7oQdUQvjlwlph31Ab8cCZasvdxQLTwmFL1j5hsAvaoo2/s1600/2014-11-29+10.03.17.jpg" height="400" width="300" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dried gunk from the bottom of little feet!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">My first reaction, I'll be honest, was to say, "You need to tell those boys to keep their feet OFF of the seat backs!" But as I was taking the car seat out, I realized that it was nearly impossible for them to keep their feet off of the seat back in front of them. Their car seats have a "lean" that puts their feet out in front of them in such a way that it would be impossible for them to put their feet "down".</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">So, I decided to fix the problem. (That is something us guys do, you know, we FIX things... HooRaa!)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">So, I dug out an old Jelly Roll of Blues to match the new Car!!! </span><br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2y82mrmmrn-JaeFSNVHHrINaJgZkaoZ4W_H3FcDB5-6LHmXM1uSEfV_tXDQBT9rJmBZlZ4LrlSd2hy80WLsU-vZEkc18oo1oJu7tzxF2Fz3_JCBLTFdLyckE4MYGvRkUtWjfu-HdN47eh/s1600/2014-11-28+22.51.11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2y82mrmmrn-JaeFSNVHHrINaJgZkaoZ4W_H3FcDB5-6LHmXM1uSEfV_tXDQBT9rJmBZlZ4LrlSd2hy80WLsU-vZEkc18oo1oJu7tzxF2Fz3_JCBLTFdLyckE4MYGvRkUtWjfu-HdN47eh/s1600/2014-11-28+22.51.11.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some of the Blues in the Jelly Roll... I forgot to take a photo of the Jelly Roll!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">And this is what I did... </span><br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGgFLJiOc4SVOiTzK-XohrcyFN1T9Xiisq-NDY5p5tqiXzHBVPkUQoMXWiecmOKdhN2ZMbvtuXQpHpqjJSPQ_nm7nFv8VgNaFR2QgjKj6qRHJfqxwYom-fWL46mxvKbE7G37O39jtIsCoQ/s1600/2014-12-23+22.20.56.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGgFLJiOc4SVOiTzK-XohrcyFN1T9Xiisq-NDY5p5tqiXzHBVPkUQoMXWiecmOKdhN2ZMbvtuXQpHpqjJSPQ_nm7nFv8VgNaFR2QgjKj6qRHJfqxwYom-fWL46mxvKbE7G37O39jtIsCoQ/s1600/2014-12-23+22.20.56.jpg" height="225" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sewing on my FW.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoL1l3CzJq4dCQ9Mlbq90g1RwOID3UXg9_0oMw8ImVkMruA5Jd5LX5_a-jZy05YTE4BXhyphenhyphenPGGLBGjGPpMGhYmrtN_b_R464XhMG9P6IbQbz-LBDRJB058bW7FF_i9_42-dscKChBrw8yFB/s1600/2014-12-23+20.40.41.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoL1l3CzJq4dCQ9Mlbq90g1RwOID3UXg9_0oMw8ImVkMruA5Jd5LX5_a-jZy05YTE4BXhyphenhyphenPGGLBGjGPpMGhYmrtN_b_R464XhMG9P6IbQbz-LBDRJB058bW7FF_i9_42-dscKChBrw8yFB/s1600/2014-12-23+20.40.41.jpg" height="225" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Panel all sewn, and ready to be cut again!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">This was the first project I did completely on my Vintage Sewing Machines. I used my 221 Featherweight, and part way through the project, I bought a 401A and another 221 (which I had to "test drive").</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">So. After a lot of trial and error, I finally finished them, and installed them in Trish's new ride last night...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMtaABS1pfCmclVAxYMJElycTh0-BtjgkfCXT69dTTTnDCEV81uSegPd4vdBIihPe3UeQ5csfq3DAeQlGDut93UknFGx46wm7bYBporFVQ4brzpOXA-lT7txv_GyTewgggNNzlb-JrQ8Ev/s1600/2015-03-19+23.43.54.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhudmuYnNE9aCQ8SwyWsEcxp53-CIQuNdeJDfyX-mVxRdqN7dYNrRW-pextOPGA8YuV3ym9UCL3b0Z4cbN7rdA6jWzQxXMqoFYWm61pK1MmqfEstpPyXvSZbVM250xGqfO2wImg1Ne7l_d-/s1600/2015-03-19+23.40.58.jpg" height="400" width="225" /> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMtaABS1pfCmclVAxYMJElycTh0-BtjgkfCXT69dTTTnDCEV81uSegPd4vdBIihPe3UeQ5csfq3DAeQlGDut93UknFGx46wm7bYBporFVQ4brzpOXA-lT7txv_GyTewgggNNzlb-JrQ8Ev/s1600/2015-03-19+23.43.54.jpg" height="400" width="225" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Now that I have that project off my board, I can focus on a few others... I have Bonnie's GIMQ to work on, Jonathon's graduation quilt (can you believe he is graduating and going to college!), one project which shall remain a secret and I have to make some blocks for my Exchange Group.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Thanks for reading!! </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Until His work in me is complete,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Paul</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span>Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13624140507953560723noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-315466058316499276.post-77168544030612188262015-01-07T23:28:00.001-05:002015-01-07T23:28:56.793-05:00Adelle... Stradivaro BluesLook what the UPS Man brought me today!<br />
<br />
A Box... That says, "FRAGILE".<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkdYYPCUUTxXrOyVgyMV7I66yf55jtT_qmy0Jr7S9UXbIgya_z-3Bl9CJgoYaI3UaMExXMN6jHaR3x8Pq1-duBcNFiJGkGnah5rdSjMYAH5GuEsnyiKH4XhuVFMswnjVbRklzvdskNsmps/s1600/2015-01-07+22.33.26.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkdYYPCUUTxXrOyVgyMV7I66yf55jtT_qmy0Jr7S9UXbIgya_z-3Bl9CJgoYaI3UaMExXMN6jHaR3x8Pq1-duBcNFiJGkGnah5rdSjMYAH5GuEsnyiKH4XhuVFMswnjVbRklzvdskNsmps/s1600/2015-01-07+22.33.26.jpg" height="225" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The UPS man delivered today...</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
And INSIDE that box... An ugly case that has been made even uglier by adding wood print contact paper!<br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7bngzBPQ7_cVtIkwZqgG-R_-b1sSLem80ahfJ6hcmQVrMf_FocxPd6zdqHYCGjwioHp5w9RE65GOBd-3KveyWEAJ-so003OUPFKEKu8IXoZ5tw4_Tf5zhM_KSUiJGxgZ0jwDDtvKj3umB/s1600/2015-01-07+21.37.42.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7bngzBPQ7_cVtIkwZqgG-R_-b1sSLem80ahfJ6hcmQVrMf_FocxPd6zdqHYCGjwioHp5w9RE65GOBd-3KveyWEAJ-so003OUPFKEKu8IXoZ5tw4_Tf5zhM_KSUiJGxgZ0jwDDtvKj3umB/s1600/2015-01-07+21.37.42.jpg" height="225" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wood cases are nice. Fake wood cases are... Well... Not so nice.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
She was well packed, all tied down with industrial plastic wrap, trust me she wasn't going to move in there. Having an old machine shipped to me made me a little nervous, but they packed her well and she made it in one piece! <br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidhryBnuCHvyMIKAoZVn-tMoFt4bO-c6E3FJ8T_ZtNZ38OE1S2WU7SmWPaWOs09dwdMftUxmw1fr_cfbYM6KYcmPSyphixu0UdmLdk1u8L9_brQ-2p-d1QTnrQNQirLBod6sS_yCdCtXha/s1600/2015-01-07+21.38.28.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidhryBnuCHvyMIKAoZVn-tMoFt4bO-c6E3FJ8T_ZtNZ38OE1S2WU7SmWPaWOs09dwdMftUxmw1fr_cfbYM6KYcmPSyphixu0UdmLdk1u8L9_brQ-2p-d1QTnrQNQirLBod6sS_yCdCtXha/s1600/2015-01-07+21.38.28.jpg" height="225" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tied down with industrial plastic wrap and bubble wrap.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
Upon seeing this machine, I knew I wanted her. She was lonely in the midst of a bunch of old Singers that were drawing all the bidding action, nobody wanted the blue Stradivaro, so I got her for $5.95. Yep, SIX Dollars!! It cost me more than three times that to ship her, so all in, her total cost was $28.98. I have paid more than that for paintings that adorn my walls, so even if she never sewed a stitch for me, she's a nice piece of art for a shelf, so how could I say no!?<br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpfHhhJqxxDPkNaSpMZlNnSifeL-kUv6f2wZ9a8Fk15w-IF7BZywgqE7W4gm4mIUfdl11Zd3KIIpemzzb7wEY2qDbndh0KDLX023Tn_J0yoJevAks7NtHozKPevKZW8Xy-ZX-e1pEHnxtx/s1600/2015-01-07+21.40.38.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpfHhhJqxxDPkNaSpMZlNnSifeL-kUv6f2wZ9a8Fk15w-IF7BZywgqE7W4gm4mIUfdl11Zd3KIIpemzzb7wEY2qDbndh0KDLX023Tn_J0yoJevAks7NtHozKPevKZW8Xy-ZX-e1pEHnxtx/s1600/2015-01-07+21.40.38.jpg" height="225" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All unwrapped and ready for inspection.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
"Stradivaro" must be Japanese for "Singer" because she looks just like a Singer 15-88. If she were black and the badges removed, I guarantee people would think she was a Singer 15-88 with an odd faceplate and back gear cover. Her faceplate is striped, not scrolled like the 15-88, as is her back gear cover. (I can't believe how blatantly companies will copy another company's product!)<br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq_vWiHQz9P9jczd67fOnG32nkT047SleDUywYOp5a3RZEx1V6IRoFW6i94It6jPoAITJNJmX2DDrX1d_3HJFaJDusojpwMNsvZuy7Col-X3Jg3BUOCqStrqqHMuejKOgdwtMOrgPUwFqk/s1600/2015-01-07+22.47.12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq_vWiHQz9P9jczd67fOnG32nkT047SleDUywYOp5a3RZEx1V6IRoFW6i94It6jPoAITJNJmX2DDrX1d_3HJFaJDusojpwMNsvZuy7Col-X3Jg3BUOCqStrqqHMuejKOgdwtMOrgPUwFqk/s1600/2015-01-07+22.47.12.jpg" height="400" width="225" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Her faceplate is striped, not scrolled, but <br />in shape and size, it is identical to a 15-88!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
I will need to build her a table in which to sit so she can be used, and her wiring needs to be completely redone. I almost didn't even plug her in to test her functioning, but curiosity got the better of me, though I was a bit nervous about the possibility of electrical shock.<br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikz8xQdAuu90CI5xU7nE2GKLORMZQeaqD8_1zUzxsyTKS3stpPvbcE7I2TlytrQRm6NCbPHsYspyxSKwPjmo4nutpe9SQAnYXY4scXAoS0uTSD6dtezlfV4p-y90Q8NwydGdPkavp5Dwvi/s1600/2015-01-07+21.42.14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikz8xQdAuu90CI5xU7nE2GKLORMZQeaqD8_1zUzxsyTKS3stpPvbcE7I2TlytrQRm6NCbPHsYspyxSKwPjmo4nutpe9SQAnYXY4scXAoS0uTSD6dtezlfV4p-y90Q8NwydGdPkavp5Dwvi/s1600/2015-01-07+21.42.14.jpg" height="225" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bare wires in places, tape over wires in many places. This was just<br />not pretty. Not the worst I've seen, but pretty darn bad!!</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
But, she runs great, she sews, and I have done nothing to her yet. Once I clean her up a bit, put a new needle in her, and make some adjustments, I am sure she will sew a fine stitch.<br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim7MdkaHfFHOnzDo2HIemLF4mJLfDwCianzUacGlp2HlqRt6Dw9P2efx3fASm3N3ddvs_y3ROcCwSs819vIsjUPRFL03NEMMbHC2q0mcBFo91pkNhlw2g8MkHLobileEXhyjEqnMsJm9yY/s1600/2015-01-07+21.41.59.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim7MdkaHfFHOnzDo2HIemLF4mJLfDwCianzUacGlp2HlqRt6Dw9P2efx3fASm3N3ddvs_y3ROcCwSs819vIsjUPRFL03NEMMbHC2q0mcBFo91pkNhlw2g8MkHLobileEXhyjEqnMsJm9yY/s1600/2015-01-07+21.41.59.jpg" height="225" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">She is clean as a whistle!! Even her undercarriage is clean!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg81ipv2u4Tq1fJdJFY8zIbY1zrQ8jWoXf12IfFV4INvjQs8moEmscBUmk5tj2GA6UKrx9mFY_NHrXG4KfJNjU38s3-8uCs14zly_FnKoJp-V7cu7eBK7c3RxjgSqwWDD76AiBta-CrsVgg/s1600/2015-01-07+21.50.45.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg81ipv2u4Tq1fJdJFY8zIbY1zrQ8jWoXf12IfFV4INvjQs8moEmscBUmk5tj2GA6UKrx9mFY_NHrXG4KfJNjU38s3-8uCs14zly_FnKoJp-V7cu7eBK7c3RxjgSqwWDD76AiBta-CrsVgg/s1600/2015-01-07+21.50.45.jpg" height="225" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Light is nice and bright, though I will likely replace it with an LED version.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpGVwiKJA1rZy9NQvi_epYkPW2oLJBRAKiPqCJAkGB8kK_2AYJJ9Xo3MTPdh_im6-5tHokVX63HQxQrxRo_RvTao_SiEY_Mt5DP_TV64LSRMd5UmfmSXyHp-Q_XnPIE040xgdILWjs7Wq9/s1600/2015-01-07+22.08.25.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpGVwiKJA1rZy9NQvi_epYkPW2oLJBRAKiPqCJAkGB8kK_2AYJJ9Xo3MTPdh_im6-5tHokVX63HQxQrxRo_RvTao_SiEY_Mt5DP_TV64LSRMd5UmfmSXyHp-Q_XnPIE040xgdILWjs7Wq9/s1600/2015-01-07+22.08.25.jpg" height="225" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The only real messy part about her is the motor. I'll take it apart when I<br />rewire her, but for now, she'll be shelf decoration.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
I have decided to call her "Adelle" because every time I see the badge, "Stradivaro" I think of the famous Stradivarius Violins, and music. Adelle sings the blues, and this little gem is most definitely blue, so she shall be christened, "Adelle".<br />
<br />
I will clean her up and polish her soon and I'll post some photos when I do. The rewire job will be fun... I hope!<br />
<br />
Until His work in me is complete,<br />
Paul<br />
<br />
<br />Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13624140507953560723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-315466058316499276.post-36992034650128268152015-01-04T00:36:00.000-05:002015-01-04T00:36:18.932-05:00Quilt for my Niece... We finally celebrated Christmas!!About a week after Thanksgiving my Sister in Law called and asked if I would sew a quilt for my niece if she bought the fabric. I, of course, said I would love to. About an hour later I got a call from my Brother in Law... They were at the store and were picking out fabric... The next day, I had their fabric in hand and it was time to design a quilt that would work with what I had to work with!<br />
<br />
I am normally NOT a pre-washer, but this fabric needed to be pre-washed. So, I had a new experience... I read a few posts on pre-washing and tossed the material into the washing machine in a zipped pillow case with Color Catchers. This is what I had after that washing!<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz7ykphLs3qBlvPUYbjMbkiNyrz0hjmTa5_YMPSUmpE0v4_DY0O4UI6Utgy5IlGnXJjp5xCQ1tbv_u5pEMxYJ0MKKnMcY-ONr44IUhDiq_sDa_QrZAxP-PIaPSUl3vkfghIwmayfPRwodI/s1600/2014-12-06+15.17.04.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz7ykphLs3qBlvPUYbjMbkiNyrz0hjmTa5_YMPSUmpE0v4_DY0O4UI6Utgy5IlGnXJjp5xCQ1tbv_u5pEMxYJ0MKKnMcY-ONr44IUhDiq_sDa_QrZAxP-PIaPSUl3vkfghIwmayfPRwodI/s1600/2014-12-06+15.17.04.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After washing the fabrics in Pillow cases with color catchers!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijhm8RZu-q5o-VhjpVkg9230FB9xZ6hq_I47cqgRCAuV7DHtlToPcRT2qixByQbLbc4LuyIzJqkZ5ZX5i4ph79w39kjn1bCtFGNxyliiEtokWgf-yjs8ShviLJlhTD7U2TbrpBPpMV66-J/s1600/2014-12-06+17.07.12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijhm8RZu-q5o-VhjpVkg9230FB9xZ6hq_I47cqgRCAuV7DHtlToPcRT2qixByQbLbc4LuyIzJqkZ5ZX5i4ph79w39kjn1bCtFGNxyliiEtokWgf-yjs8ShviLJlhTD7U2TbrpBPpMV66-J/s1600/2014-12-06+17.07.12.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After untangling and pressing those fabrics!<br />
They look so much better this way!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
I had three colors to work with, so I went with a simple diagonal step pattern. I did some quick calculations and grabbed some markers, some graph paper and started to sketch. <br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5UOu0JQ8arXr4BVyqTOH_v789qmdwR1T6Mpulfr4iZqCm1IwG-EWwkh6D8rv4JHxI8BzMbkCNedc_vYtPc3o68imkX7jITNChZglmccnmwgVCeg49lshc5w5c0Yzixlig5eBw5Dxi11-u/s1600/2014-12-13+21.11.31.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5UOu0JQ8arXr4BVyqTOH_v789qmdwR1T6Mpulfr4iZqCm1IwG-EWwkh6D8rv4JHxI8BzMbkCNedc_vYtPc3o68imkX7jITNChZglmccnmwgVCeg49lshc5w5c0Yzixlig5eBw5Dxi11-u/s1600/2014-12-13+21.11.31.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After sketching the pattern, I identified how many of each piece size and<br />
color I would need. 10 8"x4" and 20 4"x4" pieces.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
Once the pieces were cut, the pattern made sewing them together a breeze. This is a very quick and simple quilt to put together. Just what I needed for a short order Christmas gift!<br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMFE5-H31jWteoXgvXjSsG55u1pThc9DBoRiahO1nMmEws-4ca1yYxD0YEACS1QgQXLvkqHtIFO3CJZID9cBZqx0UvVf7pnywmWaqmTJIl04cqaCUnRccrSmfr0py6OcCpOUzM0oumUh_A/s1600/2014-12-13+21.43.28.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMFE5-H31jWteoXgvXjSsG55u1pThc9DBoRiahO1nMmEws-4ca1yYxD0YEACS1QgQXLvkqHtIFO3CJZID9cBZqx0UvVf7pnywmWaqmTJIl04cqaCUnRccrSmfr0py6OcCpOUzM0oumUh_A/s1600/2014-12-13+21.43.28.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">With only three colors and two shapes, assembly was a breeze.<br />
Yellow to Pink, Pink to Blue, Blue to Yellow and start again.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9HKfyMKxBgs8qAkoXo40LAIYYwBhV21BIvl1gZ0nyvwRiIX4FShcEjd6BovtokN0lhTpF6vDMBokjr1ilObmyGj_bevN8MwVYKYfCTrPy-OU29-0F20ID7UaFTAZFtx2W-9YwVFFJ_qtz/s1600/2014-12-13+22.02.09.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9HKfyMKxBgs8qAkoXo40LAIYYwBhV21BIvl1gZ0nyvwRiIX4FShcEjd6BovtokN0lhTpF6vDMBokjr1ilObmyGj_bevN8MwVYKYfCTrPy-OU29-0F20ID7UaFTAZFtx2W-9YwVFFJ_qtz/s1600/2014-12-13+22.02.09.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">String piecing at it's finest. The top half of every block, <br />
done in one long string! Gotta like that!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdEwWu6fYQa7V26Yb7eDe9Pr27z9IwuXzeeZgscjfggJs785_9DFp76Nr9QNnaCY54PvwDzsy4e_sA2IpXmoL6wkSBUdz0MrrXkPMaUjQEV4rU4EySynj-R5vB0d88V3h-2S4rgLUbuY0h/s1600/2014-12-13+22.32.38.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdEwWu6fYQa7V26Yb7eDe9Pr27z9IwuXzeeZgscjfggJs785_9DFp76Nr9QNnaCY54PvwDzsy4e_sA2IpXmoL6wkSBUdz0MrrXkPMaUjQEV4rU4EySynj-R5vB0d88V3h-2S4rgLUbuY0h/s1600/2014-12-13+22.32.38.jpg" height="400" width="300" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After pressing the first pieces open, it was just a matter<br />
of matching the next top in line to the next bottom in line.<br />
Again, Easy Peasy.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9xA6qSQJmcqwWOoaIeVc3-dGnfQZ2vzFx7En-H-BjwNPiAhWsk2Go0ty5BVlwvMkRyfxLBKApOcNxlEGxyYk27n1BPDz6CAI1YhrN49VgdoVd4CkIPvnjPyBtmPmaruTJHfd8YvAj8YEQ/s1600/2014-12-13+22.53.49.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9xA6qSQJmcqwWOoaIeVc3-dGnfQZ2vzFx7En-H-BjwNPiAhWsk2Go0ty5BVlwvMkRyfxLBKApOcNxlEGxyYk27n1BPDz6CAI1YhrN49VgdoVd4CkIPvnjPyBtmPmaruTJHfd8YvAj8YEQ/s1600/2014-12-13+22.53.49.jpg" height="225" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is how I keep pieces organized when I am working on several projects<br />
at once. Each project, or each portion of a project gets its own clear bin.<br />
I like the clear because I can see what's inside. (Mikaila's Quilt on the left,<br />Step one of the GIMQ in the middle and Step two of GIMQ on the right.)</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCv9RyExJt2tYOoBtsOP-xxzAtqHnDN7Uq2ghMbmlUS80NyKC1zMTJIPOyCaWQU3MxKrdWOdY2ZbWih5dnqvesWGWuJGAF0G2EYtsO2ZusoLTLEsq-uqXx5TGOVHzjR-T4NqEYdvdT8s-g/s1600/2014-12-14+13.23.14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCv9RyExJt2tYOoBtsOP-xxzAtqHnDN7Uq2ghMbmlUS80NyKC1zMTJIPOyCaWQU3MxKrdWOdY2ZbWih5dnqvesWGWuJGAF0G2EYtsO2ZusoLTLEsq-uqXx5TGOVHzjR-T4NqEYdvdT8s-g/s1600/2014-12-14+13.23.14.jpg" height="225" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The next day I retrieved the blocks from their box and pressed them open.<br />
NOTE the iron... Do you "Set Your Seams" before pressing open?<br />
I was taught to do this and you will always get a MUCH<br />
cleaner seam when you do! </td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn2qclLzNOGbUGgkx29qFpVh1BvTKtkQvyyfqIIebAOr0IZ8G5l6fBxubKNxYA1Hzg4xWHecNBsWT6d3X7TGEJk8e4uaW3foLSce_XlzVDacXHgmME7dklsesWMe2-WJFyUDEq-wuwYX03/s1600/2014-12-14+13.44.22.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn2qclLzNOGbUGgkx29qFpVh1BvTKtkQvyyfqIIebAOr0IZ8G5l6fBxubKNxYA1Hzg4xWHecNBsWT6d3X7TGEJk8e4uaW3foLSce_XlzVDacXHgmME7dklsesWMe2-WJFyUDEq-wuwYX03/s1600/2014-12-14+13.44.22.jpg" height="400" width="225" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Once pressed open, they all get layed out<br />
on the floor to insure I got 'em all right.<br />
Looks like I did!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9y8pW2MFrHuc2sy0vovsoSofPojBmUL4o3AvbLxi9NXpWdg9eff6aUsgZvqplNMODU5xe7n-cz0Rsk-xVQ0SF4jVA6BZBfB-XTtMd00iiIM9gma8iIse5qwgalw_PlrWKnqxUWQoFwln4/s1600/2014-12-14+14.00.05.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9y8pW2MFrHuc2sy0vovsoSofPojBmUL4o3AvbLxi9NXpWdg9eff6aUsgZvqplNMODU5xe7n-cz0Rsk-xVQ0SF4jVA6BZBfB-XTtMd00iiIM9gma8iIse5qwgalw_PlrWKnqxUWQoFwln4/s1600/2014-12-14+14.00.05.jpg" height="225" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is how I organize my assembly. Those little pieces of paper are<br />
marked A1 to A7 (Left Row), B1 to B7 (Center Row) and C1 to C7 (Right Row).<br />
I carefully pick them up in reverse order, C7 to A1.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXENL_09ZJ3bCSakHytLFTPmpMVED9ZW1ODfCRcWg26KsFTyBdgkWm0mJEv79Sav39tDPvPqGPZ9_muuN97YaRIktZQOgW8_4fN4MF2GLrudHklEhvc3ew-2BbGQWKuBxKMGbdyD-Ub1fA/s1600/2014-12-14+15.40.40.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXENL_09ZJ3bCSakHytLFTPmpMVED9ZW1ODfCRcWg26KsFTyBdgkWm0mJEv79Sav39tDPvPqGPZ9_muuN97YaRIktZQOgW8_4fN4MF2GLrudHklEhvc3ew-2BbGQWKuBxKMGbdyD-Ub1fA/s1600/2014-12-14+15.40.40.jpg" height="400" width="225" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Then I sew that label right into the seam<br />
and then I can fully assemble the quilt<br />
