This is my 1941 Featherweight all set up to sew in the hotel room. She
hums right along, even though she feels tiny after using my new big girl
Bernina. I bought a little red Trolley case last summer, and she is easy to haul and set up.
I used a pattern that I bought up at Chatanooga Quilts(Fat Quarter Quilitng: Simply Charming - 9 Small Quilts by Lori Smith) and had the fabric cut and ready to go. It didn't take long the first night to chain piece all of the strips. |
The second night, I made the four patches. Since the strips started out at 1 1/2 inches, these are not very big.
I carefully laid out all of the rows with the setting triangles and stitched the rows one evening. The next evening, I put the rows together into the top. We stayed in hotels seven nights, so I guess I should have taken a little bigger project or two projects. Hotel sewing works well for us. Allen doesn't mind having the television choice to himself while I sew for an hour or so, and the Featherweight is quiet, so it doesn't bother him. I used to get fidgety or anxious in the evenings on trips, but no more!