Sampling Sewing Machines With Great Grandmothers...

I have my 1913 White Rotary (early Singer) sewing machine out.. somewhere along the line it was converted to an electric machine (or possibly it was one early on made electric items).. this thing is so powerful!  I have to put strong needles in it as it hammers.. wow, how nice it is to not need bias strips for my aprons.. I can do a traditional fold and have fat traditional corners and it glides past them with ease.. Bam Bam Bam Bam, is the sweet calamitous melody this classical machine makes...

When I compare this machine to the $135.00 modern machine that I have... from 1999.. not even close in comparison.  I am blessed to have my 1999 machine.. as it has the fancy different type stitches.. (my antique machine has one stitch and one speed..'GO' and 'STRAIGHT') .. but in all fairness.. the ease of sitting down to the sleek antique and its "openness" is just dreamy.  It just seems like more work to sit down to my, fat, bulky, chaotic newer one.  

When I start to pin together the antique muslin colors to the back of my quilted apron top, then sit at the antique machine, I wonder if I can possibly do as well a job putting this thing together as my great grandmother or her mom would've done.  Its just nice to know that I am working mysteriously beside them, for the exact same reasons.. sustenance.

Mom Gets Her Drive back ...

Ok.  So yesterday I decided to get back to work.   Raising a 15 year old autistic son and 3 more beautiful young adults.. has its challenges, but I decided between teaching my son his ABA lessons, cleaning house and dog sitting (yes, I would like more animals to watch).. I wanted to get back to cutting, pinning, stitching, sewing, ironing.. and YES, Creating!  

                                          (Golden Area of Utah)


This is only a 1 acre farm.. BUT it is a farm.. Set high in the Utah desert, I am mystified at how beautiful my home setting is.  I have 7 lovely hens and 1 rooster... (rooster Cogborn) (local pound found him sitting under a sign down town that said, "not pets allowed"..) poor guy,

                                              (Rooster Cogborn)

                                 (small row of cherry and apple trees)

                              (early spring tires garden (got massive)


 anyways.. a small fruit orchard.. a tire garden.. and I am ready to re-tackle.. what else.. making kitchen goods.. aprons to be exact.. I have made them before and they sold pretty well.. they are quilted and much time is spent creating the exact formula of prints to make the perfect quilted apron.. the more vintage the style, the  more likely I will use my 1913 white rotary sewing machine to sew it together.  Hey don't laugh, THAT apron will last longer.. 

                                 ( http://www.etsy.com/shop/croweapple?ref=si_shop )




Some people would say, "who uses aprons now a days?"... lots do and lots more should is all I can say.  They make great barriers to lovely outfits.. mmm theres nothing more lovely than getting hamburger grease all over your new shirt.. go fight with it over the washing machine.. But if you have an apron.. you are safe and good to go.. that mean ole' hamburger can't touch you.. literally.  

Aprons make dandy wall decorations and quick hand towels, hand wipes, face cleaners, face dryers.. not to mention an excellent pot holder... My disabled son wouldn't dream of eating spaghetti without an apron on.. and he tends to do things.. that well, make sense.   

Well, time to get off of here and dust my White Rotary.. give it a nice drive and see if it still "has it"...