I was reading a report that said cats are rather disruptive of their humans' sleep, especially at dawn, when they are most active.
I can personally validate that information, since Scampers sleeps in the bed beside me and wakes me early in the morning when he's ready for his breakfast -- usually between 4 and 5 AM.
Once we're both up, he'll spend the rest of the day helping me out with my projects. Or at least keeping tabs on my whereabouts since I'm where his next meal is coming from.
DH's latest puzzle was missing a single piece, so before he put it away, I got busy making a replacement.
The colours aren't perfect, but they're close enough, and it's better to have an imperfect match than a missing piece.
In case you can't spot it, it's at the lower right part of the red and yellow flag.
I've been gradually unpacking and checking over the machines that were shipped from my friend's warehouse a couple of weeks ago. Among them is my much-anticipated Maritimer.
It's beautiful, but I'd not actually seen it before, and the look of it in the photos reminded me of my much larger Singer 20U.
It's a regular domestic in size, but it's a lovely quiet stitcher, even after it sat for years in my friend's industrial warehouse. A quick wipe-down and it's ready to go.
I'm definitely going to keep it permanently set up for sewing. I can't wait to make up some projects.
These O-rings are a perfect match for the rubber tires on most sewing machine bobbin-winders.
On Amazon.ca, bobbin winder tires vary in price from around $1.50 each, up to $15.50 for a pair.
These ones came from the dollar store, where they are sold in a pack of 10 for $4.
But even better: I found this bag for $2 at my favourite thrift store.
Speaking of bobbin winder tires, this lovely 301 was missing its tire when I unpacked it from the crate. That and a bit of oil was all I needed to get this beauty sewing like a champ.
The 301 is the first of Singer's slant needle machines, and the only other model that uses a Featherweight bobbin system.
For this reason, and for its lightweight portability, it's affectionately known as the "big sister" of the Featherweight.
You may recall my mentioning the beautiful Singer 306K that I saw for $95 at the thrift store a few weeks back.
I've been sick with a bad cold and haven't been out for the past while, but when we went back this week, the machine was still there.
It had been repriced to $45 -- now an even better deal -- but it happened to be yellow tag day: half price. Hmmm.
Let's see: I already own dozens of machines, and I just received a shipment of another dozen or so from my friend's warehouse.
I did NOT need another vintage machine, but it turns out I have rocks in my head where they are concerned. For $22.50, I brought it home.
It's just that I love this model, and this one's in beautiful condition, and the grasscloth case is in such good shape, and it has a full set of attachments, and it even has its manual, and-and-and . . . For not much more than the price of a hamburger meal, I just couldn't leave it behind.
