Old Singer Sewing Machine

My Mother gave me this last year.

See the little key hanging down on front?

There is a little round hole on the left end of

the case that you put the key

in to unlock the case.It is OLD.

The cat had to snoop, she was not sure what was in that old brown case. It runs smoothly.

I can remember my Mother repairing denim

jeans and overalls on this machine.

I have not sewn any of my quilt projects

on this machine but have gotten it

out and just sewn to see how it

is working.

It was manufactured in Elizabeth, New Jersey on

August 29, 1927.

15000 of this model were made.

I keep it sitting on top of my old Kenmore sewing machine and cabinet. I have sewn a lot on that Kenmore. It was the one Mom taught me to sew on .

Pinwheel Party Quilt

This is a beautiful quilt designed and made by Anina

over at The Twiddletails Blog.

I plan for this to be my next new quilt project.

She has the pattern listed step by step on her blog.http://twiddletails.blogspot.com She has done a beautiful job ......click and enlarge and check out the quilting. I think this would also look pretty good using white as the background instead of black, but I like the black....it makes the pinwheels just pop out at you!!!

A Precious Picture

I took this photo of my next to the

youngest granddaughter three

or so years ago, out in our back yard.

I wonder what was going on

in her little mind and what she

was looking at. I remember she was

on the swing when I took this of her.

She is now a kindergartner and will

quickly tell you what is on her

little mind nowdays!

I would like to think that

her Gramma in heaven, her

Mom's Mom is looking down on her.

She will also tell you her name and

that she is named after her Gramma

that is up in heaven.

To me, that's precious.

A Bright Happy Quilt Top

This is another brown bag or round

robin quilt I worked on.

I am not sure why I only took a picture

of one corner, must not have

had anyone available to hold it up. I ran into the lady that it belongs to and she told me she finally had it quilted. She is supposed to email me a picture of it when she has time. I really like the bright happy colors and patterns on it. Today I need bright happy feelings. Spent way to long on the phone trying to get a bill lined out correctly with AT&T.....Lord I hope I never have to do that again, or at least not for a long time.

Just About Fire Time

November is here and with it the nights are really getting cooler.

A few weeks ago Joe pulled the Earth Stove out of the fireplace

and cleaned the chimney.I could not believe how much had built up in the chimney.

This is the worst pile we have ever cleaned out of there.

I know when it was really super cold last winter,

we had to burn some wood that was not seasoned well

and our seasoned was too wet to mix in.

As usual in our house, this task did not go without supervision!!

It won't be long and we will have a fire going.