Life Gets In The Way ....Sometimes

Well I haven't posted in quite some time. If there is one thing that can interfere with my sewing, its Life. But that's a good thing. During my time away:

• Spent a week with my son while he recovered from surgery.
• My son's fiance' graduated from law-school!
• My oldest son got married to a very nice young lady
• Helped my youngest son moved to his own apartment.
• Finally, finished up the spring semester... (more time to sew)
• Did a trip to Las Vegas for daughter's regional tournament... (Is there such a thing as being to old for Las Vegas? Just way too much happening on the strip for me... Can you say Sensory Overload!).
• My car, washer, and sewing table lift all decided to take a vacation in the same week!
• My parents celebrate their 50th anniversary this year!
• My daughter is home for the summer!
• Plus other things, way too many to make a complete list.

I did manage to keep sewing on the mind though...

• Attended Sewing Review PR. My first time, and won't be my last! Had lots of fun, and met other like minded sew-aholics.
• Helped some vintage sewing machines find homes (I won't admit publicly face-to-face that the home was mine). Got a black Singer 301 with case, and a Singer feather-weight.
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So now that Cassie has gotten her grove back what are my plans for sewing. Well I'm going to try to set a goal for each week.

This week its to learn to use some of the other functions in my serger. Can you believe, I've had my Serger for over 7 years. I used it mainly to finish seams and edge finishing so I just stuck with the basic overlock seams. I've got a Viking 936:

I've used the rolled hem function before, and used woolly nylon thread to finish the edges. But I've always stuck with a 3 or 4 thread overlock stitching to do so. Well my machine does so much more. It does 2,3,4,5, and coverstitch. And I haven't even touched the tip of the ice-berg as far as using its functionality.

A couple of months ago, my local sewing shop decided to no-longer sell viking machines, so all of the attachments were 50-75% off. So what does a good seamstress do? . . . . Well you purchase every single attachment they have that you don't already have. Attachments like:

• Bias Tape Foot
• Flat Lace Foot
• Pin Tuck Foot
• Edge Guide
• Piping Foot
• Gathering Foot
• Perl Foot

So as you can see, I have plenty of things to learn with to use with my serger......

Happy Sewing