I got the July banner on my mother's walker yesterday.
The "S MMER" letters were embroidered--I just didn't feel like paper piecing them. The U watermelon slice was paper pieced, using a Sharpie to create the seeds.
I used Superior's King Tut "Freedom" thread for the month embroidery.
Although I thought I'd be using the fireworks blocks I made but didn't use for January's banner (mainly because I never made a January banner), trying to include them was too problematic. They're back in a holding pattern, waiting for January's banner to be created at the end of this year. (I'm not linking to my original post about them [back in January], because the spammers have found my site and that's the only post on which they add their garbage. No sense in creating additional paths to the rest of this blog!) Scraps of the patriotic fabric served as a nod to our celebration of the 4th.
Pink ran out of bobbin thread sometime in the past 3 days, so I retired her to act as a pedal stop under my quilting table.
With that in mind, and knowing that I'd want the machines in the best shape I could make them with my limited resources and experience, I brought the last of the Viking carcass in from the garage and took apart the tension assembly, making photographic notes of each step.
This will serve as a guide when I take apart the tension assemblies of all the vintage/antique machines I've used this year, checking that they're clean and contain all the parts. Then I'll feel okay about listing them on Craigslist as a working machine, and asking a reasonable price.
Next up is this machine, found in the instrument repair room in the Fort Meade Band building.
The walker bag looks great. Does your mother respond to any of the prompts (=vacations/mountains/highway)? I looked up the fireworks blocks -- hope you'll get to use them in something! (If two, how about placemats?) I also had to look up Pakled. Some pop culture references elude me.
ReplyDelete"She's smart. She makes things go!" has become a part of our familect (always said in the same dullard speech mannerism).
DeleteI'm hoping I have enough of the background fabric of the fireworks blocks to make 2 more for the upcoming January banner (the final one of the series). I'll have more placement options that way. But if I stay true to form, I won't be worrying about it until the last week in December.
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Mom doesn't respond to the prompts and rarely realizes it's her walker (even with her name on it). Although, when I talked about July, and the 4th, and the reason for the flag fabric, she seemed to follow and understand (and take part in) the discussion. At this point, I'm planning them for my own (and the staff's) amusement and enjoyment.
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