tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53796894950420328732024-03-13T23:59:57.319-07:00Gephart♥836Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02343073501991880401noreply@blogger.comBlogger152125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5379689495042032873.post-12374755827961810602015-08-06T17:49:00.001-07:002015-08-06T17:49:55.544-07:00Defective....Defection<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Kr0L2C46DK8/VcQAoIBrWRI/AAAAAAAACNE/9j5YyxHop3Y/s640/blogger-image-1586274373.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Kr0L2C46DK8/VcQAoIBrWRI/AAAAAAAACNE/9j5YyxHop3Y/s640/blogger-image-1586274373.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-IHVe8OZe25A/VcQAm6QdnxI/AAAAAAAACM8/iWM3JLpAaaM/s640/blogger-image-448322695.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-IHVe8OZe25A/VcQAm6QdnxI/AAAAAAAACM8/iWM3JLpAaaM/s640/blogger-image-448322695.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-iTFkJMgUjW8/VcQAlRQBrsI/AAAAAAAACM0/-q2G_7lYhc0/s640/blogger-image--339157782.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-iTFkJMgUjW8/VcQAlRQBrsI/AAAAAAAACM0/-q2G_7lYhc0/s640/blogger-image--339157782.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-J_8TU65hXIA/VcQAq4rSDcI/AAAAAAAACNM/D08bK-iyWcs/s640/blogger-image-956578506.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-J_8TU65hXIA/VcQAq4rSDcI/AAAAAAAACNM/D08bK-iyWcs/s640/blogger-image-956578506.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-JfU51hyxUn8/VcQAsYNsnDI/AAAAAAAACNU/Zi3J52g3OIQ/s640/blogger-image-1978395776.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-JfU51hyxUn8/VcQAsYNsnDI/AAAAAAAACNU/Zi3J52g3OIQ/s640/blogger-image-1978395776.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I am sorry that I have been absent from this little space lately, my brain has been defective, it is the only way to describe the slump it leaves me in. In the meantime I have been popping the odd snap over on Instagram. It gives me little smiles throughout the day, and has been helpful in fighting my defective brain. If you are of the Instagram inclination, please do pop over. I will try to be back here shortly.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Many many thanks for popping by, it cheers my heart.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Toodles....L x ❤️</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">p.s. I am The Gephart836.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">p.p.s. My little collection of dressers has been growing, along with a little old granny hooking.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-uVbFI4SHF2w/VcQAj4oPOxI/AAAAAAAACMs/jcAnUoAHBPM/s640/blogger-image--403878402.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-uVbFI4SHF2w/VcQAj4oPOxI/AAAAAAAACMs/jcAnUoAHBPM/s640/blogger-image--403878402.jpg"></a></div><br></div><br></div><br></div></div></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02343073501991880401noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5379689495042032873.post-74325018319444474172015-06-28T18:12:00.002-07:002015-06-28T18:12:37.686-07:00June 28 - Sunday Sewing<div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">For longest, longest, time I have wanted an old free standing kitchen cabinet, a Hoosier cabinet or Sellers cabinet they are called here in the U.S. Generally speaking they are either in very poor condition or way above my price range or they have the dreaded sold sticker on them. None of those things have stopped me from studying every single one that came through our local flea market. Finally, after years of looking and searching I found one that I love AND that received the Mister's approval with a more than affordable price tag! Yippee! Double yippee when the seller knocked ever more off the price and I scored this beauty for under a hundred dollars. It makes me smile every time I see it. I've polished, dusted and de-cobwebbed it and it has pride of place in our living room. Of course of stuffed it full of stuff and it is the perfect place for my growing collection of tiny toy dressers.</span><br />
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My Middle J is getting married in 6 days. YES 6 days. I've not mentioned it before, well because it has all happened so fast! He texts me daily from the other side of the country to tell me the current changes in the "plans"...casual dress one moment, formal the next.....registry office one day, backyard the next.....it has me all in a state of high anxiety. So, as I sit here this evening, stitching a little something for the sweet young couple I wish that times didn't move so fast, that the plans would stay still going forward and Mostly wishing I could go back to the stress free life of childhood!</div>
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Spent the late afternoon hours yesterday down by Evitts Creek with Little J and his mates. It was hot, humid, buggy and I swear there were snakes in the long grass watching me, but it was a brilliant couple of hours because the kids had a blast! No pool fees, no trips to the snack bar and no running on slippery concrete. Note to self, do this more often!</div><div><br></div><div>Toodles .... L x ❤️</div><div><br></div><div>P.S. Little J caught that fish with his hand less than five minutes after we arrived! He was kind and quickly put it back in the water.</div><div><br></div><div>P.P.S. Speaking of snakes, we didn't see any at the creek but we have seen three in or near our yard this year. Three more than I'd like! Little J was even brave and saved one from the neighbor kids who put it in their pool. I was proud, but did suggest next time he check with and adult to make sure it wasn't dangerous, even if was only a baby garter snake.</div>