without ever laying it all out again.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq24krQiKXBeaY3F7NGpo1X7gJF-BYdfape2AhENQAjmF_TQe_D5XDsl_bMZSEmsbHsnPZExSWBnumQPgMgKUb0E4TxxhnUdt8fRZ8eFyY94pruxsec4aW4QGiWUhUQ2W2_AmGEviplkID/s1600/2014-12-14+20.10.45.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq24krQiKXBeaY3F7NGpo1X7gJF-BYdfape2AhENQAjmF_TQe_D5XDsl_bMZSEmsbHsnPZExSWBnumQPgMgKUb0E4TxxhnUdt8fRZ8eFyY94pruxsec4aW4QGiWUhUQ2W2_AmGEviplkID/s1600/2014-12-14+20.10.45.jpg" height="225" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Assembling the quilt, and you can see the tags, helping me stay organized.<br />
After the entire flimsy is complete, I remove them.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
So, another reason I am so far behind on the Mystery Quilt this year, but it was so worth it. I had to wait until now because we couldn't celebrate Christmas until January 3 because of sickness. So here it is... And here she is...<br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaAwKZt1JsqaMzrWPbnBBnY2J4duHjcu2qPkKDj5LMn-0zWH-wh62MZbVmP8QdtNnsx88b3IA8dUSSmuoBl45jn0OAoPXo8I8ZpRTxlEEwsm8649t8uzuMiE0xaZY5o5hlfFCewOLxsVt5/s1600/2015-01-03+14.02.38.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaAwKZt1JsqaMzrWPbnBBnY2J4duHjcu2qPkKDj5LMn-0zWH-wh62MZbVmP8QdtNnsx88b3IA8dUSSmuoBl45jn0OAoPXo8I8ZpRTxlEEwsm8649t8uzuMiE0xaZY5o5hlfFCewOLxsVt5/s1600/2015-01-03+14.02.38.jpg" height="400" width="225" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All smiles... LOVE to see this!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge9Mzsy1brHGTP5_szdNx6SUhu3uDnZ8rdLgKpA2gMtpa-1VOI-RpJcQ3KB3RVPmSIMApLo8L2x3KiWn_G-ASkbKreqt7B5lO7Oam-RKDiiSB8I9PubUxbbTIlbr6DCJrDuyza1Y-ReqMK/s1600/2015-01-03+15.20.40.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge9Mzsy1brHGTP5_szdNx6SUhu3uDnZ8rdLgKpA2gMtpa-1VOI-RpJcQ3KB3RVPmSIMApLo8L2x3KiWn_G-ASkbKreqt7B5lO7Oam-RKDiiSB8I9PubUxbbTIlbr6DCJrDuyza1Y-ReqMK/s1600/2015-01-03+15.20.40.jpg" height="400" width="225" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And this. Cuddling with her Mom while<br />snuggled in her quilt!</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<br />
She has Thanked me for it several times already.<br />
<br />
I'm Glad you like it Mikaila!<br />
<br />
Now to get to work on posts about what I have been doing with GIMQ...<br />
<br />
Until His work in me is complete,<br />
Paul<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13624140507953560723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-315466058316499276.post-54757732211858975322014-12-22T22:47:00.000-05:002014-12-22T22:47:20.213-05:00Quiltville Mystery Quilt 2014 - Part ONE again...<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Well, a few weeks ago, I posted about starting Bonnie Hunter's Mystery Quilt. I took off and then was quickly sidetracked and derailed by other projects. A Baby Quilt, another gift quilt which I can't reveal until next week, and yet another gift which I can't reveal until next week, and another that I can't reveal until March!!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">So What CAN I reveal? Well, when I saw step ONE of GIMQ (Grand Illusion Mystery Quilt) I realized I was going to need to sew many, many HSTs. I have heard many times before that the best machine to sew these on is an old Singer Featherweight. I have one, in fact, I have had it for over a year, but it didn't work. </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">It needed some work before I was going to be able to sew on it. She barely moved when turning the fly wheel. Her motor seemed to have plenty of power, but her drive belt was frail, and she was bound up. SO, I decided to work on her so I could use her to complete the GIMQ!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">So, I pulled her out of her ragged old box, and identified the things I NEEDED to order to make her operational. Her power cord was in horrible condition. Her rubber feet were non-existent, and she was filthy dirty! I had one old rusty bobbin, and her felts were in horrible condition. So I ordered all new parts to replace what needed replacing.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Last Friday, I received those parts. Bonnie also released her next clue in the GIMQ, which included... yep... More HSTs! so I was motivated and equipped. I must say, the internet is a wonderful place! I found YouTube videos galore, and a Facebook group dedicated to Singer Featherweights proved to be invaluable in getting me the resources I needed to take my little hunk of black painted aluminum from greasy, seized, mess of a not working sewing machine to a clean, working, although not beautiful, machine, sewing beautiful stitches! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">So, while the only sewing I can share from the past week is the first four HSTs sewn on my "NEW Featherweight", I CAN share my adventure in taking her from not moving to sewing. Without further ado, here she is... Built in the summer of 1940... My Featherweight...</span><br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHCduc7zastOvkzjZAaXDRB0YzL-QZp3775HTNXzlFqKZ4lfzyGwVrolY9MjnPh8GULHwPp3lOR-p89ArcxQ3Uk8MfQf9sy7d11NpnlMp3yylOgB2yS1LQsQOPpjM1rZDa6rPuYMWGQ-0T/s1600/2014-12-22+22.16.35.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHCduc7zastOvkzjZAaXDRB0YzL-QZp3775HTNXzlFqKZ4lfzyGwVrolY9MjnPh8GULHwPp3lOR-p89ArcxQ3Uk8MfQf9sy7d11NpnlMp3yylOgB2yS1LQsQOPpjM1rZDa6rPuYMWGQ-0T/s1600/2014-12-22+22.16.35.jpg" height="225" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This case pretty much tells her history...<br />I'm hoping I can give her a much better future!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2sXK7uU1E0g-VsvApbkm38vH7TyPC0QdypKUTBfhSqqJfmjmoCEBe69KatMGtqpqyiFVyMFkTsitsKrLhTML8-ZL62TGQryRas4mNqPOG_243xCoWDN5QrJcZdB5xuCSe13i8IKctgaUo/s1600/2014-12-22+22.18.45.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2sXK7uU1E0g-VsvApbkm38vH7TyPC0QdypKUTBfhSqqJfmjmoCEBe69KatMGtqpqyiFVyMFkTsitsKrLhTML8-ZL62TGQryRas4mNqPOG_243xCoWDN5QrJcZdB5xuCSe13i8IKctgaUo/s1600/2014-12-22+22.18.45.jpg" height="225" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here you can see that she has no clear coat at all on about 80%<br />of her body. There are a few places where she has some finish, but very few.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHPt4wvy7eUHtrNlrsnF27m_3X7ROlq4VjUpmpkRw3ZoFYLAPdLEw7WtmjqV237oDegu8srComjm8E2zeVC56676seRvGD5dtgNkNRauVmjJM-T3PLOuso-Dq2Yklezis5kPM8HQszwgjc/s1600/2014-12-19+10.00.46.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHPt4wvy7eUHtrNlrsnF27m_3X7ROlq4VjUpmpkRw3ZoFYLAPdLEw7WtmjqV237oDegu8srComjm8E2zeVC56676seRvGD5dtgNkNRauVmjJM-T3PLOuso-Dq2Yklezis5kPM8HQszwgjc/s1600/2014-12-19+10.00.46.jpg" height="225" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Bags of parts I needed to to bring her to life. A new power cord, belt,<br />
felts, rubber feet, twenty new needles and a dozen new shiny bobbins.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7GNOjuDim5TR6Gwy7wXzdNb-kn4rweQQ47ZPYj4c3ZobNI_jiF9ZrL8ayIB-GTzxByYvFd6uov0l-MILJkqL7MSD7xNEcyCw6p7xODnusy8w-Zl9eOJySWCl2mWuM7NkvWBU4FPg7Yjha/s1600/2014-12-19+23.21.18.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7GNOjuDim5TR6Gwy7wXzdNb-kn4rweQQ47ZPYj4c3ZobNI_jiF9ZrL8ayIB-GTzxByYvFd6uov0l-MILJkqL7MSD7xNEcyCw6p7xODnusy8w-Zl9eOJySWCl2mWuM7NkvWBU4FPg7Yjha/s1600/2014-12-19+23.21.18.jpg" height="225" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">As I disassembled her, this is how I kept track of what screws belonged to<br />
which parts. All were cleaned thoroughly in a bath of Kerosene<br />
and scrubbed with a toothbrush before being bagged with the<br />
identifying Post It Note.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxfl22avNbRBXf_5ZaW5AM0wuBc8YO7rRG8fPIcdVK9kAwyS3Yed2i3wc82hOK3R3iQJ4oG2VQM_tCpDuK43R2jvLHir1PKKwiyMlJuQTvU7_bRenHfIFSm9Bu6l5OPHeAootfngKcNhvF/s1600/2014-12-19+23.31.14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxfl22avNbRBXf_5ZaW5AM0wuBc8YO7rRG8fPIcdVK9kAwyS3Yed2i3wc82hOK3R3iQJ4oG2VQM_tCpDuK43R2jvLHir1PKKwiyMlJuQTvU7_bRenHfIFSm9Bu6l5OPHeAootfngKcNhvF/s1600/2014-12-19+23.31.14.jpg" height="225" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The beautiful scrolled faceplate which was standard on the earliest<br />
Featherweights. Dirty, gunky, yellowed and in desperate need of cleaning in this photo.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglk0vfSyIuuOUmPzV-myXpV0jRQm2vP_Ea66p8yWIPBHPoLoPtu-l6o5JHTtBGeV-5Flry9OjF8ujmqeYAQNTKKYaKUu8OMs4b4uKciGmWz4KBrDsmeTWjrOrwf8jWb_UpnNtZaHvtaq_m/s1600/2014-12-19+23.37.55.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglk0vfSyIuuOUmPzV-myXpV0jRQm2vP_Ea66p8yWIPBHPoLoPtu-l6o5JHTtBGeV-5Flry9OjF8ujmqeYAQNTKKYaKUu8OMs4b4uKciGmWz4KBrDsmeTWjrOrwf8jWb_UpnNtZaHvtaq_m/s1600/2014-12-19+23.37.55.jpg" height="225" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another part full of gunk ready to be cleaned. All of the surface parts were<br />
gunky and filthy dirty.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfVOnRj6wO9T8TTzJ_hjFDd3F5KqOHvk-nn4AiahjGByXhdb67vf6hWnztQZmwqeVJcwbourP8LSyzbUXKhLM2RY43tN7_YA1EutC8QknuECJFNA3NIcULfFV-KrQ3Co4aG_jEPpgXcN_M/s1600/2014-12-19+23.52.13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfVOnRj6wO9T8TTzJ_hjFDd3F5KqOHvk-nn4AiahjGByXhdb67vf6hWnztQZmwqeVJcwbourP8LSyzbUXKhLM2RY43tN7_YA1EutC8QknuECJFNA3NIcULfFV-KrQ3Co4aG_jEPpgXcN_M/s1600/2014-12-19+23.52.13.jpg" height="225" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here, the bobbin hook assembly has been opened and the bobbin holder<br />
has been removed. I followed directions from a YouTube video and wiggled<br />
and wiggled for twenty minutes paying very close attention so I would know<br />
how to get it back in. After twenty minutes or so, I lost focus for a few<br />
seconds and all of a sudden the holder popped out and fell to the desktop.<br />
I have no idea how I got it out!<br />
I thoroughly cleaned this out though and managed to replace the bobbin<br />
holder in just a matter of about a minute!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Rz717c-wPWx-ksF9PbOwAj7lzw-KvIPcm-Y6oCRbWzD6_w8oIlNu6PfX1rxPPAIZHwT2HHD28s5d1M1ay_NV2qGAkHyYu1QevUYb3bUyjUvt6af70-ezUk3OC_3dKg3Vp4ahaRi_rYwn/s1600/2014-12-20+00.05.14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Rz717c-wPWx-ksF9PbOwAj7lzw-KvIPcm-Y6oCRbWzD6_w8oIlNu6PfX1rxPPAIZHwT2HHD28s5d1M1ay_NV2qGAkHyYu1QevUYb3bUyjUvt6af70-ezUk3OC_3dKg3Vp4ahaRi_rYwn/s1600/2014-12-20+00.05.14.jpg" height="225" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The piece that needed wiggling out... Took twenty minutes to get it out<br />
and one to put it back in. The clean parts spun freely. THIS is what had the<br />
whole machine bound up. The gunk behind this piece was literally holding<br />
it tight with pure suction and made the whole machine barely move. Once<br />
the bobbin assembly was removed and cleaned, the whole machine<br />
moved easily!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8GM7yZMX3DKf7sfoAZfhOrC6Cn645YIvlwXmvi9LtjrlkPXZEmk-_p1F03x4yVdSeNE_XxDat1JoQ_c8vhkMw9WwK5MKnz-T32_R2OhUpBu_4gajXt0pqaLbELw-nLKdUV-YiYoso0_BS/s1600/2014-12-20+00.07.24.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8GM7yZMX3DKf7sfoAZfhOrC6Cn645YIvlwXmvi9LtjrlkPXZEmk-_p1F03x4yVdSeNE_XxDat1JoQ_c8vhkMw9WwK5MKnz-T32_R2OhUpBu_4gajXt0pqaLbELw-nLKdUV-YiYoso0_BS/s1600/2014-12-20+00.07.24.jpg" height="225" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is what a belt looks like when it sits without moving for decades!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgINQ9dTBzL1lSuC60uTSnMOBtIa3B1ddQrWmXcNEFlhZedbt0Ss-VRCXY8n3HIceHSbatFt7ZHzTPjzvUJ8_VBsl-Mn7AWn63zHffO2xGv4AUARK7KUwqHwXfoyB5hI1IN5Y3__Cdtloab/s1600/2014-12-20+00.23.23.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgINQ9dTBzL1lSuC60uTSnMOBtIa3B1ddQrWmXcNEFlhZedbt0Ss-VRCXY8n3HIceHSbatFt7ZHzTPjzvUJ8_VBsl-Mn7AWn63zHffO2xGv4AUARK7KUwqHwXfoyB5hI1IN5Y3__Cdtloab/s1600/2014-12-20+00.23.23.jpg" height="225" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">THIS is why I ordered new wiring! This was a fire waiting to happen<br />
under my foot!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlJLKf-wLmJy8H3FFngjIacfYqP-AR1ygjrrci1ZM9L5aresaoIziS5-za3MBVZky0v4BATvuK2fygjMJMcFTUqTqZP1TqlVNO9aZDZEGYAXpKNH6hDYLa9-tzaxaQdbzUqIb7olmcZNke/s1600/2014-12-21+19.37.50.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlJLKf-wLmJy8H3FFngjIacfYqP-AR1ygjrrci1ZM9L5aresaoIziS5-za3MBVZky0v4BATvuK2fygjMJMcFTUqTqZP1TqlVNO9aZDZEGYAXpKNH6hDYLa9-tzaxaQdbzUqIb7olmcZNke/s1600/2014-12-21+19.37.50.jpg" height="225" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This photo shows the "rubber feet". That gray circle is supposed to be a black<br />
rubber foot. Decades of decay and neglect left this machine literally sitting<br />
on the screws that held the feet in place... (see next photo)</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz1-6jocJO0vdqQGjatKthxUIth85v-dX2DNFrnpnr-qES6aZJKqOT2tdbBQpjUU5JrMfPi71LLGkTBCtxboKc1iDAQRNvbyVX0sjCo53ioIM1ym2WVMvXUZKmvjCjZpXDCWUqA2W42MHz/s1600/2014-12-21+19.38.04.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz1-6jocJO0vdqQGjatKthxUIth85v-dX2DNFrnpnr-qES6aZJKqOT2tdbBQpjUU5JrMfPi71LLGkTBCtxboKc1iDAQRNvbyVX0sjCo53ioIM1ym2WVMvXUZKmvjCjZpXDCWUqA2W42MHz/s1600/2014-12-21+19.38.04.jpg" height="400" width="225" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here is a side view of the "foot". Well,<br />
more like the absence of the foot!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMwec6U1Rz1CPPRv8qY_wc-UTMZzyzz93uGmw0b6t4Tzzc-ALjXuGNYhfR1dGn7JD9csgpU_DzBxasTldUl4e2FOJen_jJvVFIPZR-6B-CHo5gElNXackvQcWeYk2GkODNHdI9VdTOoZK8/s1600/2014-12-22+22.26.28.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMwec6U1Rz1CPPRv8qY_wc-UTMZzyzz93uGmw0b6t4Tzzc-ALjXuGNYhfR1dGn7JD9csgpU_DzBxasTldUl4e2FOJen_jJvVFIPZR-6B-CHo5gElNXackvQcWeYk2GkODNHdI9VdTOoZK8/s1600/2014-12-22+22.26.28.jpg" height="225" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And her new rubber feet... No more scratching my desk!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcOT009qsscYb2qIYI9mOWC_Z50k5VBcaJourpliRzy2gtwCk28Y4T73_3oUqBt9rIjsIMs2OUiVSfNz8_PnqexceDVRbLd8Ekn6Q6At4dpbiVruL4UG9cN9v5u3A8aL308DvgLkrq5ziM/s1600/2014-12-21+20.32.05.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcOT009qsscYb2qIYI9mOWC_Z50k5VBcaJourpliRzy2gtwCk28Y4T73_3oUqBt9rIjsIMs2OUiVSfNz8_PnqexceDVRbLd8Ekn6Q6At4dpbiVruL4UG9cN9v5u3A8aL308DvgLkrq5ziM/s1600/2014-12-21+20.32.05.jpg" height="225" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">When I opened up the top and removed the faceplate, I was amazed at<br />
how clean the innards of the machine were! This is before I cleaned it!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwpiCoNsLGvHycnbrHGYsHQlSHqh9FZnJlX1zS0Bxc95ddLAboUzIVqsH9Vj9LrbXDlERoBerUVrywOW6Rvgw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Twenty four hours before this video was taken, she would<br />
barely even move...</div>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKqyXOyVPZXBRWyDaYDmOfwCWX5inBqh3uW0B2wu2gYl2Or8pv31WkBjpntmmMru8vXsngTg7vNPHxSD9w_gksF_GHXCwncyKpffVvZ_Tk05vUXq_1BI1K5ShWAMFHJfoplXkp28DgF80R/s1600/2014-12-21+20.44.08.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKqyXOyVPZXBRWyDaYDmOfwCWX5inBqh3uW0B2wu2gYl2Or8pv31WkBjpntmmMru8vXsngTg7vNPHxSD9w_gksF_GHXCwncyKpffVvZ_Tk05vUXq_1BI1K5ShWAMFHJfoplXkp28DgF80R/s1600/2014-12-21+20.44.08.jpg" height="225" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My first few stitches after reassembly!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4ZKLmiYRW1-x9CXD6DLHQeC0kDf3Q1egGAA8SGfh3YIRwlHSkt1IbdNqqCmKTsItWbupu_F_j37PzJjGtloNwxRLWTJa7TPmJ5_NOSA6kHGfpmdKdkjzhjyMwlhk64Eo0SzcerIiwyzbe/s1600/2014-12-21+20.45.15.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4ZKLmiYRW1-x9CXD6DLHQeC0kDf3Q1egGAA8SGfh3YIRwlHSkt1IbdNqqCmKTsItWbupu_F_j37PzJjGtloNwxRLWTJa7TPmJ5_NOSA6kHGfpmdKdkjzhjyMwlhk64Eo0SzcerIiwyzbe/s1600/2014-12-21+20.45.15.jpg" height="225" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ready to sew another line of stitches. Here you can see that the machine was<br />
previously cleaned with some sort of harsh cleaner that stripped the clear coat<br />
right off the machine, and ate away at some of the decals as well. She isn't<br />
pretty, but she purrs like a kitten, and sews nice straight lines.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq-CPXFUcVsv5g00_R3hFF8UMmx-aIXnqL0bwlz5OIQ9stFpTzrFpVTAYrVlpu7hPVmQg3tuyEt5EXR40DgpPaQVVFPsQDWb61_4kkGoqBcaL8mA2oNHW5SNAV8yOkDRerd45auocOTcOw/s1600/2014-12-22+22.24.54.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq-CPXFUcVsv5g00_R3hFF8UMmx-aIXnqL0bwlz5OIQ9stFpTzrFpVTAYrVlpu7hPVmQg3tuyEt5EXR40DgpPaQVVFPsQDWb61_4kkGoqBcaL8mA2oNHW5SNAV8yOkDRerd45auocOTcOw/s1600/2014-12-22+22.24.54.jpg" height="400" width="225" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Most of her isn't very pretty, but LOOK at that face plate!<br />I love the fancy scrolled plates on the early machines...<br />No more yellow or brown gunk!!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOg-xRZXzC0iQ7CE_hnhALUxMpYlexmz6yTwn6vhCkt1ntJ74vNhjPmcXvf8YrzhFeSX2LfCwqYsCx4kw-XGqmiTnVJbijYTzCqHXrXPaK6VVfy2NGTM94qCdrzjouB-Jza2PB-AM5QcGe/s1600/2014-12-22+22.20.14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOg-xRZXzC0iQ7CE_hnhALUxMpYlexmz6yTwn6vhCkt1ntJ74vNhjPmcXvf8YrzhFeSX2LfCwqYsCx4kw-XGqmiTnVJbijYTzCqHXrXPaK6VVfy2NGTM94qCdrzjouB-Jza2PB-AM5QcGe/s1600/2014-12-22+22.20.14.jpg" height="225" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And here she is with her first official work!<br />First four blocks pressed, trimmed and perfect. Another 20 sewn for good measure.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">SO, I have a LOT of work to do to catch up, but now that this little baby is working and I'm almost done with my Christmas quilting, I'll be able to get to work very soon!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">If you came from Bonnie's Link up, get back by clicking <a href="http://quiltville.blogspot.com/2014/12/mystery-monday-link-up-part-4.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>. If you want to see what others are doing on Bonnie's Mystery Quilting, go ahead and click, I won't mind!</span>
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Until His work in me is complete,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Paul</span>Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13624140507953560723noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-315466058316499276.post-9659671966441560812014-12-17T01:00:00.000-05:002014-12-17T01:00:00.761-05:00December 17, 2013 ... A day I will never forgetOne year ago today, December 17, 2013 was the date I was admitted to the hospital having had at least three strokes. The strokes affected only my memory, but they affected my memory in a HUGE way. I couldn't remember anything, including who my own children were. The only thing I never forgot is my wife. I knew who she was, I knew her name, I knew her likes and her dislikes, yet I couldn't remember my own.<br />
<br />
My son walked in that evening and I looked him in the face and said, "Who are you!?" I don't remember that at all, in fact, I don't remember December 15-17 very well at all. You can read about that <a href="http://outnumberedquilter.blogspot.com/2014/01/that-sir-is-definition-of-miracle.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>.<br />
<br />
<br />
Today, I want to focus on two things. My healing. I am fully healed. If you read the original post, you know that two days later, everything was back to normal. I was "back". 100%. Over the first part of this year, I underwent a bunch of tests to try to identify why I had the strokes, but we found nothing other than I am perfectly healthy now.<br />
<br />
I also want to focus on my children. They were the first thing I remembered on my own. I want to focus on my son, Jonathon, specifically. You see, it was into Jonathon's eyes I looked when I said, "Who are you?" Over the first few months of this year I felt horrible about that. Jonathon forgave me. He understood that it wasn't by choice that I didn't know who he was. Jonathon, I think, understood that, in ways, better than I did. But, needless to say, he was still rather hurt by that.<br />
<br />
A few months later, that moment in time when I looked into his eyes and asked "Who are you?" and the next 24 hours became the basis for an English paper he submitted, entitled, "A Lapse in Time". With his permission, I am sharing what he wrote.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
A Lapse in Time</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Jonathon Perger</div>
<div style="text-align: right;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
The man I admired. The man I look up to. The man that was there from the very beginning. The man that I blamed for all of my actions. The man that cared for me. The man that gave me guidance. The man that spent every waking hour, making my life better. The man that I didn't give enough credit to, while I was growing up. The man that loved me, more than I knew.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
