Shiny New Sewing Machines...

I'm a sucker for shiny new objects, especially when they're sewing machines I've never seen before.  Yesterday, I went into a local sewing machine shop   (Central Sewing Centre in El Cajon) to see if they had a sleeve board.  My old sleeve board was a cheepo one made of particle board, and of course it quickly snapped in half.  So I wanted something good.  I also wanted to see if they carried Wooly Nylon.

So I walked in, and the sales pitch began...  But golly, these machines are neat!!

The first machine I saw was what they call a "Sashiko" machine.  Blanket stitches.  Oh my goodness it was beautiful!!!  Talk about regular spacing and even stitching...  I was stunned.  Of course, I don't really have much of a need for it, but it was fascinating to say the least.

And then they walked me over to their "Embellisher" machine, which I probably have more use for...  I can't even describe what this was doing--it was totally creating textures, needle felting, and melding two pieces of fabric together, and affixing yarn and ribbon and silk to fabric, and making flourettes--all with 12 needles and no yarn.  It was stunning.  I want this machine...  And they had it on sale, but it was still out of my range...  Good grief it was awe inspiring...  The things I could do to my creations...

So my trip to the sewing shop was really quite useful.  And I got my sleeve board ordered and picked up some Wooly Nylon to boot.  And I'm putting this Embellisher machine on my Christmas list.

Things at La Jolla are still comin' together.  I will probably be there for another week on Bonnie and Clyde, and then my job will come to a close as the show opens.  I've been told it's quite good, and it's selling out.  I"ve had my head buried in assembling two pairs of matching men's suit pants for a scene where Clyde's brother, Buck, is baptized by immersion.  Wouldn't do to walk around in wet clothes for 2/3s of the play...

I guess that's it!  I'm heading out to my garage this afternoon, and finishing reading up a script for my next Design experience: Moxie Theatre's "Expecting Isabel".  It's a cute show thus far!

Ta ta for now!  Live life with Relish!