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I bought another sewing machine.
It's a good thing my sewing room in the new house is much bigger than the old one.
I'm now up to an 80s vintage New Home that I have a love-hate relationship with for really no good reason. Except I hate the drop in bobbin and reverse fails to work at the most inopportune times.
And a 70s Brother Pacesetter. I finally found a flatbed model from the same vintage as my first Pacesetter that I loved so much. It checked out clean with its service today and I'm looking forward to logging some time on it.
And now a later 70s vintage JCPenney. It's a free arm (with a flatbed table) and will hopefully replace the New Home as my go to free arm. It uses good old metal bobbins and sews beautifully. And it has just the right number of specialty stitches.
Add these three machines to the Husky serger I bought last year and I am going to have to spend some time in Ikea figuring out space planning in my new room.
I don't think MH expected this when he encouraged me to buy the first machine almost 2 years ago so I could sew diapers instead of buying them. :-D But my sewing hobby is right in line with his fishing and dirt biking hobbies, so it evens out.
And I've spent less on these machines than I would have on a new one. Sometimes I wonder if I'd be on the same machine if I'd bought the Pfaff I looked at in the beginning, but at the same time, I love sewing on my vintage machines.
Oh! I almost forgot there's a Necchi Mira BF from 1954 (my grandma's) that will be joining me this summer too.
Re: I bought another sewing machine.
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Love those vintage machines. Well, I learned to sew on them...Before they were vintage!
I must admit that my Quatro D is my most go-to but I still use my 1968 Singer Touch and Sew (bought new-a gift from my parents
) when making window treatments.
I dream about pulling out my grandmom's treadle one day, when I have the ambition; she made her clothing on it until she died at 88. I adore that machine and it currently holds a lamp, in my office.
So, technically, I have 5 machines (2 embroidery) but NO SERGER!!! I am definitely going to get one in the next month or so-- a new one, though.
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My reluctance to get a new machine might be taken as me doing things the hard way. :-D But I like that my machine have an on/off switch and no computer. That the stitch controllers are knobs. And that I have to oil them regularly.
My Husky was a heck of a deal, but it's at least relatively modern. I looked at the old mechanical sergers and my head spun. It has an LCD and will walk me through menus to set things up. :-) I'm not that much of a glutton for punishment. :-p