When we moved back to the US, everyone was very kind and helped us get set up into housekeeping — after five years away, we’d sold our house, sold our cars, and had to start over. This meant that we got a lot of hand-me-downs… not mad about that; my whole life as youngest of the first group of sibs meant I had everyone’s old everythings… but there’s something to be said for deciding – finally – that the sewing machine your mother gave you, the one she made your wedding suit with – can go by the wayside, and you can buy a new one with a computer in it, because it’s about what your Mom paid for her old one sometime in 1979.
It’s indecent to be this excited about a sewing machine. But, I am. Today has not been a good day in the news cycle, so I am grateful for One Good Thing. And looking forward to taking it out of the box.
Hope is a thing with stitches.
I’ve never owned a sewing machine, but have fond memories of my grandmother’s old Singer that she gave to my mom. The treadle was fun to use. Have fun with your new equipment and I hope you share some of your creations with us here 🙂
congratulations! The acquisition of a modern sewing machine is a rite of passage, if you ask me! (I went through mine in 1996: from 1950s Sears Kenmore with no zipper foot straight into the modern age. Of course now my modern sewing machine is twenty years old, which makes me older than you. 😉
I think it’s perfectly reasonable to be excited over a sewing machine! I had to BORROW ONE for a year before I convinced my not-yet-husband that it was actually as important a household item as, say, a power drill or a good set of socket wrenches.
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See, your old one is GORGEOUS. Mine is from the 70’s, and though it still works, it’s the most obnoxious machine, and the bobbin tension is horrific and — ugh. I am going to donate it, and hope someone with more machine savvy and patience will get good use out of it. I’m so looking forward to a newer model!
The main problem with my old one (which I am actually very attached to) is that it weighs about 40 pounds. It is incredibly heavy and there’s no way I’ll ever get it out of my grandmother’s house.
I think you’ll have a lot of fun with a newer model. Buttonholes and stuff like that! Enjoy being a grown-up!
I was excited to unearth an old sewing machine in the basement of my dorm~a colleague said I could borrow it for the winter. Now to wash off what appears to be taco sauce all over it~who eats while sewing?
It was wonderful to have this old sewing machine in Scotland, because it worked with the Scottish electricity. Just swap out the plug, and voila. Of course, it only worked because it was so old, and Singers were once made in Glasgow, so I guess the city recognized one of its relics come home to roost… the new one will need a transformer to work, what with the computer in it, but we’re grateful to actually have something automatically adjust bobbin tension, etc. – the old one was SO fiddly and such a pain!
I can’t even speak to the taco sauce. Eeeew.