Postby Harriet » Sun Mar 26, 2023 8:14 am
Gray flannel arrived - king sized flat sheet, very soft so holds cotton fabric well. Has been washed and cut to the correct size, which I did by sliding my medium-sized cutting board along under it while it lay on the bed. Just used the scissors but had to have that extra protection - it's a thick awkward fabric and I could just see a cut in my bedspread! I have a lot left over, and the back side is a white with gray flecks so I believe I could use it like a white background for the smaller design boards if I wanted to. The more I think about using batting, it just seems too much of a dust catcher. Thinking - it's also lighter weight.
Oh, Harmony, a treadle machine would be so lovely in a home, wouldn't it, BUT it's true that it wouldn't be practical. I'm grateful for my ordinary machine. It's good about keeping dust away from thread, lol, with a smooth "lid" type top and sideways thread holder under the lid. It's so fashionable now to show off (and use) an old-type machine with the large thread spool up top, even a little doily under the thread. But keeping dust out - that is probably a good feature for me!
And it has the slick, rounded front, so I can set it on a regular desk or table with lots of space around, and even though it's higher, usually the fabric slides easily upward to be sewn. The only thing that it's bad for, is if you want to machine quilt large things that are heavy. Needs a surface for that. I have kept my old sewing machine cabinet that folds open and has a recess. This machine doesn't exactly fit but it doesn't exactly NOT fit, either and will work. Sadly, this cabinet has so little knee-space that I'm uncomfortable sitting at it. It rolls, so I have my pressing board on it now.
Evidently, as I had watched/searched some quilt videos, perhaps, advertising videos started showing up on HRH's computer's fb feed. How does that even happen? Anyway, he was getting long video ads for machines up to $1,500!!! Long-arm types that I would never consider or even glance. Besides their price, one would have to add on a room. I wish I knew what on earth I did to trigger that. It's like looking up how to dock a bass boat and getting ads for a yacht.