What a freaking
nutty weekend I had! Let’s rewind for a
moment. Last weekend, I stopped in a quilt shop/sewing machine retailer just
for fun. Unfortunately, they sell Pfaff machines. This is not a bad thing - but
I sure did not need to see the new awesome pretty machine they are now selling.
I fell in love instantly. I did not sit down at the machine nor did I sew on
it. I left the shop- quickly. I then posted a little blurb about my quick trip
on Facebook. One of my friends, who I had not seen a quite a few years messaged
me. She informed me she now works at a quilt shop at the south end of town that
also sells – yes, Pfaffs. Oh no. So, as we were conversing, she really started
to get me interested in this machine that I really have no business buying. My
Pfaff runs great, and I have a Bernina as well along with 2- yes 2- Singer
Featherweights.
So, after a few
conversations with my dear hubby, and my friend Kim, along with sweet Jenny, off
to Sew-Ciety we went on Saturday morning. Of course this could not be without a
hitch. I needed to run to the store for a few things before we headed south,
and lo and behold we come back out to the car and the damn thing won’t start.
REALLY??? WTF??? So, after being on hold with AAA for 20 freaking minutes, I
finally got through to a person who dispatched a tow truck. I am never on hold
this long with them- and was surprised since our weather was fine and it was
8:30 on a Saturday morning. Did no one show up for work or what? As we were waiting
for the truck, the Bobster went in and grabbed a bottle of Coke- and poured it
over the battery cables. As we were sitting in our car, a nice man approached
and asked if we needed a jump. “Yes, please, but our damn jumper cables are in the
trunk of our other car.” Well this nice man had a pair, and as he was walking
over to get them our car started right up! So, we ran home, switched cars and
proceeded south. Thank God Bob noticed my car needed gas before we got on the
highway. Geez Louise- what a morning!
We finally get to
the shop, and it was sure busy! We went in to the shop and met Jenny right off
the bat. She was very kind, very patient and went over some of the slick
features on my machine with me. What do you mean there is no presser foot
lever? No bobbin case? Holy crap- this is going to be tricky! I got to chat
with Kim as well, who usually does not work on Saturdays. She grabbed me some
bobbins, I got up to the register and before I knew it the machine was mine!
Kim took it out to the car for us and off we went. I could hardly wait to get
home and play. I wish there was a way to plug it into the cigarette lighter so that I could sew on My Precious in the car! Someone needs to work on that adapter!!!
Once we got home, I
took it out of the box and began to play. I used clear thread with a zig zag
stitch, cotton thread with a decorative buttonhole stitch, free motion quilted
and also straight stitched and ended up with this for my dear seester-
I do get several
free classes on my machine- which I will schedule soon. Since I am a previous
Pfaff owner I have somewhat of an idea of what is going on, but there are a hell of a lot
of buttons on this thing I don’t dare touch yet!
I want to give a
big shout out to Jenny and Kim and the staff at Sew-Ciety, located in Castle Rock, Colorado. It was a very
pleasant buying experience and I encourage anyone who needs- or doesn’t need - a machine to check
them out! I wish they were a tad closer to home, but my dear friend Eileen has
moved within 5 miles of them so I am sure I will be visiting both of them quite
frequently, especially now that the weather is getting nicer. Eileen just happened to be at Sew-Ciety so I got to see her latest projects. So talented!!!!!!
I sewed most of the
day Sunday- with a little break to go upgrade my piece of shit phone. Lately it
had been dropping phone calls, and the last person that it did it to was my
brother Brooke, and he is not one to mess with. I had a FREE phone upgrade due,
which kills me- as they have to charge you an activation fee for the new FREE
phone. Exactly what is free about this transaction?? Bastards will get you any
way they can. Now I have to figure out this phone works- and of course these
new fangled ones do not come with a manual. My sewing machine came with one-
why not my phone? GRRRRR. Hubby helped me pick out a cell phone that he said I wouldn't lose in my purse!
Anywhoo- I will not
be posting blogs for a while as my fat ass will be attached to my sewing
machine chair. No, hopefully this means I will have a bunch of things to post
as I will be getting some more sewing done. Here is My Precious!
Hugs to you all-
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