I haven't yet seen the motor home I'm sewing for at the moment, but here's a photo lifted from Winnebago's website which, judging from the old seats the team have taken out looks about like the right sort of thing.
Yes, I do have one. This is it, my secret weapon. A Diamond sewing machine of uncertain age and industrial strength which serves as my day job, which is rather wonderful, actually. I work in upholstery, which involves 3-D sewing. At the moment I am part of a team making seat covers for a total refurbishment of a Winnebago motor home. It's a sculptural process with templates, turns, piping, curves, and lots of foam sheet. My job is sewing, and this his is a photo of my main machine which I love. Others on the team say she is temperamental and a bit of a swearword to operate, but by learning her ways and being used to her, I get along just fine and enjoy her personality. She's got grip, grit, strength and swagger. I haven't yet seen the motor home I'm sewing for at the moment, but here's a photo lifted from Winnebago's website which, judging from the old seats the team have taken out looks about like the right sort of thing. Normally at this time of year I would be blogging about making Christmas cards etc, but I'm not doing that this year. Prohibitive postal costs in conjunction with delays caused by Royal Mail strikes have made it undoable for delivery before Christmas, so it's going to be hand deliveries only this year. I have a stash of cards I made a couple of years ago which my neighbours haven't yet had, so there is no point in spending time and energy making new Christmas cards to post which likely won't be delivered until February. Instead, I'm going to make Happy New Year cards - then it won't matter when they arrive!
Comments are closed.
|
Welcome to my work journal - a weekly update on drawings, work in progress, doodles and day-dreaming.
I changed the website address a few months ago, so some older links on previous posts are broken. If you click one of those and it takes you to a strange page, simply replace the .co.uk after the heatherelizawalker. with weebly.com and it will work again. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
As well as the work you see here, I illustrate under the name of Binky McKee (my mother's maiden name was McKee, Binky was every single one of my great grandmother's many cats!)
If you would like to visit my Binky website, please click the picture above. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Dissolving PeopleA symbol on the footpath outside a local primary school gradually disappearing as the image breaks up and wears away until eventually it is obliterated by leaves and barely discernible. Photographed at intervals of several months between February 2021 and November 2022, oldest at the top.
(My shoes look so new in the first pic, and note the transition to new phone in the last photo). <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
All
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
April 2024
(Sorry the archives don't nest!)
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
A 2013 work book, still very much in use Please note all images on this website are ©Heather Eliza Walker 2013 - 2020, and may not be used or reproduced without prior consent. |