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I tried to love her. Really I did. She was so cute, that little Bernina Activa 220 sitting there in all her electric peppiness and complexity. I had visions of using her for lots of new adventures in clothing construction. Then I changed, or rather I changed my focus. No longer was I enthralled by making different kinds of clothes. And she changed too. She developed "problems". We went to "counseling" , or was it repairs. Nothing seemed to work. We grew distant and stayed apart from each other. She just didn't fit into my plans anymore. So, I set her free and gave her back to the dealer. He gave me another Bernina 1008 mechanical . Here was a machine that was just like I grew up with. No fancy stitches. No gee whizz factors. Just the tried and true blue, straight ahead sewing capability that I was already used to. Now I have 2 of them. I never thought I would sucumb to Sewing Polygamy, but there it is. I am a man who sews and have come to accept my need for the tried and true., Just more of it. Now I will be able to do the things that I want that involve using two different machines with the attendant thread/feet differences, that would otherwise require my switching out those things during the middle of a session. Now it is just the three of us, me and my two Bernina 1008's. A "Menange a' Trois of sewing creativity. Every male sewers secret fantasy. There is even that other little Janome 1600p that I visit on those "special ocasions", that the Berninas just can't satisfy. Ah, life is finally good again. Please do not think badly of me, for after all I am just a man. But I am finally at peace with myself.

John

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John
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You're too funny! But makes me wonder how many of us have more than one of the same model? Roberta in D, one modern Pfaff and 2 old Singers

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Roberta Zollner

Hee hee!

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Estelle Gallagher

Aha. Just as we suspected. John's whimsical writing reveals a side to him that has not yet reached his quilting. We can wait. It will happen. Polly

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Polly Esther

LOL! John, some of us like some things, others like different things -- and that applies to sewing machines, as well. :) Variety, as they say, is the spice of life. I really enjoyed reading your commentary -- the humor in it gave it a wonderful twist.

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Sandy

Your message gave me a huge chuckle! Thanks! Question?????? Is there really such a thing as sewing "Poligamy?" If so, I'm in deep doo-doo! ...and it's not just male quilters love of machines -- we gals love variety of SMs, too. ME-Judy

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ME-Judy

Where was the PIMP warning! Too cute: )

Butterfly (I can just see him making a quilt with the jilted and the new )

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Butterflywings

Too cute! Thanks for the smiles this gave me!

Yes, I admit to being a sewing polygamist, also.

G> I tried to love her. Really I did. She was so cute, that little

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Ginger in CA

Well John, this is just too funny. I guess there is an orgy or two going on in sewing rooms across the country at this rate. I think your 1008s are similar to my dear old Bernina 930. What a dream of a machine to be sure, for you x's 2.

Taria

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Taria

Actually, I followed what John was saying. In my sewing room there are two Berninas just alike. Well, like twin people are just alike. They are both Bernina 155. I don't have to bother with changing feet from one model to another, all the feet fit both of them. The best part is I don't have to shift my old brain. All the settings, buttons and gizmos are the same. If I have two projects going at once (usually), it is just lovely to roll from one twin to the other. Polly

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Pat in Virginia

LOL! You mean IF the jilted ("wife number one" being treated like "number two") will actually work!

Personally, my machine has it's own temperament - I think they ALL do. :)

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Connie

I have thought of getting a new Janome 6600 with the built in feeding foot system. It is a cousin of the 1600 which uses the same machine frame with the longer arm for passage of fabric easily. I could easily place it in the cut out hole that currently houses the 1600 Jamome and then could use the 1600 in a Quilting Frame as a dedicated free motion machine. See, this thing gets so complicated that there just dosen't seem to be an end to it all. I just don't know how I will keep peace in the sewing room between all the competing sewing machines. It is almost more than a man can endure.

John

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John

Good grief - a harem! . In message , John writes

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Patti

Hehehehehe... He's only a beginner! I have 20...

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Pat in Virginia

You POLYGAMIST!

No, seriously, can I come live with you???

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Connie

Wonderful! . In message , Pat in Virginia writes

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Patti

You'll have to sleep in the sewing room! ;) And I often get up and sew at 5 am or stay up sewing until three... Sometimes both!

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Kate XXXXXX

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