This man I didn't think about enough. I never pondered; why he went to work every day or why he cared for me or why he was always there when I needed him the most or why he would give anything and everything to make me smile or why he cared if I got bad grades or got into trouble or had a bad day or why wanted me to know how to eat properly or clean myself or dress myself. The essentials and life skills necessary to be successful. It was all just expected.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Until this moment in time, I had never thought about why I called him "Dad".</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
My own father looking at me with uncertainty.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
"Who are you?"</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
My own father did not recognize me.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
In this moment it felt like time had stopped moving. A lapse in time; where memories flooded my head like a dam that had cracked and was seeping profusely.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
All of the memories that I had of my father, he could no longer share with me.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
The uncertainty of the situation was probably the worst part. All of the possibilities. All of the thoughts I had. Every single one of the thoughts in my head.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
What is wrong with him? How can we fix it? Is it something that is able to be fixed? How long will this last? What caused this? How will my family get by without him? How will my mother take care of all my siblings alone? How will my brother react? How will my sisters react? Why is this happening to me and my family? What could I possibly do to help?</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
These were the questions that led to the many hours of pondering.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Why he went to work everyday or why he cared for me or why he was always there when I needed him the most or why he would give anything and everything to make me smile or why he cared if I got bad grades or got into trouble or had a bad day or why he wanted me to know how to eat properly or clean myself or dress myself. The essentials and life skills necessary to be successful. All of the things I just expected.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
The final conclusions to all of my questions; he is my father. I finally realized the reality of unconditional, indisputable love. The love that someone has for their family.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
After twenty-four hours, several MRIs, a CT Scan, CAT Scans, a Spinal Tap, EKGs, multiple X-Rays and Blood tests, and overnight monitoring. Laying in that white bed. No doctor could figure out the dilemma that was my father. The one puzzle I wished I could solve on my own.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
The uncertainty of the situation was probably the worst part. All I had was time. Time to wait, time to think, time to process, time to embrace memories, time to exude sorrow, time to reflect on life, time to grow up.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
A lapse in time.</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br />
December 17, 2013.<br />
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
This date will be remembered for many years to come. It is a day for which I am now thankful, though at the time it was frightening, both for me and my family, it is the date on which I realized how precious life is. It is the date on which I learned that I need to be thankful for all I have RIGHT NOW. Because none of us are guaranteed a tomorrow... Nor are we guaranteed to remember our yesterdays...</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br />Until His work in me is complete,<br />
Paul</div>
Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13624140507953560723noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-315466058316499276.post-70874957615821432842014-12-13T20:52:00.000-05:002014-12-13T20:52:38.519-05:00Baby Quilt - Part Two...As I mentioned in the previous post, I failed to take as many photos as I have in the past, so there were quite a few steps between the end of the previous post and the beginning of this one, but here is the completion of the Baby Quilt...<br />
<br />
I always lay out my layers on the floor and tape them down using painters tape, so the backing went down first, then the batting, and then the top.<br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKDZM03vB5gk5I5dSdQM9lv6qB48gQoSF79Nl8Jk9Q3L43UdvVhs8kX0aBfWbtjpNG7b69K8Ea5nWVnua9vd8KjwWfUxGec0U2GTxKpvniAju6n2xpN4uE0XkFuHsEfqbNMD6T-aUGncyk/s1600/2014-11-18+21.14.12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKDZM03vB5gk5I5dSdQM9lv6qB48gQoSF79Nl8Jk9Q3L43UdvVhs8kX0aBfWbtjpNG7b69K8Ea5nWVnua9vd8KjwWfUxGec0U2GTxKpvniAju6n2xpN4uE0XkFuHsEfqbNMD6T-aUGncyk/s1600/2014-11-18+21.14.12.jpg" height="400" width="300" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Layed out and ready for pinning...</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguAzT2HkGgQ2_t5YRkNWEErHjw0g2D_TdJvLBAYFaRd06lmvr0rHUnOpLPh7cmoRiCL1TvZf6VY3WTcqwX8Lpc9U7kHZ3cbvz3Gvu3VjF2D_uHiZzjICqoSNMGf6EXXJL5wHhRyfpc-AFD/s1600/2014-11-18+21.17.30.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguAzT2HkGgQ2_t5YRkNWEErHjw0g2D_TdJvLBAYFaRd06lmvr0rHUnOpLPh7cmoRiCL1TvZf6VY3WTcqwX8Lpc9U7kHZ3cbvz3Gvu3VjF2D_uHiZzjICqoSNMGf6EXXJL5wHhRyfpc-AFD/s1600/2014-11-18+21.17.30.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I dump a bunch of pins and then start pinning...</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
I try to put pins about every four inches. For this quilt, I planned to do straight line quilting around the purple columns, inside the purple columns and then use a decorative stitch straight down the center of the purple columns.</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<span id="goog_1879370006"></span><span id="goog_1879370007"></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
While out shopping one day, I happened to find the same fabric that Grandma had used to cover the rocking chair, and I picked some up to use as binding. I think stripes, polka dots, or any swirly pattern works great for binding and when I initially saw the fabric, I knew it would be perfect for binding, but there wasn't quite enough, so I was super excited to find the same fabric so I could bind this quilt using it.</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMarB6hspW-vEF0kLwAFUdezoz1YVvpQo8qdqMiRg-0VPSidhIaMbw8Zh75kGeOGoHxpYXcxhmCnGSdk1Sf4qa4HK8zTZTMXyO41v0KnYGNA4VS5i7sl94NVTKnozc3g2ozBZwx4NYPawQ/s1600/2014-11-27+19.59.22.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMarB6hspW-vEF0kLwAFUdezoz1YVvpQo8qdqMiRg-0VPSidhIaMbw8Zh75kGeOGoHxpYXcxhmCnGSdk1Sf4qa4HK8zTZTMXyO41v0KnYGNA4VS5i7sl94NVTKnozc3g2ozBZwx4NYPawQ/s1600/2014-11-27+19.59.22.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I will always opt for cutting my binding fabric on the bias if I have the choice.<br />
It makes laying that binding flat SO much easier... <br />
Though it is bit of a pain to cut it!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh20NspKrERcjEbL0P_SWCSd70XQT8CA8VDbm2F5sGs93Lo6L2_d5tL2xYbedmYqoD7gtmaqQSZGol4LVOMF1HIc5LdpjJC-xerqj0zz-rxxI-MYIPBPoJQHN9Ut6JxZRuI0eqMY9K_g45f/s1600/2014-11-27+21.06.52.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh20NspKrERcjEbL0P_SWCSd70XQT8CA8VDbm2F5sGs93Lo6L2_d5tL2xYbedmYqoD7gtmaqQSZGol4LVOMF1HIc5LdpjJC-xerqj0zz-rxxI-MYIPBPoJQHN9Ut6JxZRuI0eqMY9K_g45f/s1600/2014-11-27+21.06.52.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Then I press together and roll onto a large spool.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQRpX9ogR5bWQ1ira3tddfbGFleAzfE2BNV12MNzOSPEqrmFzqCx5QIdS8xV7bu4kTI_wx_PO42FCZo5zxHMRAkIWC0sXpp4by3eSHFWbJGUONVA49WBJPkhPUgdAVZkZO14hJQvK8mgkL/s1600/2014-11-28+00.29.46.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQRpX9ogR5bWQ1ira3tddfbGFleAzfE2BNV12MNzOSPEqrmFzqCx5QIdS8xV7bu4kTI_wx_PO42FCZo5zxHMRAkIWC0sXpp4by3eSHFWbJGUONVA49WBJPkhPUgdAVZkZO14hJQvK8mgkL/s1600/2014-11-28+00.29.46.jpg" height="400" width="300" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I use hair clips to keep my binding in place while I sew.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
</div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil-YIvIo81ohIWPwA2hvlomPxMFLvvnQWAKGchYIyOyDzrAD5dsJFGMbCwCJLCLPHGT3d-HMSdivx_gLQ1sL-yds9rZMQznd17aoxuMhhstFYO3a9nHjlt2S5mpEiOZtVLL_GkuvcJR1iG/s1600/Photo+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil-YIvIo81ohIWPwA2hvlomPxMFLvvnQWAKGchYIyOyDzrAD5dsJFGMbCwCJLCLPHGT3d-HMSdivx_gLQ1sL-yds9rZMQznd17aoxuMhhstFYO3a9nHjlt2S5mpEiOZtVLL_GkuvcJR1iG/s1600/Photo+2.jpg" height="400" width="300" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I didn't get a real good photo of the full quilt, but<br />
here is about half of it...</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
And the last step is secure the label under the binding, this way I only have a small amount of hand stitching to secure the label for future posterity.</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj68P6J4q_g83qIgVVx5tZ8oDwZQPkXjpfOJ5S0_YSLgbhEZGJKZpt5R4yAS9cYxPidFkwE0mHvXsIKn-SMUpfCGhhk7S-pXfwSMPJFco76YGbH7KJcone5oIEBEDS0Id8Jb_vyB3AMFokg/s1600/2014-11-28+19.02.10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj68P6J4q_g83qIgVVx5tZ8oDwZQPkXjpfOJ5S0_YSLgbhEZGJKZpt5R4yAS9cYxPidFkwE0mHvXsIKn-SMUpfCGhhk7S-pXfwSMPJFco76YGbH7KJcone5oIEBEDS0Id8Jb_vyB3AMFokg/s1600/2014-11-28+19.02.10.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Simple Hand Written label, and the gift was ready to be given.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
I made this Baby Quilt much larger than a traditional baby quilt because I wanted it to be large enough for mom or dad to snuggle with baby while rocking in that rocking chair with the matching fabric.</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
And THIS is why we all do what we do...</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQcfx-MASg5JBbl2po238PspEfJUgdgQoYSSg4ujtoo_GxEcr7_-Vrx0p05jdHJoMZDHCe4U5-x9KHA1t_Q9-vAz6UQgplzvw_QfsKKY9xKEgUsQuTrmPPATVgOTgWmQQD4r1o6v_pp9lF/s1600/Photo+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQcfx-MASg5JBbl2po238PspEfJUgdgQoYSSg4ujtoo_GxEcr7_-Vrx0p05jdHJoMZDHCe4U5-x9KHA1t_Q9-vAz6UQgplzvw_QfsKKY9xKEgUsQuTrmPPATVgOTgWmQQD4r1o6v_pp9lF/s1600/Photo+1.jpg" height="400" width="300" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Baby and Mother cuddling under the quilt...<br />
There can be no better way to see one of my quilts!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Hopefully I'll be able to post some more next week. I am working on two projects right now. One I can share, and one I can not... Yet... So while posts are being written, none will be seen unless I can carve out time to actually work on Bonnie's Mystery.</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Until His work in me is complete,</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Paul</div>
Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13624140507953560723noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-315466058316499276.post-43972477915358814792014-12-08T16:22:00.000-05:002014-12-08T16:23:05.448-05:00Baby Quilt - Part One...<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As many of you know, I have done very little quilting, and even less blogging about it over the past two years, because I have been pursuing a Master's Degree.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My degree is a Master of Ministry Degree, and I am not sure exactly what God has planned for me, but I do know that since I no longer have papers to write and hundreds of pages to read every week, I now have time to get back to my sewing machines.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A little over a month ago, a friend of ours had a baby, and my first project back at my machine was a quilt for them. I waited until it was delivered to publish two posts I wrote about the baby quilt process... Here is the first...</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I almost feel like a newbie again and I made some newbie mistakes including forgetting to take as many photos as I should to make for a good post, but here it goes, I'll share what I can...</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I started by asking the baby's Grandma what the colors were in the Baby's nursery. (I wanted it to be a surprise after all!) It turns out that Grandma had re-covered a rocking chair for the nursery and had all of her scrap material still at home. So I got my hands on that scrap material and chose a pattern that would enable me to use as much of the scrap as possible.</span><br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWu6aReWqBWcyI4ai6eMQ_iZ_8-6lQdpbHXwYpbaA_395n76QLUO1vgLuxWJHVdWlpsy42K5SL00yfpATHDXyYHEHr5k6Blt6vZstcE7Y_ABR5Ys4Cf_YNPaZuFeAPSVbiDTPnTJB8NBLW/s1600/2014-11-22+10.56.45.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWu6aReWqBWcyI4ai6eMQ_iZ_8-6lQdpbHXwYpbaA_395n76QLUO1vgLuxWJHVdWlpsy42K5SL00yfpATHDXyYHEHr5k6Blt6vZstcE7Y_ABR5Ys4Cf_YNPaZuFeAPSVbiDTPnTJB8NBLW/s1600/2014-11-22+10.56.45.jpg" height="400" width="300" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fabric from Grandma</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Purples and grays. I love working with grays! Lucky Me!</span><br />
<br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirhtyK0LvB-NulHOZUfXEAJFO9Ok6tW4g8kzv5gLxcidr8jxsih704M2aQ7bvWRRk2nj5LyMc_mbF9s0vlC3Q75CNgF-J4MdBFHaNgS8HPtPQVEB0dhLFm5OzZ6hVnCDvN2wzfZ9FqIq1a/s1600/2014-10-30+21.18.03.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirhtyK0LvB-NulHOZUfXEAJFO9Ok6tW4g8kzv5gLxcidr8jxsih704M2aQ7bvWRRk2nj5LyMc_mbF9s0vlC3Q75CNgF-J4MdBFHaNgS8HPtPQVEB0dhLFm5OzZ6hVnCDvN2wzfZ9FqIq1a/s1600/2014-10-30+21.18.03.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Purples and Grays, all ready to be cut up...</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I wanted to be able to finish this quilt quickly, as the baby was born the week I got started, so I chose a fairly simple "Stacked Coins" pattern which I adapted slightly to make cutting and assembly go a little more quickly.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I cut the FQs into 4.5 x 2.5 inch rectangles and 4.5 x 4.5 inch squares. I had some prints and some batiks. I put a print square next to a batik rectangle for half of the blocks and a batik square next to a print rectangle for the other half of the blocks, and started chain sewing...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZXzCMkVfTHKbUeKsFLT5wS4C7XYvHfBIy_MkUY7b5JP9dOf05ym5tlvY1hkHXXFw9-zyK5OCNm35uVnetKFeJFy-nrAZaQKmsGChZ6awflYOSYRUXu4oRnYI3Yx5BlVe77xEsrUtVwo8K/s1600/2014-10-30+23.22.28.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZXzCMkVfTHKbUeKsFLT5wS4C7XYvHfBIy_MkUY7b5JP9dOf05ym5tlvY1hkHXXFw9-zyK5OCNm35uVnetKFeJFy-nrAZaQKmsGChZ6awflYOSYRUXu4oRnYI3Yx5BlVe77xEsrUtVwo8K/s1600/2014-10-30+23.22.28.jpg" height="400" width="300" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rectangles and Square paired and ready for sewing...</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKFkVVsTcpMfmAfCzlgaXYc8yNDk-WjG08a5cFmwScoy-9Q-WmVXKNJWxGBqaSgMzUwfhzsN6JC1-m64TjPU79rtwpJKaBo3zJ2QzlIMc-gTkcFuXvWHnJu2C40HPzRNWes0EpR8flnNLJ/s1600/2014-10-31+21.10.00.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKFkVVsTcpMfmAfCzlgaXYc8yNDk-WjG08a5cFmwScoy-9Q-WmVXKNJWxGBqaSgMzUwfhzsN6JC1-m64TjPU79rtwpJKaBo3zJ2QzlIMc-gTkcFuXvWHnJu2C40HPzRNWes0EpR8flnNLJ/s1600/2014-10-31+21.10.00.jpg" height="400" width="300" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chain Sewing. I chain sewed 80 pieces.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">After matching the colors, and creating the sub-unit blocks, I paired each subunit with another unit and then added a gray border to one side of the block.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD1V8rhvaToFacFMm2s5H1JiniZrhs7pbsXjd6MSjr6e5oIvRCVlOIG21T7qZ-ymQw-rNZ914OiCoeiSrJBzA26cwA0_oljfRH0sjqvpbp22qdFIvyeUMaYpDGG0PS5DELbh7JysDNwmGY/s1600/2014-11-09+17.13.44.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD1V8rhvaToFacFMm2s5H1JiniZrhs7pbsXjd6MSjr6e5oIvRCVlOIG21T7qZ-ymQw-rNZ914OiCoeiSrJBzA26cwA0_oljfRH0sjqvpbp22qdFIvyeUMaYpDGG0PS5DELbh7JysDNwmGY/s1600/2014-11-09+17.13.44.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Three Full Blocks with two squares, two rectangles, a border piece <br />
being prepped for sewing together </td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Here you can see my lettering & numbering system. I had just pulled that number out from the seam, as it was going to be replaced with a new one.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I will post more assembly photos and the finished product later this week!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Until His work in me is Complete,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Paul</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span>
Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13624140507953560723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-315466058316499276.post-35826602625754473282014-12-03T22:22:00.003-05:002014-12-22T10:06:00.394-05:00Quiltville Mystery Quilt 2014 - Part ONE<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I have decided that my third quilt project for the year will be Bonnie Hunter's Mystery Quilt. If you want to learn more about this quilt, or if you want to join in and do one yourself, click on that button to the right with the Pink Geranium and visit Bonnie's Quiltville Blog.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Each week Bonnie gives a "clue" which is really a set of instructions, and each week the participants cut and make the subunits per Bonnie's instructions. We are all "flying blind" as we have no idea how all of the subunits will be assembled, but each week we make the required number of units and then wait for further instruction.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Bonnie is a dedicated "Scrap Quilter" which I admire, but most Scrap quilters have a lot of scraps to use and choose from. I don't. So I purchased yardage, and I chose to purchase full yardage of each color. I did not try to purchase a bunch of Fat Quarters to get a variety for a scrappy look, I decided to use Batiks. Because of the nature of how batiks are made, they look a little scrappy anyway.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBXusktBGtEHAm7IkSwvQr8hdN8HRJq8gwaJFjwDXuJBZKMR-ZIbj8f6f_KWvWDCmCMTI_BjkIWfLIziCBjj8v478I8hKvfy1IhyMMjjnM-7ABiOYMjJtMXnwGBw0w-Oarj8ahQG3R3I-v/s1600/2014-11-01+00.13.31.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBXusktBGtEHAm7IkSwvQr8hdN8HRJq8gwaJFjwDXuJBZKMR-ZIbj8f6f_KWvWDCmCMTI_BjkIWfLIziCBjj8v478I8hKvfy1IhyMMjjnM-7ABiOYMjJtMXnwGBw0w-Oarj8ahQG3R3I-v/s1600/2014-11-01+00.13.31.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">My Batiks for the Mystery Quilt.</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I will try to keep up, as getting behind just gets frustrating later on. So, without further ado, here is what I accomplished for this the first week of Bonnie's Grand Illusion Mystery Quilt...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I got all of my strips cut for this week on Friday Night...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWP2VsOvEXbysAK8dR6mxeeedde07-iJKWJAhf_kx9XkFhnX7QPvUA7k0rWIjW4f_4HNBJR9w6H8cOL6ZV8KO0erfjO-ZD-zcx6Y2Pzq2V3tzJQ5GwGtVriZKL4B119JjGz7aT-T1eIRrb/s1600/2014-11-28+21.35.12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWP2VsOvEXbysAK8dR6mxeeedde07-iJKWJAhf_kx9XkFhnX7QPvUA7k0rWIjW4f_4HNBJR9w6H8cOL6ZV8KO0erfjO-ZD-zcx6Y2Pzq2V3tzJQ5GwGtVriZKL4B119JjGz7aT-T1eIRrb/s1600/2014-11-28+21.35.12.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Week ONE strips all cut and ready to cut some more!</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I decided to start with the easy step and I cut 140 2.5 inch squares of yellow and black.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj70sqACbcziFQsRiFmevj1K32yvi2Kj3KHp6z6ZGCRz7Cih1-WbEYyrE-BKEanGC1tDHuTLXy2eo_RT_npXlqcpH7dtAqbYPPFfu2tlDKvpQuhYFd1GhYFm8ItRFlTBrYT20zfVzIm5B3c/s1600/2014-12-03+20.21.02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj70sqACbcziFQsRiFmevj1K32yvi2Kj3KHp6z6ZGCRz7Cih1-WbEYyrE-BKEanGC1tDHuTLXy2eo_RT_npXlqcpH7dtAqbYPPFfu2tlDKvpQuhYFd1GhYFm8ItRFlTBrYT20zfVzIm5B3c/s1600/2014-12-03+20.21.02.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I used my Easy Angle Ruler to cut my squares as well! Four at a time, <br />2 Yellow and 2 Black</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLuIRebkUOdchVgcclFU1lHQCZSBPeFAFwBO8uTx3F6N9NEfqNgEd8Ujih34ercwZzcJxKOoxrWKqfLItxrpSiK3Lrcnm34y2EmApOfLHJZhSLKpm0VJbKcdlkSuIrOI9VGf_fDlaj-_-W/s1600/2014-12-03+21.50.14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLuIRebkUOdchVgcclFU1lHQCZSBPeFAFwBO8uTx3F6N9NEfqNgEd8Ujih34ercwZzcJxKOoxrWKqfLItxrpSiK3Lrcnm34y2EmApOfLHJZhSLKpm0VJbKcdlkSuIrOI9VGf_fDlaj-_-W/s1600/2014-12-03+21.50.14.jpg" height="400" width="300" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">144 Black and Yellow 2.5" Squares</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Then I started using the Easy Angle Ruler to do my HSTs of Pink and Blue.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The Easy Angle is easy to use once you get the hang of it, and it cuts perfect triangles with one dog ear already cut off!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE3c0zs0340-YX5pJF2sVPycgCQu9mbj3l6q0ZKozG8Ame85mpyBSLX5LfAkOlHoXQFAY2kgyXcUJudgpYEWMACc86-ilpKzj29iqvxB_Dvdm_GSyZ_wYhL_G2lxWbNhuYPvatKf6vpOez/s1600/2014-12-03+21.22.41.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE3c0zs0340-YX5pJF2sVPycgCQu9mbj3l6q0ZKozG8Ame85mpyBSLX5LfAkOlHoXQFAY2kgyXcUJudgpYEWMACc86-ilpKzj29iqvxB_Dvdm_GSyZ_wYhL_G2lxWbNhuYPvatKf6vpOez/s1600/2014-12-03+21.22.41.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Line up the proper corner with the upper left corner... <br />
