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Midnight butchness....
Nov. 13th, 2016 01:37 amI wear CPAP to bed with a chin strap to keep my mouth shut. Given the amount of unruly hair I have, added to the generous dimensions of my noggin, I've had a difficult miserable time finding a commercial chinstrap that works for me & for years I've sewn my own. My last one was shot & in dire need of replacement; the beginning of the week I got a round tuit, got off my a** & made a new one, pressing actually as I'm in the process of packing up my sewing loft.
I was in bed and reached for the new strap only to find some crucial stitching unraveling. Back to the loft to fix and re-enforce. That should have taken all of 5 minutes- except that I had to put the sewing chair back together to use it.
Last year the right armrest came apart. There are 2 bentwood laminated armrests and the right one needed gluing and clamping. Yesterday morning I unbolted the arm fro the upholstery, got out the glue, a c-clamp and some elastic bands (my last chinstrap actually, serving one final purpose before the trash heap) and put the arm back together. To use the chair tonight, I needed to complete the repair, so I did. Repairing/reupholstering furniture counts as major butchness, right?
Once that was done, I could sit down to the sewing machine and stitch down the failing stitching in my chinstrap.
After finishing I looked around my loft, contemplating what my new craft space will look like, and what's coming from my loft (& even more important, what isn't). My serger went up to the lake house Monday. I've got an antique White treadle that will go next truckload with the movers along with my drafting table (which doubles for s cutting table for quilting) and the tall sewing center cabinet. I got the thing at an auction 7-8 years ago, but have never had the time to learn to use it. It's got a computerized Singer in it, a more complex machine than the work horse portable model I've had forever, plus the lost was too crowded to open and good down the machine/sewing table inside. I'm looking forward to learning how to utilize it. I'll take the old work horse for now & the cabinet it sits on, with intention to sell the both once we've moved and I have time to list stuff for sale. (Yay eBay, Letgo, Craigslist and OfferUp!).
Where the craft space will be is still up in the air. At the moment, a large Tuffshed™ is likely. There are large models, some even two stories, most basic shells that are roughed in inside. We would have to wire and sheetrock inside as well as heat and cool, but as of now I think that's the direction we're heading. Two stories are unlikely, but I can dream, right? 200-300 sq feet is what I'd like but we'll see how this evolves.
I was in bed and reached for the new strap only to find some crucial stitching unraveling. Back to the loft to fix and re-enforce. That should have taken all of 5 minutes- except that I had to put the sewing chair back together to use it.
Last year the right armrest came apart. There are 2 bentwood laminated armrests and the right one needed gluing and clamping. Yesterday morning I unbolted the arm fro the upholstery, got out the glue, a c-clamp and some elastic bands (my last chinstrap actually, serving one final purpose before the trash heap) and put the arm back together. To use the chair tonight, I needed to complete the repair, so I did. Repairing/reupholstering furniture counts as major butchness, right?
Once that was done, I could sit down to the sewing machine and stitch down the failing stitching in my chinstrap.
After finishing I looked around my loft, contemplating what my new craft space will look like, and what's coming from my loft (& even more important, what isn't). My serger went up to the lake house Monday. I've got an antique White treadle that will go next truckload with the movers along with my drafting table (which doubles for s cutting table for quilting) and the tall sewing center cabinet. I got the thing at an auction 7-8 years ago, but have never had the time to learn to use it. It's got a computerized Singer in it, a more complex machine than the work horse portable model I've had forever, plus the lost was too crowded to open and good down the machine/sewing table inside. I'm looking forward to learning how to utilize it. I'll take the old work horse for now & the cabinet it sits on, with intention to sell the both once we've moved and I have time to list stuff for sale. (Yay eBay, Letgo, Craigslist and OfferUp!).
Where the craft space will be is still up in the air. At the moment, a large Tuffshed™ is likely. There are large models, some even two stories, most basic shells that are roughed in inside. We would have to wire and sheetrock inside as well as heat and cool, but as of now I think that's the direction we're heading. Two stories are unlikely, but I can dream, right? 200-300 sq feet is what I'd like but we'll see how this evolves.
