New Embroidery Machine

Last March just before I went on my Disney Cruise, I tried to update my embroidery machine (Janome 350E) and something went wrong and I lost the software that was in the machine.  Suzie said that it was "in a coma".

Since I didn't need the machine, I had not taken it in until fall.  Then I started to look at other machines and thought about an upgrade.  So I started thinking that with the new machines on sale and trading in the old machine and Christmas coming up I might be able to make the upgrade dream come true.  My dad added some money for Christmas and my very wonderful husband added the rest along with the trade-in to get the Janome  MC9900.  I am so excited.

My first project that I made with the machine is In-the-hoop Snowman silverware holders.  I got the design from Embroidery library.  Embroidery Library is my favorite place to get patterns.  Every Wednesday they post 10 to 20 new designs and usually only charge $1 for the first week.  I check every Wednesday to see the new designs.  If I like them I go ahead a buy them because if I wait until the next week they will be 3 to 4 times more expensive.

New Craft Table

My Koala table is in the craft room!!!  Now my next question is where and how to position it.  If I put it up against the wall like I had planned to then I have to pull it out to the middle of the floor to use the extension, and I can't watch TV.  If I turn it around and pull it out from the wall so I can sit behind it to sew, it just looks like a big piece of furniture in the middle of the room.

Craft Table Delivered

I went to a Sewing and Quilting Expo in Baltimore the beginning of May.  I needed a table and cutting mats for my newly renovated craft room. We I found the "Cadalic" of sewing tables. It is a Koala sewing cabinet. You have to go online and look at them, they are amazing.

So, I have waited 6 weeks for my cabinet to arrive. Last Thursday J B Hunt called me to set up delivery. I was so excited that it finally was coming. Delivery was set for Monday. Once it arrived the delivery men could not get it up the stairs, so there it sits in my living room. Long story short, I have to wait until Thursday to have J B Hunt move it upstairs. To make matters worse, they told me not to take off the shrink wrap until it is moved upstairs. So the cabinet has been sitting in the living room and I can't even play with it.

Cleaning up Craft Room

This is what my craft  room looked like before.  What a mess!  I decided to redo the craft room and make it into a more of a sewing/quilting room. Still a work in progress but I think it is much improved.