Last Thursday Gary and Emy came up and joined us for a visit to see Mom. We sat out on the patio and it was such a pleasant day to sit and visit. Mom was doing very well but she did decide she wanted to go inside after awhile as the breeze was too cool for her. The staff requested that we get some more little "aprons" for her so I decided to make them myself. I DO have a "few"pieces of fabric stashed over at Moms. BUT I took my sewing machine to Seattle. Okay, no problem. I just happened to have a Singer that I purchased at an antique store in England when we were there. I looked up the serial number and it was manufactured between July and December, 1900. It's a hand-crank. I remembered that I had it serviced when we got back from England, but that was 10 years ago.
Gary went and got it out of the shed and figured out how to get the bobbin out (it's the long bullet-looking type) and how to wind the thread on it. On our first try the stitch on top looked great, but there was a HUGE nest on the back. So I searched abouit 20 minutes on the internet trying to find a reference for how to thread the bobbin. I couldn't find anything. So I gave up on that idea. Gary sat down at the computer and within 30 seconds had found a diagram! That's frustrating - ha!
That old machine sews a beautiful stitch. Gary sewed the apron together and Emy top stitched it. It looks great. I made two more last night so she is set. I can use the crank but my foot never quit searching the floor for the foot pedal it didn't have. We made the "clothes protectors" (that's what the nursing home calls their bibs) out of very soft flannel so she can wipe her mouth or chin with them.
Denise and I head back to Seattle tomorrow evening and Ron leaves on his motorcycle tomorrow morning for Durango.
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