Sewing With IttyBitty Sewing Machines for Vintage Thingie Thursday

Welcome to SuKnitWitty's Vintage Thingie Thursday. 

 You are probably wondering who SKW is, and why is CollectInTexas Gals Picture sitting over on the SideBar.

Your first reaction might be that I have a 'SplitPersonality' Issue.

 Or perhaps I'm a Twin whose Mama couldn't decide on two 'S' names so she named us 'Sue N Sue'.

There's even the possibility that I have SewMuchStuff  that One Blog wouldn't Hold it All!

BINGO!!!

SuKnitWitty is my Knittin~Sewin~Quiltin Blog!  It will be a Year Old in May and VTT is it's

First Meme Outting!

So without further AhDo, here's SKW's Collection of Minature Sewing Machines and
 Other Vintage Sewing Items!

They are displayed in my Sewing Room as seen in the picture above.

The Vintage Crocheted Doily serves as a perfect backdrop for this
 Collection of Minature Vintage Sewing Machine Teapots and other Sewing Treasures.

 All the Teapots have lids and several are boxes that open.

 The Two White Machines are Salt and Pepper Shakers and are quite old. 

The Lady Thread Caddy is an early plastic product patterned after the Victorian Period.  The Lady Lifts off to reveal a pin storage niche. 

The Spool Girl is a ceramic figurine...maker unknown, and the
 Singer Recuerdo is constructed of lightweight tin with very acurate detailing on the cabinet and the tiny machine.

The Oldest Sewing Item in the collection is the  SunBonnet Sue Needle Holder. 

It flips open at the top of the hat where it is stitched in yellow thread. 

It is made from felted wool and has some deteriation as wool will do over time. 

The other little Sue is a Lapel Pin made from 1930's Fabrics. 

Thanks for visiting SuKnitWitty on this Vintage Thingie Thursday! 
Thank you 'SewMuch' Suzanne at ColoradoLady for hosting this special day of the week for Vintage Collectors to share our Treasures.
Please Stitch your way over to the list of participants and have a great day of Vintage Thingies.

PS...I hope you'll come back and browse around SKW.  This month I've rearranged  my LongArm Quilting Studio and Sewing Room.  You might be interested in meeting 'QuiltALottty', my LongArm Quilting Machine.  I'll be doing some Tutorials on Machine Quilting a 1930's Pieced Top in the near future.

 I'd love for you to be a SKW Follower and I'll return the Following.

 Thanks for Coming and Commenting...Sue

You Can't Teach An Old Dog New Tricks...Or Can You?

'You Talkin Bout Me'?

My Birthday was last November 28th

And this is how many Candles were on My Cakes!

And this is how many Candles were on Your Cake!

 So I know you can't be TalkingBout Me or Sister Ruby!

 She's only a few seconds older...I guess that's why she's so Bossy!

No, Dolly, I'm NOT TalkinBout Ya'll.

I'm TalkinBout SuKnitWitty!!

And, it's not Nice to be ComparinCakes!

I am TalkinBout how I was a 'Reluctant BlogChanger'.  

This 'Old Dog', as HiTekie as I am, has a hard time with "If It Ain't Broke...Don't Fix It".
So, when Blogger came out with the 'New Editor', I said "Nope, I'm good with the 'Old Editor'.

Now, just out of curiosity, I did check it out....right through...

How to enable the new editor...To enable the new editor, first navigate to your blog's Settings ....

To me, that was a WARNING...kinda like what Mama used say about her old Singer...
DO NOT TOUCH the Tension Dial Setting!
So, I Sure DidNot Touch IT for fear the Tension Police would come Take Away my Sewing Machine!

Now, I'm also a firm believer in "Necessity Is The Mother of Invention"!

When you are a 'Seat of YourPants Flyer', like SKW, you're always Inventin! Or at least Needin An Invention!

Well, 'Old Editor' wasn't Broke, but it was Old and OuttaDate and would not let me 'Mess' with Picture Sizing even in the HTML where I flew right into a seat full of 'Real ScaryStuff'.  I backed outta there pretty pronto....I could feel the 'BloggerPolice' breathin down the back of my neck!

Why is it so hard to ask for HELP!  I think I'm 'SuchAKnowItAll'...could that be why? 

Well, anyway, I did ask Blogger Help, "How do I make pictures 'Embigger"?

