In case you were wondering...
Jul. 21st, 2008 10:44 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
felis_lupus...pins are not terribly functional after being run over by a sewing machine needle at full speed. 
The odds of two slender pieces of metal coming into such precise contact are 100%, apparently. Snapped the end clean off, thank goodness the eye, with thread through it, remained intact. Still considering investing in some goggles to wear while stitching, but perhaps I'll just slow down a bit...
That being said, and because I've done enough muttered cursing at the gores in my chemise for the moment, I pause to muse about my wonderful sewing machine. Such a beautiful dark seafoam green, a color popular in 1963, belt-driven, weighs about 15 pounds, Husqvarna Viking. Belonged to my grandmother, was gifted to me when I turned 21 (I think), and I do not believe I shall ever own another. It's one of the first "automatic" machines, and has interchangeable cams that allow for dozens of different patterns. It has straight stitch, and reverse, and zig-zag, which are what I mostly use. The buttonhole feature is a bit wonky... still trying to figure that out. It has sewed clothes for my mother and her siblings, countless curtains and chair covers, my wedding gown (made from my grandmother's...), and garb for many. A work of art.
A work of art that will be going into the shop for its first thorough cleaning (if the sticker from Eastside Sewing and Vacuum in Kenmore, WA is to be believed.. I have oiled and cleaned it since I've owned it...) since 1987 once my Pennsic garb is done. Only 2 (after tonight) chemises and 3 gowns (simple, no lacing, minimal trim) to finish, and I will have enough clothing to make it through the week. Hopefully be cool. Ish. A gown a night is not out of the question, I don't think... I do so like early period garb. :) 3 rectangles, 4 triangles, and done!
The odds of two slender pieces of metal coming into such precise contact are 100%, apparently. Snapped the end clean off, thank goodness the eye, with thread through it, remained intact. Still considering investing in some goggles to wear while stitching, but perhaps I'll just slow down a bit...That being said, and because I've done enough muttered cursing at the gores in my chemise for the moment, I pause to muse about my wonderful sewing machine. Such a beautiful dark seafoam green, a color popular in 1963, belt-driven, weighs about 15 pounds, Husqvarna Viking. Belonged to my grandmother, was gifted to me when I turned 21 (I think), and I do not believe I shall ever own another. It's one of the first "automatic" machines, and has interchangeable cams that allow for dozens of different patterns. It has straight stitch, and reverse, and zig-zag, which are what I mostly use. The buttonhole feature is a bit wonky... still trying to figure that out. It has sewed clothes for my mother and her siblings, countless curtains and chair covers, my wedding gown (made from my grandmother's...), and garb for many. A work of art.
A work of art that will be going into the shop for its first thorough cleaning (if the sticker from Eastside Sewing and Vacuum in Kenmore, WA is to be believed.. I have oiled and cleaned it since I've owned it...) since 1987 once my Pennsic garb is done. Only 2 (after tonight) chemises and 3 gowns (simple, no lacing, minimal trim) to finish, and I will have enough clothing to make it through the week. Hopefully be cool. Ish. A gown a night is not out of the question, I don't think... I do so like early period garb. :) 3 rectangles, 4 triangles, and done!
