Waiting....

My journey is at a temporary standstill...altho I suppose I could be working on some of the blocks that have to be done by hand...
Still no needles for Hannah! :( It seems, that out of all of the machines I could have chosen to purchase, THIS one takes a different needle...one that is obsolete!

So...if anyone has connections, or a local "OSMG" (Old Sewing Machine Guy)...the kind that has a ton of parts and stuff in a dusty backroom...and you don't mind checking for me, I need needles that are either Singer/Simanco 127x1, or Boye18, or 9N1 (I don't know the brand on the last one)... let me know? I'd be happy to buy what I can of them! I did manage to find some from ONE guy on ebay...and am buying all he has, 18 of the Boye18's...Don't know how long they'll last tho. Please? and Thank you! :)

I should also note some things I've found out about my dearest Hannah. I've learned that she is a Singer 9W, and made in 1912, NOT in 1879 as the Singer website says she was according to her serial number. It seems that she was one of the machine designs made after Singer acquired the Wheeler & Wilson sewing machine company in 1905, patterned after W&W's "9". I thought I'd be disappointed to know that...I wasn't. I'm still so thrilled to have this machine...even if she's going to be a pain to find needles for! (Believe me, I'll be taking VERY good care of her needles, and sharpening them when I can!)

Another Day, Another Block...

Sunday...lovely weather, to be sure! It won't be much longer and I'll be taking the pieces that are going to have to be done by hand with me so that I can work on the quilt while we're camping! I can't wait for camping season!! We have a nice little camper...they call it a "hybrid" because while it's a "hardside", it has tent type fold outs that make the beds. It's got a little double sink, stovetop and oven, fridge, and most important, it has a potty with a shower! :) We take the camp ovens and cook with them...I wonder if Mrs. Stickle used a dutchoven? You'll have to meander over to my other blog (www.charleeturner.blogspot.com) You can see pics there of the camper, and of some of the places we've camped. I'm looking forward to our dinner party at the lake this year...will have to get the menu planned!

I wonder if Mrs. Stickle smiled slyly to herself as she stitched her quilt? Did they have competitions "back then"? I know that I myself have won blue ribbons at the county fair simply because I was going to PROVE that my needlework was better than Mrs. So and So's... I have to wonder about Mrs. Stickle and her motives for doing such tiny piecework....it almost HAD to be to prove a point, I think! I don't know to who, or what it might have accomplished, but she did a fine job of proving it! :)

Today's block is I9 on the chart that I hope to have up soon. I put the penny in the photo so that you could tell just how small these pieces are! Thank God for paper piecing so that I'm not having to try to handle a 3/4 inch piece of fabric and sewing it!