Bonnie and the Dream Cabinet --

Yesterday late afternoon I made the drive from Wallburg, North Carolina to Liberty, North Carolina, a distance of about 55 miles one way.

It was one of those spur of the moment things.

I had been looking on Craigslist – yes, yes, I know – that is ALWAYS dangerous!

But there is something that I have been looking for for months and months and, over a year.

I want an art deco style cabinet with NO FRONT LEFT LEG!

Those of you who have sewn at vintage cabinets know of which I speak.

The cabinet is never wide enough for you to sit in front of the needle…you are sitting centered at the machine.

And I always find myself leaning to the left…and I end up with my left thigh pressed against the front left leg of the cabinet.  It’s not comfortable!

Look Ma, No left leg!

While not exactly in my local area, this cabinet looked to be in such great condition that I immediately contacted the owners via email to ask some questions.  It had belonged to an older neighbor lady, and when she had passed, the  owners bought it at her estate sale.

Now they are downsizing and decided they didn’t really need it.

NEED?!??  What’s NEED got to do with it!?  LOL!

There is only one problem with this scenario.  Can you guess what it is?

THERE IS A MACHINE ATTACHED!?!?!

It’s a lovely model 15 with a potted motor.  A very strong stitcher in gorgeous condition. So I relented.  I guess I will have to take the machine too since it comes WITH the cabinet and the sewing stool.

For the low low price of $55.00!

And so I drove off with the lovely cabinet AND Bonus Machine in the back of Shamu while the seagulls from “Finding Nemo” were happily singing “Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine!” in my head all the way home.

And that is where it still sits.  In the back of my van!

Jeff worked until late last night and I need him to help me unload it.  So more photos after I get it into the house.  My plan was to use it with my various class 15 sized machines that will fit with this cabinet, but since it comes with a bonus machine, I’ll have to give her a whirl too, won’t I?

And maybe I can use her to help me finish putting this together:

Miss Sadie in her Thundershirt – An afternoon thunder bumper storm had her shaking to beat the band!

I’ve pieced 4 patches as cornerstones.

And I only have a few rows left to sew on!

Last night on Instagram someone made the comment “Nice use of low volume fabrics”  and I nearly bust a gut out laughing.

Low Volume is one of those new fangled “modern” terms for a wide variety of lights and neutrals used in a quilt.  I’ve been sewing like this with a wide variety of neutrals for over 30 years. 

The fabric is LIGHT.  Or NEUTRAL.  Or LIGHT NEUTRAL.  But it is NOT and will never be LOW VOLUME to me.

Unless Low Volume means that I am running low on fabric in the stash and I need MORE VOLUME!

But as I’ve said before, low volume is what my hair does in high humidity, and that is where it is at right now as I am back from a walk and off to the shower.

I mean no disrespect to the honest compliment.  I'm just not happy with the turn of lingo.  That is all.

For instance, thongs used to be something I wore on my feet.  Now I have to be careful that I don't ask my son if he has seen my thongs!

For those asking about when our next Quilt-Cam will be.  I’ve toyed and played with it…I was thinking Monday Evening, but I’m going to leave that for family time.

It’s been a long while since we have been able to have a Sunday Afternoon session so that those in Europe can join in during their evening time.

So let’s plan on 2pm Eastern, TOMORROW AFTERNOON, Sunday September 13th.

I’ll hopefully have the new bonus machine in the studio and functioning!

See you then!

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