{"id":3363,"date":"2010-10-12T20:05:24","date_gmt":"2010-10-13T00:05:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/?p=3363"},"modified":"2010-10-12T20:07:03","modified_gmt":"2010-10-13T00:07:03","slug":"presents-to-myself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/archives\/2010\/10\/presents-to-myself\/","title":{"rendered":"presents to myself"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>First an announcement! Tomorrow, Wednesday October 13 is Crafty biz meet-up day at Diesel Cafe in Davis Sq., Somerville.\u00c2\u00a0 All are welcome. Contact me if you need more info or want to be informed of future meet-ups.<\/p>\n<p>My personal economy\u00c2\u00a0 has improved a bit lately and I have treated myself to some sewing presents.\u00c2\u00a0 I re-subscribed to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.selvedge.org\/\">Selvedge magazin<\/a>e. My first copy showed up the other day. I had a subscription a few years ago and I&#8217;m happy to be getting it again. It is a beautiful magazine.<\/p>\n<p>Next I bought a new pair of scissors- 5&#8243; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gingher.com\/\">Ginghers<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/scissors.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3364\" title=\"scissors\" src=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/scissors.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"449\" height=\"372\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I love them. They are the perfect size for cutting out applique pieces and clipping curves. If you saw how many pairs of scissors I already own (many of them originally from my mom), you&#8217;d be wondering why in the world I needed another pair. But, even though I have so many, there is just a few that I ever use. I became much more aware of that when I was working with my intern this summer. So, it turns out that I own a lot of decorative scissors and just a few functioning ones. I am very happy with with this gift to me.<\/p>\n<p>And, I got my machine serviced. We are both happier now!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/machine.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3365\" title=\"machine\" src=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/machine.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"449\" height=\"373\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>No more chunk, chunk, chunk noises when I sew. The tension is looking good too. I had a list of problems when I took it in and I have forgotten what they were- that is a good sign. When I was at the shop to pick up my trusty friend, I remembered that I&#8217;ve been wanting an extender table for my machine- <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allbrands.com\/products\/abp03522.html\">like this<\/a>. I am waiting for it to come in so I can pick it up.<\/p>\n<p>And lastly, some new needles. I know, it seems like such a small item, but really, good needles make such a difference! I ordered them from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.colonialneedle.com\/\">The Colonial Needle Company<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/needles.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3366\" title=\"needles\" src=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/needles.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"609\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I am trying out the small size Chenille needles (#24 and 26) with crewel wool. So far (they just came today), I really like them. I have been a fan of John James needles for a while, but my local store stopped carrying them so I was happy to find another source. Good tools are such a pleasure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First an announcement! Tomorrow, Wednesday October 13 is Crafty biz meet-up day at Diesel Cafe in Davis Sq., Somerville.\u00c2\u00a0 All are welcome. Contact me if you need more info or want to be informed of future meet-ups. My personal economy\u00c2\u00a0 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/archives\/2010\/10\/presents-to-myself\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6,18],"tags":[296],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3363"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3363"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3363\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3368,"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3363\/revisions\/3368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}