Monday, February 20, 2012

Where The Singer Sleeps

I guess from the title of this post you might get the notion that either I or someone in the house is a singer, but that couldn't be farther from the truth. What I'm actually referring to, is where my Singer sewing machine spends her downtime. Seeing as how I only pull her out for straight line sewing (LOL) she gets a lot of downtime. She ought to have somewhere comfy to rest, right?

In a previous post I mentioned that I store her in a vintage steamer trunk. In that same post, I mentioned that I was thinking of painting her white. Why in the world did I say that?!? I received numerous comments telling me not to paint it because the patina is gorgeous. I actually agree with you and took you advice... for now anyway and did not paint the exterior.

Buuuuut, that didn't stop me from addressing the inside. (Hey, I remembered to take a before picture!) As you can tell she was in pretty rough condition. The paper that lined the inside was gross and peeling. I really didn't want to put my Singer in there and scrape her all up. Soooo....

I transformed the inside of the trunk into this.

She's cushioned all the way around, top and bottom. It didn't bother me at all that Mr. Uncluttered said it looked like a coffin when I was making it.... nope didn't bother me at all. Because not only does it protect the sewing machine from bumps and bruises, but I can use pins on every surface!