The Singer Crate

The SINGER Manufacturing Company is very much a part of our lives. I ordered this crate off of eBay when a friend linked me to it late one evening (for me to use for display - isn't it phenominal!!!) and it just arrived from the UPS man.You have to know that this photo was not posed entire...

All By Himself

So, this is Christian... he really and truly loves to sew. Thinking it would be a short phase, I never thought about actually buying him his own little Singer SewHandy (yes, it's vintage, from the 1940s and REALLY SEWS!). But, after the other day - I will definitely be keeping a 2nd one I had o...

Swee'pea

One of the sweetest customers I have ever had sent this to me as a gift "just because". I was honored, thrilled, and overjoyed at such the sweetest thought. She bought one for me and one for our Swee'pea. And the color green? I ADORE it! This, my friends, is my most favorite-savorite color in t...

Vinegar Catastrophe (Mostly) Avoided

Well, you all know about my catastrophe regarding the Bernina sewing machine... Well, it feels like a miracle! Carmon rejuvenated the vinegar-Bernina to "almost" the condition it was before. Using a dremmel tool with a buffing and polishing attachment and he was able to take what would have been...

My Personal Attachment Stash

A real quick post... I feel as if I've hit the pinnacle with all that I have accumulated over a very long period of time. Some of these items are EXTREEEEMELY rare, and some cannot be found but over years and years of searching. Anyway, getting all of my Singer Sewing Collectibles out was quite...

Warning Against Vinegar

In doing extensive research to try and rid an expensive Bernina sewing machine of an absolutely horrid cigarette smell (that we found at an estate sale), it was advised that we seal it up placing a cup of ammonia or white vinegar inside the case overnight. We did this. First, we tried the ammonia...

A Mother's Secret Wish

This vintage advertisement (given to me as a sweet surprise from an old friend) couldn't be anymore true today... These photos were taken last fall, but Sweetpea hasn't changed a bit when it comes to "Sewing - Just Like Mommy".

Mother's Day

Here we are ~ Me, Carmon, Christian & Ruthie No, I did not sew my dress, but yes, I did sew my daughter's reversible dress... rick rack all the way around - oh, so darling!. The back of it (in reverse form) is shown here. I loved the underside fabric so much I bought more so I could ...

Sewing Reminisce

Hello, everyone... I am gathering more 'stories' for our Reminisce category. I have had so many people e-mail me their stories in the past and I've collected a few here and there... and, I've met so many sewing friends here in blogdom, that I want more Stitchery Friends to share their story, too...

Fabric

To my dear, dear Stitchery Friends . . . if you want to know one thing I am absolutely passionate about, it is fabric. I just love fabric. The clip of this redhead rubbing the fabric up to her cheek – um, yes, this is entirely me (redhair and all). All my projects have to go through a fabric-wo...