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| Lizabeth |
Posted - Jun 13 2007 : 2:13:32 PM
Well I feel like quite the farmgirl. Last night I baked a batch of dill bread, this morning I went and got groceries to make a hearty pasta vegetable dish to take over (with some dill bread) to a lady in my moms group who just had a little one; at the store I found a cute rosebud flannel, and knew I had just the right pink flannel at home to turn this into a blanket for her new baby. Sure enough they went beautifully together. So while the fabric washed I got the stew prepared and simmering, fed ds his lunch, put the fabric in the dryer and got ds down for his nap then I serged the edges with a decorative thread. whew.
now to clean up the kitchen...
I will post a picture of the blanket, but not the dishes 
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| Sitnalta |
Posted - Jun 15 2007 : 4:32:44 PM
That is a gorgeous blankie! What a beautiful job you have done:)
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| mikesgirl |
Posted - Jun 14 2007 : 6:45:25 PM
Heather - I have a Viking 910, but I never got the instruction with mine so I don't know how to use all of it's features. |
| Lavendar fields dreamer |
Posted - Jun 14 2007 : 09:02:56 AM
i have a serger and never use it because i dont know how, i cant get the tension right.
any suggestions would be helpful
beautiful blanket by the way |
| Lizabeth |
Posted - Jun 14 2007 : 08:46:50 AM
Yes, I have two different dill bread recipes, both with cottage cheese so they are high protein. I actually like dill bread toast with butter and strawberry jam--something about the combination of savory and sweet.
Oh, my serger! I love love my serger. It is a viking 936. http://www.husqvarnaviking.com/us/882.htm There was a HUGE sewing expo this spring and I contacted one of the local shops as to whether they had any class room models... sure enough! So I was able to get a great deal on the price, and three classes. This serger is incredible. It has a computerized sewing advisor--you simply tell it what fabric you are sewing and what stich you'd like and it tells you what settings to use; then it's just a matter of tweaking till the stich is as it should be. "tweaking" can be a 2 second adjustment, or half an hour depending on the material and the thread. The thread selected makes a big difference in the finshed look.
I had always considered sergers shortcut machines (sorry to any fellow owners) but I've now seen that in combination with a sewing machine you really can do anything. Did you know a serger can even fold and stitch a hem while attaching lace? I just did this on a set of pillowcases.
http://www.husqvarnaviking.com/us/accessories_search_accessories_search_details.asp?ItemNumber=412716545
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| therusticcottage |
Posted - Jun 14 2007 : 08:28:23 AM
What a sweet blanket. I just love that rosebud flannel. It is perfect for a new baby girl. You did an awesome job!
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| mikesgirl |
Posted - Jun 14 2007 : 08:23:33 AM
I was thinking the same thing about your serger. What kind do you have? Mine never looks that perfect. |
| Aunt George |
Posted - Jun 14 2007 : 03:15:48 AM
Wow, great day...and the blanket is beautiful. You must have one heck of a serger.....great stitches! I love soft flannel baby blankets. Yours looks so soft and cuddly.
Is that what my granny used to call: Dilly Bread? With cottage cheese as one of the ingredients and then you butter and salt the crust when it is fresh out of the oven?
G
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| Carol Sue |
Posted - Jun 14 2007 : 02:10:53 AM
Good job girlfriend. It is beautiful and doesn't it make you feel great.
Carol Sue
Life is short, enjoy every moment. |
| cmandle |
Posted - Jun 13 2007 : 8:28:43 PM
Awesome! Love the blanket and love your list of "dones!" Isn't it a nice feeling to get stuff DONE like that? Very creative on the fly!
Catherine
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| Alee |
Posted - Jun 13 2007 : 8:01:14 PM
Wow! What a great day and a great blanket! I love my sewing machine, but you ladies are making me want a serger!
Alee |
| Annie S |
Posted - Jun 13 2007 : 7:58:53 PM
What a beautiful baby blanket, Lizabeth. The new little one will be so happy in it and when it grows up it will know that a very special person made it just for her. And what a productive day you had!!! Once in a great while I get a burr in my bonnet and go great guns too, but not very often. Great job.
Annie |
| Jana |
Posted - Jun 13 2007 : 5:21:46 PM
Lizabeth that is a precious blanket! I remember having doll blankets out of flannel that were crocheted on the edges. I know they were hand made but I don't know who did them as I don't recall any relatives that crocheted. Your blanket brought back lots of memories!
Jana |
| Lizabeth |
Posted - Jun 13 2007 : 4:59:29 PM
yes, maryjane, it was won of those rare days when things go right. more often my day goes like the children's book, "the horrible no good very bad day" (where everything that could go wonky does). I've been in a funk recently, since my ds was teething molars, I've been getting things together for my craft booth at a local store as well as working part time. so it's been a hard couple weeks. I was so delighted that I could pull everything together today!
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| Kathie |
Posted - Jun 13 2007 : 2:45:21 PM
That is such a sweet Blanket!
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| Maryjane Lee |
Posted - Jun 13 2007 : 2:27:14 PM
You go Farmgirl Lizabeth! What a wonderful and fruitful day you are having! What a sweet example you are to us! The baby blanket is so pretty and you took a really nice picture...love the close up!
Hugs,
Maryjane Lee
"Cherish the memories and in our hearts they shall live forever! |
