Saturday, April 6, 2013

Hello, Kenmore

Today I went to my grandparents' house for the last time to get things left over from the estate sale.  I took a picture she made.  It's all needlepoint.  I chose this one because she stitched her name into it.  It was made two years before I was born.

I also got my grandma's sewing machine - a Kenmore model 1813.  I took it out of its cabinet, and will have to find a new base for it.  I'm still happy to have it, though!


It has some built-in stitches.  But if that wasn't enough, it also came with 30 pattern cams!  Cams make the machine do different fancy stitches.

You just pop it into the top of the machine and start stitching!  How fancy and modern!


I'm still working on making all the cams work...some do, but some are giving me trouble.  I can't wait to play around with it some more.

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  1. MQuilterApril 6, 2013 at 10:22 PM

    Decorative stitches are so much fun! Have fun playing with all those cams.

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    1. ChristineApril 7, 2013 at 7:24 PM

      I'm excited! I'm still not sure why the fancy cams aren't working, but I'm sure I'll get to the bottom of it...

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  2. Missy ShayApril 7, 2013 at 4:30 PM

    How fun! This will be nice for other things besides quilts, like sewing clothes.

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    1. ChristineApril 7, 2013 at 7:24 PM

      I'm scared of sewing clothes - I've only made pajama pants for the kids and some simple skirts for myself. Someday I'm going to do it, though!

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