Happy Columbus Day! When I welcomed you into my little sewing closet a few months ago, I mentioned that both of my machines are Janome Brand. Today you can find out a little bit more about how I learned to sew and my sewing history on a little feature on the Janome website. Check it out if you’re interested! Really, it’s all been a experimental, trial and error process, and I’ve gotten really great at learning from my mistakes (read: I wear those snips around my neck for a reason…lots and lots of unpicking!)
I’ve had a busy few days. Our little family spent the weekend in Hershey, PA celebrating our 6th anniversary (and gorging ourselves on deliciousness.) I can’t wait to share some of the highlights of the trip. Yesterday I delivered a custom wedding dress to the bride. It looked so beautiful on her and fit flawlessly (cue huge sigh of relief!) I took a few photos that I will post in the next few days, along with a little recap on the designing, draping, pattern-making and construction process. This dress was a challenge, and I learned a lot.
Today I took full advantage of having Dave home from work to spend a few hours letterpressing baby announcements for a good friend and screen printing patches for some custom Rockford Peach Halloween costumes. I loved getting my hands inky, and working with a different medium than my usual. Turns out its a lot easier to sew than print because I can do it at home in the middle of the night if I want. Which I do. Both letterpress and screen printing make me really happy, though, so I need to work them into my schedule more often…somehow.
Wednesday I take off for Salt Lake to join with sewists from around the country for the second annual Sewing Summit. I am so excited! I have a million things to do before I leave (most of which won’t get done) and another million to sew while I’m there. We’ll see what actually gets done. After the conference I am staying to babysit my sister’s four kids (!!!) while she is in Germany on vacation. Wish me luck with that…haha.
I have a couple posts ready to share while I’m away, and may get a chance to post about some of the fun while I’m there. Either way, I appreciate you reading along with my projects and adventures. Have a wonderful couple weeks!
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I bought a Janome when I was 18. It has been a workhorse of a machine. My only problem is that my manual is lacking in some of the important detail for sewing. I just figured out how to do a double needle on my machine. Which is sad, but so exciting at the same time!
Thanks for sharing about your machines!
I just started using a double needle on occasion, too! It’s definitely not the easiest thing in the world (and I have my eye on that Janome CoverPro 1000!) Thanks for checking out my blog!
I have Janome machines too and they are incredible. They just keep on going. I have the CoverPro 1000 and can’t recommend it highly enough. It’s not the most intuitive machine to operate, but once you’ve cracked it, it transforms the look of knits.
Great article Miranda! I wondered how you started sewing. It’s such an amazing skill, that more women should learn. Your talents are definitely not hidden. I am so proud of you and your accomplishments and I don’t even know you!
Thank you so much Bethany! I agree that more people should learn to sew. It’s so handy!
Rockford Peach costumes….I am soooo excited to see those!
Have you ever done a tutorial on screen printing? I would love to see it
I have the exact same sewing machine! Loves!
Katie that’s awesome! I love it. The only time it has an issue is when I try to sew something insane…like a couple weeks ago making a wolf costume I was stitching through 6 layers of faux fur. Needless to say, I had to take it to the shop for a tune up post wolf project:)