DOWN MEMORY LANE

So much has changed

I wanted to take a trip back to memory

lane.

A visit to the Apple Valley Smockers and

our booth at the quilt show.

This booth was at the Town Toyota Center

in Wenatchee, Wash.

If I remember it was our first or second year

of the quilt show being held there.

  This post has a lot of pictures.

Fun to re-share the memories.

MEET KATHY DYKSTRA

One thing I love about

computers and blogging is 

being able to 'meet' people,

I would never other wise have been

able to meet and call a friend.

One of those friends is Kathy Dykstra.

Kathy, is a designer, teacher, artist and blogger.

Her blog sewing_adventures.com

is full of inspiration.

Design by Kathy

Just a sample of the beauty/talent you

will find on her blog.

Kathy, has been a huge influence on my sewing and smocking.  I used many, many of her designs

when they were published in AS&E.

A magazine no longer published and missed so much.

Kathy also designs for wee babies

and for wee care.

She offers many tutorials on her blog.

 

Her patterns are available through

her  Etsy

kathysheirloomshop

 

HIGH SHANK__LOW SHANK

Your  sewing machine has

a shank.

Your pressure foot attaches to

that shank.

The shanks are either high or low. I

would guess most of them are low.

so what is it?

See that white piece of plastic?

That is the shank, the piece holding my

pressure foot.

You might also notice I have a snap

on pressure foot,vs a screw on.

 My machine is the Viking sapphire

760 quilt machine. Mine is considered a low shank.

Another thing that can be confusing 

is-this piece is also called an ankle.

When purchasing new feet

the choices are, a choice between

high shank and low shank.

 I hope this helps clear up

any confusion, when you see the term

high shank or low shank.