They were really nice and didn't say, "Well, if you weren't 'SuchAKnowItAll", a 'Reluctant BlogChanger', and had read past the first sentence of the 'New Editor' you would know that the New Editor has an XLarge Picture selection".  And that's not ALL, ya'll!  There's lots of really cool stuff and you don't have to 'Mess' with the HTML and worry about the 'BloggerPolice". 

PS...The picture of Dolly is the templates Large selection and the Collage picture is the XLarge.

 Much EmBiggened, huh?

PPS...You CAN teach an OldDog new tricks!  But first that OldDog has to know the difference between 

'Come Here' and 'SicEm'!

Simple Pleasures Are Life's Treasures

Any woman who does not thoroughly enjoy tramping across the country on a clear frosty morning with a good gun and a pair of dogs
does not know how to enjoy life.
Annie Oakley

I couldn't agree more, Annie!
But, let me Re-phrase...

Any woman who does not thoroughly enjoy sitting in their SewingRoom with a good Janome and a Pair of Dogs
does not know how to enjoy life.
SuKnitWitty

I Miss Letter Writing...Dear PomPom,

I once had an English Teacher who taught letter writing. It was her intention that Girls Raised In Texas should know the proper form and etiquette of letter writing. So, this GRIT practiced handwriting...mostly my name as Mrs.____________ or Sue _________(current beaus last name). I painstakingly wrote in my finest cursive, on ruled notebook paper...it was to be graded and had to have the proper heading etc.etc...,and with a Thesarus and Websters close at hand. By now, you know about my Texas Grammar and SpellinSkills, so I won't go into that.


Anyway, Mrs. Henderson, my English Teacher, was a big influence for the rest of my life on the subject of 'Letter Writing'. I really loved writing letters with a nice pen that had a fine point, like the ones that you stuck into a bottle of ink and lifted the latch on the pen to suck up the ink into the handle of the pen. You know the ones...Script...I think was one brand. I was really taken with them when they invented Ink Cartridges. With those you just poked the cartridge into the pointy thing above the pen tip and screwed the handle back on, and you were good to go. Did I mention the drips and permanent ink stains. If you used those pens, well you know about the ink stains.
You know, I miss those pens. I miss letter writing. I miss pretty stationary.

Well, I guess I'll get a 'B+' if I'm lucky. The Cursive is PERFECT (how'd I do that?), no ink splots, I think I spelled everything right, the form is correct, but the insert will keep me from getting an A+.

I guess that's what I get for trying to fool Hewlett~Packard and Windows7 with a HandWritten Letter. (Ahaa! Win7 has the prettiest Handwriting Fonts)(I still like to practice my own tho) ~:)

PS...Click on the letter to Enbiggen. Is that a word? I couldn't fool HP and Blogger into making the letter any larger...I know there's a way! I'll think on it!

PPS...There's no 'Foolin Blogger', so I asked for HELP!  Sure enough, there was a way to get bigger pictures.  Chalk OneUp for "If ya don't know...just ASK!  I guess now Ya'll wanna know?  I'll PostOnIt!

My Heart Belongs To NeedleWork

My how Sewing Rooms have changed!
For one thing there's only One of Me making a Mess in my New Sewing Room!
And another thing, I don't get all that dressed up to Sew!
And one more thing, I mostly use a Rotary Cutter and occasionally Scissors, but I sure don't cut with either one in Mid-Air!
And for sure, I don't have a Serving Girl bringing Tea and Cookies!


Sew, I've been the 'DomesticSewinDiva' since the last post where my New Sewing Room was all neat and tidy!

TaDa!!! I made a MESS!!! Without Sewin A Stitch!!!
Yep, somethings are definately different in Sewing Rooms in the 21st Century!
Why if those Gals in the 19th Century or even the early 20th Century had what I have that gets the job done without SewinAStitch,
we probably wouldn't even have all the Fancy Sewin Machines we have today.
The GlueGun would have revolutionized Victorian Embellishments, and boy did they love to Embellish!


Some say I'm a pretty good 'Embellisher', too! Course, it depends on who you're talking to as to what I'm good at Embellishing!
My Friends 'Permilia and Barbs' would tell you it
'Ain't what she Does, but more like what she Says'.
My Bloggin Friends over at CollectInTexas Gal who received the Birthday Party Favors I made while making 'The Mess' would be tellin ya,
"It's what she Does, definately what she Does".

My Heart DOES Belong to NeedleWork...Unless the GlueGun Works!