There is even an arrow to help you get the right one!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX1A1-jJ03xRC0z17UotbhQqJGmNt0P1342yYs0gaczgO9qs8xpeTTTlHsdtqYght4bbwylb5mIm0tnPTvDUsd9UtbDMLQj3C_1E9ILJVbfrd8QcueIaa3MoQ6aMIHLYu51JUL-rYR2nIc/s1600/2014-12-03+21.23.27.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX1A1-jJ03xRC0z17UotbhQqJGmNt0P1342yYs0gaczgO9qs8xpeTTTlHsdtqYght4bbwylb5mIm0tnPTvDUsd9UtbDMLQj3C_1E9ILJVbfrd8QcueIaa3MoQ6aMIHLYu51JUL-rYR2nIc/s1600/2014-12-03+21.23.27.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Simply turn the ruler as if it were on a hinge and line it up <br />
with your previous cut and the proper marking, in my case, 2.5". <br />
The small black triangle marks the dog ear that you are "cutting off".</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiafc491xGfbOwaUWuthZ-NJib6KirTXTgoyrAP657hQD0lMY-pby3FWWhc_DQgjaeutYiJDJneF1ribeR8nu-Q0fnHc6DqplbG9padNml5oA65ou_5V93fXI23D-P2qovh7eLX24LZ6w5Q/s1600/2014-12-03+21.23.56.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiafc491xGfbOwaUWuthZ-NJib6KirTXTgoyrAP657hQD0lMY-pby3FWWhc_DQgjaeutYiJDJneF1ribeR8nu-Q0fnHc6DqplbG9padNml5oA65ou_5V93fXI23D-P2qovh7eLX24LZ6w5Q/s1600/2014-12-03+21.23.56.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Two (or four) HSTs ready to sew!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> I think
I've mentioned that I don't like HSTs. I did 36 HSTs, they all sewed
up fine, but are about a sixteenth of an inch too big. (They are in the box next to the squares above...) Now I will have
to trim them all up.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">So, on my second batch, I shortened my seam just a hair and after four, I checked them and they were fine. I proceeded to sew the remainder at the exact same seam, but somehow my bottom thread tension changed! I finally sew a whole string of HSTs with true quarter inch seams and now I have to rip 'em all because the thread isn't tight enough to keep them together. FRUSTRATING!!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyFvRjQboqUfB5OknhUNTaK2XGcvMdg4rPPv6gS29YDAiM5HcQZBdLaxK9J03JD3pgAeEkZTsy5u_BYj2KRgLACZqnRCIapwur7VXi5n1NDFutymmMVO1PUB7hgrY6Mdd-BVhRCT5UytX1/s1600/2014-12-03+21.45.38.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyFvRjQboqUfB5OknhUNTaK2XGcvMdg4rPPv6gS29YDAiM5HcQZBdLaxK9J03JD3pgAeEkZTsy5u_BYj2KRgLACZqnRCIapwur7VXi5n1NDFutymmMVO1PUB7hgrY6Mdd-BVhRCT5UytX1/s1600/2014-12-03+21.45.38.jpg" height="400" width="300" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">HST Strung across the room from machine to<br />
Pressing Board, only to find I could not press them!</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9vxgCJ3-cwJXRRoOHERpeWDLrsGWAEhcxi52T0h26giaIIQbl6B-TAQNQHSzjGY7vxNzPc5SIt1PLN2W0ycpd162GkRehY3oYaYaWjb7qnQslj3ErJJfOFi7qZ2SiWV_tsMS0Yp-9_mjg/s1600/2014-12-03+21.48.02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9vxgCJ3-cwJXRRoOHERpeWDLrsGWAEhcxi52T0h26giaIIQbl6B-TAQNQHSzjGY7vxNzPc5SIt1PLN2W0ycpd162GkRehY3oYaYaWjb7qnQslj3ErJJfOFi7qZ2SiWV_tsMS0Yp-9_mjg/s1600/2014-12-03+21.48.02.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Look at those wonderfully straight quarter inch seams... No pinched<br />
corners, but LOOPS and LOOPS.... Aaaaaarrrrrrrggggghhhhh!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">So... I'm going to be behind right from week ONE! Oh, well, I'll plug along and get it done. One Step at a Time...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">If you came here from Bonnie's Link Party, Click <a href="http://quiltville.blogspot.com/2014/12/mystery-monday-link-up-part-1.html#more">HERE</a> to go back! If you want to visit Bonnie's site and see what the craziness is all about, go ahead and click and go visit! I won't mind! Thanks for visiting! See you next week...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Until His work in me is complete,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Paul</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span>Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13624140507953560723noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-315466058316499276.post-34983106672363479622014-11-10T09:00:00.000-05:002014-11-10T09:00:00.917-05:00In Memory of Rainbow17 years ago my now 22 year old son wanted a dog. When I asked him what kind of dog he wanted, he said, "A little white one". When I asked him what he would name this dog should we ever get one, he said, "Rainbow".<br />
<br />
We then had a long discussion during which he informed me that he had been reading a book about light and he learned that we see the color "White" when ALL the colors of the rainbow are "'flected to our eyes". "Did you know that when you see the color Red, it's because the thing you are looking at sucks in all of the other colors in the rainbow and the only color that bounces off it to your eye is Red?"<br />
<br />
I sat, astonished at my then 5 year old child's comprehension of how light and color are related...<br />
<br />
Three months later the boys got their white dog. Jonathon was only a baby then so Josh got full naming rights and true to his new found knowledge, our toy poodle was christened "Rainbow".<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCE2PYrvX0yqVJWu6dzTFk0xZK1um8vma1De65Ce-y0v0ontiigRNvCOYD-JJ5aQPOyg7EiTXSOBnui1wxZ_gUMlJmf7dfECQ8RAtJxvWvDUmx9vEgQz8I9D-eCJBAIrYV38MidU1l3RuS/s1600/IMG_2258.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCE2PYrvX0yqVJWu6dzTFk0xZK1um8vma1De65Ce-y0v0ontiigRNvCOYD-JJ5aQPOyg7EiTXSOBnui1wxZ_gUMlJmf7dfECQ8RAtJxvWvDUmx9vEgQz8I9D-eCJBAIrYV38MidU1l3RuS/s400/IMG_2258.JPG" height="400" width="300" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rainbow "Studying" with Jonathon a few weeks before he died...</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
I'll admit, and I have several times. I did not want a dog. But, as is often the case, my kids and my wife won out. This however is one battle I don't regret losing. Rainbow grew on me and was a great dog... <br />
<br />
Two years ago, after 15 years of unconditional love, Rainbow left this world.<br />
<br />
I never thought I would say this, but he is greatly missed.<br />
<br />
<br />
Until His work in me is complete,<br />
Paul<br />
<br />Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13624140507953560723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-315466058316499276.post-504165385291857082014-11-05T15:43:00.000-05:002014-11-05T15:43:15.516-05:00I Am Quilting again...<div dir="ltr">
Its been a while since I last posted and I was recently asked about my last post regarding my health since my Strokes. So here's an update....</div>
<div dir="ltr">
<br /></div>
<div dir="ltr">
I am very glad to be able to say that the doctors never found anything to which they could attribute my Strokes. Why I had them is still a mystery but I have since been declared perfectly healthy and I have been taken off of all the precautionary medications I was taking.</div>
<div dir="ltr">
<br /></div>
<div dir="ltr">
However, before i was taken off of those meds one of those medications caused a brief but rather frightening episode this summer. I was taking Lipitor and it caused me to experience Rhabdomyolysis which is a severe breakdown of muscle tissue.</div>
<div dir="ltr">
<br /></div>
<div dir="ltr">
I wound up spending a day in the hospital as Rhabdomyolysis often leads to kidney failure. A normal CPK level (the indicator that concerned the doctors) is between 0 and 1. I was at 3,480! The doctor told me he had never seen a level so high without severe kidney damage. One week later I was back to "normal" with no kidney damage.</div>
<div dir="ltr">
<br /></div>
<div dir="ltr">
On another note, I earned my Master's Degree and I now have time to quilt again... So watch for more quilting posts soon, as I just started a new project and I have decided to do Bonnie Hunter's Mystery Quilt this year.</div>
<div dir="ltr">
<br /></div>
<div dir="ltr">
Until His work in me is complete...</div>
<div dir="ltr">
Paul</div>
<div dir="ltr">
</div>
Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13624140507953560723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-315466058316499276.post-21376423585363616912014-01-21T10:07:00.000-05:002014-01-21T10:07:24.566-05:00That sir, is the definition of 'Miracle'Wow. It's been a while since I posted here. But, I have been busy with school, work, and life in general.<br />
<br />
I
want share a story with you. Something happened last month that made
me realize it's time for me to stop postponing things I "mean to do" and
start DOING the things I "mean to do".<br />
<br />
Last month I
had several strokes. The doctors disagree on exactly how many I had.
One says several dozen, possibly a hundred or more small strokes over a
three day period, but another thinks the number is far smaller. The
only thing they are sure of is that I had at least three.<br />
<br />
The
"Story" starts on Sunday, December 15th... But, I am going to start on
Tuesday night, December 17, 2013. You see, it was on Tuesday that my
wife realized there was a story being told.<br />
<br />
Tuesday,
December 17th I came home from work, changed into some sweat pants and a
sweatshirt because I intended to work on our dining room table that I
am building. But my cat wanted to be pet, so I lay on the bed and began
petting her. And I fell asleep. While this was not normal for me, I
had been working very hard recently and Trish thought I was just tired
and needed some sleep. So, when it came to time to go see a friend's
child in his school's Christmas performance, she left me sleeping on the
bed, took our kids and left. <br />
<br />
When she came home an
hour later she found me standing in our kitchen. I didn't know where
she had been. I didn't know who the child was she went to see. Then I
asked where we were and "why are we here"? She chuckled and told me to
stop goofing around, to which I replied, "I'm not goofing around, why
won't you answer my questions?" And I began to weep. "Why am I so
confused?"<br />
<br />
She called my son Jonathon, and when he came
into the kitchen I looked at him and said, "Who are you?" And before
Jonathon could say anything, Trish told him "We need to take Dad to the
Hospital, he's having a stroke. Get your shoes back on, now." She
called to my daughter Chyenne and we all got in the car and Jonathon
drove us to the hospital.<br />
<br />
I don't remember any of
that. In fact, I only remember two things between Sunday and Tuesday
(remember, I said the story really began on Sunday...) I remember that
on Sunday at church the offering plate was passed after the sermon
instead of before the sermon as it normally is. And on Monday evening I
met a good friend of mine in a parking lot to exchange some DVDs. I
remember meeting with him, I remember our less than two minute
conversation, but that's it. <br />
<br />
That's it. That's all I
remember. I don't remember writing a final paper for the class I was
taking that Sunday afternoon. I don't remember going to work Monday or
Tuesday. I don't remember shopping on my way home from work on Monday
(I only know I did that because I found the purchase record on my Credit
Card statement last week! I got a great deal on a pair of biking
chamois!)<br />
<br />
So, back to Tuesday night... My family took
me to the hospital and I was almost immediately admitted. I don't
remember the trip to the hospital. I don't remember arriving at the
hospital, the ER, etc. I know I woke up in the hospital on Wednesday
morning. I vaguely remember telling Trish goodbye when she left very
late Tuesday night, or should I say, very early in the morning on
Wednesday.<br />
<br />
The ONLY thing I never forgot is who Trish is. I never forgot my wife. Everything else. Literally, Everything else was gone.<br />
<br />
<br />
My
wife came back to the hospital early on Wednesday. Wednesday was a
roller coaster ride. I was taken out of the room several times for
various tests, including an MRI of my brain, some x-rays, and a CAT Scan
of my heart and vascular system.<br />
<br />
I was seriously
confused most of the day, but I was starting to regain some memory and
the weirdest part is that today I remember being so confused on
Wednesday. I was confused about everything. I didn't know what year it
was, I didn't know who was President, I didn't know how to take a pill,
how to use a fork, what kind of car I drive, where I live, what I like
to eat, etc. <br />
<br />
It was all pretty downright frightening.
Trish said I was so desperate to remember things that I asked questions
constantly. As I would remember things I would declare it, then look to
her and ask if I was right. "I like to quilt and I have a white sewing
machine, Right?" And when I had trouble remembering something, I would
ask and then after hearing the answer start weeping, and asking, "Why
can't I REMEMBER!? I should remember these things!"<br />
<br />
The first
thing I remembered on my own without any prompting is that I have four
children. Trish said I declared it so loudly people in the hallway
could hear me, "I have FOUR children, Joshua, MaryAnna, Jonathon and
Chyenne!" The first several times I declared this I would apparently
turn to her for confirmation. I can not tell you how frustrating it is
to actually have to THINK about the names of your own children. But
once I remembered, I was determined not to forget again. I declared
their names about every 30 minutes all day Wednesday.<br />
<br />
The
second thing I remembered on my own was that I love Jesus. When I
asked Trish, she said, "Yes, honey, you love Jesus very much". I told
one of the young men who wheeled me from my room to a test and back
again that I had four children and that I loved Jesus. He said, "Cool.
I love Jesus too!"<br />
<br />
All day Wednesday was like this. I
would remember things seemingly out of the blue. There was no rhyme or
reason to what I remembered and what I didn't know. I couldn't recall
that I like cottage cheese, when I took a bite of it I said, "This isn't
Ice Cream! Do I actually like this stuff!?" I didn't know what fruit
was, but when I took a bite of pineapple, I looked at Trish and said,
"You like this stuff a lot. What is it called?" She was rather amused
at that one... "How do you remember what I like when you can't remember
what YOU like?"<br />
<br />
Once I had remembered Jonathon's name,
and he saw that I was beginning to remember a few things, and after
hearing Mom laugh at me for remembering what she liked, he started
having a little fun with it all. As he was leaving once, he whispered
in my ear that I should "Be sure to order ketchup with your food... You
love ketchup." Good thing Trish was doing the ordering... I hate
ketchup! He also got excited when I thought I drove a red car... "Yes
Dad, you do drive a little red car..." (My old car, his current car, is a
little red car...) Again, Trish set the record straight. "No honey,
you drive a blue Chevy Cruze." And I responded, "I drive a BOAT!?"
That led to some laughter and some explaining...<br />
<br />
Toward
the end of the day Wednesday, the cobwebs were beginning to clear. I
remembered our Youth Pastor when he came to visit, but when he brought
up Belize, that drew a blank for me. Until we talked about it. Then I
remembered a few things about the mission trip. A spider crawling all
over the face of one of the teenagers. I remembered the rash that I got
which caused me to grow out my beard, which remains to this day (the
beard that is...)<br />
<br />
I fell asleep several times
Wednesday, each time sleeping only 10 to 20 minutes, and when I would
wake up I felt like I had slept a full night. Each time I woke up,
Trish would have to tell me, "No, honey, it's still Wednesday." I was
frustrated, tired, and still very forgetful and "foggy". At Trish's
suggestion, the doctors sedated me so I could get a full night's rest.<br />
<br />
When
I woke on Thursday it was as if nothing had happened. I remembered
everything. (Except for Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. The doctors say I
may never regain memory of those days. As of this posting, I still have
gained no more memory of those days). But everything else is back.
All of my confusion, gone. I can remember being confused. I can
remember the things I was confused about. I can remember NOT
remembering. I can remember how frustrated I got TRYING to remember.
But, on Thursday it was as if a veil had been lifted. I was "Me" again.<br />
<br />
The
doctors were blown away. They couldn't believe it. There was and
still is no real explanation. All the tests they had run Wednesday were
pointing to stroke, but there was little evidence of a stroke, at least
not a stroke large enough to cause the memory loss I experienced. I
say that because there was some evidence of "stroke activity" in my
initial MRI. They saw three small (very small) spots of "damaged
tissue". The "damaged brain tissue" was so small, the doctors all
agreed that the spots may not even be real, but artifacts of the
machine. So they sent me back for a second MRI. If the damage is real,
it should show up in exactly the same places. If those spots were due
to the machine, they wouldn't be there the second time.<br />
<br />
The
damage is real. My second MRI shows the same tiny (think half a small
pin head) spots of damaged brain tissue. So, there is hard evidence of
strokes. Three of them. To make things even more interesting, the two
larger spots are exactly opposite each other in the right and left
hemispheres of my brain. Both appear to be spherical. Both
Neurologists said this is extremely odd. Neither had seen anything like
it before.<br />
<br />
But. Aside from the three spots on the
MRI, there is nothing else in any of the testing that indicates that I
had any strokes at all. There is no indication of where a blood clot
would have come from to cause the strokes. My heart and vascular system
was looked at via Echo Cardiogram, Transesophageal Echo Cardiogram (a
TEE, a rather invasive Echo Cardiogram), and the CAT scan. Everything
is working as it should.<br />
<br />
My blood was drawn so much I
teased one of the nurses that they needed to leave me at least a little
bit. She giggled and said, "Yeah. Sorry Paul, we have taken a lot,
haven't we?" My brain was looked at and tested with electrodes,
powerful magnets, etc.<br />
<br />
Every single test they did (save the MRIs) came back "normal".<br />
<br />
After
two days of testing, I was released. We had tested all we could test.
We know I had at least three strokes. We don't know why. And the
evidence of the strokes doesn't support the magnitude of the symptoms
and memory loss I experienced. In fact, as one of the Neurologists
said, "It doesn't even come close to what we would expect to see".<br />
<br />
So.
I experienced a traumatic brain injury due to stroke, but I have
returned to normal with no explanation at all. There is enough damaged
tissue that it can't be ignored, yet it's not enough to explain the
trauma. I believe I experienced a miracle.<br />
<br />
For
whatever reason, I had at least three strokes. I had hundreds of people
all over the globe praying for me, and I believe God heard those
prayers and answered them with a miraculous healing. Trust me, I don't
by any means think I am special or that God loves me more than someone
who has not experienced a miracle. I do believe He wants me here, fully
capable to fulfill whatever it is He has for me in the future. I
believe this is why I was healed. Jonathon pointed out, "If nothing
else, this will make one heck of a sermon someday!"<br />
<br />
There
may be another reason, too. As I have said several times, I had two
Neurologists looking after me. One is a believer and agrees with me. A
miracle is the only explanation that makes any sense at all. The other
is not a believer. I thank God for him, because he was determined to
figure this out. He is the one who ordered the second MRI (the one that
proved I DID have at least three strokes). He is the one who has
ordered extra blood tests. He is the one who, after seeing the Echo
Cardiogram decided to do the TEE so he could see my heart more clearly.
