What are your other hobbies?
01-12-2015, 07:02 AM
#31
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Originally Posted by ThayerRags
I’ve thought and thought, but can’t think of more things,
that I enjoy as a hobby besides sewing machines.
I do mending for hire, and garden for food,
and I service machines when I’m in the mood.
But other than that, if I’m not mistaken,
I’m busy enough and my time is well taken.
Oh there is one more thing that I do part of the time,
I set, think, and ponder to write words that will rhyme.
CD in Oklahoma
that I enjoy as a hobby besides sewing machines.
I do mending for hire, and garden for food,
and I service machines when I’m in the mood.
But other than that, if I’m not mistaken,
I’m busy enough and my time is well taken.
Oh there is one more thing that I do part of the time,
I set, think, and ponder to write words that will rhyme.
CD in Oklahoma
01-12-2015, 07:04 AM
#32
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: KC MO area
Posts: 199
Sock knitting machines, I go to Crank-ins where we make socks and other things (similar to a quilt retreat), quilting, reading. I have 20+ sewing machines and 5 sock machines at the present time. I love getting an old machine and cleaning it up and making it work. the sock machines are 100+ years old and very interesting to me. Just learned to use my 1st in 2011. they have a lot of history.
01-12-2015, 07:32 AM
#33
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Location: Central Wisconsin
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I love the vintage sewing machine getter machine.
Here's a poem I wrote for my 80th birthday party. Yes, I do all these things, but I forgot Sudoku.
Lord, I don’t want to sit about,
Tired and old and all worn out,
Afraid of heat and rain and cold.
Please keep me busy ‘til I’m old.
Although I walk a slower pace,
Let me meet life face to face.
Let me garden, plant and sew;
Teach English to some folks I know.
Let’s do a square dance, dance a jig;
Mow a lawn that’s not too big.
Help a neighbor, sing a song;
Knit a scarf that’s not too long.
Do some puzzles, read a book;
Let’s stay home, I’d rather cook.
Tat a snowflake, tie a quilt,
Sing a sweet old fashioned lilt.
Patch some blue jeans, feed the birds;
Can tomatoes, rhyme some words.
Teach some children; take some classes;
(Don’t forget my reading glasses).
Lord, keep me working, keep me fit;
At windows I don’t want to sit
And watch the passing world go by;
Lord, keep me busy ‘til I die.
( The first and last verses may be attributed to “Welch”; whoever that is. Some of the second verse came off the net, but the rest I wrote myself.)
Here's a poem I wrote for my 80th birthday party. Yes, I do all these things, but I forgot Sudoku.
Lord, I don’t want to sit about,
Tired and old and all worn out,
Afraid of heat and rain and cold.
Please keep me busy ‘til I’m old.
Although I walk a slower pace,
Let me meet life face to face.
Let me garden, plant and sew;
Teach English to some folks I know.
Let’s do a square dance, dance a jig;
Mow a lawn that’s not too big.
Help a neighbor, sing a song;
Knit a scarf that’s not too long.
Do some puzzles, read a book;
Let’s stay home, I’d rather cook.
Tat a snowflake, tie a quilt,
Sing a sweet old fashioned lilt.
Patch some blue jeans, feed the birds;
Can tomatoes, rhyme some words.
Teach some children; take some classes;
(Don’t forget my reading glasses).
Lord, keep me working, keep me fit;
At windows I don’t want to sit
And watch the passing world go by;
Lord, keep me busy ‘til I die.
( The first and last verses may be attributed to “Welch”; whoever that is. Some of the second verse came off the net, but the rest I wrote myself.)
01-12-2015, 08:15 AM
#34
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Location: St. Louis suburbs
Posts: 6,084
Quilting, reading, gardening, jewelry making, collecting crystal clocks and unusual clocks, 4 dogs and a cat, a lovely DH, vintage sewing machines, thrift store shopping. I have a lovely life as long as I don't overdo the buying.
01-12-2015, 11:33 AM
#36
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Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Olympia, WA
Posts: 170
Aside from learning how to fix sewing machines in order to get over my fear of breaking them while theoretically sewing, I've got a few things I rotate through. Building computers. Collecting perfumes. Knitting. Painting (acrylics and mixed media) and art-making in general. Books and reading. Obsessive researching.
01-12-2015, 02:44 PM
#39
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Location: Central Wisconsin
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Originally Posted by ThayerRags
That’s a very nice poem. Are you still writing more poetry?
CD in Oklahoma
CD in Oklahoma
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