Testing the husqvarna

Our first weekend together here in Sweden (since I moved here this time) we spend in Ramsjö were Manne's parents used to own a summerhouse. They had to sell it now because it is a bit too far away from Stockholm so nobody really can take care of it. It was really sad. But I'm glad I got to see the place were Manne spend his summer holidays as a child.
From there I got this old sewing machine Manne's grandma and later on his mom used. I love it. It can do so many things despite working completely on mechanics. No electronically programmed stitches or buttonholes but it can do that anyway. And it won't break. At the moment some things don't work because the grease in the bushings solidified (probably mixed with quite some dust and dirt). But some cleaning with kerosene should fix that. I might have to take it completely apart but it will work. And that's more than I can say about my singer I have at my parents. There's some sensor which is needed for sewing buttonholes. It broke after the second time I used it. And I can definitely not repair that on my own.

At the moment though I can't do backstitch or zigzag which means I'm a bit limited in what I do. Until now I just fold all the sides over twice to finish them and tie up all the loose threads by hand. It works for this nice bag which I now use for my new knitting project. A dress on the other hand might be a bit difficult.

I also found some fabric stores. I don't know what I was doing wrong before but I must have googled some weird expression because I only found a rather small fabric store on the other side of Stockholm. Now I have to check out some of the bigger ones. At the first one I checked I not only found the fabric above but also some heavier stuff which I used for a shopping bag for Manne. He was always using those plastic bags you get at the stores. 

Here he is trying to model with his new bag. I had to tell him that it was me taking the pictures and he didn't have to glare at me like to scare away someone. Like the smile a lot better. And he seems to like the bag.