Sewing on leather ~

Help me!

I've been sewing on leather.

It is NOT going well. It has gone well in the past, but oh, definitely not this time. (ruefully)

• leather needle.
• smaller needle.
• new needle.
• different thread.
• some other different thread.
• upholstery thread (trip to fabric store).
• experiment with every tension combination available.
• try no tension at all!
• clean the machine with the vacuum & small fiddly tools.
• get out the manual & rethread the machine while looking at the diagram (I've had this machine for several years).

I work with dogged persistence; but I already know that the elusive nature of the problem is in direct proportion to my urgent need to sew on leather. One has to be smarter than the sewing machine. As I've been working along, my standard has been refined & the kind of results I've produced in the past will no longer do. I want to dominate this sewing machine & bend it to my will.

Break time.

beaded flower stitch markers

Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain

A new book by Oliver Sacks will be released October 16th, & I've made a preemptive request at the public library! His newest book will focus on music & its relationship to the brain.

I first read The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat. His books are fascinating. Oliver Sacks doesn't have answers for many of the questions he raises. I think he loves to learn.

Library Journal's synopsis:

Neurologist Sacks presents a series of clinical tales drawn from fascinating and unusual cases encountered during his years of medical practice. Dividing his text into four parts"losses" of neurological function; "excesses"; "transports" involving reminiscence, altered perception, and imagination; and "the simple," or the world of the retarded Sacks introduces the reader to real people who suffer from a variety of neurological syndromes which include symptoms such as amnesia, uncontrolled movements, and musical hallucinations. Sacks recounts their stories in a riveting, compassionate, and thoughtful manner.

Other books by Oliver Sacks include Awakenings (made into a slightly fictionalized movie starring Robert De Niro), Migraine, Island of the Colour Blind, A Leg to Stand On ~

He portrays whatever he chooses to observe with great detail, broad understanding & formidable knowledge, yet the ultimate mystery of the human mind & body is affirmed.

For Cleo ~

Ironing does take forever ...

Play Family Farm #915

Mr Green Jeans & family

Little People Greetings

A quick thrift on the way home.

I never know when I'll have an opportunity
to use my High School German.

WOOL. I'm certain, because the little

red tag says, "Laine Garantie'.

Extra soft.

Lots of yardage.

In script at the top of the label it says something
like 'Every woman with connoisseur, buys the
mark with the bee'. Am I the only one who
finds this funny?

Cotton from Holland.

I do not speak Dutch, but the back of the

label says 'Baumwolle'. And 'Cotton'.

Fall Colors ~

birdcage no.5

One of Miss Flite's birds.

Love Little People.

middle-aged mom

cut their own hair & think it's cool.

Granny

Temporary Relinquishment of Craft

The new in-school schedule allows roughly zero time for blogging, making things, taking photos...

especially taking photos. I'm kind of grumpy about this, although I do enjoy the other things I'm doing. My time is very fragmented, & since The Schedule isn't entirely jelled yet (it only jells, never sets -) time can't be used to maximum efficiency. hehe. I try to move toward maximum efficiency, but I'd have to have an entirely different personality to achieve it.
Goals:

1. Blog twice a week.

2. Focus. Stop attempting to try everything that interests me.

birdcage no.4 ~ complete.