I'm still sewing!

Had to do a bit of troubleshooting on the Rocketeer with the help of my Ravelry sewing friends, but I think it's running ok now.  Luckily the stuff from the Touch & Sew 640 fits on the Rocketeer (except for the chain stitch plate) so I didn't have to buy anything to figure out what was going wrong. :-)  It's a bit more complicated than my other machines, so it will take some getting used to.

I did get the Hobo bag done - it was a lot simpler than I expected, though the polka-dotted lining made me dizzy while sewing!  It's really floppy, so I stuffed some plastic bags in it to take the picture but I don't think they helped much:

I also made a scrap bag out of leftovers from my first bag, to keep my sewing area a bit neater:

I put a buttonhole on the top so it will hang off of the knob on the sewing desk.  It's definitely handy, though a bit bigger than I needed (but smaller than the original pattern called for).

And I started on the apron, which is actually super-easy as well but I'm debating whether I should line it or not as it's very flimsy and I'm not keen on the seams being out in the open, as it were.  I'd probably start the lining above the flounce if I do it, but I'll need to wash the pieces before I get any further I'm doing to do that since the two fabrics will probably shrink differently.


Look what I found on my ceiling this past week!

And here she is up close after I took her outside:

Best photo I've ever gotten with that camera, I think!  I don't think she really appreciated my photography attempts though - she kept trying to hide her face. :-)