status report!

[yhlee]

I practiced with my sewing machine for the first time since my lesson last week. I had to download the manual for my Janome Magnolia 7318 (guess who cannot remember where the print one went) but it's still magic that it winds the bobbin for you. I wound SO MANY bobbins (probably very badly) for my mom. :)

Today's report is:
Me: Huh, I was great at sewing accurately and straight as a beginner, but right now it's ALL OVER THE PLACE and the tension feels weird?

Also me, five minutes later: OH. THE PRESSER FOOT WAS UP. :facepalm: :p

I'm hoping to practice some more and then book a "reading patterns, how do??" lesson Fair Fit Studio (Baton Rouge, Louisiana, local to me) as I loved the instructor's "baby steps n00b sewing machine 101, how do??" lesson. :D And then maybe I can destroy some innocent cheap muslin trying to sew a thing. :D

What are y'all working on, or hoping to try in January?

Comments

[yhlee]

Oh, how cool! Your embroidery and blackwork are gorgeous. I don't think I did more than toy a little with blackwork years ago, when I learned of it through kate_nepveu, whose thing for a while was doing blackwork (bookmarks?) that worked on both sides, which is more brainpower than I've ever been able to manage. The curved grid is a great adaptation. :D

Similar color thingy: Guess who learned the hard way that cross stitch with sections of black floss on black Aida really sucks if you have terribad eyesight. XD

[nou]

I’ve seen the blackwork that works on both sides and it is indeed mind-bending! Maybe one day I’ll give it a go, but that day is far distant :D

I also have terribad eyesight. I actually use my old glasses for embroidery, since my shortsightedness is now so bad that my current glasses make close-up work harder. (This is definitely caused by the strength of the glasses, since I’m fine at close work without any glasses on and my optician says I’m not longsighted yet at all — so bifocals/varifocals are not a solution. But I don’t want to embroider with my glasses off entirely since I like to read/watch stuff on my laptop at the same time and I can’t see that far without glasses.)