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I was going to scrape up $3000 to get the most sweetest awesome computer of all time this summer, but now I think I might rather have a new machine, since I'd like to make reeeeeaaaaally nice corsets in the future without having jammed thread fly all over the place and my downstairs neighbor complain all the time about the noise. I think my budget (with luck) might be in the $400 to maaaaaayybe $600 range. I would like something quiet and powerful (hehe...), and maybe with one of those half speed abilities. Although at the moment I do not need any fancy stitches (just straight stitch, an adjustable zig zag, and the basic buttonhole), I've had an increasing interest in fashion design and plan to learn to do different sorts of stuff, so the machine needs to last me a while and be able to do a few crazy fashion construction type things (but I still don't think I'll need 300 fancy stitches). It also needs to be preeeetty intuitive to use. I'm usually quite great at figuring out how to use things, but for some crazy reason, I lose my patience with sewing machine manuals. I'll probably be sewing everything from chiffon to more than 4 layers of cotton duck. Does anyone have any suggestions? With such a ridiculously vast sea of machines to choose from, I am completely overwhelmed and have no idea what exactly is good. Thank you guys so much in advance! P.S. I just found http://cgi.ebay.com/Pfaff-Performance-2054-Sewing-Machine_W0QQitemZ140230424068QQcmdZViewItem?IMSfp=TL0805051518a41706 (Is this a good deal? Just in case anyone here is interested. I don't think I'll need something quite so complicated.) I also found a pretty Pfaff antique sewing machine in case anyone is interested: http://cgi.ebay.com/PFAFF-130-SEWING-MACHINE-JUST-SERVICED-4-LEATHER_W0QQitemZ200221384608QQihZ010QQcategoryZ3118QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItemTags: sewing machines
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Like I said in a comment the other day, barn chores do lose some of their charm after the 20th consecutive day of ice and cold or sticky heat. But this was not one of those days, and there's a lot to be said for just-past-dawn mist on the paddocks or for shutting the lights off at the end of the night knowing your charges are tucked up safe. I could get used to this, all over again. Even if it does mean the endless angst of weighing the forecast ("sometimes heavy" rain) against the actual weather (no such thing) when deciding whether to put the night horses out. I did. So far, so good, and worst-case scenario, well. Horses have survived standing out in the rain for thousands of years. I figure these can probably handle one more night.
I haven't had the place this much to myself for...weeks, at least. Friday night, a little late by the time I got on, with a bunch of folks off to the King Oak horse trials. And I do like it that way, once in a while.
Tucker came out a little lazy with that right hind, so we spent a while just walking very forward on a long rein, circles and bending lines and straight ahead, until he stretched over his topline and evened himself up. Pretty nice swinging trot to start, but about halfway through our trot/canter warm up, we were getting a little sloppy. My fault: I was daydreaming. But hey, happy circumstance: I'd planned this to be transition night anyway, and that'll sharpen a too-casual pair right up. So we camped out on our 20m circle and went to work.
Walk/trot/walk. Trot/canter/trot. Ad infinitum. Really thinking about where I was putting my weight. Stepping out of the circle at intervals to toy a little with what we were getting, then back to see where we could go from there. Had a few moments of disagreement and twice rode a little counterbend to suggest that maybe getting rushy in the trot wasn't the very best of ideas (and I kept catching myself looking down and rounding my shoulders again--thought I had that licked!), but all in all, I was pretty darn pleased. The work got real good real fast, and then we had a nice supply of balance and power with which to play (and at one point possibly the best free walk we've ever done; wouldn't have minded taking that in the ring).
I get to sleep in a little tomorrow, assuming the yellowdog allows it. I've got the front stalls to clean in the afternoon, both horses to ride, and the evening feed and turnout. Onward.
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