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| ruthie218 |
Posted - Jul 05 2017 : 05:55:54 AM
May be looking to buy a sewing machine. Wondering vintage or new . Why? Wanting to use for possible quilting.
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| janamarieje |
Posted - Jul 26 2017 : 10:41:46 AM
I saw this in yesterday's Thread magazine email, does anyone have any experience with this buttonhole maker?
It looked so interesting and easy to follow. For more information,
http://www.threadsmagazine.com/item/67908/vintage-sewing-tools-the-singer-bound-buttonhole-maker?source=w3811enl&tp=i-H43-BC-3Yq-CGu4B-1o-42UD-1c-CH8Fg-1wrbog&utm_campaign=threads-eletter&utm_source=eletter&utm_medium=eletter&utm_content=th-eletter&cid=13692&mid=181344803&om_rid=i-H43-BC-3Yq-CGu4B-1o-42UD-1c-CH8Fg-1wrbog&om_mid=13692
Jana
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Gardening is cheaper than therapy and you get tomatoes. ~Author Unknown
All I really need is love, but a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt! ~Charles Schulz
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| TexasGran |
Posted - Jul 26 2017 : 06:38:03 AM
I am sewing on my third old Bernina 830...the work horse. It has more power than the black anniversary Singer that my husband bought for me several years ago. I love it. When my first one died, after 25 years of my use, I cried.it was used when I purchased it
TexasGran
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Let God's light shine through you every day.
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| NikisMom |
Posted - Jul 19 2017 : 3:28:53 PM
I use my featherweight for my Rug braiding guild meetings. It is very portable and durable for being transported.
Farm Girl of the Month July 2017
If you truly love nature, you find beauty everywhere-Van Gogh |
| quiltee |
Posted - Jul 17 2017 : 6:57:56 PM
As for my 301s, they are all a bit different; one is in a cabinet and came without attachments, one I got with its table with a lot of attachments, and the third came without a case but with attachments. I learned to sew on my mother's featherweight.
Farmgirl hugs,
Farmgirl #1919
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Linda O
Lone Oak, TX
"Women are Angels, and when someone breaks our wings, we simply continue to fly . . . on a broomstick - we're flexible, like that."
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| NikisMom |
Posted - Jul 17 2017 : 07:38:31 AM
Linda, a 301#128562; I am looking for one of those. I wish I had the old singermy mom had. It is what I learned on, sad she got rid of it
Farm Girl of the Month July 2017
If you truly love nature, you find beauty everywhere-Van Gogh |
| NikisMom |
Posted - Jul 17 2017 : 07:36:10 AM
I am a Singer girl, but just bought a Husqvarna Viking and am happy with it. My most treasured though is my featherweight, Jemma (named for both grandmothers) AND my Grandmother's White in a large cabinet. My Grandpa bought it for her in 1945. It runs beautifully and is a treasure.
Farm Girl of the Month July 2017
If you truly love nature, you find beauty everywhere-Van Gogh |
| quiltee |
Posted - Jul 16 2017 : 8:15:18 PM
Well, I just got my 25th or 26th (can't remember) sewing machine today. It was given to me. It is my 3rd Singer 301. This one is in a cabinet.
I like Janome and my Singer Featherweights as my favorites. I have many vintage Singers - from treadle to Featherweights to 301s. LOL!
Farmgirl hugs,
Farmgirl #1919
Farm Girl of the Month April 2017
Linda O
Lone Oak, TX
"Women are Angels, and when someone breaks our wings, we simply continue to fly . . . on a broomstick - we're flexible, like that."
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| janamarieje |
Posted - Jul 16 2017 : 6:40:43 PM
I have a Babylock Symphony, was a Christmas gift from my husband seven years ago, perfect sewing and quilting machine due to it's large throat. I have made six quilts so far, from throw to king size. I have had no problem yet but that is probably because I safety pin the layers every six inches, but I only do straight topstitch. I would love to invest in a professional computerized quilter for decorative topstitching, but that is several years and research away.
Jana
#7110
http://www.emhardt.com
https://www.etsy.com/shop/cjcraftsstudio
Gardening is cheaper than therapy and you get tomatoes. ~Author Unknown
All I really need is love, but a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt! ~Charles Schulz
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| Cissik |
Posted - Jul 16 2017 : 11:32:37 AM
I love what I'm used to: Berninas, old ones, and vintage Singers.
Janome is known to make good machines.
Sylvia
Kent, WA
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| katmom |
Posted - Jul 16 2017 : 08:56:53 AM
Fyi.... I had to go into the City yesterday.... ling story short... I stopped off at Walmart before heading home.... while DH was in the sporting goods section... I purused the sewing/craft isles... guess what thay had...
Janome sewing machines!
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| Denise Ann |
Posted - Jul 16 2017 : 06:51:41 AM
Hi Ruthie,
I'm partial to Janome sewing machines, but that is what I am used to.
I tried a Pfaff before I bought my newest machine, it was really nice, and sewed beautifully, but was just too much machine for me. They had other less expensive machines, which also sewed well. But I had been looking at the particular machine I bought for about 6 months, and ended up with the one I have now.
My sister have Bernina machines. She also has a "vintage" Bernina 807 mini magic, that is her favorite machine. Its all metal and is a little work horse.
I don'y know if that helps.
Denise Ann |