He didn't want to accept "A Miracle" as the answer, but even he
eventually admitted, "Sometimes the human body does things we just can't
explain..." To which I replied,<br />
<br />
"That sir, is the definition of 'Miracle'".<br />
<br />Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13624140507953560723noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-315466058316499276.post-81659710026330711872013-08-21T14:16:00.000-04:002013-08-21T14:16:49.486-04:00I'm Back... Hopefully back for a while this time!After a very long, undesired, break from Quilting, the reasons for which I will not go into detail right now... Just suffice it to say, we are finally "In Contract" on our home! It's been 15 months, but we are finally about to sell the house! <br />
<br />
So, last night I finally sat at my sewing machine and started a new project... I have plenty of old projects to finish, but I NEEDED to do something NEW. I am sure I am the only person who goes through this, but I digress.<br />
<br />
I am going to keep this post short and sweet and just share some photos of my adventures last night. <br />
<br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7squNTn2ecslVwKUyaRIUSaHzAVQKikSXwuuHLAF8joNCD8wDFd1_OHOEGWCV07Tq5n8h_AwRaCtFMmwn0AX98bnWYXJFyKvW-cP6CPIWe_Ji_DouIoB3WM9_yagI-ydJHxBgXZ8MTdyd/s1600/IMG_2849.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7squNTn2ecslVwKUyaRIUSaHzAVQKikSXwuuHLAF8joNCD8wDFd1_OHOEGWCV07Tq5n8h_AwRaCtFMmwn0AX98bnWYXJFyKvW-cP6CPIWe_Ji_DouIoB3WM9_yagI-ydJHxBgXZ8MTdyd/s400/IMG_2849.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">FQs. Some Pressed. Some Ready to be Pressed.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNqv7DNccODRDHbR8J1A-Iqfn6LwzndH_5kkJRM-CRYDt1UN3JnF2FKnxUl9KtI5g9FGcCsxFsADvMQsT4Ue9eSNCpU-URGWihYgDX_-knSL43mDE6YMmGlDtZ9-Mil9It0-kTyOmcfpLa/s1600/IMG_2850.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNqv7DNccODRDHbR8J1A-Iqfn6LwzndH_5kkJRM-CRYDt1UN3JnF2FKnxUl9KtI5g9FGcCsxFsADvMQsT4Ue9eSNCpU-URGWihYgDX_-knSL43mDE6YMmGlDtZ9-Mil9It0-kTyOmcfpLa/s400/IMG_2850.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cut into 3.5 inch Squares</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaxtaYr4fFa6gWnenUxXIVLk7d7Zv5BtBerVPv_2smVVxhkjT8AcQBQKgcluwCvSiDTF41rl7Si35Tqj2crySHsaE3gXUJpQ0eL97Y-Awr5xW07vRIChQSAcMm_P2urCA3MRqiqnaq9jB6/s1600/IMG_2851.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaxtaYr4fFa6gWnenUxXIVLk7d7Zv5BtBerVPv_2smVVxhkjT8AcQBQKgcluwCvSiDTF41rl7Si35Tqj2crySHsaE3gXUJpQ0eL97Y-Awr5xW07vRIChQSAcMm_P2urCA3MRqiqnaq9jB6/s400/IMG_2851.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My Stack O Blacks</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi85_l2AbIgtIFGgY5528qLkNjijqHVONBbSVkARef74SX7cDImmQAASsTmP8hIImygbiysrR9jRn94OCIzgWNpEuNYFvblPQW967-wT66VJFzQCUj8QKgWD4kCVzBZgyI9O-A8Uj3g0JYc/s1600/IMG_2853.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi85_l2AbIgtIFGgY5528qLkNjijqHVONBbSVkARef74SX7cDImmQAASsTmP8hIImygbiysrR9jRn94OCIzgWNpEuNYFvblPQW967-wT66VJFzQCUj8QKgWD4kCVzBZgyI9O-A8Uj3g0JYc/s400/IMG_2853.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My Stack O Whites</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdxnHxffxW6PpM7ewR9EYUep4-SwdBenZXhGvBconEADftm2dZJVFpYthnvsFXRzuhqD1Lp06Xw0Z2QfExHJekADArFMPGNe2Ntb8rlXklkIMZt6xnDaeJaMTOuGNXwGDPrT0QPSDVUb6q/s1600/IMG_2854.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdxnHxffxW6PpM7ewR9EYUep4-SwdBenZXhGvBconEADftm2dZJVFpYthnvsFXRzuhqD1Lp06Xw0Z2QfExHJekADArFMPGNe2Ntb8rlXklkIMZt6xnDaeJaMTOuGNXwGDPrT0QPSDVUb6q/s400/IMG_2854.JPG" width="300" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Good Old Fashion Chain Piecing</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcsSigkPun2n6kUbC2GhkNZzGFnYe1y5px-IviEDqLiAjkDvbbgEd-QVPUYZd0HABFCrf4939YWh4iPkbRXcMhNB1z6LogGiwj80SuYPxuFlYwTsPRnHdglaNQZK1Bx_M5QIYofQQDNoT3/s1600/IMG_2855.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPCKMp6N-sd1klwMxRC_ZDA5AeI3deUhFtMdSdhLZNUsM8ACL19a8SwLyDP4lipAH1P2iVf-0NhzWw-EuznLZmu9lHAVc1uWHghz9vQnkFdA0H8GXCaWOlItSbTjTLYV5uAHmBllzKOL9J/s1600/IMG_2855.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPCKMp6N-sd1klwMxRC_ZDA5AeI3deUhFtMdSdhLZNUsM8ACL19a8SwLyDP4lipAH1P2iVf-0NhzWw-EuznLZmu9lHAVc1uWHghz9vQnkFdA0H8GXCaWOlItSbTjTLYV5uAHmBllzKOL9J/s400/IMG_2855.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The pile of Finished Squares for Step One.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0CJEHmXXSRMNAPwGl8eA-HO6XCBi0adk1jLUfSBBD6EnprnWikNwOfU-5odvwlAeQyn_IujmVcQfBnLI2Siv2viiELuhVq20lSyl8tbcGT4XWz6NyxP_J4YLyK3tQHf6L4G9s9gCbk1G3/s1600/IMG_2856.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0CJEHmXXSRMNAPwGl8eA-HO6XCBi0adk1jLUfSBBD6EnprnWikNwOfU-5odvwlAeQyn_IujmVcQfBnLI2Siv2viiELuhVq20lSyl8tbcGT4XWz6NyxP_J4YLyK3tQHf6L4G9s9gCbk1G3/s400/IMG_2856.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Snipping and Sorting... I love my Ghinger Curved Scissors!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<br />
So, any guesses on what I am making?<br />
<br />
Until Next Time (Guaranteed to not be as long this time...)<br />
Paul<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13624140507953560723noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-315466058316499276.post-15948089410740217242013-06-24T09:44:00.000-04:002013-06-24T09:44:27.401-04:00Sewing VBS Bags<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi3AxGDSRQ9f2NhFEdLiI1eWgGLnc8sjwLkRbKueTDYtPcwB5hTpegvdhVAC-NpRZPvmMhOO-5EshTo93n6yoIFRkb64eL0rXVabfJjDKQeOLFy1MeiB0T80U_zf7SHOwFw4C3GWkZlc6g/s1600/IMAG0763.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi3AxGDSRQ9f2NhFEdLiI1eWgGLnc8sjwLkRbKueTDYtPcwB5hTpegvdhVAC-NpRZPvmMhOO-5EshTo93n6yoIFRkb64eL0rXVabfJjDKQeOLFy1MeiB0T80U_zf7SHOwFw4C3GWkZlc6g/s320/IMAG0763.jpg" style="clear: both; float: right; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px;" /></a>I Finally got back to sewing something! Well, not really sewing, yet. First, I had to do a bunch of ironing, and I decided to do that first.<br />
<br />
I am helping our Vacation Bible School team by sewing 50 drawstring bags to be given to kids who come to VBS.<br />
<br />
I set my ironing board to the same height as my new table, which I had to modify slightly for the "Queen", and Started ironing... I finished the ironing last night and will start sewing tonight. Sewing a VBS project while watching the Chicago Blackhawks win the Stanley Cup... It will be a good night!<br />
<br />
It's good to be back! and <br />
Until Next Time,<br />
Paul<br />
<div style="clear: both; text-align: RIGHT;">
<a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img align="middle" alt="Posted by Picasa" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" style="-moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; border: 0px none; padding: 0px;" /></a></div>
Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13624140507953560723noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-315466058316499276.post-33109480217427333032012-11-08T07:50:00.001-05:002012-11-08T07:51:31.852-05:00Help for Sandy Survivors!<h3 class="post-title entry-title" style="text-align: center;">
Help for Sandy Survivors! </h3>
<h3 class="post-title entry-title" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I am copying this post from Bonnie Hunter's blog <a href="http://quiltville.blogspot.com/2012/11/help-for-sandy-survivors.html">Quiltville's Quips & Snips</a> almost verbatim. I have been so busy lately with the move and now with unpacking and Master's Studies that I have done very little blogging, but if you read this and you have an afternoon free to sew up a quilt, please do so. If not, and you are in a Walmart, or Meijer, or Target, or where ever you shop and you can pick up a blanket, it will be used and appreciated.</span></span></span></h3>
<h3 class="post-title entry-title" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">A friend of mine lives in a neighborhood devastated by Sandy. His neighborhood lost two young boys when a tree smashed the home in which they were sleeping. There is great need.</span></span></span></h3>
<h3 class="post-title entry-title" style="text-align: left;">
</h3>
<h3 class="post-title entry-title" style="text-align: left;">
Bonnie's Post... </h3>
<div class="post-header">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEc64l-rqawQsuiqOvprsc-BNEwHVrY6W7xcoc2if21_Eo_N94nU-Vjfa5gsJem1otRC5hPFmdmgkJe9g0TaDb-YxQxtPS9q7UXX8o4zViDP8ghHmRRUaEIW179hHOHsrcCZ0-xvWv7x4/s1600/sand2.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEc64l-rqawQsuiqOvprsc-BNEwHVrY6W7xcoc2if21_Eo_N94nU-Vjfa5gsJem1otRC5hPFmdmgkJe9g0TaDb-YxQxtPS9q7UXX8o4zViDP8ghHmRRUaEIW179hHOHsrcCZ0-xvWv7x4/s320/sand2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
This is an urgent post.<br />
<br />
I’ve been emailing back and forth with Victoria Findlay Wolfe of <a href="http://bumblebeansinc.com/"><b><i>bumblebeansinc.com</i></b></a> over the past several days trying to line up something that we can do to
help those left in the wake of Super- Storm Sandy’s destruction.<br />
<br />
So many are still without power, having lost their homes or having experienced severe damage ---<br />
<br />
So much is needed!<br />
<br />
As quilters, what do we do best? We Quilt!<br />
<br />
Here is what V sent me to pass on to you:<br />
<br />
<div align="center">
</div>
<div align="center">
</div>
<div align="center">
<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Nyy3BFFWx2c/UJuaHhzP6zI/AAAAAAAAwQA/1MDJM8v6zoQ/s1600-h/sandy1%25255B3%25255D.png"><img alt="sandy1" border="0" height="223" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-3yG7pVfEVxk/UJuaJw5X1ZI/AAAAAAAAwQI/UKLXqJmIP8A/sandy1_thumb%25255B1%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="sandy1" width="400" /></a> </div>
<div align="center">
</div>
<blockquote>
<div align="center">
<b><i>Super Storm Sandy and my area of the world.</i></b></div>
<div align="left">
</div>
<div align="left">
<b><i>Having missed the entire storm, by being in Houston for
Market, I felt helpless as my family were in NYC without me. I started
to organize a quilt drive for our area while I was still in Houston.</i></b> </div>
<div align="left">
<b><i></i></b> </div>
<div align="left">
<b><i>Once home, I realized how seriously the storm affected my
neighborhood, my friends, and fellow New Yorkers, CT, PA and NJ... Homes
have been wiped off the face of the earth, people are cold, and wet,
and we have rain and snow coming. I need to be able to help NOW.</i></b> </div>
<div align="left">
<b><i></i></b> </div>
<div align="left">
<b><i>I just had a call from Raul Russi, Head of the Acacia Network, whom I had previously partnered with on my</i></b><a href="http://bumblebeansbasics.com/"><b><i>BUMBLEBEANS</i></b></a><a href="http://bumblebeansbasics.com/"><b><i>BASICS.com</i></b></a><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=3643104653888886544"><b><i> </i></b></a><b><i>Quilt Drive for homeless families being taken out of shelters and put into transitional housing.</i></b> </div>
<div align="left">
<b><i></i></b> </div>
<div align="left">
<b><i>He said, "We have 150-200 quilts here, right now. And since
the rest of my families are INSIDE already, can we deliver these quilts
in our medical trucks to the people in the Rockaways, NOW?" I said,
"YES! Let's go!"</i></b> </div>
</blockquote>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<b><i>Once we have more quilts, we will continue to set up more
distribution points around our area including Staten Island, Long
Island, NJ, CT.</i></b></blockquote>
<blockquote>
<div align="center">
<a href="http://bumblebeansbasics.com/"><b><i>http://bumblebeansbasics.com/</i></b></a></div>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<div align="center">
QUILTS AND BLANKETS are needed ASAP.<br />
<br />
Home-made or Store Bought QUILTS AND BLANKETS: ANY SIZE. <br />
<br />
Quilts will be accepted, and handed out as quickly as they come in.<br />
<br />
Give Selflessly. <br />
<br />
Thank you cards will not be sent out due to the urgency of the events of SANDY. <br />
<br />
REAL THANKS: <br />
<br />
LABEL YOUR QUILTS, Name, address and email. <br />
<br />
The person who receives your quilt may want to thank you themselves. <br />
<br />
Send Quilts & Blankets to: <br />
Basic Housing, Inc.<br />
Attn: Robert Gonzalez / H.SANDY<br />
540 East 180th Street, Bronx, NY 10457</div>
</blockquote>
<div align="center">
PLEASE Include INSIDE THE BOX CLEARLY WRITTEN<br />
your name, email & address & Phone<br />
<br />
Please ship them with delivery confirmation. <br />
<br />
Any questions, Please email:<br />
<br />
Lane Falcon: lfalcon@acacianetwork.org<br />
<br />
THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!<br />
<br />
Victoria Findlay Wolfe <a href="http://bumblebeansinc.com/">bumblebeansinc.com</a></div>
<div align="center">
</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<b>Me Again...</b></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
While I have not done Bonnie's <a href="http://quiltville.blogspot.com/2005/06/trip-around-world.html">Trip Around the World</a> quilt, I have done a few of her quilts and her instructions are well written and easy to follow. I may just abandon my unpacking for a day this weekend and spend some time sewing... I've been wanting to do that for some time anyway, now I have a "Good" excuse.</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
Until Next Time,</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
Paul</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13624140507953560723noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-315466058316499276.post-14857553581964321062012-10-04T14:30:00.000-04:002012-10-04T14:30:57.556-04:00We're Moving...We finally closed on a new house! I haven't been posting because I haven't been sewing. I posted about a house where I was going to have a sewing room on the main floor with big windows, but that fixer upper deal fell through. :-(<br />
<br />
BUT, we found an even BIGGER house and with a little wheeling and dealing we were able to buy a 2 year old home with more space than the fixer upper we were looking at (and more than twice the space we currently have!) and our monthly payment went up only $110!!<br />
<br />
I am SO excited to get moved in... Oh, and while I won't be getting a main floor 11x12 foot sewing room with big windows, I will be getting a 14x16 foot mancave (also known as a sewing room) in the basement! The basement is unfinished, so initially my mancave will have only two concrete walls, but it'll be mine! I can leave Betsy and the Queen out all the time. The Treadle will have a home and the Red Eye can come out of her table and see the light, and my unnamed Featherweight (Yup... I got one!) will be able to be on display and used as well. And of course Leonidas, who is still naked with parts in boxes will be out where I can see him again. It'll probably be Christmas break before I can really work on him again, but I'll finish him before 2013...<br />
<br />
I have also been VERY busy with school. For those who may have missed it, I have gone back to school to get my Masters of Divinity, and I'll earn a Masters of Ministry along the way! This has been a complete exercise of faith for me, and if you'd like to know more, click on the bible on the right side of the page near the top to read my other blog. (You could follow it too if you'd like to see all of my updates on that front.)<br />
<br />
Pictures of the new house and mancave will come soon. First we are going to clean the carpet, and finish painting a room, and then we'll move in!<br />
<br />
Exciting Times!!<br />
<br />
Until Next Time,<br />
Paul<br />
<br />Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13624140507953560723noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-315466058316499276.post-36252360357485914132012-08-22T10:00:00.000-04:002012-08-22T10:00:00.509-04:00Back To School...Well, it's that time of the year again... Back To School. This past Sunday at church Pastor asked everyone who is going back to school to stand and come to the front of the church so he could pray over everyone.<br />
<br />
3 of my 4 kids were with me and as pastor called up "Middle Shoolers, High Schoolers", they got up and headed to the front as pastor continued, "We have some starting college, and some returning, and we have two Graduate Students who need to come up here too", I started looking around to see who he was speaking of when my friend sitting behind me tapped me on the shoulder and said, "that would be YOU!"<br />
<br />
Oh, Yeah... That IS me! I don't know how I forgot considering I spent 4 hours Saturday night reading from "Introduction to Biblical Interpretation", my textbook for my Biblical Hermeneutics class which starts next week, but I did forget. I was seriously looking around to see who was going to Graduate School. I guess it still hasn't really hit me that I am going back to school.<br />
<br />
I am still a little short on my funding for the first semester, but I am 100% confident that God will provide. He has thus far, I have no reason to doubt that He will continue.<br />
<br />
If you would like to read more about my schooling adventure, or if God is leading you to contribute you can find instructions for donating online as well as by directly sending
funds to MVNU (Mount Vernon Nazarene University) on my other blog <a href="http://paulperger.blogspot.com/">Paul's Ramblings</a>.<br />
<br />I know this is my "quilting blog", and there has been very little quilting lately, but that will change soon. Once I have settled into a new routine in a new environment (hint, hint...) I will be able to get back to sewing on a more regular basis.<br />
<br />
And I will definitely be sewing this weekend, as my daughter needs a new Dance Bag. She signed up for 3 dance classes this year and she needs a bigger bag to carry all of her gear. We could have bought one, but she actually asked if I would make one for her. Well, how long do you think it took me to say "YES, I'll make one for you!"? So Friday night we're off to the LQS to pick out some fabric and then I'll be spending a few hours at the sewing machine! Woo Hoo! I can't wait!<br />
<br />
Until Next Time,<br />
Paul<br />
<br />Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13624140507953560723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-315466058316499276.post-83451649348375934862012-08-02T09:29:00.001-04:002012-08-02T09:29:51.432-04:00I'm Back... Kind Of...Wow, I can't believe July 4th was the last time I posted anything here! Life has taken a few crazy turns since last I posted... So here is a brief run down of all that is happening...<br />
<br />
My wife and I listed our house. We have had several lookers, but no offers yet. We find it funny that the feedback we are receiving is all positive, but they didn't like one thing or another about the house that they could have seen on the listing. For example, one couple indicated that they loved the house, but they would have to spend to much money carpeting the house because they really don't like hardwood floors. Then WHY did you come look at a house which clearly states, "Laminate Wood Floors Throughout!" Did they think we were kidding?<br />
<br />
Another family came through and decided it was too small for their growing family of 5... Well DUH! 1,500 sq feet and 3 bedrooms should have told you that. Did they really need to come walk through the house?<br />
<br />
Frustration aside, we are having an open house this weekend and we should see some traffic...<br />
<br />
We also made an offer on a house! Woo Hoo! I am too excited, but we are dealing with a bank so response could take some time. This house has been on the market for a LONG time, it is in need of some pretty major repair, but if we get it, we will contract out most of the repairs and have it completely done by the time we move in.<br />
<br />
Which brings me to my reason for posting today... I need some advice. When we move (whenever and wherever that may be) I will be getting a sewing space. It may be large, it may be small, but having a space where I can keep a sewing machine, iron board, and cutting table set up at all times was my only requirement for any house we looked at. If we get this house, the room will be 145 square feet, on the main floor of the house, with two large windows! (Now you all understand my excitement for THIS house!)<br />
<br />
Here's my question. What color should I paint it? It will have an Oak Hard Wood floor and it will be open to the rest of the house, so it will be fully visible, which means I will have to keep it neat and somewhat clean, but I'll display my machines, etc. in there and our desk will reside in the room as well. It is also Oak. Oh, and I bought a white sewing machine table for "Lolita", my big Singer.<br />
<br />
So, Give me ideas, help me design my sewing room... First step, Paint It. And if you have links or Pinterest Boards for Sewing Space Ideas, PLEASE SHARE!!<br />
<br />
Until Next Time,<br />
Paul<br />
<br />Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13624140507953560723noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-315466058316499276.post-63577946017814727582012-07-04T11:13:00.001-04:002012-07-04T11:13:12.516-04:00Happy Fourth of July<div><p>Happy Fourth of July.  May you all have a fun and SAFE day...</p>
<p>Until next time...<br>
<font color ="#000000">Paul</font></p>
<br/><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIfrTaK2_VSRAjo5hQ-FoXUrCuql1X18iNI48PiKjqGvBx9J_p3hTKrb0gJrMHWbPy7-J0E_bMFjL3bAarC-Ffyx7GO2iWFTrqQGdhDpjUQinSkU8NNd7WLPhY3tSgYOTnFGnu08rJpv8p/' /></div>Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13624140507953560723noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-315466058316499276.post-64277962760841307532012-06-28T07:13:00.001-04:002012-06-28T07:56:47.188-04:00Fire! Come HELP!!<div>
I was in the back yard building new doors for our shed last night when the dogs started barking like crazy... When I walked up to the back door I saw our neighbor waving her arms at the front door and she looked very scared.<br />
<br />
I ran through the house and I began to understand her request... "There's a fire.. Please come help!!"<br />
I grabbed a fire extinguisher, yelled to my daughter to go grab the other one, and out I went.<br />
<br />
It was a grass fire, a very small one, and ironically it was the Fire Chief's lawn ( from the next town ) that was ablaze. I doused the flames with the extinguisher I had, and right on cue, just as it ran out, Chyenne ran up with the second one. We managed to put out the flames, but just as we did the smouldering dry grass jumped to life and new flames appeared.<br />
<br />
The fire department showed up and did the job right, spraying hundreds of gallons of water on all the dry grass and trees to insure we had no more flare ups. <br />
<br />
It made for an exciting evening!! I was glad I knew How to operate the extinguishers. There was no time for reading then... If you have extinguishers in your home, read the label today and refresh your memory on how to use it.<br />