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I'm helping my best friends 80 something year old father sell his electric insulator collection (He's a retired linesman from the local electric company). He is a spritely as can be and has three times the get up and go I have - which now I think about it isn't hard! Words cannot express how much I am enjoying my time hanging out with this lovely gentleman. I never knew my own Grandfathers, and my own Dad is no longer with us, so I am treasuring every moment. It's just a plus I get to see all this beautiful old glass.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I'm was excited to show this little ta dah moment the first photo I took as it was chucking it down snow this morning. I really wanted a nice white background and the snow was perfect. </span><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">You can see the snow falling and I had to dash back inside before it was soaked.</span><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> It still got pretty damn and it was only out there a few seconds. The second series of photos are a bit higgly piggly because I threw it down outside before the dogs came rushing outside and messed up the nice white snow. It was still snowing at that point, but slowing down and I only had my slippers on so I didn't want to tromp around in the snow to straighten it out and get my slippers wet. I know, I'm nuts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Anyway, this dark green yarn started out as yarn for a cardigan. I tried three different knitting patterns and two different crochet patterns and nothing worked! I was on the last sleeve of another tea leaves cardigan before I admitted that the top of the sleeves were just too tight and I hated it. I threw it across the room in a fit of frustration and cried. Luckily, the Mister rescued it from Beets, the cat and his partner Charlie, the dog, before they got a hold of it and destroyed it. After strong cup of tea and some deep breaths I decided it would be perfect for a cozy poncho to wear while I work. I'm always cold and sit with a blanket wrapped around me, so a poncho seemed perfect. I made the pattern up in my head as I went. I know I started with a chain of 84, which I joined with a slip stitch and then double crochet (US terms) to the 42 second chain where I did two double crochets, chained three and two more double in the same stitch and then at chain 84 I did the same. If that makes sense? Then I just did whatever stitch or colour took my fancy and was in the closest yarn basket.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">This yarn just wasn't destined to be a cardigan, it wanted to be a poncho. It took me less than a week and I will definitely make another. Perhaps next time I'll write the pattern down as I go?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I hope all is well with you this week. I'll have another ta dah tomorrow, a sewing project. </span><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I've had two successes in one week, its been great and after so many failures it really has got my sewing/knitting/crochet mojo back in full swing!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Happy Friday, wishing you a lovely weekend.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">It's been brrrrrr freezing here the last few days. So far Little J has only had one day of school this week and they've already cancelled school for tomorrow. We've drawn the curtains and made the house as freeze proof as possible and bundled up in layers and wool blankets as the temperature tomorrow isn't supposed to get above 0°F and that's not taking into consideration the howling wind. It's been snowing and blowing all day and they are calling for more inches this weekend. So i'm off to enjoy the latest episode of <a href="http://www.history.com/shows/american-pickers">American Pickers</a> and snuggle under my current WIP, a lovely woolly ripple.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I do hope it's warmer where you are!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Toodles....L x ♥</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">It's no surprise that the Mister bought me another old sewing machine for Valentines Day, nothing makes me happier as I just love old machines. Nothing is more satisfying that finding a beautiful old machine tucked away in some corner of a antique store, cleaning and polishing and getting it sewing again. This one was well and truly squished in behind tables and chairs, hidden in a dark corner and we had to move quite a bit to get to it, but there is no hiding an old sewing machine from me. ☺ At first I couldn't get the cabinet door open, but then the owner informed me there was a little button in the door knob to push. We purchased the machine without actually seeing it the daylight, which is a bit of a risk. I've done this before, my first Franklin and first treadle and it was a mistake. The backside of the machine was in very very poor condition and that poor machine I took apart, sold the useful pieces on eBay for other folks to use and sent the actual machine head for scrap. It made me sad, but it was beyond repair, no amount of polishing and cleaning helped. At least it's bits and pieces were used by other restoring old machines. This machine, on the other hand, is beautiful. Stunning really and I would say, barely used. The cabinet, as you can see from the photos, is quite ornate - may crap photos don't do it justice. It has the handy function of lifting up the machine when you lift the lid. I'd say this machine is probably almost 100 years old - no dating on Franklin machines. It sews like a dream, I just love it. I never thought I would like the vibrating shuttle machines with their funny bullet shuttles, but I have two treadles now and my <a href="http://thegephart836.blogspot.com/2015/02/feb-8-sunday-sewing-with-spud.html">Singer 128</a> which are all vibrating shuttles and despite having what looks like small bobbins, they actually hold quite a lot of thread. Anyway, I won't waffle on anymore, the photos say it all, this one is definitely one of my favorite machines.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">This was going to be a post about knitting my first sock, but last night 'turning the heel' turned into 'turning an almost sock back into a ball of sock wool' followed by tears, feet stomping and a little temper tantrum. Not surprisingly, sock knitting is on hold.