New Church Projector

Our old projector at our church quit working. We were hoping it was just the bulb so we tried that first. Our son was visiting and volunteered to do the ladder work.

But it was not just the bulb. The filters were all stopped up and it probably overheated.  So we bought a new one last week and my DH with some help from a couple of church members got it installed. 

Being different from the old one required a new mounting bracket as well. We were very grateful for one member's scaffolds with safety rails. That made it much safer for DH at that height for several hours.









































Thank goodness, we did not need the rope or the crutch!


















It works and is much cleared and brighter than the old one.

Grandchildren and Great Grandchildren

Our Beautiful Grandchildren.

Todd and Russ

Brenden, Jacob and Emma

Kalina and Maggy

   Our Beautiful Great Grandchildren        

Brianna, Ryan and Amorina

Golden Girls Tea

Golden Girls Tea at our church.
     A special time of fellowship was held for all of our golden girls age 65 years young and up on Saturday, April 26 from 11:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall. Those interested in attending signed up on the Ladies Ministry Bulletin Board.
                                                                                        
     Our younger ladies volunteered to make finger sandwiches and sweet breads for the Golden Girls Tea.  A sign-up sheet for this was also posted on the Women’s Ministry Bulletin Board. Our hostesses, the elders wives, did a great job planning the event, attended by about 35 of our Golden Girls. The food was very good and as a bonus, each of us was given our china cup and saucer to take home with us.

Debra's Wedding Gift To Daughter

Debra's Vintage quilt      

We were asked by a church member if we would quilt one of her mother's quilt tops for a special wedding gift for her daughter. The top looked to have been paper pieced with some hand stitching and some by machine.

  It was a challenge, for sure as many pieces were cut on the bias and stretched. Blocks were different sizes so the top did not lay flat. I stitched some leaders to top and bottom so it could be quilted right up to the edge.

My DH did the quilting and did an amazing job with it, using a close meandering stitch. She was very happy with the results.

We were not able to attend the wedding but I did attend the shower and took a few pictures.

Craigslist Kenmore Machine Find!

I like to browse sewing items on Craigslist and happened to see a Kenmore machine listed that was missing the foot control. I asked for and received pictures and the model number 19233.

Checking the model out online it was listed as identical to the Janome DC5100, selling for $499 to $699. It appeared that the foot control off my Janome 8000 (machine that no longer works) or my 9000 would work on the Kenmore 19233. After getting lost (I looked up Avenue instead of Street on gps), we finally found the address. Sure enough, the foot control worked and all the 8000 feet & accessories will work as well!!

The girl got the machine from her mother two years ago and never used it. Actually, it looks like no one ever used it - brand new condition!! It was dirty on the outside from being stored but the inside was spanking clean!

The machine has great feature that I love on my other machines - needle threader, needle up/down selection, etc. It works great and the best part is it was only $50.00!!! I got a really great buy!

UPDATE:
I have used this machine all week and it is a great machine. I really, really like it.

I will go back now to my favorite -  Janome MC9000 to give it a workout after $250 in repairs. 

It had not been feeding properly since I had it in the shop for service a couple of years ago. 

I finally took it to a different shop. They said it was probably just an adjustment of the feeddogs as they were not raised but it turned out a piece that controls the feed dogs in the very bottom of the machine was broken.  It feeds well now and even has a different sound to it. It is nice to be able to control the stitch length and not have tiny stitches from it not feeding the fabric.