Mending - Page 2

Posted by Emily Bengston on July 24, 2009, 9:44 pm

A treadle is on my list to get as soon as I can. I could have the 1898
portable Singer put in a treadle cabinet, but I really want to keep it in
it's beautiful case, because one of the 2 DGDs might just get the parents to
agree to allow them to have a sewing machine.

Emily

Posted by Bobbie Sews More on July 25, 2009, 1:06 am

Oh goodness. If I had the room I would offer to get one of the treadles for
you and keep it until you get back to SC. I still don't have all of my
sons things out of the house
Barbara

Posted by Emily Bengston on July 25, 2009, 12:06 pm

That's okay, really! It would mean DS would have to drive the truck up
there, I wouldn't be able to come with him and that would bother DGD.

She was upset in May because we didn't go straight from FL to see her first.
And she was in school during the days; but like I was with my DGM, she is
very jealous of the time she has with us and doesn't want to share.

Emily

Posted by Bobbie Sews More on July 24, 2009, 7:19 pm

It happened again! Another interruption so that I didn't get to work on the
mending! I have a blind aunt who lives in a retirement home and I most
dearly love. This morning I went by to get her to go to Hardee's for
breakfast. She usually just gets a soft drink and an apple pie. And she
asked if I would mind taking her talking wrist watch to the store and get a
battery for it. I would do anything for her! The store watch battery lady
had problems getting the battery in the watch, and then the watch would not
work and she worked with it about 20 minutes before I brought it back home.

The phone rang and another friend came over to visit awhile, and all my
"extra" time was gone. So maybe I can work on the mending in the morning
after I take the watch back to my aunt..
Barbara in SC

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Ah, it happens from time to time. For me, today's accident actually
let me get to some of my mending...before the next accident. See, my
back went out again, fortunately NOT while I was in the shower, and I
was able to catch myself before my face hit the bathroom floor.
So...There was no way that I would be able to work on the garage
walls, which meant that I could sit with my back supported nicely and
work on mending. First up was re-tacking the butt in a pair of my
daughter's jeans (we just call them butt-tucks around here). Well,
that ended up being the last for today because I managed to shove the
hande sewing needle directly into the pad of my thumb....fairly deep,
I might add. The children freaked....one ran for towels and one ran
for a pain sponge.....pain sponge sent back so that child went to hunt
up bandaids...argh...they try to be so helpful, but sometimes it's
overkill...lol. So....only 1 piece of mended clothing done today.
Tomorrow I'm supposed to work for a couple hours at a local fair,
promoting my Mothers Of PreSchoolers group, then back home for lunch,
and maybe back again to help close up. The remaining mending involves
the machine, so I might be able to get to it tomorrow night.
I was also able to cut 2 of the 3 pieces I need for my jacket
lining....had to get more fabric for the lining sleeves and picked up
some FQs to make eye masks out of - good way to use up my batting
scraps and elastic scraps.

Time to head off...children are off their rockers tonight.

Larisa

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