Apparently it managed to snow a wee bit around here during the night. Our first snow of the season. As for the weather during the day- it managed to rain and drizzle all day long. When I wasn't taking care of the baby I was sewing.
I took my Janome HT2008 sewing machine to the Sewing Center yesterday (I had no choice I had to take it in). I showed the repair guy the video that I had made and even he said that he's not seen anything like it. We shall see what is indeed wrong with this machine of mine. It could end up being the computer chip or just the foot pedal- who knows, LOL!
Even though I'm without my favorite sewing machine, I managed to quilt one of my Halloween themed table runners using my ¾ sized Janome Gem Gold 2. I'll be honest, I don't work with this machine nearly enough to truly appreciate what it can do. With my HT being in the shop, I'm now going to use my Jem Gold a lot more! Granted the Jem Gold 2 doesn't have all of the bells and whistles (fancy stitches and features) that my HT2008 has BUT it's one powerful little work horse! My first sewing machine (a White 1510) was simple like one yet very powerful and could sew through most anything and I sewed all of my projects with it for nearly 17 years :-) So working with something a little more basic will be just fine! After all, I'm only piecing and quilting items, not adding fancy borders and such, LOL!
So with more rain mixed with snow forecast for today, I'm ready do do some more quilting and sewing!
I enjoy making table runners as they are oodles of fun and quick to make- okay so for the most they fun and quick, LOL! I was having a hard time getting my points to line up correctly, but after a few tries I got it right and from then on it was smooth sailing!
Saturday, October 11, 2008
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Sorry to reply to your blog Sandie, but I couldn't find an email. :)
To answer your question, YES! I'm still using and loving Essential threads. I have reordered more thread to replace my supply twice now in the past 1.5 years. I only wished they had more variety 60-ish colors don't go that far. And I wished that they came in cones or something, as I can use up the spools pretty fast with dense free-motioning.
All in all, I haven't had huge fights with the thread, nor do I wish to go back to another brand, like Aurifil or Robison-Anton.
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