FNWF

Oh what a night!!!! I sewed, sewed, had a woops and unsewed.....wrestled with the sewing machine

Once I had 9 inches for the base. I had to hold the base on it's side and keep sewing to form the sides.....

still holding...still sewing, with the occasional hiccup of cotton jamming or the machine sewing straight instead of zigzag......only I don't think I am holding it straight enough as we are still going out as well as up...ah well..... 

the supervisor is still with me so all is good......

...this is what happens at 10.30, when the machine has jammed yet again, and I say "What am I doing!" for the umpteenth time.....I have to confess there were some extra words in there but we wont go there today!! DH, by this stage, made me a cuppa and said that is enough for one day, finish it in the morning....no way I thought...it is now or never!!! And after another hour, some blue language, some discussion on the pedigree of my sewing machine, some confusion on understanding the pattern, I ended up with this!!!

Ta da!!!!!

I think a photo in the light of day would be better to show the colours properly....it really doesn't look like the pattern in shape, but what the heck, it is an original! Now I have some endy bits to sew in, some holes to hand sew and some buttons to sew on, but that will be for another day...I need my bed now. A very (frustrating) but fruitful FNWF....I wonder what others have been up to....we can have a look over here.

Happy sewing!

Big learning curve!

Today I have been wrestling with this fabric covered cord and boy have I wrestled!!! It was really hard to get under the walking foot of the machine and then to get it to sew!

somehow I don't think it is supposed to look like this! Lol!! My fault as I forgot to put the walking foot down! Duh! Too many things to think of at once while wrestling!!

Ok, looks a little messy but we are at least sewing! Phew!!

OOPS!! Every now and then the zig zag stops and I get straight sewing and a hole! Mmmmmm...not sure what I am doing wrong here! Will go back later and hand sew the gap closed....

Got to 9 inches for the base...looks messy but at least this is the inside...now I have run out of cotton, so have to make a decision....go with black or gray????  I think gray is the better choice, maybe??? Well I am now geared up for FNWF to get more of this done!! You can see other Friday night sewers over at Cheryll's place

Happy sewing!

Holiday

Such a beautiful day today, the wind has dropped just a little breeze floating through from the front to the back

was lovely to walk along the beach this morning...

the sewed heap is getting bigger this afternoon........

still chugging away....I ran out of cord so had to go and get some more, after visiting 2 hardware stores I had to get 6mm instead of 5mm, I didn't think it would make much difference, but it is a bit harder to get under the walking foot, will be interesting to see if it makes a difference in the finished product..... 

Yay....heap on the floor is getting smaller, but I am not running out of cotton!!! Didn't think that one through did I! Lol!! Luckily I have 1 spare left....hope that is enough! Not wanting to do a trip to Geelong to get some more!

And of course the supervisor is never far away!

Happy sewing!

FNWF

Have signed up over here at Cheryll's for Friday Night with Friends...will be good motivation to get on with my sewing...pop over and see what other people are doing!

Have started my new project which is proving to be a lot more fiddly that I imagined, but I will persevere!!

Have managed to break one needle and get a few twists but think I have a handle on it now.......yet another learning curve...and really isn't that what quilting/sewing is all about!!

Happy sewing!