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Pictures are wonderful, they keep a site fun and interesting.  Recently I posted some pictures of my Thanksgiving table. 

My SiL teased me ‘No one wants to see your table!’

Au contraire, ma SiL!

Vicki and I have agreed that we love to see pictures of finished products – the yarns, the patterns, the talent!  What we also agree on is that often we are far more interested in the background of the picture – not the FO so much as the room, garden, table …. where ever the picture was taken!  Just like the blog, it’s a peek into a life ….

Vicki also has a sewing table like the one in my dining room and has asked for a closer look.  In my childhood, it always sat in my parent’s bedroom – but I know it came from my great grandmother, Agnes.  Perhaps one of my wise aunts can give us a little more background.  Recently, the leather band that drives the wheel disintegrated, and needs to be replaced …. other than that, it is in great shape. 

I took a quilting class once where the teacher was raving about antique machines.  She told us that since they started putting zig zag on the ‘newer’ models, it has compromised the number of stitches per inch that the machine can achieve.  She advised to buy one if you ever have the opportunity.  I had some heavy sewing to do, that my modern machine couldn’t handle and sure enough another one of my antique machines did the job, with no coddling whatsoever.  I just got it out, and started it – no oil, no nothin’!  This Singer tabletop model also came from my mother, she was a real packrat collector, and my own home is full of her ‘treasures’!

I have finished my Hayden! I would highly recommend this pattern – fairly fast, fun and quick.  It would have been faster, but I insisted on burning the midnight oil and knitting and ended up having to frog a goodly portion the next day.  I would like to think I have learned a lesson, but if anything I will simply try to be more careful while burning the midnight oil!