Kathy/WA's Blog – September 2015 Archive (3)

I recently called up my local sew and vac store to ask about pricing for service on a couple of my machines. I already knew they wouldn't touch my Brother machine because I didn't buy it from them. How often has that happened? What they would work on was my Phaff machine which I did buy from them years ago but because I didn't have it serviced in years ( I had it in storage), I was told it would be $200 to bring the machine in. Does this sound a little expensive? So I was wondering how often… Continue

Really seriously someone must have put something in my coffee.  Two days off and two projects finished.  The quilting is finally finished on this one.  I will have to wait on the binding until I visit my daughters house.  Her new house has a huge dinning area that I can lay this out on and cut off the excess materials.  As you can see Ivy hasn't had any of my coffee and this is where she spends most of her time.  This one doesn't like the loud noises and has the sizures. Now to get her off…

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I finally finished the purse I was making.  I usually go to Levenworth Wa during the winter so we can look at the lights and shop but we haven't gone in the last couple of years because of schedules at work so I gave in and bought a purse a few years ago.  The grey purse on the left is the one I've been using.  As you can see it doesn't stand up very well and finding anything inside, well lets just say it's an adventure.  The one on the right is the purse I just finished. If the fabric looks…

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