Vintage Sewing Machines

I also am a beginning collector of vintage and antique sewing machines. I love the vintage Japanese sewing machine clones. Most of them are so colorful and remind me of the 50's and 60s American made cars. Here is one of my favorite sewing machines, a Damascus with art deco designs. She was made sometime after October 1920, the last patent date. She came with a neat "foot" controller. I have not powered her up because the foot pedal is on it's way for my brother to repair and restore. Note the  electical connectors on the back of the motor, I think they are called Chicago connectors. This is the second vintage sewing machine that has this type of electrical connection.

Super Bowl Mystery Quilt

This is a quilt top I worked on during the 2012 Super Bowl. The design and instructions were on the Quilting Board. The finished top is approximately 48 x 55 inches. I am going to add more borders to make it bigger. Lonesome our black Labrador thinks more black would be nice. And Tango the "Quilt Inspector" test drove the top before I finished it.

Folklorica Quilt

I fell in love with the Folklorica fabrics from In The Beginning fabrics. The fabric line came in a panel plus coordinating fabrics. The layout and design for this quilt is my own. The quilting was done by Charisma of Charisma's Corner, Ephrata, WA. The "quilt inspector" is Tango. She loves fabric!

Corduroy Squares Quilt

This is a corduroy squares quilt I made for my Great Grandson, Jaydon. The cord squares are all from skirts and left over fabrics that I used to make the skirts for my mother. The backing is flannel that I purchased many years ago to line sleeping bags, finally found a use for it.

Another Harley Quilt made by Krista

The top is finished and Krista is in the process of machine quilting it.

Kingyo Quilt

I thought that I would start posting pictures of our previous completed quilts. This is a quilt I made for my son and his wife last year. The center panel is titled Kingyo and is by Red Rooster Fabrics. I originally purchased the panel as a kit then added my own outer borders to make a queen size quilt. I did not quilt it myself but sent it to a local long arm quilter for quilting. I was very disappointed in the work she did. Now all of my quilts that I send out for quilting go to Charisma's Corner in Ephrata, WA. Her quilting is absolutely gorgeous and always enhances the quilt.

One of My Daughter's Harley Quilts

This is a Harley T-shirt quilt that Krista completed in November. It is king sized and she used 20 t-shirt backs as requested by the customer.