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">The other day the Mister and I were both off work so we took a little trip over the mountain and over the above very very frozen lake (Lake Youghiogheny to be precise) to Pennsylvania seeking out a new and exciting flea market. I have to tell you we left to sunny skies, reached the top of the first mountain and encountered a blizzard, drove down the mountain to blue skies and a frozen lake. It was quite the adventure.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">The <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Yesterdays-Today-Antique-Craft-Mall/1433527940229948">flea market/antique store</a> was brimming with treasures at very affordable prices. The Mister and I declared it a little piece of flea market heaven. We will definitely be going back, perhaps when there is less snow in the forecast.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I found this sweet, but absolutely filthy, little dresser. I bit like the one I found </span><a href="http://thegephart836.blogspot.com/2014/11/a-little-piece-of-furniture.html"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">last year.</span></a> <span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"> I'm not sure what I fell in love with first, the sweet little decals or the beautiful tiny glass drawer knobs. At first I feared they might be new, but no, they are definitely not. The screw that holds them in place is well and truly rusted in place. It's quite fragile and missing one dowel rod between the drawers, but the Mister is confident that can be repaired. He feared I may want to paint it or sand it, but I love it just the way it is!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">The Mister also found a treasure, it was already marked down to an incredibly low price and without haggling the owner took even more off the price. Too good a deal for the Mister to pass up.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">A little early valentines present for me!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Since Spud has decided she doesn't like to wear her collar and since Charlie has decided Spud's collar makes a great chew toy (he has destroyed three in the last two weeks), Spud is no longer allowed outside - too many looneys in my neighborhood and too many missing cats. Spud has therefore decided her every waking moment should involve investigating whatever it is I am trying to do. I love her company when I wash the dishes or do the laundry, but so far the only thing she knows how to do when I am sewing is either sit on whatever I am working on or steal my pins. Cat is obsessed with pulling the pins out of my pincushion, which of course is not a good idea.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Despite Spud's help, I managed to baste the </span><a href="http://thegephart836.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2013-10-17T16:13:00-07:00&max-results=7"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">quilt</span></a><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"> I started way back when I broke my leg. As I didn't have enough batting for the quilt and didn't want to buy any, I decided to baste it to a heavy white tablecloth I bought on sale years ago. I was surprised how easily it went together, hardly any wrinkles when I topstitched the quilt, despite Spud being my only assistant when I laid the quilt top on the tablecloth and pinned them together. I used a flea market find sewing machine the Mister bought me way back in the summer. I love Singer 128 blackside (all the decorative plates are painted black) from 1947. It sews a beautiful slightly diagonal (but still straight) stitch. Even though it is a vibrating shuttle, with the long bobbins that seem to constantly need refilling, I just love sewing on it. It sat at the flea market for months and months, with the wooden domed case firmly locked and seemingly un-openable. It was a little overpriced for something I couldn't actually see, but when they slashed the price by 75% I decided it was worth the risk. It came with it's own key, but the lock had been bent so it would just open with a turn of the key. It only took the Mister a few minutes to get the case open once we got it home. A little oil, some cleaning and it was sewing right away. Not bad for being 68 years old. Definitely worth every penny.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">It's still snowing outside and the weatherman says it will continue through the night. I'm secretly hoping for another snow day tomorrow - no school run always makes me happy. Meanwhile I'm inside, nice and warm and working neat rows of stitching on my little star quilt above. I'll tell you about this quilt one of these days, once the memory of the many swear words that passed my lips whilst creating it aren't so fresh in my mind. ☺ </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">P.S. I asked the Mister to take a few snaps of the snow for me. This is what he presented me.....lovely eh?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">The New Year continues in a slow and quiet manner. The whole house has been struck down with some dreaded lurgy, the kind that makes you think you're getting better only to feel worse the next day. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Uggh. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Today I took a day off work (yes, a sickie) watched the snow fall, slept, sorted my embroidery floss, admired my little stitched Russian dolls and hooked a few rows. Best medicine ever. I feel almost human again!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Before the lurgy struck, I snuck down to Virginia for a few days, with just my boys, to see my Middle J who was back from the West Coast. It was bliss. Now I'm not known for showing my face around here or in front of any camera in general, so don't be too frightened at the photo below, but I thought it turned out quite well. A treasured moment with my three boys.</span></div>
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