Originally Posted by irishrose

Miriam, misery loves company. I either got into something or was bitten by something Friday night and have all your symptoms, plus 8 pounds of retained fluid. I know exactly when it happened, but I was in a mowed area so I suspect a bite or bites. I have to do the grandmother of the bride thing Friday. I haven't figured that one out yet.

Originally Posted by quilt addict

Good and bad news. Bad news first, still looking for a part (Shuttle Bell Crank #8444) for the Singer 127 but things are looking up.

Called a CL ad for 2 machine heads for $10 and one looked like a Singer 27. The part I need is not the same on the 27 as the 127 so that part didn't work out.

The other machine is a Singer 66. Both are frozen and all the plated parts are rusted. But the decals on the 66 Redeye are very nice.

since I am going to try and get at least the 66 sewing again, they gave them both to me for FREE!!!

Oh well, more machines to clean and practice on.

Originally Posted by miriam

Oh and in the summer I only wore shoes to church... had the run of the whole town, visited all the old people, threw tomato at cars and oh dear, got spanked... yeah and mom gardened, canned it all, breast fed her baby while keeping track of 3 other kids... sew clothes for all of us and taught Sunday School. I made my own doll clothes from scratch, made puppets from socks, baked cookies, dug holes almost to China in odd places, got spanked, played ball in the empty lot, rode a bike all over the neighborhood, read books, rarely watched tv, delivered papers, collected pop bottles and got 2 cents a bottle... actually went trick or treating in the whole town, played in the coal bin, got spanked, watched the old ladies tie quilts, attempted to tat, watched an old lady hook a rug... took out the church steps for the wood, got spanked... and so on... and when I grew up I homeschooled my kids and guess what my grand kids are homeschooled too. They have watched twin goats birthed, milked a goat, captured chickens, raised rabbits, cried when said chickens were killed, cried when rabbit escaped, etc. Oh and they rarely watch tv.

Originally Posted by quilt addict

Good and bad news. Bad news first, still looking for a part (Shuttle Bell Crank #8444) for the Singer 127 but things are looking up.

Called a CL ad for 2 machine heads for $10 and one looked like a Singer 27. The part I need is not the same on the 27 as the 127 so that part didn't work out.

The other machine is a Singer 66. Both are frozen and all the plated parts are rusted. But the decals on the 66 Redeye are very nice.

since I am going to try and get at least the 66 sewing again, they gave them both to me for FREE!!!

Oh well, more machines to clean and practice on.

Originally Posted by vintagemotif

Wow, You got spanked a lot!

I ran around barefoot and only wore shoes to church too. My mom didn't have a green thumb for gardening in the woods, but she did let mother nature grow the prettiest Jack-in-the-pulpits, May Apples, Tulip Poplar trees, and other indigenous plants. I would build forts out of fallen tree branches in the spring and summer, and snow forts in the winter. I would jump into a huge pile of leaves that most likely had a ton of bugs and dirt, but that never mattered. Stayed up to catch lightning bugs, and tried to helped the birds that had fallen out the trees. And read lots of Trixie Belden and Nancy Drew books when older. Yup, the Norman Rockwell life! Wonderful memories!


Heehee, I have homeschooled my children too. My oldest is off at college, and my youngest is just starting high school.