Glove me
Tuesday, August 12th, 2008 by tcg
Kitty’s coming along nicely. My boots and collar are trimmed with yellow. My belt fits and is only in need of a completed X buckle. Each time I cut out the buckle I find it’s not quite right. Sigh. I’ll just have to pick the least messy one. The pattern is ready for the yellow body accent. This is it. My hands? Why yes, they are supposed to be covered.
Gloves, gloves, gloves. Why must you vex me so?
Kitty needs gloves. Much to my chagrin, my little sewing machine does not have a zigzag stitch. Nope. Just for laughs, I tried sewing the belt, but the evil machine hated the material. The yellow knit and sewing machine are like oil and water. So what do I do?
Do I try to track down a local seamstress that can whip up some gloves for me? Do I buy some cheap marching gloves and try to dye to match? What do you think?
Tags: gloves, Kitty Pryde
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August 13th, 2008 at 3:29 pm
I wish I had time to help you with the gloves, but I don’t. Only a week and a half before I leave and I am swamped. By the time you sent them to me and I sent them back, you could probably find some one to do them cheaper than the cost of mail.
August 13th, 2008 at 8:29 pm
I wish I had thought of that two months ago. None of the people I’ve called thus far are willing to make a pair of gloves for me. I don’t think they’re very time consuming. I guess they just don’t like gloves. Someday I’ll upgrade my machine.
Looks like I may dye.
August 15th, 2008 at 12:42 pm
Good luck with the gloves. Curious, how much does a good sewing machine cost these days?
August 17th, 2008 at 12:35 pm
You can get a decent one for around $100. I purchased one at WalMart for about $70 about 4 years ago and it works great. I’ve made drapes for my windows. It does button holes and zigzag stitches. I belive it was a Brothers, I would have to look. Of course the machine I want costs around $5,000. It also does embroidery where you can download graphics and it creates the design for you, then all you have to do is thread the machine, push a button and stand back to watch the machine create your designe on fabric. Wow. That is my dream machine. One day, I will own that machine.