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Last Two Fairy Dresses

3/4/2013

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Well, it took a little longer than I expected (what doesn't these days?) but I'm finally finished the third and fourth fairy dresses. So today's job is to choose the wing fabrics and cut out the wings.
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Wings require a lot of sewing, and then painting, and there's four per outfit, which means a total of 16 wings!! I've been training my left foot to drive my sewing machine. The foot pedal on my expensive sewing machine is a bad design for me, so it's caused plantar facitis in my right foot. Last time I developed that (some 23 years ago) it took two years to heal, and Jan replaced the foot pedal of the sewing machine with a better one, so I never got it back. However, this sewing machine is a high end Husqvarna machine which is pretty much a "computer that sews" and I doubt it would react well to having it's wires cut. It's funny that it never even occurred to me when I bought this machine that I would have that problem again - after all, it had been 23 years - so I didn't even notice the design of the foot pedal. Since it took three years to develop the plantar facitis this time, and it takes two years to heal, I figure if I switch to my left foot for awhile, then go back and forth, switching feet for each new project, I should be okay.
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Erin Winslow link
3/3/2013 10:59:48 pm

Your local dealer/service center should be able to switch the foot pedal to a different sort with no difficulty.

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Martha
3/3/2013 11:31:14 pm

Thanks for the suggestion. I'll have to look into it.

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Inma
3/5/2013 06:44:45 am

All what you do is amazing, I know you have been told that many times but had to say it again.

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