Been a bit distracted the last couple weeks. I made this on a sewing machine recently and I think the idea has potential, although going for Maximum Contrast with the thread was a bad idea. It's 5 inch square, sewn into water soluble stabilizer, which was about the maximum size I could manage on the sewing machine I had then (Brother Super Ace 3). But the machine was also starting to skip stitches towards the end of this after running full blast for several hours. It's not a great machine.

I've been on a sewing machine adventure as a result. I've been trying to extend an old machine to about 13 inches needle to column distance, so I can try make something bigger. There are long arm quilting machines out there but they're expensive and don't have a zig-zag function. Industrial machines would probably be ideal, but they have the most elaborate threading up procedures possible (I figure for reliability at high speeds). Making this thing involved alot of thread changes and anything to make that easier is welcome.

Spent a while trying to find the Ideal Candidate to butcher. Picked up a couple that weren't so suitable or were too nice to cut up before finding a Singer G105. Drop in bobbin, belt driven rotary hook (https://i.imgur.com/sVKkku3.jpg), zig zag stitch, cast iron with a somewhat convenient place to cleave the head.

Here's the plan so far. https://i.imgur.com/tsmUASf.jpg I've got alot of 50x100x4 box section steel hanging about from a project that went a different direction, so i'll be glad to make use of it in building a new frame. Although the first task will be dragging a washing machine out of the car hole to try get some space back, which is why i'm putting it off by writing this.