holders for recorders.
My children all started their music lessons with playing the recorder, late 70s, early 80s. One of my daughters asked me of I still had their recorders and here are 2 of the holders I made them. At the time I played with the stitches of my sewing machine and I still like to do that at times although digitising and machine embroidery take more of my time.
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13586Beautiful job on these, Martine, should keep them safe and dust free!
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261163Do they now want them for their children ,so they can learn to??Hugs
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360659Lovely treasures Martine. They must bring back special memories too.
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The covers are now as much a treasure as the recorders. I'll bet you had many musicals at your house when they were all home and playing their instruments.
I love the decorative stitches until I have to turn the 2nd corner because I always wanted them to be the same and was never able to accomplish that. It always frustrated me. ☺
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by mops
22 Feb 2014
We had, eventually. Practising the violin can be a bit hard on your ears, especially as she started with 1/4 violin, high and piercing :)
You are right about the corners, I started them again instead of just turning.
158718Lovely holders, they are still good, after many years.
Hugs, Lidia
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78119Lovely holder. I hope folks will now look at their decorative and character stitches in their machines.. They are so versatile.
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by mops
22 Feb 2014
I agree, those stitches are worth using, and playing with the width and length settings. A twin needle can give very nice effects too.
169064This work looks wonderful especially when one expands the photo. Very intricate. I too learned the recorder and my daughters too. The only recorder left at home doesnot have such a beautiful holder.
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by mops
22 Feb 2014
I still have an alto recorder I bought for myself when they were all playing. That does not have a holder, still sits in a now rather battered cardboard box, but the children had to take them to school and those holders offered some protection.
115771Very nice stitching, what kind of machine did you have then?
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by mops
22 Feb 2014
An Elna (1963) and the top one must have been done with a Husqvarna Linea (1979) as that had the lettering (I noticed it has his name one it). I still have that Elna.
by sewilso
22 Feb 2014
It is hard to beat an older sewing machine, they don't make them like they used to when they were all metal. I have a collection myself of maybe 8 or so I had picked up from thrift stores and craigs list. No Elna's though, I do think it would be a treasure to own.
23282This holders are nice
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by mops
22 Feb 2014
Thank you. Those fancy stitches have become a bit underrated since we use embroidery machines, but they look quite good, especially for heirloom stitching I think.
26010Lovely - do they still play? I began with the recorder way back at primary school.
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by mops
22 Feb 2014
They went on to play #1the piano (Myriam still does), but the rest - #2 cello, #3 violin and #4 clarinet - abandoned their instruments when they moved to another part of the country. The cello and violin played in a regional youth orchestra, the clarinet in the village brass band.
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