<br />
Until Next Time...<br />
Paul<br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdPOjQJRgLaJIIero5oLqoC3fKl4R8PVu8cjPlmbF_CBRm1QRU_QGNNAwIN9vPVYMS0Btaou5wRN4sLuC6uuGFhWQz8ExMHT160rksKqJ00H9EdkzEX48M9AL6lWHlirbPH9OfLh53aQIY/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" /></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My two spent extinguishers... After this experience I think I'll buy larger ones next time!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirCZ6ENPUlePeI9_1s3UValXFyKLmrsNmCkJrPyqU62sybA7iJnETMApTqME_T708lJuuIU8_5NUHjBrY_o__dqaip8oPx3kZhMRi-Sl17S-DnSpFIkKR4JggiC6JPNRrbD5kuftRz8PTj/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" /></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The fire truck... We wondered how much water they can carry in that truck...</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
</div>Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13624140507953560723noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-315466058316499276.post-67702632077489631822012-06-23T00:01:00.000-04:002012-06-23T00:02:16.712-04:00I'm NOT going to catch the bug...<span style="font-size: large;">I'm not going to catch the bug...</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">I'm not going to catch the bug...</span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">I'm not going to catch the bug...</span><br />
<br />
Oh, WHO do I think I am kidding?? I have the Antique Sewing Machine Bug, and I've got it so bad, I had a friend GIVE me a 1910 Singer 66 Treadle today!<br />
<br />
My son said, "So, is this your 'new' thing now, you go find old sewing machines, fix 'em up and sell 'em"? Which led to a nice discussion about how sometimes we do things because we enjoy doing them. Some things are worth keeping, not replacing. We discussed the fact that this machine is 102 years old AND STILL WORKS! to which he quipped, "I guess it's true when they say, 'They don't make things like they used to', isn't it"?<br />
<br />
My wife rolled her eyes, and my daughter said, "Dad, I'm glad you have your hobbies and all, that you enjoy a lot, but Quilting? and Sewing Machines?"<br />
<br />
The machine has been in Dave's family since it was purchased new by Great Grandma "in the early 1900s". As often happens, Great Grandma passed it down to her daughter, Dave's Grandmother, who sewed her last project on it two years ago. Dave said Grandma made all of his father's clothes in the 40s and 50s and most recently she made doll clothes and dresses for missionary's kids. I asked if she ever quilted and he wasn't sure, but "Grandma was always sewing something, as was Great-Grandma when she was alive, so I imagine one of them made a quilt at some point, but I couldn't be sure..."<br />
<br />
Grandma died a few months ago and when they went to auction off all of her stuff, the auctioneer told them they'd be lucky to get $50 for it. They decided for $50 they would rather give it to someone who would cherish the machine like Grandma did. None of them sew, and they knew Grandma would rather it be used than just sit and collect dust, so they began a quest to find someone to give the machine to. I am the chosen one. I get the honor of keeping this beauty sewing stitches for many more years to come.<br />
<br />
It's obvious that this machine has been cherished and cared for and used often. The decals in front of the feed dogs are worn away. The "Singer" on the arm of the machine is worn in the middle, probably where someone grabbed it to lower it into the table hundreds and hundreds of times. It is obvious that it has now sat for a few years too. There is some dust grime and there is a nice sized water stain on the cabinet where somebody set something wet upon it.<br />
<br />
I will not be doing a full restoration on this machine, at least not right away. I may do it someday, but for now, I will clean it up and as soon as I can, I will start putting it to use. That was the only condition that I was given. "If we give this to you, you need to promise it will be used." I clarified that I wouldn't be replacing my usual full time machine, but that I would definitely clean it up and use it often enough to keep it in good working order... And Dave was happy with that.<br />
<br />
I only shot a few photos, I'll do a proper photo shoot when I have a little more time on my hands... Monday's coming fast. But I had to <strike>brag</strike> share with you all... I am SO excited about this machine! I am going to have to do some research... I don't think the cabinet is the original cabinet, it just seems to not be "as old" as the machine itself. But darn is she a beauty! And I'll have to shoot a video as well... One grab of that wheel, one quick pull and she'll breeze through 6-8 cycles before slowing down, and she'll get 8-10 in before she stops.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYLiR7sNXD-hJWKpC0xD0vx-sXUhbY9lK9OA1H9sesZ8-NG5gSzw-lbQsAkslafULT2CQwsrpqmy-PlyTW_sSaTdTENxlKXOEs5pE6CkkzILxAzEn4O1qlyJoYUNv7YprA0Y6Im9Jtpy8F/s1600/IMG_2745.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYLiR7sNXD-hJWKpC0xD0vx-sXUhbY9lK9OA1H9sesZ8-NG5gSzw-lbQsAkslafULT2CQwsrpqmy-PlyTW_sSaTdTENxlKXOEs5pE6CkkzILxAzEn4O1qlyJoYUNv7YprA0Y6Im9Jtpy8F/s400/IMG_2745.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM0rnqrTZqv_lqvf0YWZHjGCGna83DlLUpSaMNw7007XDeJeOHV86hkaTmj7nVeU9_wo1Sq8jSw4J5QqCdFgC05LbJyXk9BVEou-uyRjfz1ZkQweGno6TTyN6KUWIv7Z5CXtQsY9hFkZI-/s1600/IMG_2746.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM0rnqrTZqv_lqvf0YWZHjGCGna83DlLUpSaMNw7007XDeJeOHV86hkaTmj7nVeU9_wo1Sq8jSw4J5QqCdFgC05LbJyXk9BVEou-uyRjfz1ZkQweGno6TTyN6KUWIv7Z5CXtQsY9hFkZI-/s400/IMG_2746.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO5c9MZ91kOZtU31C18r7ivG6GJO-4R4EUXp74TPG7rCBTAdYudxsguF8-Sk-kEGRKGmHJzgm7Ir983xLoyzNsrG90yWPtGxkIissAAU3Nr47JRT8Bnc_xzvyopxuOIZzV-F0cSEuY2Km2/s1600/IMG_2748.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO5c9MZ91kOZtU31C18r7ivG6GJO-4R4EUXp74TPG7rCBTAdYudxsguF8-Sk-kEGRKGmHJzgm7Ir983xLoyzNsrG90yWPtGxkIissAAU3Nr47JRT8Bnc_xzvyopxuOIZzV-F0cSEuY2Km2/s400/IMG_2748.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjWHVC5NGulRwZ4vK9j8UF7wV4RMnvsvCH_tnJDaTRGHN3hZDEkEzzUcQgIeXIwk-xbNs6OaUAVzcpGyWO3c7oFgdywl6a4nTrMPvbI0i7s6e3P4Rkm7tvjgc2NrrpXAO7jGvFrzaPooDT/s1600/IMG_2749.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjWHVC5NGulRwZ4vK9j8UF7wV4RMnvsvCH_tnJDaTRGHN3hZDEkEzzUcQgIeXIwk-xbNs6OaUAVzcpGyWO3c7oFgdywl6a4nTrMPvbI0i7s6e3P4Rkm7tvjgc2NrrpXAO7jGvFrzaPooDT/s400/IMG_2749.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrjTRR4ihhGBQ39XnSWjQyevkg7BhH-oFiAFj6kmTXdD_8gZej2JQB5KQcSdRtfn9C9eCy8yu2O4xo4uIQ6p3lDIIHZmjnpgnITLEjrr8MvIL8-5kx7w9Pxj8AaPk0zYQJG7yIawkeFtix/s1600/IMG_2750.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrjTRR4ihhGBQ39XnSWjQyevkg7BhH-oFiAFj6kmTXdD_8gZej2JQB5KQcSdRtfn9C9eCy8yu2O4xo4uIQ6p3lDIIHZmjnpgnITLEjrr8MvIL8-5kx7w9Pxj8AaPk0zYQJG7yIawkeFtix/s400/IMG_2750.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivR_iPFfMU0HG4BQFOmsmS_oVuUMiYqT726e3qt6J3kfziH1-icQzWrzb9wOs8jPf8CY_t9IS2Pu5-rRDnW3Ic2lkdc7Ar7JOWboQi9Uf03gOdgCAUdc5C13LlgMSi2sA33gxP489ukCzM/s1600/IMG_2751.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivR_iPFfMU0HG4BQFOmsmS_oVuUMiYqT726e3qt6J3kfziH1-icQzWrzb9wOs8jPf8CY_t9IS2Pu5-rRDnW3Ic2lkdc7Ar7JOWboQi9Uf03gOdgCAUdc5C13LlgMSi2sA33gxP489ukCzM/s400/IMG_2751.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
Until Next time...<br />
Paul<br />
<br />Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13624140507953560723noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-315466058316499276.post-74851076859533272192012-06-22T00:17:00.000-04:002012-06-22T00:18:11.232-04:00What Have I Been Up To?Scott asked about Leonidas after my last post... Leonidas is now naked and waiting for his new paint job. I have not worked on him at all in over a week.<br />
<br />
My wife and I have decided to put our house on the market and buy a bigger home. As a result, we have been doing a bunch of projects around the house preparing it for sale. The biggest project has been our Master Bedroom and Bath.<br />
<br />
We have also been cleaning up and clearing out. Every storage space in the house will be emptied so prospective buyers see open storage space, which there is a LOT of. And of course, I still have to go to work every day...<br />
<br />
So, here's what I've Been Doing...<br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD8-iu5K_2zZ_Nkp3ykwHr2pXVd33HqiXAAiCuAY9yFseQOqv0H5r1BFW-mPsoQyKhyphenhyphenWkThscwHpjKIudy0d7fQC5u2nEdBfoQiGLcNanjZE7MAXZP_jDhF5ye9hGgPbsczpzW3C63owsv/s1600/0602-111810.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD8-iu5K_2zZ_Nkp3ykwHr2pXVd33HqiXAAiCuAY9yFseQOqv0H5r1BFW-mPsoQyKhyphenhyphenWkThscwHpjKIudy0d7fQC5u2nEdBfoQiGLcNanjZE7MAXZP_jDhF5ye9hGgPbsczpzW3C63owsv/s400/0602-111810.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I don't know what happened to the "BEFORE" pics,<br />
but here I have already removed the toilet, the door,<br />
and the carpet...</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDAOaezlISYjJVBm_q8ytj9RMdXujb29ZxzgIbBFsy38NAI1iukN2nYinm96v1CT53ghPkCTO0MQusktvJekVuAub2n6Bp-MFjcp0if-MG5_ZZvFN12HP2db30om_haDCh5YrxWjRsr6o5/s1600/0602-111837.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDAOaezlISYjJVBm_q8ytj9RMdXujb29ZxzgIbBFsy38NAI1iukN2nYinm96v1CT53ghPkCTO0MQusktvJekVuAub2n6Bp-MFjcp0if-MG5_ZZvFN12HP2db30om_haDCh5YrxWjRsr6o5/s400/0602-111837.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Door needed patching... The corners of the wall needed repair...<br />
the light fixture needed to be replaced, and the wall around the shower<br />
needed repair.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg973biQffH92lJ5afwUa13YN1c3A_SaXsAHUNQB-PWBua3bRq1oAnmdS-xw0mk7_xat5LsPRmBhm_vt3fBR3xtVyMjOR4LNG7zkrLy4lS4ko5LGWdiAyeiGnek_GMvj5PISigmokrt3mby/s1600/0602-113225.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg973biQffH92lJ5afwUa13YN1c3A_SaXsAHUNQB-PWBua3bRq1oAnmdS-xw0mk7_xat5LsPRmBhm_vt3fBR3xtVyMjOR4LNG7zkrLy4lS4ko5LGWdiAyeiGnek_GMvj5PISigmokrt3mby/s400/0602-113225.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
When I pulled up the carpet and found linoleum, I'll
admit, I swore under my breath. I HATE pulling up Linoleum. You can see on the right side of the Pic where
I started to remove the linoleum, but while doing so, I found a few tacks and realized the linoleum was attached to an 1/8 inch piece of plywood which had been stapled to the real subfloor. My son suggested just yanking it up. I agreed, so I could prove to him what a SILLY idea that
was... and then in three yanks, we had the whole floor leaning on the
wall!!! (I also have to admit... I hate it when one of my kids outsmarts me...)</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiurupRkW2E-_w-7gN4_8KhjRIdqhJOzDljO_QBeDyY_LHZcJUWJSSElMEL7LMUxsJYkM4scFyySlT3idfEClhHpHIjno7nExM-owUks8H0vE-Q2ytx_b3ylLQNrCe_QzCzqderri8ExK88/s1600/0602-134358.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiurupRkW2E-_w-7gN4_8KhjRIdqhJOzDljO_QBeDyY_LHZcJUWJSSElMEL7LMUxsJYkM4scFyySlT3idfEClhHpHIjno7nExM-owUks8H0vE-Q2ytx_b3ylLQNrCe_QzCzqderri8ExK88/s400/0602-134358.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Floor completely removed, nails all securely nailed down...<br />
Vanity, Sink and Medicine Cabinet removed...</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ-2Z9oY05i9jUY6EWqF_LF9I9xIw5kLo5eWuCWBG18uMzXaPBhdb9F8ybNSj6ETR9V01eOosZ0vPPrVI3_afSiZir1kt_nIxz3gWadMaKaExN6TGgkhqmzWmr5uWBT55lKc5GxwBi1u9K/s1600/0602-134404.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG79bFxoEeJaznQfuoEk7f6vIrQehoHEB0l252XVU3ebOtWecuzxbLREep2nP4w0AY_i8uLxzLE5ceK4pvfRFELheHH9Lcd0mZUy8ecF5wLI3rSlrElJG8LBkGSn0fcPmdhMACxPyKfjBj/s1600/0602-134411.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
</div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYhf5I6hTTf_vT0EG2T4MZS770voganEWCFBQQbc91eS6MchgJQP0H1rVksLb3zAKCI7ZYuPrpToCpFfd6eFyjmvMZVuy-la8aFB8nXDdhP52fkRC_AgPvb0CmeK6yUgL5CjNBA4M7Qhtw/s1600/0602-134828.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYhf5I6hTTf_vT0EG2T4MZS770voganEWCFBQQbc91eS6MchgJQP0H1rVksLb3zAKCI7ZYuPrpToCpFfd6eFyjmvMZVuy-la8aFB8nXDdhP52fkRC_AgPvb0CmeK6yUgL5CjNBA4M7Qhtw/s400/0602-134828.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The hole from the medicine cabinet...<br />
Also known as THE GREAT CAT MAGNET!!!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA5fXLR0xHW6JN6OqapBMb5EBcMJj3Ny65464aHvnG83JVoYBzn95eatfbjHURJ6hS9qD7v96bp_7N7eTmaKdzwiz-c9dk8YcX8HZ3uVN3C-RaNI4avvAY4SH43i5IhhyODVlO0Mxee8Ul/s1600/0602-134421.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA5fXLR0xHW6JN6OqapBMb5EBcMJj3Ny65464aHvnG83JVoYBzn95eatfbjHURJ6hS9qD7v96bp_7N7eTmaKdzwiz-c9dk8YcX8HZ3uVN3C-RaNI4avvAY4SH43i5IhhyODVlO0Mxee8Ul/s400/0602-134421.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So I had to cover it up....</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh6dDezCpWstLVniuY34aV7fb7anmovcXnrqTqaYkP5gc-PKeIMs_GM1nIwfpj1op8VDqRHwg7n9OhAd5zEF45ET0MZaHLTAN861vJxvXoc2uZfAnfmWygbU4VUJ4vrJEfJrIg68Iz5s77/s1600/0602-134837.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEDKY-VUvfIPotbHc-i_9jYFTjEBzqti-TPiCZfwl-k2eEx05OxD3iVACpxphb6l3pdrlus8E4rNrzZ3GHogdb_sT9MCatTGycv2M4h_wH81cnnCVMwgZzdA7gicrtj26FBnUj_aT_-Brv/s1600/0602-135122.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEDKY-VUvfIPotbHc-i_9jYFTjEBzqti-TPiCZfwl-k2eEx05OxD3iVACpxphb6l3pdrlus8E4rNrzZ3GHogdb_sT9MCatTGycv2M4h_wH81cnnCVMwgZzdA7gicrtj26FBnUj_aT_-Brv/s400/0602-135122.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My wife and daughters hard at work refinishing the<br />
cabinet. First they sanded it down, and then they<br />
stained it. It looks very nice.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX1dOV2aA0YwXBakBMZ4D8hTnk4JMwK2pL_Oo8VgloVNrSDdZYKcT4TTJSpfgghDtH2UkkHcHCN43CnByLlgnz22OL25l0DC0IBdybxpqyx3R9k7QZRzVKkq3qYgFr6ich87KvsSg9x2qi/s1600/0620-.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX1dOV2aA0YwXBakBMZ4D8hTnk4JMwK2pL_Oo8VgloVNrSDdZYKcT4TTJSpfgghDtH2UkkHcHCN43CnByLlgnz22OL25l0DC0IBdybxpqyx3R9k7QZRzVKkq3qYgFr6ich87KvsSg9x2qi/s400/0620-.JPG" style="cursor: move;" width="300" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ-on02W3HqsJEOs4SkL4D19I1vgbj3BxzsNc7M6Mo_d0LMA2kblEF2Lt-bjQElhG_E6pBphcew0TdN7ogjqBEa265ah3JO6Rkogb_ABR7_OjU21EyH5a56ioUcUDW4LPk2_x8jfVEG0In/s1600/0620--01.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ-on02W3HqsJEOs4SkL4D19I1vgbj3BxzsNc7M6Mo_d0LMA2kblEF2Lt-bjQElhG_E6pBphcew0TdN7ogjqBEa265ah3JO6Rkogb_ABR7_OjU21EyH5a56ioUcUDW4LPk2_x8jfVEG0In/s400/0620--01.JPG" width="300" /></a></div>
<br />
I laid tile in the bathroom and the grout was rather stubborn and left "grout stains" (actually just a very fine layer of grout, but VERY obvious, see photo on the left). <br />
<br />
BEFORE Excess Grout Remover.... And AFTER Excess Grout Remover.... I didn't want to spend almost $20 for a bottle of stuff to remove the excess grout, so I scrubbed and I scrubbed and after two hours, it still looked like the picture on the left all over the whole bathroom. After I finally broke down and bought the stuff, it took 30 minutes! and look how much better it looks!<br />
<br />
I would show you "After" pics of the whole bathroom and master bedroom, except that I'm still not done... Apparently while re-attaching the faucet, I over torqued something and I busted a pipe INSIDE the wall. About 30 minutes after I attached the faucet, and luckily BEFORE I reattached the cabinet to the wall, counter top, etc. I heard water dripping and found it coming through the ceiling directly under the sink in the entryway to the house! That discovery of course, brought a halt to all other work as we had to deal with the leak immediately!<br />
<br />
I had to cut open a hole so it would drain and not ruin the entire ceiling in the entry way to my house, but now I have a hole in my ceiling to repair, and I have to have a plumber come in and repair the broken pipe, which somehow stopped leaking, although that is only temporary I am sure...<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWvIwj4uxc-L1bWAGkPigKYEQ6x-RSt0ymVvMqGu4ZWFheD6GwgU3O7g5WOuo5T9L-a7imyuuqy0I_safKE7hW9wwWOaYuUpuTBCZQUNxO5sjzJ3TwBH24FiEtVb32qORFkUJTZfCXCEOr/s1600/0620--02.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWvIwj4uxc-L1bWAGkPigKYEQ6x-RSt0ymVvMqGu4ZWFheD6GwgU3O7g5WOuo5T9L-a7imyuuqy0I_safKE7hW9wwWOaYuUpuTBCZQUNxO5sjzJ3TwBH24FiEtVb32qORFkUJTZfCXCEOr/s320/0620--02.JPG" width="240" /></a></div>
<br />
SO, that is what I've been up to. We meet with a Realtor on Monday to put the house on the market (hopefully everything will be done by then). We have a few more things to do, so there will still be no sewing or working on Leonidas for a while, but that is OK, When we move, I have already secured the right to claim a "Sewing Space"... So I'll be able to make up for lost time!<br />
<br />
Until Next Time,<br />
Paul<br />
<br />Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13624140507953560723noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-315466058316499276.post-82953494439336087592012-06-19T23:27:00.001-04:002012-06-19T23:30:55.238-04:00This is a test post<div><p>This is a test post with my new phone.   If you see this, I was successful.  if not, I wasn't.</p>
<br/><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4q-LkUi2_epoU1LLiZWD1kLhaY7FKhs6gM9MGFCKyGvcXP99yy35ldxvuKHXCrwntrT9kIEub59-nLSPNLkZfsQI879lGNvjS3UkliN1j3du5qF3p35r5Snn-HPWX6BSDdRheuXkTFjO7/' /></div>Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13624140507953560723noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-315466058316499276.post-72260835568275797512012-06-14T11:08:00.000-04:002012-06-14T11:08:27.996-04:00Bonnie Hunter "My Blue Heaven" ClassThis past Tuesday I got to participate in Bonnie Hunter's "My Blue Heaven" Class, and I had an absolute blast!<br />
<br />
The ladies I sat and sewed with all day were a riot, and they were fabulous quilters to boot! On this trip to Dayton I got to meet an "On-Line Friend", Ed. Ed and I met on-line about two years ago and he has held a special place in my quilting world, as he was the first other male quilter I met. Tuesday, I met him face to face, and while he wasn't quilting (he had to work), I did get to quilt with his wife, Janice all day long. We then met for dinner and went to quilt guild meeting together.<br />
<br />
I spent the weekend in Denver on business and decided to take some fabric, a small cutting board, and my rotary cutter with me to make useful use of my down time while in Denver. So, I took the fabric I was going to need for the "My Blue Heaven" class, as well as some other fabric that needed to be cut up for another quilt and I watched the Heat beat the Celtics while cutting fabric in my hotel room!<br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVCCLLesNjltmcTFPp2W7Hy-Qwwcxq9L15uoon8-ePXRlkXU-TK_AGh4zFkFipfnmTJHboRgWVFnSs9FgXpd1S9oDJEHpGzCzirQrUqc5OfMtvcVg-fFscg8D_UwGD3q6rfJWK0ISQf7nx/s1600/IMG_2622.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVCCLLesNjltmcTFPp2W7Hy-Qwwcxq9L15uoon8-ePXRlkXU-TK_AGh4zFkFipfnmTJHboRgWVFnSs9FgXpd1S9oDJEHpGzCzirQrUqc5OfMtvcVg-fFscg8D_UwGD3q6rfJWK0ISQf7nx/s400/IMG_2622.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My Setup... The bed is to the right where I have the fabric all laid out...</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWx8A-vdVWe_qB5-rm0Em7Q3fmlOb6DndaYOaoe2byQ4RIbrj1iyW48OaPt4I-GnIOqEmVjJSQkcpcQbc9zTzer78p7jbzXzZLFw2PyWpjX0JLjTwczD31SRrOYuBU8swqTrLco_sT-uTP/s1600/IMG_2623.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWx8A-vdVWe_qB5-rm0Em7Q3fmlOb6DndaYOaoe2byQ4RIbrj1iyW48OaPt4I-GnIOqEmVjJSQkcpcQbc9zTzer78p7jbzXzZLFw2PyWpjX0JLjTwczD31SRrOYuBU8swqTrLco_sT-uTP/s400/IMG_2623.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All of the fabric I brought with me. The Tangerine and Teal in the middle<br />is the fabric I used (am using) for my "My Blue Heaven". This fabric all<br />came from a fabric Swap with other Male Quilters from all over the world.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFyQ4q7xvQ5AA33qtRJgX6X8uH8gc1ArUBLAHfNiTZkWO0FxnnurbSbzC2l-ebMy2h1JMK_KKlolwO3nZM_6igUcFYQrX-JemZwe6PgPS9bjSqdiwFR9KsTve_b_9Yj4zIrLXACQtwx9NB/s1600/IMG_2624.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFyQ4q7xvQ5AA33qtRJgX6X8uH8gc1ArUBLAHfNiTZkWO0FxnnurbSbzC2l-ebMy2h1JMK_KKlolwO3nZM_6igUcFYQrX-JemZwe6PgPS9bjSqdiwFR9KsTve_b_9Yj4zIrLXACQtwx9NB/s400/IMG_2624.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Tangerine All cut into 2.5" Strips. I finished by halftime, enjoyed a short<br />break and then attacked the Teals...</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXJSGV7Bt3H42AoaiPdtbiSuZ3vWpxEcyaUcnbGHITcqxCFUFMY0Oe3dAGjzXlOV4h_4fVhsvZBySA3-6iYJuiIb8mKWyj6OeStF0QD4E11HoMF-A8Ao-xnM_D2aQqiAOnReqA836y9iVz/s1600/IMG_2626.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXJSGV7Bt3H42AoaiPdtbiSuZ3vWpxEcyaUcnbGHITcqxCFUFMY0Oe3dAGjzXlOV4h_4fVhsvZBySA3-6iYJuiIb8mKWyj6OeStF0QD4E11HoMF-A8Ao-xnM_D2aQqiAOnReqA836y9iVz/s400/IMG_2626.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All of the Tangerine and Teals Cut, Baggied, and ready to quilt!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr-6rPJdOGlc4myO_QqTlwFyFbIGSZVplAQdnRpxB8C3-QAZS1AuKxFb23C5ueDLZda35luWVxJxZVC_ZyFPzjjBIm_tZy6VDjirSyIJCXSpdxiSr2TkO1h-7ejztk1uGD_k-kVJNbxusm/s1600/IMG_2627.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr-6rPJdOGlc4myO_QqTlwFyFbIGSZVplAQdnRpxB8C3-QAZS1AuKxFb23C5ueDLZda35luWVxJxZVC_ZyFPzjjBIm_tZy6VDjirSyIJCXSpdxiSr2TkO1h-7ejztk1uGD_k-kVJNbxusm/s400/IMG_2627.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Next I de-boned several shirts. This is the waste pile. I was in "Production<br />Mode" and didn't think to take "Before, During and After" shots...</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW4r10mKYshfVbOhYU3dSJ52YvXxyeIaSWe-CegkC3EjTQvq6513g_VPiaL1t8B-4loEe25Rb8hpl49YY24xiqANnB9LbQLX2KiS8VzRsW-4TA3JLukEoPC12ST7-o5irClMarrBRe_s1o/s1600/IMG_2628.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW4r10mKYshfVbOhYU3dSJ52YvXxyeIaSWe-CegkC3EjTQvq6513g_VPiaL1t8B-4loEe25Rb8hpl49YY24xiqANnB9LbQLX2KiS8VzRsW-4TA3JLukEoPC12ST7-o5irClMarrBRe_s1o/s400/IMG_2628.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All of my cutting work for the evening. A rather productive Basketball<br />game, Tennis Match, and Soccer Game!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhicUd4aAVjyQwvqcKMENuYqmDWAzvo-LxBFPjdXhuVNjoRY42EYXHGZoT90GZ8DaRnt9HYDQNeV9Kq7-1ZGwj8Fha3L8hhiZlhUbVwwq0-Uz9VfSwBa0JVBSi9bRN_Dt5mpxUQfPL8V1wm/s1600/IMG_2694.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhicUd4aAVjyQwvqcKMENuYqmDWAzvo-LxBFPjdXhuVNjoRY42EYXHGZoT90GZ8DaRnt9HYDQNeV9Kq7-1ZGwj8Fha3L8hhiZlhUbVwwq0-Uz9VfSwBa0JVBSi9bRN_Dt5mpxUQfPL8V1wm/s400/IMG_2694.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I found it funny that while I was cutting fabric in my hotel room, I thought<br />"This is what Bonnie would do in her hotel room"... Then when I got home<br />I found that TSA had searched my bag, something that happens to Bonnie<br />all the time. It just made me laugh because I have NEVER had my bag<br />searched before...