I could watch this shit all day

#sewing #vintageSewingMachines

This is my main sewing machine. It’s older than you or anyone you know. It will probably outlive everyone on the fediverse. And it runs on salami sandwiches instead of electricity.

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Perhaps I’m attempting a bit of an accountability thread, but hopefully I do not put so much pressure on myself by doing this that my #PDA sets in and prevents me from *doing*.

I began working on a very basic sewing project several weeks ago, but I have not worked on a sewing project in 20+ years before this. I have started on a petticoat made of an old blue sheet to wear under my skirts as an extra layer of warmth at home where I keep my temperature pretty low.

It is essentially a scrap piece of fabric, so there isn’t much to ruin. And it should be good practice for other things I’d like to make some day. I have done some initial cutting and ironing, then some marking yesterday to cut the final dimensions. I am excited also to be using this old Singer I picked up a few months ago. I’ve sewn a few scraps with it and it runs like a champ.

My tentative goal is small, and is to simply make some progress this weekend. Any progress at all. If I make goals that are too big my #anxiety stops me in my tracks and I shut down and become entirely useless for days.

Sooo, hopefully I will add a picture to this thread later on documenting at least a small successful step in the process.

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Been a few Twitter exodi since I did an #introduction post…
My posts are a split between #shitposts and whatever interests tickle my #adhd brain (including #scifi, #fantasy, #books, #writing, #sewing, #gamedev, #interactiveFiction, #synthesizers, #synthDIY, #DIY in general, #hiking, #myog, #vintageSewingMachines, #musicProduction, #electronicMusic)
Politics are #anarchism, #leftism, #communism, #socialism
Boosts tend to be similar to what I post but cover a wider range of random fancy-ticklers.

#introduction
I’m here by way of #leavingtwitter but also because the idea of open source, open protocol, decentralized social media appeals to me (and somehow I had never heard of mastodon or fediverse before yesterday).
I’ve got #adhd and what draws me to social media is finding other people interested in the same niches I am. A few as a sampler:
#anarchism
#sciencefiction and #futurism
#magic
#sewing and specifically #vintagesewingmachines
#synthesizers and especially #synthdiy
#writing
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Sooooooo I *did* buy this one because it was $10 and I wanted the cabinet for another machine.

The wiring is so rotted that I can’t test the motor, but beyond needing a cleaning and a good oiling, the motion is working pretty well. I had planned to just get the cabinet and move it out, but I’m already growing attached to the goofy boi because I have a problem :|
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This was the first sewing machine I bought. Her motor has a squirrelly brush, so I gently roll the hand wheel to start, and then she will do whatever the fuck I want. She sewed through 16 layers of denim. She is a beast and she owns my heart. Everyone else hates working with her, but she’s my tsunsdere beloved.
She’s a Necchi Supernova Julia, from the last year they were made in Italy before production moved to Thailand.
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This is my grandmothers machine, a Singer FashionMate. My parents had it serviced before they gave it to me and the technician out the needle bar in crooked so in the descent, the needle hits the outside of the bobbin case.

I keep it because of Complicated Feelings reasons, and probably always will, but don’t foresee a point of time where I get it repaired.
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