Welcome back my old friend, Inga!
I bought her in 1996 and she gave me many wonderful years of straight seam sewing.
AND SO: Out she has come......to save the day!
I am totally exhausted from trying to hold my fabric in Helga (my new Viking)!
SOOOOO.............................
I set up INGA this afternoon; cleaned her, oiled her, and re-read her manual...and
set up my "scant 1/4" seam" (a la Bonnie Hunter--see that little clear sticky
re-positionable plastic scotch mounting tape in front?) and sewed on my fun
Santa project...which I will post about later....WHAT A GAL!!
The seam stitching is so nice; I had forgotten how straight those
feed dogs grab and pull...it means using my own power for "needle-up/needle-down", but ...............................................................
it's worth it to get such a nice finish and ease of sewing.
I am thinking that Helga, with her big harp, will be my "quilting" machine and
Inga will be my piecer--perhaps it will slow me down a bit too--not a bad thing.
Here's my little corner set up (a little tease on those Santas on the left hahaha).
I will tell you one thing--this girl is S O L I D!! Heavy and stable--no shakey table here. I also resurrected my old drop in table that I bought (when we really couldn't afford it) from my extra piano teaching master classes I used to hold on one Saturday a month--back in the "olden" days...oh how I love drop-in tables.
SO....this is my snowy afternoon tale for you today...................
Hugs, Julierose, La Blageuse
