Charlee - Really sorry to hear you have been ill. Relax, take it easy, get everyone else to do the work... I know I'm saying the same as everyone else... I'll be praying they get the treatment right first time.

Miriam - Absolutely love the grandchildren. Send them round here, there are a couple of machines that need cleaning.

Here is the latest, a Singer 48K that I found in a second hand shop on Friday. It's a bit muckier than I usually go for, but I'm a sucker for transverse shuttles, and the decals are too pretty to pass by.

Yes! :D (Note that a winter (mini-)TOGA is coming up--possibly the last week of December. Mark your calendar!)

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I'm thinking they were 'working' on a Singer 401 I had on the bench when they surprised me. Little Miss L was asked about her 'red' hair and she very smartly, hands on hips told everybody (in a crowed elevator) we had to use henna so the louses wouldn't eat our hairs. Uh - my DD is very afraid they might get lice at church so she puts henna on the hair. Miss L's is probably the color mine was when I was a little kid LOL. Oh and Wilbur's curls ARE real. He has crazy wild curly hair and no it is not really red. See avitar... LOL

Laura, I don't care if it isn't real - I LOVE IT!!!

I like the poppy decals! Too cute.

Edit: Just read they were a "home job." Very neat.

They are darling, and they look like they're being a great help. :)

The decals on that look almost like cloisonne to me. I definitely wouldn't have passed that one up either.

Didn't find much in the way of sewing stuff on my weekend in the big city, just a 66 that stayed where it was. A little too rich for my blood at the thrift store. But, I did get a picture because it was a blackside machine. Someone had stripped off the motor, and the case had been painted over or something. I did pick up a couple of queen sized bedskirts cheap (yay!) and went a little crazy at Quilter's Stash in Hurst. Nice guy taking care of the store, chatty and friendly atmosphere.

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That is a wonderful story...definitely one of those meant-to-be things!

What a lovely story. Melinda. The quilts are very pretty, but it sounds to me like you already are a good person with a good heart.

Thank you. I try to do right. I will make another for next month. Maybe something harvest/fall themed. I like the way the quilts make the people remember the quilts their mother/grandmother or whoever made for them, and I get to hear all the stories, which is cool. At first, I was asked, "Did you make that?" and "Are you just giving that away?" I just smile and say yes. It is sad that so few people sew or quilt much anymore; I like to think of it as an art form. It is relaxing for me, and everybody knows that giving makes the gifter, not just the receiver, feel better. And I get to use my vintage machines and learn something new most projects. I had gotten a White Jeans machine a while back, for $5 at a yard sale, and it had an awesome hopping quilting foot in the accessories. It has a larger eye that my Pfaff one, and works on all my machines.