I was going to comment on JuJu's comment, but it got so long, I thought I would just make it a post. Then I got so bent out of shape by my email adventure I forgot about it!
About my sewing club. The place I purchased my machine is the location of the club meeting. Our specific brand has three meetings on the day - morning, afternoon, and night. I go to the morning meeting, and recently our numbers have been growing by leaps and bounds. We, at times, have had 18 or so people. And it was crowded. I have noticed some of the "old heads" aren't coming anymore, but we have scads of new people there.
The store moved to a larger facility, and the classroom is a bit bigger than the old one. It still isn't big enough! I can only imagine how many people are actual members of this club with the three sessions.
All of the other embroidery machines also have clubs that meet there, but they only have one session. At Christmas, we usually combine with the Viking club since they only have a very few members, for the Christmas party.
It is fun. I learn new techniques at these meetings, and it makes me willing to try new things.
As for trains. As a kid, my grandmother lived fairly close to a track. I loved to be out there and listen and watch the steam engines work that track. Ohhh - that shows how old I am!
Once I visited my cousin here in Houston and we took the passenger train back to San Antonio. That was a lot of fun. Teens riding alone!
My real passion for train travel happened after G and I married. A few years ago, the train club here sponsored a special train trip over some lines that were to be torn up soon. We joined that group - which meant we also joined the National Historic Rail Road Society.
Recently, we have been attending the National conventions that are held all over the US. This year we are going to Iowa. Next year - Alaska. We have been to Ft Worth (whoo hoo - not a big trip for us), Duluth, last year, Portland and Seattle. We ride a lot of trains, able to see a lot of shops (not me this year), and meet a lot of interesting people.
In October we will be taking the train to New York City and near-by sites. It should be fun! By the way, any suggestions on things in NYC and Philadelphia? Thanks Kathy for all the ideas in NYC!
So there are the answers to the questions!
3 comments:
I think the trip to Alaska sounds much more interesting than the one to Iowa. :-)
That is so neat. What a great way to see new places and such a relaxing way to travel.
I am amazed that so many people commit to a club and consistently show up. That's a testament to the quality of the members, organizers and activities!
I bought a new brothers machine about 4 years ago and I've used it once. When I made the scarves for the oldies at the sock hop..The material was silky and it blew the bobbin and bobbin
holder clean out of the machine and I don't know how to fix it.
Sounds like you are having a busy, sometimes stressful life. I so want to go to Alaska!!!!!!!
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