Rodney

A frame might just get in the way. This way larger things can hang past the edges a bit if they need to. Nice setup! Your picture shows up upside down though.
Rodney

Cogito

Weird.....it's right side up when I go in and look at the posting.

ArchaicArcane

Well, this is actually a birthday present but close enough. I'm told that it was supposed to be ready for the 24th but will likely be ready early this coming week. For about 2 years, I've had a really rough featherweight in pieces waiting to be painted. Earlier this month DH "snuck" it out of my studio - I noticed it missing the same day - and took it to work at the dealership where he works to be painted Ford's "Deep Impact Blue".

Cogito

Well that's awesome Tammi. Can't wait to see it when it's done. Bet your DH gets frustrated he can't sneak anything by your eagle eyes. Haha.

Mrs. SewNSew

I can't wait to see it and I bet you can't either! How nice that hubby has access to what I will presume is going to be a fabulous paint job!

I'd love to try my hand at one needing a re-do but would have to go the do-it-yourself method. I'm eager to see how it comes out!

jbj137

***
*** No SEW -or- QUILT gifts.

*** But did get a lot of PHONE CALLS.

***

purplefiend

Santa brought me lots of fabric!

ArchaicArcane

LOL! I read this to him and he said "That's why I don't even try anymore!"
Once it gets here, I'll probably need a few days to put it back together - everything is out - all of the shafts and all. The only one that didn't want to come out was the presser foot lever and since it's chrome if it's well masked but a tiny bit of over spray gets on it, it won't matter because it will come off easily.

Oh yeah,... I'm like a toddler before Christmas!

You know, I sprayed the better part of half a motorcycle here a bunch of years ago. Someone threw it down the road before we got it. I used a air compressor with a 10Gal tank and a HPLV paint gun I found at Princess Auto - our equivalent of Harbor Freight. I masked off the inside of the plastic shed we had at the time and went to town. The shed was forever "pink" - The bike was Honda Red - after that. The biggest thing was the sanding of the clear coat to remove the orange peel between coats, not fun but the work was worth it. It can be done DIY but with a similar quality. I was working up the nerve to do that and picking a color then DH took the matter out of my hands.

The dealership's auto body shop will do a way better job than I will though for sure! Also, there's a chance that Deep Impact Blue is a pearl color. If it is - it's really hard for a newb to spray evenly. Apparently harder than a metal flake.

lalaland

I'm a snowbird and I lugged two machines to AZ this year - a sewing machine and an embroidery machine. I found a great deal on Craigslist for a Brother 8500D combo embroidery/sewing machine with lots of additional hoops and software for downloading designs so for Christmas my DH drove 1-1/2 hours so I could get the machine. I owned one years ago so I'm familiar with it. Cleaning it up now and going to test drive it on a class I'm taking next month to make a bargello table runner. Pretty excited! It will stay in AZ.

csharp

I got a new floor in my sewing room. Whoo hoooo..one happy gal here.
[ATTACH=CONFIG]503862[/ATTACH]