Biston Betularia (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} pepperedmoth) wrote,@ 2008-04-23 14:39:00 |
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| Entry tags: | crafting, fiddle, love |
The Sewing Machine! (and busking)
Not a sewing icon, but close enough.
The Boy loves me deeply and understood my desire for a treadle sewing machine: one which I could operate without mechanical whirring and grinding, one without 364832937 stitch patterns and electric parts.
This machine originally existed in pieces in a box from the thrift store. The cabinet was non-existent. It has since been reassembled, refurbished, and placed in a custom-made red oak cabinet. And I have pictures!
It is beautiful. He worked so hard on it, and when I used it for the first time we were both so happy we were nearly weepy over the damn sewing machine. !
So far, I have almost completed the Edwardian costume I started last August (had to stop because I moved away from my sewing machine!) from the Folkwear patterns for a Gibson Girl blouse and walking skirt. All I have left is to hem the skirt, and sew hook-and-eyes onto the blouse! Pictures forthcoming. Also, I have begun some home-made, er, feminine products. We shall see how this experiment goes.
Finally: BUSKING! I hauled my rear down to the town offices today, where I auditioned for- AND RECEIVED!- a license to busk in the city. I now have a License to Busk, which sounds similar to a License to Kill, but is in fact rather less lucrative.
That's all, folks!
