Sew Sister: April 2020

Remembering Anzac Day 2020

I got carried away with the poppy...I got the petals wrong but
you can't see :)

Teddy ready for the 6am start (Anzac Day in lockdown)

Juki MO-623

Had to re-thread got it all wrong so used video link below. Not
much out there for this wee machine. Goes well now it was my
threading!

How to thread the JUKI MO-623

Jigsaw Stalemate

Four weeks and it's not finished. Since lockdown I've lost my
mojo for jigsaws!

Teddy's Pants & Bow

Not sure how many days it is now maybe twenty? One day seems much the same as the next...

Used up the scraps of fabric and made Teddy number 2 some pants.

Teddy number 2 sitting on my sack cushion I sewed up for summer.

Finally This Bear Has Pants

His feet are so clean, I took him out of the window to make him pants.

His little bow tie is bit small but his pants fitted perfect.
Pants pattern here.

A Bowl full of Masks

A bowl full of face masks by the door in case they are needed.

Easter Monday

Forgot this one

Sultana scones to freeze

Just one Lockdown Pikelet. Recipe on another post.

Half to eat and half for the freezer...

Teddy lived with the girls for awhile. He came back a bit broken, I didn't have the heart to give him away with his funny wonky eyes. So Ted became a sewing model, here he is wearing all the masks we made today.

Ted wearing a new mask

This one has a nose wire too.

And here we have Miss Nosey who has just been out for a walk.

Looking flash wearing the mask on her head.

Masked Teddy Bear

This one fitted Ted the best. I used a softer stiffening and added
a wire for the nose part. Just made a casing to put this in.

A Different Style Face Mask Today

Different style this time

Pierogi New Zealand Style

Agria potatoes and Cottage Cheese

Usually I use a Pierogi mould not this time!

All poached and ready for the freezer we made
about sixty just in case we run out of food.

More Face Masks

100% cotton used same pattern in other post.

Used Quilting fabric on both sides this time

Has 3 layers so reasonably thick, you can breath though.

Wrong side using up whatever I can find.

Made these two to give away.

Sewing Another Face Mask

Mask pattern's here.

Sewing on the 801 because I like it's really narrow arm and sewing
space. Plus it's very easy to change cotton and feet.

Lining inside

Sitting under the Silk tree where 'Peep' our visiting
Pīwakawaka (Fantail) perches on the branches..

Finished face mask. Fabric is 100% cotton, design Fantail...
A Pīwakawaka

The 'Silk Tree'

Peep's branches, no he's not there this evening.

Bernina 1008 Better Tension Now

Threaded it with better thread. I already changed the needle
yesterday...

Top stitching is okay set about 4

Underneath stitching is okay! I fixed it by releasing the screw
on the bobbin holder. Seems to have done the trick.

Cats in Lockdown

Just the same lazy by day, and nutty at night!
There is something about white cats...

Lockdown, well that just means I canjust demand more food
when someone enters the kitchen...

Never give up on a Bernina 801

So much time on my hands so I pulled apart the 801

This is what I found...I unpicked the threads. It took awhile no
wonder the machine seemed a bit off for many many years.

Vodka (for cleaning), snips, eyebrow tweezers, Isypropyl,
brush, and compressed air did the job.

Here she is humming away she lives to sew once more :)

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