new toy
SGD 1 - SEK4.7
abt 10 days ago we went to check out a few stores that sold sewing machines in uppsala centrum. we had done the rounds before, but this time h did the dangerous art of testing out the machines... so we ended up with a rather fancy computerized one.
the local name brand for any household electronics is husqvarna - they make almost anything you'd find in a home... i'd say it's as pervasive as ikea furniture here in terms of popularity. we tried their new 'made in china' stuff, the huskystar series... from the cheapest to the most fancy (the C 20) which i was rather partial to, since it had lots of fancy stitches and we could even have some alphabetic monograms... problem was it cost a hefty SEK5000 and only had 2 yrs warranty.
Huskystar C20their normal range of machines were abt SEK3000+ and up (the upper limit in the little shop we visited was abt SEK20K - fancy computerised embroidery machines of course). at this point h was keen on a rather fancy model:
Husqvarna Viking Scandanavia 300i wasn't quite keen on it because of the SEK10K price tag, and i couldnt help thinking - how often are we really going to use embroidery on anything after the initial excitement had gone? plus we had to plan on buying additional software when the current stock of available embroidery templates became old.
so we went to another shop closeby. we had been looking at a different janome machine, the 'easy jeans' model... quite by chance, while h was testing out the machine, i happened to look at another model that had some little embroidery options. it cost the same as the easy jeans model, looked sexier, had more stitch functions (20 stitch options for the easy jeans; 60 for the 760), and was computerized (the last bit wasnt exactly important... but it does have a certain appeal to the geekier of the two of us)... h was impressed at how straight the stitches were. i liked that it was easy to use, and had all the functions i wanted - lightweight, has a needle threader, some simple embroidery functions, 5 yrs warranty... and both machines cost the same - abt SEK5395.
needless to say we bought the
platinum 760. we got a 10% discount since it was the display model too... we're still waiting for the english manual tho... the swedish one that was in the box was for a completely different model, the gold 660, which i think is the precedesor of the one we've got.
we've been taking turns playing with it, and so far i've sewn a handphone pouch and converted some of his old torn jeans into berms and... erm... embellished them a little at the hem :)
he's cutting paper patterns for sewing a fleece jacket for yours truly; and i've been looking at well, cloth
menstrual pad patterns and some
regency style dress patterns.
on top of that, the parcels i sent meself from sg containing all my textile and sewing stuff arrived midweek, so now i can finally plan on making curtains for the entire apartment.
on the gaming, i think i'll manage to finally finish playing neverwinter nights (yes yes, i know it's old but i never got round to finishing it) sometime next week, as soon as i can stop thinking abt sewing projects and get by as little household chores as possible MWAHAHAHAHA ~ m!
p/s i have to mention today was the first time i made a complete 'nasi lemak' meal from scratch by meself and was rather successful... :)
this is a picture h took of part of central uppsala. it looks deserted in the picture cos the university term had not started at the time. we see this scene whenever we're waiting to go home after shopping in town :) oh and a lot of ppl cycle here... it takes abt 10 mins for us to cycle from home to town, for eg.
these roses were taken around linnaeus' herb garden in central uppsala. it was in early july... lots of roses growing wild. right now there are not a lot of wild roses in bloom, instead they have turned into rosehips, fruit-like. i tasted one, but it wasnt remarkable... slightly sweet. ~ m!
