Monday, February 27, 2012

Travel trio :)

Patchwork travel trio :)
I used up the last bits and pieces of all those fabrics to make these bags.  Even the lining of one of the bags was pieced to get me the size I needed!  The backing is the same for all the bags - the gold TOT fabric is twin needle stitched onto batting, just like the fronts.  These little pieced bags are real "scrap busters", as opposed to "stash busters"!

I got my POS Babylock back from the repair shop - it ran well at the shop, but I haven't tested it out here at home yet.  Will do that tomorrow.  I'm fairly certain I got the ONE Babylock in the entire civilized world, that's a POS.  I much prefer Slanty (the 411) or Bella (my 201) to POS because they're metal machines that take a licking and keep on ticking - the Babylock has made me a confirmed lover of vintage machines!  Can you tell I'm a bit bitter about my very expensive paperweight?  ;)

3 comments:

  1. Love your bags!

    It's a shame about the machine. I have an old Babylock Esante. It was second hand. The embroidery part worked for two or three seconds as I recall. It does a great job otherwise, though.

    My real love is my Brother Pacecetter PC 6500. Last time I took it in to be to be oiled, etc., the guy insinuated that it was old as dirt! Who cares? It works really well for both embroidery and regular sewing.

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  2. They look fab with the patchwork! You should sell POS on ebay...

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  3. Yep, those old machines just keep on going, don't they? Someday I'll be in the market for a featherweight. A REAL featherweight. Although I do love my Viking...
    Cute bags, way to use those scraps, girl!

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