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Vrooom

Wednesday, July 6th, 2011

I’ve finally managed to move everything out of my old apartment, although I still have the keys to the place (oops, need to return those…). I’ve also managed to do a reasonable amount of cleaning in my new room, so it’s not quite a disaster zone. I’ve still got piles of clothes that want to be packed away or turned into other clothes lying around, but I’ve only got two boxes left to unpack. Progress!

What this all means is that I can finally start sewing again! I’ve moved my lovely sewing machine out of Monument and into my room, and it now occupies the place of honor near the windows overlooking the Haight.

Sorry the lighting’s bad – I snapped these photos quickly before running of to work this morning, so it’s all sort of back lit.

Here’s a closer photo of the arm of the machine:

And one from the other side so that the lighting’s better:

I got this gorgeous machine for less than $150 off of Craigslist – the guy I bought it from thinks it’s probably from the 1950s or so. It needs a bit of oil, but other than that works really smoothly and looks like it’s been pretty well taken care of. The motor sounds amazing.

I can’t wait to start turning all the scraps in my room into gorgeous clothes.