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While older Singer sewing machines came with lots of attachments, the Singer 500 came with even more! The iconic green attachment box with the red Singer logo was replaced by a two tier hard plastic accessory box, similar to the one that was included with the Singer 401 machine. I especially like that a straight stitch needle plate is included with the machine, as well as the zig zag one.
If you live in Calgary, you know what this week is, and if you don't, you're missing out on the Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth! Yes, it's that time of year again when the Calgary Exhibition and Stampede takes over the city and everyone pulls out their western duds and plays at being a cowboy or cowgirl. It's 10 days of boot blisters, over-eating of pancakes and mini donuts, and feeling like a kid again. I love it and look forward to Stampede every year.
To celebrate this yearly extravaganza, I've created "Yahoo", a fusible web appliqué wall hanging. At 11" x 23" it's perfect for any wall and takes no time at all to create.
You can find Yahoo on the Chatterbox Quilts' store and the best part: it's FREE until July 12, 2015. That's right, pardner, no cost at all, but hurry, as it will increase to the regular price of $8.00 after that date. To get Yahoo free, just enter "Stampede2015" in the coupon area when you check out.
Download the FREE Yahoo pattern now and enjoy creating a fun project.
This week I'm thrilled to show you my latest vintage sewing machine - the Singer 500, commonly called the Rocketeer. I've had my eye out for one of these for some time, but could never find just the right one - until now. This machine is quite different from my previous machines and its iconic styling makes it instantly recognizable.
Welcome to Telecast Thursday. This is the final week for hand embroidery stitches and information. In this week's video I'll show you what I have in my hand embroidery tool kit. I like to keep my items in a small tin or zippered pouch and I have everything in it I need to work on my hand embroidery projects.
You can watch the video below or on my Youtube channel.
I hope you've enjoyed this series on hand embroidery and that you'll try out some - or all - of these stitches in a project soon. If you're wondering where to start, I suggest you try my Flourishing Hearts ornament. The pattern is available on my store and it's FREE! I'd love to see what you're creating, so be sure to send photos of your projects to me at kim@chatterboxquilts.com.
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Next week I'll be sharing a "new" vintage sewing machine that is now in my stable.
Welcome to Telecast Thursday. This week I won't be showing you a new hand embroidery stitch, but don't worry, I'm still keeping with the hand embroidery theme.
You can watch the video below or on my Youtube channel.
If you haven't seen the other episodes in this series, you'll can find them here. Let me know what your favourite embroidery books are.
Subscribe to my Youtube channel to receive automatic notifications when new videos are posted. You can also click on the Chatterbox Quilts logo in the lower right corner on the video itself to subscribe. If you like my videos, please share them with your fellow creatives.