</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS8XaA6r_McZAddp0tUeot-qX7NNnLfywKNbi3YYOjtRWdgpHR2t-SwRw21E-UHMq7y98dZVACuqCuHEpAl8wO-4Zn3sFQPeFynhW-o0H54VJui-CI-hsGGG5-euHwZjBeljgrpedhnWDy/s1600/IMG_2695.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS8XaA6r_McZAddp0tUeot-qX7NNnLfywKNbi3YYOjtRWdgpHR2t-SwRw21E-UHMq7y98dZVACuqCuHEpAl8wO-4Zn3sFQPeFynhW-o0H54VJui-CI-hsGGG5-euHwZjBeljgrpedhnWDy/s400/IMG_2695.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I forgot to take photos of Step One... This is Step Two, Hourglass Squares.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCtr7Fgk88K2c6KVXlYTm6zh3EQmWCegeMmEMV9mlgOEzv-vBwJ6Q7Yh3CP05zAzCX8ipCueujlviqUgThU-V0JTzkehRorQLRTJAMAuW3-41RHGx3vOomoFn71keQOs3M_Hh_97PO1-Bc/s1600/IMG_2696.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCtr7Fgk88K2c6KVXlYTm6zh3EQmWCegeMmEMV9mlgOEzv-vBwJ6Q7Yh3CP05zAzCX8ipCueujlviqUgThU-V0JTzkehRorQLRTJAMAuW3-41RHGx3vOomoFn71keQOs3M_Hh_97PO1-Bc/s400/IMG_2696.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There's my Step one, HSTs next to the first part of my Step Two QSTs.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoY3hnEPl6xMgUpigxaVFENBPRYuchhAAU5fRPlLjX0xNED817cetuj2pMcSusjy5p09WXcZ16pQbFZ2ujM_2XAf8Uc5dJ2xLGzCN4qhf6DKgyDRAmQPYYHnKHCHFXxewbUagEph6OYRNz/s1600/IMG_2697.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoY3hnEPl6xMgUpigxaVFENBPRYuchhAAU5fRPlLjX0xNED817cetuj2pMcSusjy5p09WXcZ16pQbFZ2ujM_2XAf8Uc5dJ2xLGzCN4qhf6DKgyDRAmQPYYHnKHCHFXxewbUagEph6OYRNz/s400/IMG_2697.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My Classroom Setup. Leonidas is not ready for sewing yet, let alone<br />traveling, so I had to take Queen Luise with me.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrZZPkkOYuab9Y95ey2jsORkVXVFbAePpUfu_xCJazfYxJ2WWAC6ASASqLtulCvdueFyooS9cnjJzvDp6I1PQMlG-rHwS3yaCAq8hyphenhyphenTyuVR_3WH8hCiz5LjvE7Kalt6-yTisdZcctxlFhK/s1600/IMG_2700.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrZZPkkOYuab9Y95ey2jsORkVXVFbAePpUfu_xCJazfYxJ2WWAC6ASASqLtulCvdueFyooS9cnjJzvDp6I1PQMlG-rHwS3yaCAq8hyphenhyphenTyuVR_3WH8hCiz5LjvE7Kalt6-yTisdZcctxlFhK/s400/IMG_2700.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bonnie doing a Demo. We learned how to use the Easy Angle and<br />Companion Angle Rulers for this class. I had used the Easy Angle<br />ruler before, but not the Companion Angle Ruler, so this was new to me.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj6x02yMhOxZFkzgwRNzeM_6kes0ZFHkYY4S3rmde2XZGPHT9gMU6KAo1Rjs3IytJLnLsllWdeZ5UyRvwuqvRbqFRV-V8azuENno7Og2VEcF18MdHf7NqBhxGrBPSon4VqXiyRLesZ9WN8/s1600/IMG_2701.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj6x02yMhOxZFkzgwRNzeM_6kes0ZFHkYY4S3rmde2XZGPHT9gMU6KAo1Rjs3IytJLnLsllWdeZ5UyRvwuqvRbqFRV-V8azuENno7Og2VEcF18MdHf7NqBhxGrBPSon4VqXiyRLesZ9WN8/s400/IMG_2701.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here's Bonnie at our table using Debbie's Flame Throwing Featherweight.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib1HuxgZarHAtosmDYsHUysO9n0puw2QkxOAMkAm88pQ6YTQ7y2Biy-aib_RrrhmkxRfojakjtPFuMLEHOlspR0Efr0BR06coOpm1GlrJNsUw8C-0JiG7B5Jh4MN41M3MhO8eBHyq9alpH/s1600/IMG_2702.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib1HuxgZarHAtosmDYsHUysO9n0puw2QkxOAMkAm88pQ6YTQ7y2Biy-aib_RrrhmkxRfojakjtPFuMLEHOlspR0Efr0BR06coOpm1GlrJNsUw8C-0JiG7B5Jh4MN41M3MhO8eBHyq9alpH/s400/IMG_2702.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My Companion Angle Ruler at work...</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX9bHcfdUCNqhHQJkG5-V7wXvroIE89O85gd3_4Gmwyhy6FcDM380MKwcXWTjBrnbXTsUuf5CANAtACqhQPALnkXFUsc2hqC-2-d_4Hc09bRRhwNjKHzp7yveRu8gL1C-qMn42lfm39yhb/s1600/IMG_2703.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX9bHcfdUCNqhHQJkG5-V7wXvroIE89O85gd3_4Gmwyhy6FcDM380MKwcXWTjBrnbXTsUuf5CANAtACqhQPALnkXFUsc2hqC-2-d_4Hc09bRRhwNjKHzp7yveRu8gL1C-qMn42lfm39yhb/s400/IMG_2703.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Half of a Day's work. (I actually got a LOT more piecing done, enough for<br />probably 10-12 blocks, but only assembled four blocks.) These are the<br />Star Blocks.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW0djZYFXkEE_dOD0hjFwA7OEhOPIkc8bny-KYsWIwKzTi-amUop1ZQdNmWLxJw7kOZOGI1XPy2Q3zWi16fWbNthBFGnQRHp8XhwpgC6yEHcP5_yzwcFomh5W6Zrwe7maBXh3Fi1eZsQaY/s1600/IMG_2704.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW0djZYFXkEE_dOD0hjFwA7OEhOPIkc8bny-KYsWIwKzTi-amUop1ZQdNmWLxJw7kOZOGI1XPy2Q3zWi16fWbNthBFGnQRHp8XhwpgC6yEHcP5_yzwcFomh5W6Zrwe7maBXh3Fi1eZsQaY/s400/IMG_2704.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And the Star Blocks with the Alternate Blocks.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYpfQ5_v86h_gHRG9VkTdWCuJC_bHq1TvSYo1Kx_lziWgWrX8j94idxCcJHuX0q_0iPtWgNAiZrE_82Ig2_IY_AreFSRwHaXZK0uxD_yJwAKQ1zO8-cUJ7KE_qzo3MncG8hx6492HBdf2Y/s1600/IMG_2706.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYpfQ5_v86h_gHRG9VkTdWCuJC_bHq1TvSYo1Kx_lziWgWrX8j94idxCcJHuX0q_0iPtWgNAiZrE_82Ig2_IY_AreFSRwHaXZK0uxD_yJwAKQ1zO8-cUJ7KE_qzo3MncG8hx6492HBdf2Y/s400/IMG_2706.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Love seeing iPads being lifted to take photos...</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiidRLWFn5hKqp15B-qwR6KAJEZIiWfraUnp8EOWldMewxU6Cj-ezglt93hne9N9ALzSQKgXyyDoMEC3nbflQ8TFTIyeCcJ0aqyPbW8O1kUDk0NvCRiKs325ljhn1UbjHshTWeqIDltVIPi/s1600/IMG_2708.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiidRLWFn5hKqp15B-qwR6KAJEZIiWfraUnp8EOWldMewxU6Cj-ezglt93hne9N9ALzSQKgXyyDoMEC3nbflQ8TFTIyeCcJ0aqyPbW8O1kUDk0NvCRiKs325ljhn1UbjHshTWeqIDltVIPi/s400/IMG_2708.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">That's Janice, Ed's wife, on the right, talking about her hexie quilt. This is a<br />HAND Pieced, and HAND Quilted project with over 900 Hexie Rosettes!<br />That's 6,300 Hexies in the flowers ALONE, then there are black Hexies<br />around all of those!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMdH0WJcOiWK5JYXZOiG9AeZDlkWmcpMwifDpwM0Mn1Dii3qyZClvfQSkzBMI8zTza2pWnerJrHb0AFWE7C5so7RZGN1X7EXLZf5HB913DCqZVXaD1of8uHNVXqb1HFh1nj8hOPzVl5Epx/s1600/IMG_2709.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMdH0WJcOiWK5JYXZOiG9AeZDlkWmcpMwifDpwM0Mn1Dii3qyZClvfQSkzBMI8zTza2pWnerJrHb0AFWE7C5so7RZGN1X7EXLZf5HB913DCqZVXaD1of8uHNVXqb1HFh1nj8hOPzVl5Epx/s400/IMG_2709.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And as if the shear number of hexies in this quilt isn't impressive enough,<br />EVERY flower is fussy cut. Look at the symmetry in those flowers... </td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjikuDmqc6fJuqtGSUxECHHbNlWul7bjz0xRJNXQ3ojzCrLBgeXfKq32LFtOKjbu1ONFyj1d6RsWqXtB-EI7tvKb99OC88j4rV_pxcly7UWmvxfGN5KOnnBfEf8hUQxlGjEXCi5kv7ovYA7/s1600/IMG_2710.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjikuDmqc6fJuqtGSUxECHHbNlWul7bjz0xRJNXQ3ojzCrLBgeXfKq32LFtOKjbu1ONFyj1d6RsWqXtB-EI7tvKb99OC88j4rV_pxcly7UWmvxfGN5KOnnBfEf8hUQxlGjEXCi5kv7ovYA7/s400/IMG_2710.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The little angels...</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeTe0wu7EOVxh6KD3lpZPPZD89isZXSl37XdlD1kzCNJzHLK6ibLdkmmKohgb5kpIZIcemfLZ5LasUtiG9t21jRjBNeuE3zl7Wk1-w9hhcEtbs4D_8wj66BGJju1IsOMm9noYu5aOXCsEL/s1600/IMG_2711.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeTe0wu7EOVxh6KD3lpZPPZD89isZXSl37XdlD1kzCNJzHLK6ibLdkmmKohgb5kpIZIcemfLZ5LasUtiG9t21jRjBNeuE3zl7Wk1-w9hhcEtbs4D_8wj66BGJju1IsOMm9noYu5aOXCsEL/s400/IMG_2711.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And Horses, and Leaves...</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ-S_EaA3OgPsyUzN7mts-WXLaH-vYj6ASFtU49y4CAztWfshBlrxQ0rYVcn1K8HJGNZ16ucsaQMz8gEkIr2ap-jBidGzJtQxS0XNtwZZG_jc2TqCK780JGlSouovRopxzinhsxKA-it5g/s1600/IMG_2712.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ-S_EaA3OgPsyUzN7mts-WXLaH-vYj6ASFtU49y4CAztWfshBlrxQ0rYVcn1K8HJGNZ16ucsaQMz8gEkIr2ap-jBidGzJtQxS0XNtwZZG_jc2TqCK780JGlSouovRopxzinhsxKA-it5g/s400/IMG_2712.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And Rubber Duckies, Elephants, and the Dachshunds...<br />The Dachshunds wouldn't fit on ONE Hexie so she cut them to span TWO!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxHWx1iJv3uJLcHohwyfxPlS4Rjjw4_UDQ5IyAHv3huvmRG-wgKl-xCC1ZmHfFhjDynRcRdu0rpHNkQS3tUe7iFzUTXvFfvoF05tbbWGprAX30WpmdxBR1WApXP0tiljhGgUELKe1h21I4/s1600/IMG_2713.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxHWx1iJv3uJLcHohwyfxPlS4Rjjw4_UDQ5IyAHv3huvmRG-wgKl-xCC1ZmHfFhjDynRcRdu0rpHNkQS3tUe7iFzUTXvFfvoF05tbbWGprAX30WpmdxBR1WApXP0tiljhGgUELKe1h21I4/s400/IMG_2713.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And Rainbows...</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRJv6B-QysTwKNKBVO99uv6Y4-LuBKHyQVxloSBnvOKv6JCMWpp2W4Gx1-ylztIxprHUS3hoQQYOHzwrNFziJCKXuo-D26abu5kaI-JVLy97BssLaO1iCKxPE-yJmcdBYS_jSlHyCLRc3e/s1600/IMG_2714.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRJv6B-QysTwKNKBVO99uv6Y4-LuBKHyQVxloSBnvOKv6JCMWpp2W4Gx1-ylztIxprHUS3hoQQYOHzwrNFziJCKXuo-D26abu5kaI-JVLy97BssLaO1iCKxPE-yJmcdBYS_jSlHyCLRc3e/s400/IMG_2714.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stars, different Rubber Duckies, a few plaids, and geometric shapes...</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxQa_kjOHaQ78z2cTddjpG3c2JWy3nZA6C9IjMjdoGkHb1tQAS7IBnfJEEOoc9aISddWsk4RuqW5ziZigqI4o6n0GIug0e18EXoRPYxG_iLM8JZCOE_L_9rgqX5saRTOxX3GNG6AGqEDSA/s1600/IMG_2715.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxQa_kjOHaQ78z2cTddjpG3c2JWy3nZA6C9IjMjdoGkHb1tQAS7IBnfJEEOoc9aISddWsk4RuqW5ziZigqI4o6n0GIug0e18EXoRPYxG_iLM8JZCOE_L_9rgqX5saRTOxX3GNG6AGqEDSA/s400/IMG_2715.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And more but completely different rainbows...<br />10 years in the making, and still not completely done, but stunningly<br />Beautiful Nonetheless... Almost makes me want to take up hand stitching...</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Well, I had a great time in class, and I could go on and on, but 20 something photos is enough for one post!</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Thanks for Reading!</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Until Next Time,</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Paul</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
</div>
<br />Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13624140507953560723noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-315466058316499276.post-76293725920190339952012-06-11T23:12:00.001-04:002012-06-11T23:12:20.239-04:00The De-Robing of Leonidas…<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:OfficeDocumentSettings>
<o:RelyOnVML/>
<o:AllowPNG/>
</o:OfficeDocumentSettings>
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:WordDocument>
<w:View>Normal</w:View>
<w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom>
<w:TrackMoves/>
<w:TrackFormatting/>
<w:PunctuationKerning/>
<w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/>
<w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>
<w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent>
<w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>
<w:DoNotPromoteQF/>
<w:LidThemeOther>EN-US</w:LidThemeOther>
<w:LidThemeAsian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian>
<w:LidThemeComplexScript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript>
<w:Compatibility>
<w:BreakWrappedTables/>
<w:SnapToGridInCell/>
<w:WrapTextWithPunct/>
<w:UseAsianBreakRules/>
<w:DontGrowAutofit/>
<w:SplitPgBreakAndParaMark/>
<w:EnableOpenTypeKerning/>
<w:DontFlipMirrorIndents/>
<w:OverrideTableStyleHps/>
</w:Compatibility>
<m:mathPr>
<m:mathFont m:val="Cambria Math"/>
<m:brkBin m:val="before"/>
<m:brkBinSub m:val="--"/>
<m:smallFrac m:val="off"/>
<m:dispDef/>
<m:lMargin m:val="0"/>
<m:rMargin m:val="0"/>
<m:defJc m:val="centerGroup"/>
<m:wrapIndent m:val="1440"/>
<m:intLim m:val="subSup"/>
<m:naryLim m:val="undOvr"/>
</m:mathPr></w:WordDocument>
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" DefUnhideWhenUsed="true"
DefSemiHidden="true" DefQFormat="false" DefPriority="99"
LatentStyleCount="267">
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="0" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Normal"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="heading 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" QFormat="true" Name="heading 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" QFormat="true" Name="heading 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" QFormat="true" Name="heading 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" QFormat="true" Name="heading 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" QFormat="true" Name="heading 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" QFormat="true" Name="heading 7"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" QFormat="true" Name="heading 8"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" QFormat="true" Name="heading 9"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" Name="toc 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" Name="toc 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" Name="toc 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" Name="toc 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" Name="toc 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" Name="toc 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" Name="toc 7"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" Name="toc 8"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" Name="toc 9"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="35" QFormat="true" Name="caption"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="10" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Title"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="1" Name="Default Paragraph Font"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="11" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Subtitle"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="22" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Strong"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="20" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Emphasis"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="59" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Table Grid"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Placeholder Text"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="1" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="No Spacing"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Shading"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light List"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Grid"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium List 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium List 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Dark List"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Shading"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful List"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Grid"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Shading Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light List Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Grid Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium List 1 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Revision"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="34" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="List Paragraph"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="29" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Quote"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="30" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Intense Quote"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Dark List Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful List Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Shading Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light List Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Grid Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium List 1 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Dark List Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful List Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Shading Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light List Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Grid Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium List 1 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Dark List Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful List Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Shading Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light List Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Grid Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium List 1 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Dark List Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful List Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Shading Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light List Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Grid Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium List 1 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Dark List Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful List Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Shading Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light List Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Grid Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium List 1 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Dark List Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful List Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="19" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Subtle Emphasis"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="21" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Intense Emphasis"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="31" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Subtle Reference"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="32" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Intense Reference"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="33" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Book Title"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="37" Name="Bibliography"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" QFormat="true" Name="TOC Heading"/>
</w:LatentStyles>
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]>
<style>
/* Style Definitions */
table.MsoNormalTable
{mso-style-name:"Table Normal";
mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;
mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;
mso-style-noshow:yes;
mso-style-priority:99;
mso-style-parent:"";
mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;
mso-para-margin-top:0in;
mso-para-margin-right:0in;
mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt;
mso-para-margin-left:0in;
line-height:115%;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;
mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;}
</style>
<![endif]-->
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
My inactivity here lately is directly related to our
preparation for putting our home on the market as we have decided to move this
summer to a neighborhood about 5-8 miles north of where we are now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not a big move in distance, but we expect to
add about 30-40% more space.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
So, work on Leonidas has been somewhat stalled (I still work
on him almost daily, but only for 10 or 15 minutes) and quilting has completely
stopped for now...</div>
<br /><div class="MsoNormal">
Once the dis-assembly was complete, it was time to start
stripping him down to bare metal in preparation of adorning him with some new
Regal Attire.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Once again, This is not intended to be a tutorial, nor am I
encouraging you to do to your machine what I have done to mine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is simply me sharing my experience.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
I started by stripping all of the parts I had removed that
were not chromed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Motor Housing,
the Foot Pedal, the fly wheel and the belt guard.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I used Jasco Premium Paint and Epoxy Remover
and Odorless Mineral Spirits to do the job.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoG-l5VpUo7oRiXsRS2Z8qslIvE9HzgQqfulXoLSrINL9VQcJSfAXNPpEVfZUAPipwAdd_GlbyEEkKhW__eZpNpk0Ra1allsASi9Ue6xfSoM6sFt0bXU7FNMc1NX1quheYpSYCFdsI3K5e/s1600/0529-205156.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoG-l5VpUo7oRiXsRS2Z8qslIvE9HzgQqfulXoLSrINL9VQcJSfAXNPpEVfZUAPipwAdd_GlbyEEkKhW__eZpNpk0Ra1allsASi9Ue6xfSoM6sFt0bXU7FNMc1NX1quheYpSYCFdsI3K5e/s400/0529-205156.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
As you can see, the Jasco starts working immediately.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It makes the paint and the finish just bubble
up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After about 5 minutes this is what
it looked like..
<div class="MsoNormal">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW3R0cfq_16sSleH4tgIV3Gsfx7GI0AriLTlQht-n4oRvfAWJNkJglc-0jYf29hw9eeAJfPa3f3OLTQ23fc5VgsRV7YzGqNP1ZrKMK0VHJS-ckA4tZx70x2QTFnknytU3yKSKpXXvcxeLH/s1600/0529-214551.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW3R0cfq_16sSleH4tgIV3Gsfx7GI0AriLTlQht-n4oRvfAWJNkJglc-0jYf29hw9eeAJfPa3f3OLTQ23fc5VgsRV7YzGqNP1ZrKMK0VHJS-ckA4tZx70x2QTFnknytU3yKSKpXXvcxeLH/s400/0529-214551.jpg" width="300" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr align="center"><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjWj9snpMomiG1QZMxb8d-Ps2_i_Ex5IduC5HuuVj0ELvJKI0pK-Fuo6E64CWlJpXqsy3TRAn_hz-Af6d1uZ3lkRUXgeRoffbHeqAQKBy4nSY7fUpFDyv4aIZeiUuv6Jy5zuvNNKvaLK52/s1600/0529-223000.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjWj9snpMomiG1QZMxb8d-Ps2_i_Ex5IduC5HuuVj0ELvJKI0pK-Fuo6E64CWlJpXqsy3TRAn_hz-Af6d1uZ3lkRUXgeRoffbHeqAQKBy4nSY7fUpFDyv4aIZeiUuv6Jy5zuvNNKvaLK52/s400/0529-223000.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">
The Foot Pedal is made with black metal so stripping wasn't much more</div>
than removing a glossy layer. I then hit the slight surface<br />rust with a fine grinder and sand paper. </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1ec5E0oXqRGo5KHLTAD86MAtmbeDqIWypPnEaMjcSQldU2JmxbQU-pHmtjiY8KonAK2C4B-0ETVIHWOzxvNmyJP4i8IqVA7BZ7nyuA8LTOkRZcRDD0VnC6tDgLh1u37DjtSgAzu6tedKd/s1600/0530-172117.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1ec5E0oXqRGo5KHLTAD86MAtmbeDqIWypPnEaMjcSQldU2JmxbQU-pHmtjiY8KonAK2C4B-0ETVIHWOzxvNmyJP4i8IqVA7BZ7nyuA8LTOkRZcRDD0VnC6tDgLh1u37DjtSgAzu6tedKd/s400/0530-172117.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPhfsqzoFkw3y4RJMvLbT3s6DB6fr-oITFVvncYa6BSrztnr_xVuy6jZaUITUrbXs7FJ_cCtMPK_DHUJFC_SdF7w7yP3yy3Ip_pbVHb9H7BgKoGkzIJhCvOU2tC_8nlpuMsdf2YeF4vuoe/s1600/0530-174612.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPhfsqzoFkw3y4RJMvLbT3s6DB6fr-oITFVvncYa6BSrztnr_xVuy6jZaUITUrbXs7FJ_cCtMPK_DHUJFC_SdF7w7yP3yy3Ip_pbVHb9H7BgKoGkzIJhCvOU2tC_8nlpuMsdf2YeF4vuoe/s400/0530-174612.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">For those small curved spaces I had to use a brass brush, but when all was<br />said and done... the pieces cleaned up nicely.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Then after cleaning with the Mineral Spirits and some fine
