Still nope, but...
Jan. 28th, 2020 09:30 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
totchipandaI got my car stuck in the snow again RIGHT before my workshop (facepalm). I was an hour late, and my dad had to come help me dig out again. So I was an hour late, but I did get there. No idea what they talked about first, but since I have done a little maintenance on the machine already, I wasn't too worried. He walked us through some of the peculiarities of each machine, gave me some info that I didn't know (like the inside gears are actually plastic, but they're a type of plastic that would have to worked at VERY HARD to be broken) and we greased and oiled and tidied her up, and then at the end we took some GoJo hand cleaner and polished the machines up. What a difference! I thought my 63-and-a-half year old gal was looking pretty good, but now she doesn't look a day over 59!
After that, he showed us a bunch of his mini-museum, including some early 1870s hand-cranks, which sewed just beautifully, an Elna Grasshopper (SO COOL) and Lotus, and then some early-teens Singers, all of which also sewed beautifully. Finally, the industrial treadle 36-20 which was used in a local bespoke tailoring shop for decades. I could have spent all day looking at those beauties! Finally, during the workshop I'd mentioned my 115 that I want in a table and was currently low-key hunting for. Oh, he says, I have table out in the garage without a machine. We should talk, says I. After the show-and-tell, he and I went out there and - y'all, the table is beautiful. It's going to be mine. I have no idea where to put it. Since it'll be a treadle, it won't need to be near an outlet, which means I should put it where the other table is since I'm not super-keen on keeping it. I'm also thinking - I don't need a kitchen table? I don't need red bookshelves? Where are things gonna go in the meantime?
I also woke up with a migraine on Saturday, which I couldn't kick until late Sunday. Did laundry, cut my skirt panels, crocheted a bunch, and yesterday oiled up the 115 again. Sadly, the bobbin case I thought was good is, I think, causing issues. It sews beautifully for about an inch and then it doesn't catch, and I think it's because the bobbin thread slips down to the face of the case and isn't getting caught. So... that's going to be fun to find. Maybe my guy knows a guy lol.
SO, in preparation for having a WORKING 1919 treadle machine, I want to make an entire outfit from 1919-20, done entirely in period techniques, on that machine. Point me at your favourite resources, friends! Whatever I make will have to be mostly stash, but since I have more fabric than will be made up in my lifetime, I should be OK!
After that, he showed us a bunch of his mini-museum, including some early 1870s hand-cranks, which sewed just beautifully, an Elna Grasshopper (SO COOL) and Lotus, and then some early-teens Singers, all of which also sewed beautifully. Finally, the industrial treadle 36-20 which was used in a local bespoke tailoring shop for decades. I could have spent all day looking at those beauties! Finally, during the workshop I'd mentioned my 115 that I want in a table and was currently low-key hunting for. Oh, he says, I have table out in the garage without a machine. We should talk, says I. After the show-and-tell, he and I went out there and - y'all, the table is beautiful. It's going to be mine. I have no idea where to put it. Since it'll be a treadle, it won't need to be near an outlet, which means I should put it where the other table is since I'm not super-keen on keeping it. I'm also thinking - I don't need a kitchen table? I don't need red bookshelves? Where are things gonna go in the meantime?
I also woke up with a migraine on Saturday, which I couldn't kick until late Sunday. Did laundry, cut my skirt panels, crocheted a bunch, and yesterday oiled up the 115 again. Sadly, the bobbin case I thought was good is, I think, causing issues. It sews beautifully for about an inch and then it doesn't catch, and I think it's because the bobbin thread slips down to the face of the case and isn't getting caught. So... that's going to be fun to find. Maybe my guy knows a guy lol.
SO, in preparation for having a WORKING 1919 treadle machine, I want to make an entire outfit from 1919-20, done entirely in period techniques, on that machine. Point me at your favourite resources, friends! Whatever I make will have to be mostly stash, but since I have more fabric than will be made up in my lifetime, I should be OK!
no subject
Date: 2020-01-28 11:14 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-01-29 06:09 am (UTC)For slightly earlier inspiration, there's a free download of a 1917-1918 catalog from Lauren Stowell http://blog.americanduchess.com/2014/12/bellas-hess-co-1917-1918-fashion.html