Mean Machine

People often ask me how I get so much sewing done.

Do I sit and sew all day??

Are there an extra 10 hours in a day where I live?

Nope.

I have a job....or ten.

I do most of the cattle and farming.

I sew windsocks for the oilfield.

One of my best kept secrets....

My industrial sewing machine by Reliable!!





This puppy sews 5000 stitches a minute!!

It pulls the fabric is SOOO straight you hardly have to guide it.

It sits in an oil bath...

so you know that's an engine!!




It is a workhorse!!

It only does straight stitch but that's what MOST of quilting is.





I have a 'couple' other machines for the fancy stuff..
(couple is a loose term 'for more than I need')





With a foot pedal like this.....

You know that's where the term 'pedal to the metal' might have come from!!

I love the knee lift also. 

Lots of days,

 I go to my sewing room at 6:30am and spend an hour.

It's my therapy.

I am a very, very sick person.

I need all the doctoring I can get.

I feel a fever coming on...

Christa 

Baby, It's Cold Outside...

You know it's cold...

 

 when even Tim Horton's are putting sweaters on their cups!!

 

 

Thanks to Aunty Terry for Dawson's warm coat!!

 

It's pretty cold feeding cows these days!!

 

Speaking of new duds....

 

Arnold was fitted up for something to walk our daughter down the isle in...

 

Looking mighty handsome!!

 

Only 25 days till the wedding!!

 

I have taken on a new project making windsocks

so

 it's been a sea of orange around here

 

My poor little old pfaff was pretty hot after 50 socks

 

 so

 

 I purchased an industrial machine

 

It's a Reliable Machine which is a Canadian Company from Toronto,Canada

 

If you thought I sewed fast before.....

 

This sweet machine sews 5000(not a typo) stitches a minute!!

 

LOVE IT!!!

 

The dealer wanted to set it a little lower for me.

 

Not a chance...don't touch a thing!!

 

It's so heavy duty...

 

 It sits in an oil bath that you change every couple of years!!!

 

This puts "petal to the metal" in a whole new light for me!!

 

I have managed to squeeze in another month of Sedona...

 

Month 7

 

so the applique is ready to go on!!

month 6

 

Can't wait for the next round!!

 

Stay warm!!

 

Christa