grade Steel wool, he was looking rather nice all silvery and shiny.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidd5xBGArL1i8YJ-_2_lhnGXHQZxU_MLeZQqNUs7qenTELiBDeqiyXzpLgVB7HC6wKsDaLXtTHt_opJDo4OK0JtQGiBCDQN7K_bxXKPXWimGKQxUIKaY1fMnVCGMQA7r16HqMsUR2xZaxC/s1600/0529-222944.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidd5xBGArL1i8YJ-_2_lhnGXHQZxU_MLeZQqNUs7qenTELiBDeqiyXzpLgVB7HC6wKsDaLXtTHt_opJDo4OK0JtQGiBCDQN7K_bxXKPXWimGKQxUIKaY1fMnVCGMQA7r16HqMsUR2xZaxC/s400/0529-222944.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-aEBEm7jK18UoaTD4zpxE0hZyYky_SaQFmH4SZMZZ6142Dc8-88YUHsYbJmXMyQNwTtjY4sDIhyPnyWealnX_s9ViRanmNU_goDZRRUIzbXeBhhyMOnmu68aYFTSkx5w8YXglgOr64SkS/s1600/0530-175926.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-aEBEm7jK18UoaTD4zpxE0hZyYky_SaQFmH4SZMZZ6142Dc8-88YUHsYbJmXMyQNwTtjY4sDIhyPnyWealnX_s9ViRanmNU_goDZRRUIzbXeBhhyMOnmu68aYFTSkx5w8YXglgOr64SkS/s400/0530-175926.jpg" width="300" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Once the removed parts were all cleaned up it was time to
start on Leonidas’ body.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVMWxrDRerV0rQDVs4lVakvD1feM-xNM9NKIORjxUU9TjXV8ohJOyBE7NsAJwO1hO4609ipWdk6BUpvEEWU7sLbAHH9wImO2oIOBMzs3i-J9LKhxcbduGzXk1sJj3dCfyzoPIu8bbOqauE/s1600/0530-172620.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVMWxrDRerV0rQDVs4lVakvD1feM-xNM9NKIORjxUU9TjXV8ohJOyBE7NsAJwO1hO4609ipWdk6BUpvEEWU7sLbAHH9wImO2oIOBMzs3i-J9LKhxcbduGzXk1sJj3dCfyzoPIu8bbOqauE/s400/0530-172620.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Before Starting with the Jasco, I had to fill holes in Leonidas' Body so as<br />to not allow stripper into holes that don't need to be stripped. I used Q-Tips...</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitIglRDJpFTkMCmvF7j0Sh2B4ztNv1f4J22FyG4miFzcNFdzAmwOp4UUij64mzxECUJVAypB7sWG3H9azIaKN5sdtawpDRF8g2rNfM4NfC9iVVyVT07yvYGX4RnqJ-XkmWCh-ZIi2u9o90/s1600/0530-173357.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitIglRDJpFTkMCmvF7j0Sh2B4ztNv1f4J22FyG4miFzcNFdzAmwOp4UUij64mzxECUJVAypB7sWG3H9azIaKN5sdtawpDRF8g2rNfM4NfC9iVVyVT07yvYGX4RnqJ-XkmWCh-ZIi2u9o90/s400/0530-173357.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rolled paper...</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXc1qTr-R0aA7TnA5DPx869X8nXYTwrbChYCWvh67ydQa-GdGTxmCrcrd2RLQH_bWtXEfrMjuoQfiEXeXxaXXf_vThAXujFNZmsEaet-WCVrS1P6E3EzR2TiSGDNXqxzKlW8DgzdS0p79s/s1600/0530-173956.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXc1qTr-R0aA7TnA5DPx869X8nXYTwrbChYCWvh67ydQa-GdGTxmCrcrd2RLQH_bWtXEfrMjuoQfiEXeXxaXXf_vThAXujFNZmsEaet-WCVrS1P6E3EzR2TiSGDNXqxzKlW8DgzdS0p79s/s400/0530-173956.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Blue Painter's Tape...</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMlg2HLL9DTKCUirM4KsbcvZb4O37Ap5aTaQAwr0sNx1J9VHt1RycYfkovLRTU4LkYDu8XTUAJc94mdYYWAHQC56oU4JP2K0PGsyOIVoZBTvg9QaaY7Wep6YRgZlEdsxTi_hM_Y09NMjJJ/s1600/0530-200013.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMlg2HLL9DTKCUirM4KsbcvZb4O37Ap5aTaQAwr0sNx1J9VHt1RycYfkovLRTU4LkYDu8XTUAJc94mdYYWAHQC56oU4JP2K0PGsyOIVoZBTvg9QaaY7Wep6YRgZlEdsxTi_hM_Y09NMjJJ/s400/0530-200013.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And paper...</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="MsoNormal">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Then, after he was all properly covered and
plugged, it was time to paint on the Stripper. Due to the fine layer of
gook that was all over<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>him, the Jasco bubbled up differently than on
the other parts. </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbQXLzxGywhyphenhyphenDC_G_2gD8mVwWIg-mdT0nlwwQQD25PxKREdFhj6WoSK3wpbivBJzt4XBAoWt_TT6MUljHO8t9-G_lgiq3wG_IFXYGKY0CHBJ00RqhF0_b2qWc7pq-tEm7V8S5SZPbShaYE/s1600/0530-200739.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbQXLzxGywhyphenhyphenDC_G_2gD8mVwWIg-mdT0nlwwQQD25PxKREdFhj6WoSK3wpbivBJzt4XBAoWt_TT6MUljHO8t9-G_lgiq3wG_IFXYGKY0CHBJ00RqhF0_b2qWc7pq-tEm7V8S5SZPbShaYE/s400/0530-200739.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
For the first pass, I completely covered him in the Finish
remover.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll never do that again!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It turns out that between 15 and 40 minutes
after you apply the Jasco, it NEEDS to be removed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The first quarter of the removal was smooth
and easy, after that, it started to get harder and harder and less and less effective…</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvs-SPyYPosuJ_5nXl3ErZIR0yHuOEhPYqzdDdJg4RecQEt-4mBzgPUSIYbCDyliUgTYHAGR1l-XFBEVy3haV2Xx-o_g4VzsI0No6Tchuiq1ofm7vJcSe0TfpfTCk03ArDFjWA6oFUpm9u/s1600/0530-200747.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvs-SPyYPosuJ_5nXl3ErZIR0yHuOEhPYqzdDdJg4RecQEt-4mBzgPUSIYbCDyliUgTYHAGR1l-XFBEVy3haV2Xx-o_g4VzsI0No6Tchuiq1ofm7vJcSe0TfpfTCk03ArDFjWA6oFUpm9u/s400/0530-200747.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
So, for the second coat, I only applied to about small part of the
machine each time and then scraped that section clean.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will do a thorough cleaning with Mineral
Spirits when I have completed the paint removal.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1XtOatWpyvCB-3AqbH2ib6xqGhq17iKYb0vFJAC_NPyVUDnLoyjxUcTjV_gFlufos3BADSqJBE2U-3m9OhmKMAgcQEby5xoOtrj8ISY_gJuuaYaX7yH1WAIcZORrf0DMKu9K7C4cjjqmf/s1600/0531-172705.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1XtOatWpyvCB-3AqbH2ib6xqGhq17iKYb0vFJAC_NPyVUDnLoyjxUcTjV_gFlufos3BADSqJBE2U-3m9OhmKMAgcQEby5xoOtrj8ISY_gJuuaYaX7yH1WAIcZORrf0DMKu9K7C4cjjqmf/s400/0531-172705.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After two sections of the second coat...</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirtaN_Px3v21Xq7yWuqBCyMfqC9cxdiZ74io-pHnonyaLff60vap7__ikYQ8S9yccBo68YmkyL0nMbIws8Ov0UMbJcl4BiYIyC-OAgmP8c247R7QZjafCD0F3Ls8RAJJP98ORkRTxSt8jA/s1600/0531-180251.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirtaN_Px3v21Xq7yWuqBCyMfqC9cxdiZ74io-pHnonyaLff60vap7__ikYQ8S9yccBo68YmkyL0nMbIws8Ov0UMbJcl4BiYIyC-OAgmP8c247R7QZjafCD0F3Ls8RAJJP98ORkRTxSt8jA/s400/0531-180251.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And after a third section...</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="MsoNormal">
And then I did another small section, and another, and another, and now I have only one small section left...</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik73pYIOnS7fj3R5Ms6aYk6h8tEVpQg_pYtTU0nYJ7S-BW8_3U1C5gHitzvmMVwQtZzMU4p65yf3ZCU70n04II3uEvs2YUPVIMH2bmGC63CGyaW1KqGBx4b-Pw0bAJdXmRfM_v7P3YG-Ue/s1600/IMG_2685.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik73pYIOnS7fj3R5Ms6aYk6h8tEVpQg_pYtTU0nYJ7S-BW8_3U1C5gHitzvmMVwQtZzMU4p65yf3ZCU70n04II3uEvs2YUPVIMH2bmGC63CGyaW1KqGBx4b-Pw0bAJdXmRfM_v7P3YG-Ue/s400/IMG_2685.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgosoVTBPecWrrxWtW9ZV4H_KZoENv5IrETKq95AmLnswUdGIA-MVU2HwMwmajTwkHqBWlN1ReZqofrf67hgvFmDpbkTy5yTKnS7OnVgOLgajNqbCZlqX-iHk4JPK_Q3sqjdBvUdszDqk9G/s1600/IMG_2686.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgosoVTBPecWrrxWtW9ZV4H_KZoENv5IrETKq95AmLnswUdGIA-MVU2HwMwmajTwkHqBWlN1ReZqofrf67hgvFmDpbkTy5yTKnS7OnVgOLgajNqbCZlqX-iHk4JPK_Q3sqjdBvUdszDqk9G/s400/IMG_2686.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-OBbWX84qY_j_liyKCK1njvgLPns1nMAQANO2NvCCxGwlI9DtBKPEVyca8I6uuBZwsU5QDB3Ia-LnrOfDDY39YJh8psQcOXY2qYpVUkJvTRPy9DSvyK3hX0l090h0tGucaL69uwYghPun/s1600/IMG_2687.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-OBbWX84qY_j_liyKCK1njvgLPns1nMAQANO2NvCCxGwlI9DtBKPEVyca8I6uuBZwsU5QDB3Ia-LnrOfDDY39YJh8psQcOXY2qYpVUkJvTRPy9DSvyK3hX0l090h0tGucaL69uwYghPun/s400/IMG_2687.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTRTFOrY-2GAvPJH3m8X_7o8PejyGTbGk8Vyk5AeeIIFPmvEgbcI4Ezyo9bk70_ZjCt_Zv21JAdNRhPx2poPk3Y9d_SDpgKjCeAnReis98CVULpOgmMWQ8uqwTBAglL-28HBL6IPl3ndzJ/s1600/IMG_2688.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTRTFOrY-2GAvPJH3m8X_7o8PejyGTbGk8Vyk5AeeIIFPmvEgbcI4Ezyo9bk70_ZjCt_Zv21JAdNRhPx2poPk3Y9d_SDpgKjCeAnReis98CVULpOgmMWQ8uqwTBAglL-28HBL6IPl3ndzJ/s400/IMG_2688.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Almost Done... One more little patch of Black, and then a thorough cleaning<br />with the Mineral Spirits, and then it's time to start finishing.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
One thing the Spartan didn't come with, but should have, is a light. I could have simply purchased a light from a 99, and finished it to match Leonidas, but I decided I wanted to do something different. So I talked to a co-worker of mine who builds custom Themed PC cases, and he gave me a strip of 21 little tiny Super Bright LED lights on a flexible strip...<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8RRuudyZyx9qDEE_hjuhb1wCsLzzCcPiMBvy5EpdmFTuoYTplmN7CxdjVEc17rCrUe4Y62DA-QfmucYCFF_PRbCsQZVi5DuxsFiWUrW8ikB_EoOnGhZANgrxpIyL1DtTBxuahyWPB9ayg/s1600/IMG_2692.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8RRuudyZyx9qDEE_hjuhb1wCsLzzCcPiMBvy5EpdmFTuoYTplmN7CxdjVEc17rCrUe4Y62DA-QfmucYCFF_PRbCsQZVi5DuxsFiWUrW8ikB_EoOnGhZANgrxpIyL1DtTBxuahyWPB9ayg/s400/IMG_2692.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
So, how bright is Super bright?<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggHc9gJ1kSODuEslVquJbg0wJcQitP2RNico-PJLXbbBsB5VMLEEoUmrKurPhrIrVbMwGj61WuWGNoq8PTJssBdrcfGdwfVAmRibrwKTqtTwE3o3XlmB517Yzt9wd2rGCjuoB8uc377of3/s1600/IMG_2689.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggHc9gJ1kSODuEslVquJbg0wJcQitP2RNico-PJLXbbBsB5VMLEEoUmrKurPhrIrVbMwGj61WuWGNoq8PTJssBdrcfGdwfVAmRibrwKTqtTwE3o3XlmB517Yzt9wd2rGCjuoB8uc377of3/s400/IMG_2689.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
And THIS gives you an idea of what they will look like on Leonidas...<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8RRuudyZyx9qDEE_hjuhb1wCsLzzCcPiMBvy5EpdmFTuoYTplmN7CxdjVEc17rCrUe4Y62DA-QfmucYCFF_PRbCsQZVi5DuxsFiWUrW8ikB_EoOnGhZANgrxpIyL1DtTBxuahyWPB9ayg/s1600/IMG_2692.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVoE1Y8qo2IOH_EKmH9Wz1o5DIBDT3YcaaQSlhHx8n0jwpffF9egNdzl-_dGmnXaI4fNX-L2VLfatE8VVo0pkSyOD2BnGSvA5jAkNl6yk4GOYvKwK-URas3UmSbSalkXfuH4JKoqBpF525/s1600/IMG_2690.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVoE1Y8qo2IOH_EKmH9Wz1o5DIBDT3YcaaQSlhHx8n0jwpffF9egNdzl-_dGmnXaI4fNX-L2VLfatE8VVo0pkSyOD2BnGSvA5jAkNl6yk4GOYvKwK-URas3UmSbSalkXfuH4JKoqBpF525/s400/IMG_2690.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
I don't think I will EVER have trouble seeing what I am doing!<br />
<br />
Thanks for Reading!<br />
<br />
Until Next Time,<br />
Paul<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13624140507953560723noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-315466058316499276.post-77605812529384221352012-06-04T01:00:00.000-04:002012-06-05T12:35:00.083-04:00Leonidas' Surgery - Part ThreeThe final post recording the dis-assembly of my Singer Spartan, "Leonidas".<br />
<br />
As stated in my previous posts on this subject, This is NOT a tutorial, nor do I claim to be an expert. I purchased this machine for $15.50 and I have taken a few risks with it as a learning experience. My only intention here is to share my experience, that's all...<br />
<br />
So, picking up where I left off before my Anniversary Post...<br />
<br />
The next thing to come off the machine was the thread tension device...<br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyesM2hNWybs6_yMScjD_udr1UZFf390vfiUTfpFHWfmcSE_M44fAuQsleqE1nju9JtzEXJ_UG07_O9NBqgeNzM0d8yEy-Qy14koNQYQCcRqetAtq9CtzoOInZpGPMVXiomugPAm8i67R-/s1600/B+IMAG0708.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyesM2hNWybs6_yMScjD_udr1UZFf390vfiUTfpFHWfmcSE_M44fAuQsleqE1nju9JtzEXJ_UG07_O9NBqgeNzM0d8yEy-Qy14koNQYQCcRqetAtq9CtzoOInZpGPMVXiomugPAm8i67R-/s400/B+IMAG0708.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There it is. Looks pretty simple. One bolt and a few pieces of metal speared<br />
by that single bolt...</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5O3NUrLMebplCMEa07i_wxIQqtqSCPR9tWyKpRyb1MSFHd3SKCoPH_hhRSbfDceHVgW38Mm-vvywPMjeSALNcdtVeDv6q43KW-Vy0Stgz631ooYg8a7ZOrsepMLSyxr5McunLn5x7eluh/s1600/B+IMAG0710.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5O3NUrLMebplCMEa07i_wxIQqtqSCPR9tWyKpRyb1MSFHd3SKCoPH_hhRSbfDceHVgW38Mm-vvywPMjeSALNcdtVeDv6q43KW-Vy0Stgz631ooYg8a7ZOrsepMLSyxr5McunLn5x7eluh/s400/B+IMAG0710.jpg" width="266" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Well, OK, so not a few pieces, 9 pieces, plus the bolt!<br />
All are grimy and nasty and need some serious<br />
cleaning...</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiatJXb4OYmCT0qctbEe-cGe3uh2RLbdCd773q0pe984iP7O56G0pmEMA1Gzl9nP_zhghOeM7kWK1nt7Fh24Y_7BpCWJTzW1ORH7FlMLjR_FDMDrCEjkNZnC_ehqbp4xaVfc9YQl2pHdfUk/s1600/B+IMAG0714.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiatJXb4OYmCT0qctbEe-cGe3uh2RLbdCd773q0pe984iP7O56G0pmEMA1Gzl9nP_zhghOeM7kWK1nt7Fh24Y_7BpCWJTzW1ORH7FlMLjR_FDMDrCEjkNZnC_ehqbp4xaVfc9YQl2pHdfUk/s400/B+IMAG0714.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The shaft arm that everything is connected to is held in place by one small<br />
screw head bolt on the back of the machine.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiSxdjWY9eXPvhru2NFrmOgc9knbFAOtqLlY0azLLLzfVIOsRyvFEjBlGtd5qK0y0tmpF8ybhBGN_YtIhEiYg5gPzWy4DQrN3s2v5EZMh6ZOo2vvH6ZYgA2k3Og73CpY24xRMEztKjdhSN/s1600/B+IMAG0716.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiSxdjWY9eXPvhru2NFrmOgc9knbFAOtqLlY0azLLLzfVIOsRyvFEjBlGtd5qK0y0tmpF8ybhBGN_YtIhEiYg5gPzWy4DQrN3s2v5EZMh6ZOo2vvH6ZYgA2k3Og73CpY24xRMEztKjdhSN/s400/B+IMAG0716.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And the assembly slips right out without the screw holding it in place.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXiQgnY4P_OYtyaXaQSikJTRdBwvpT8-_fjyd3UI8CzbBRIlBPHf7fxbn4XZcIFWrGz42FIsFIeYCPTENgiNITXw0o9UO4edvwUOULA6e4Jy29ztE6cA0llo_5W8UZeoKvEvu1_fCvHs_s/s1600/B+IMAG0722.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXiQgnY4P_OYtyaXaQSikJTRdBwvpT8-_fjyd3UI8CzbBRIlBPHf7fxbn4XZcIFWrGz42FIsFIeYCPTENgiNITXw0o9UO4edvwUOULA6e4Jy29ztE6cA0llo_5W8UZeoKvEvu1_fCvHs_s/s400/B+IMAG0722.jpg" width="266" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Feed Dog Cover Plate</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgit2P4aCJVhEONJd0hWilrXF1WP-DGdQTQKfjk6pKDjRJ0YjCM4ueB4bdI9jO-CAzSYBKQiAPJzMCbbW8m-tQyy5v9epdl39zgWxskTboVu52ftlgYFc-8WsfZYknIHckP3xnuU_UYc2Fh/s1600/B+IMAG0723.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgit2P4aCJVhEONJd0hWilrXF1WP-DGdQTQKfjk6pKDjRJ0YjCM4ueB4bdI9jO-CAzSYBKQiAPJzMCbbW8m-tQyy5v9epdl39zgWxskTboVu52ftlgYFc-8WsfZYknIHckP3xnuU_UYc2Fh/s400/B+IMAG0723.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There are the feed dogs... Look at the nastiness embedded in that bobbin area<br />
I would have liked to have just covered this up and not removed it, as putting<br />
it back in place is tricky from what I've heard, but there is NO WAY that is<br />
coming clean without removing it.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd3T-tIgCWzBPLP1SZkQJ3ZH3kbLGiRZIC8j_wj8rNabBjo2_J4HoYmSbQTOel3ARxWj5RNZbmSTOHQiN4cZws9yO2RhK4lVEIyp4L8aG4qHc7Jn0OJSPQ82ltwcRaXowBHBJgZ6MVHMcA/s1600/B+IMAG0728.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd3T-tIgCWzBPLP1SZkQJ3ZH3kbLGiRZIC8j_wj8rNabBjo2_J4HoYmSbQTOel3ARxWj5RNZbmSTOHQiN4cZws9yO2RhK4lVEIyp4L8aG4qHc7Jn0OJSPQ82ltwcRaXowBHBJgZ6MVHMcA/s400/B+IMAG0728.jpg" width="266" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So, I flipped it over to remove the feed dogs (which<br />
are held in place by a small screw on the underside<br />
of the machine.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVOVmV_MIp2ho2ypLbmVXffgJGFi8LtJoyKLkKko8HPzVv_MesxCgQY4CP6KJOBgOwMGGTQK_n0Le_2pq41FKRK7rKC9jP0eVo25kpSJK4wGLykwUEQufTKfL4YCDNrT4_hRbISXcIyvpd/s1600/B+IMAG0725.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVOVmV_MIp2ho2ypLbmVXffgJGFi8LtJoyKLkKko8HPzVv_MesxCgQY4CP6KJOBgOwMGGTQK_n0Le_2pq41FKRK7rKC9jP0eVo25kpSJK4wGLykwUEQufTKfL4YCDNrT4_hRbISXcIyvpd/s400/B+IMAG0725.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">While I had the machine flipped over I remembered that I had not yet asked<br />
about this rod on the bottom of the machine that is bent... I don't know if it<br />
is supposed to be or not. I asked a few experts via a Vintage Singer form,<br />
But it was Bonnie Hunter who came through with the answer by sending<br />me a photo of the bottom of her machine... It is NOT supposed to be bent!<br />So, I'll be removing that at some point applying some heat and <br />straightening it out!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_oHSkm2UVzHWuutcxM0SabenVrdCZ4lN6u6IAlL11960D05JF3RytXS5KY-ta4TBJbunAWsan71Pb8Mx11NoHiQFBj1FvebDdg689nDJXxsAPM4w9MUMsqwEKRZ1og_8ONO_p1-QRXyhq/s1600/B+IMAG0732.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_oHSkm2UVzHWuutcxM0SabenVrdCZ4lN6u6IAlL11960D05JF3RytXS5KY-ta4TBJbunAWsan71Pb8Mx11NoHiQFBj1FvebDdg689nDJXxsAPM4w9MUMsqwEKRZ1og_8ONO_p1-QRXyhq/s400/B+IMAG0732.jpg" width="266" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After the dogs were removed, the rest of the Bobbin<br />
casing just lifted out...</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrbHgVv0hoVPH8xQHF3xO1ptd694XoteXf8Ml-mEGUiCvbxMpFQhmOEXNIZXtYw55fWXRjv4jdH7J3h5dRH4kXLajL-zvq5pgaVfRN5xlt_OWuXSM00o8Uu4vnL2DjTr8O8YzUM0l5oBp0/s1600/C+IMG_2477.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrbHgVv0hoVPH8xQHF3xO1ptd694XoteXf8Ml-mEGUiCvbxMpFQhmOEXNIZXtYw55fWXRjv4jdH7J3h5dRH4kXLajL-zvq5pgaVfRN5xlt_OWuXSM00o8Uu4vnL2DjTr8O8YzUM0l5oBp0/s400/C+IMG_2477.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">LOOK At that nastiness in there!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheCtvCJm80MrBtKBbdB_JIES6jgeo8x3P24BfXeBr3udlcwQYAc3VPBsrxlHby1ShJpmNjDWGaFCR6ZaKW33j6OLE759lvaSDrikUOp376BDWtIHQomExKQBpdCM4GPkS6aCSe7V7j4DrT/s1600/C+IMG_2482.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheCtvCJm80MrBtKBbdB_JIES6jgeo8x3P24BfXeBr3udlcwQYAc3VPBsrxlHby1ShJpmNjDWGaFCR6ZaKW33j6OLE759lvaSDrikUOp376BDWtIHQomExKQBpdCM4GPkS6aCSe7V7j4DrT/s400/C+IMG_2482.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Upon taking apart the Bobbin Carriage Assembly I found this little red piece<br />
of felt wound tightly around this little spring. I almost tossed it thinking it was<br />
a large piece of lint, but then thought better of that as it looked like it was<br />
there for a reason. So again, off to the Vintage Singer forum to ask, and<br />
within minutes I learned that this piece indeed supposed to be here. (Although<br />
it does not appear on the schematic I was using at the time. I have since<br />
found a better one and I am using the more accurate newer one...)</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYiNsKEsH6zd3lFaWs-gDSf0Uprqu9C07VXGIK7M3wcfHrb0R6IAlkZZhlG8u27SsrBx_S6ik77MOhOtlBz42gFOUjufEwHBpB_X3Uh7YwNCMionA53Z47iVXSd5aEY6s3qds-MQGoe_RI/s1600/C+IMG_2494.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYiNsKEsH6zd3lFaWs-gDSf0Uprqu9C07VXGIK7M3wcfHrb0R6IAlkZZhlG8u27SsrBx_S6ik77MOhOtlBz42gFOUjufEwHBpB_X3Uh7YwNCMionA53Z47iVXSd5aEY6s3qds-MQGoe_RI/s400/C+IMG_2494.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The next piece (below) is part of the bobbin carriage, but it was SO gooked up<br />
I had to soak it in "Open & Shut" to loosen up the crap and separate the two<br />
pieces.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5P6ThyodJCiZND6LztqKga5b4_VivlGtilTqJ2FKDnURGkCR8pORijxe3mQaFQ2byTR7jTdwmaMrEJBki4u20aKLAIOjBBVEF1X9Px_zKtcrsuT886k1dz6WpU-T0OUGnVicW9YXqvROo/s1600/C+IMG_2495.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5P6ThyodJCiZND6LztqKga5b4_VivlGtilTqJ2FKDnURGkCR8pORijxe3mQaFQ2byTR7jTdwmaMrEJBki4u20aKLAIOjBBVEF1X9Px_zKtcrsuT886k1dz6WpU-T0OUGnVicW9YXqvROo/s400/C+IMG_2495.JPG" width="300" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I have no idea what to call this piece, but that tiny screw<br />
was stubbornly holding these two pieces together...</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqzHT6COC9VAWaajEEwPNs1uttVWW8vJqpbAt_RZy8KuTJ2KrPaDlYTJNYDvw-QhS3U73vjvAH8eG8i_BPvw4QughQVuxKumAF6-tbI1seGKBgTcw3ORKjCRLz-8SY9ezOS-O5vhciZM8g/s1600/C+IMG_2496.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqzHT6COC9VAWaajEEwPNs1uttVWW8vJqpbAt_RZy8KuTJ2KrPaDlYTJNYDvw-QhS3U73vjvAH8eG8i_BPvw4QughQVuxKumAF6-tbI1seGKBgTcw3ORKjCRLz-8SY9ezOS-O5vhciZM8g/s400/C+IMG_2496.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Bobbin Winder. I need to figure out how to separate the black piece<br />
from the wheel and shaft... both need to be reconditioned, but thus far I<br />
have been unable to separate them...</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTbxOtf3XO_STLdMMFItSYJxOwEuta3f0T0G_eRumxz_XXd_p8bcvKGdL3z0EDlhuJrzhVHkstM4WfYKNHekKBwFdgb3WnJGbXq0H8u957UNeOC_ieHfLKooWPFb_Gnn3Q3eRPAMGwwN-n/s1600/C+IMG_2501.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTbxOtf3XO_STLdMMFItSYJxOwEuta3f0T0G_eRumxz_XXd_p8bcvKGdL3z0EDlhuJrzhVHkstM4WfYKNHekKBwFdgb3WnJGbXq0H8u957UNeOC_ieHfLKooWPFb_Gnn3Q3eRPAMGwwN-n/s400/C+IMG_2501.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You've heard of the "Emperor's New Clothes", well I am about to strip King<br />
Leonidas of his clothes... Shhhh, don't tell him...</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_ZdrhVtnNCkYTcIEDBVf0WPtX1lCG5rpI5mtchTvM-w5Prifc81n5uEbJzmcQRqlF1mmgUX9tuGUjp7gIJurQSNd5WxpEU5CD-1ETSyd0U7zC9XbiEhiKvOVO0j-K6XDWZQbLPS9z5NFH/s1600/C+IMG_2505.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_ZdrhVtnNCkYTcIEDBVf0WPtX1lCG5rpI5mtchTvM-w5Prifc81n5uEbJzmcQRqlF1mmgUX9tuGUjp7gIJurQSNd5WxpEU5CD-1ETSyd0U7zC9XbiEhiKvOVO0j-K6XDWZQbLPS9z5NFH/s400/C+IMG_2505.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The means of removing the King's clothes...<br />
And his new outfit...</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
If you know the answers to -- "How do I disassemble the Bobbin Winding Wheel?" Please shoot me a note, I'd love to hear from you!!</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
So, with that the dis-assembly is complete. Now it's time to start getting rid of the black, chipped, worn paint and get it back down to bare metal. Then the fun part begins...</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Thanks for Reading!</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Until Next Time,</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Paul</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<br />Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13624140507953560723noreply@blogger.com0