My new toy!

I won the bidding on the little Singer featherweight on a Thursday eve, it was shipped on Fri and the UPS delivered it on Monday. In addition, the price was very good...I lost one at a $350.00 plus bid (and this was much less) and it was everything the seller claimed it to be! Above are all of the attachments, a ruffler, a gatherer, a zipper foot, one for lace and other things that are quite frankly a little scary in appearance. In the Green box is an old buttonhole attachment. I am not sure it is for this machine, as it is straight stitch only. The original booklet is here and it all was packed very neatly in the original carrying case. It sews like it was new and as you can see, the spool of thread makes this compact, lightweight jewel appear pretty small.
I have signed up for another class and at only 11 lbs, it will be so nice not to pack my heavier machines. Admittedly my studio, which serves as my craft room, stained glass workshop, houses our treadmill, dog beds and now with 4 sewing machines, looks like a sweat shop for underpaid seamstresses.

There is a bite in the air now which is signaling the onset of winter and the snows that will soon be falling. My garden plot is ready for next spring, and the drip system is nearly finished. I have been gathering seeds and will soon put out the bird feeders. Since providing a water source in our backyard for the birds, we have had an abundance of visitors and all are chowing down on the seeds they somehow scratch from the drying grasses and flower heads. Several pair of doves are regulars, and the robins are arriving and grouping for the flight south. This year we have had some blue jays of sorts, several as a matter of fact. When they are gone, we will have finches to entertain all winter and of course the sparrows. The Mr. calls them "flying rats". I will miss the warm days and don't look forward to donning boots, heavy coats and gloves, or fighting the bitter cold winds, but then, spring does follow winter.