What do you mean I'm easily distracted..........HEY LOOK......FABRIC!!!!
NOVINOPHOBIC
You are about to exceed the limits of my medication.
Ok, I know it doesn't seem like I do much sewing/WIP related activities and terrorize Claire instead, but I promise that I do. (sewing stuff that is)
As some of you know I have been searching thrift stores for a sewing cabinet or table I can modify for Molly. And I have been striking out too...
Well, Friday I finally hit the jackpot!
I found a table with four chairs for $20, two sewing machines to tinker with for $10, and more 50 cent jeans and shirts to add to the upcycled fabric stash. I did visit the Walmart in that town too and hit the clearance fabric rack for some good finds. Picked up a few special fabrics at Joanns too.
I was able to easily convert the table so Molly fits in one end, and I can still put another machine on top perpendicular to Molly and use the majority of the table (with the leaf inserted) to do quilting on. Win win! The table only needed some brackets on the base to fix a minor wobble and three of the chairs are in great shape. The fourth is fixable and good for an extra. I'll probably do a furniture makeover on them sometime in the future. A square table might have been easier, but for only $20, and no luck finding a good square table for under $50, this will work well. And round is ok by me.
Best of all, now that Molly and I have a good work surface, we are ready to start on the Sunset Jelly roll Binding Star. Yay!! I've been doing test piecing with her on an easy lap quilt to make sure she's ready and running well. She is.
The light colored machines pictured ended up both being duds with some broken inner workings, and will be returned as where I found them has a "will work" 5 day return policy.
The pic of Molly is during the test fit and I still had some tweaking to do. Pardon the sawdust.
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Sonic is learning to sew and quilt. .....
Leah, good for you! Persistence paid off. The two duds didn't really add anything to the herd anyway, did they? Good deal on the fabrics too.
What do you mean I'm easily distracted..........HEY LOOK......FABRIC!!!!
That is just way too cute. Gotta ask though - did your feet smell?
NOVINOPHOBIC
You are about to exceed the limits of my medication.