how many sewing machines?

Well I have managed to accumulate a few sewing machines. They are as follows: My first machine was a Jr Miss Plastic that I got when I was a little girl that lived back in the woods in arkansas. The rest of the list is:

Mary, I have three: my Bernina 630, the Featherweight MIL gave me, and an old (1938) Singer 99K handcrank. I have to say that I use the Bernina the most; I'd use the FW more if I had room to keep it set up, but that's life. I love having it for taking to workshops and that sort of thing. The 99K is the one that is used the least. So far, I've only used it when DGS#1 made a quilted placemat, though I think two more DGSs will be doing the same thing soon.

At the moment I only have one, the NewHome from 1991.

If you have 10 fingers my dear, you have 10 sewing machines. :^)

I'm taking the fifth amendment here. ANON in VA

Oh! When you do have some mileage on the Juki/Gracie set up, please come give us a report. I am very curious, and I am sure others are too. Thanks! PAT

I mainly sew on my newest Viking (Designer I). My backup is my Viking #1. I use my featherweight for retreats and such. I have two treadles that are in the entryway just for looks, and I just got a Juki to use with my new Little Gracie frame. I haven't got to try that all out yet.

I have a Singer 99, a Bel-Air Bantam, a Free-Westinghouse, a non-industrial Imperial, and a Pfaff 130.

I use them all depending on what I am doing. The Pfaff is the poo for any heavy work, plus it sews beautifully in general. The Imperial has adjustable dogs, and does buttonholes and tacks. Those two are zig-zag machines, the rest are straight stitch. Frequently I will have some machines threaded with silk and others with cotton, also sometimes I will have an attachment or foot that I will want repeatedly for a certain project set up on a machine, leaving me free to use another for the general sewing. I usually have a quilt in progress, and with this many machines I can keep everything just as it is for the quilt and still get some gament sewing or other projects in.

NightMist

Hi Mary,

In addition to my Viking machines, I also collect & restore vintage machines. All together I have about 100 sewing machines, and no I don't use them all.

Some, like my Vikings, are used regularly.

Others, like my Featherweights, 301s, 201s, Elna Stella, and a few others, get used occassionally.

Some get used once in a blue moon and others not at all :)

You can see them here:

-Irene

wellll....if you want an accurate count, I have 4 sewing machines and a serger. I inherited my great (times2, I think) granmother's treadle machine, which needs repairing as DH, who was trying to be helpful, broke a "metal thingy" and it also needs a new belt. I also have his hand-crank that he bought at a boot sale when he lived in London, and which was perfect for tacking on new insignia and such while he was in the Navy. Then I have the Kenmore that Mother bought when I was 18 because we were both in the middle of projects when the motor blew out on the machine she had since before I was born (not bad that it lasted over 18 years!). Once her old machine was back in working order, she gave me the "new" machine (it's now 17 years old!). I also have a EuroPro, bought mainly because it has lots of fun decorative stitches that I can use on clothing and quilts. Finally, there is my serger, which was the combined birthday-Christmas present last year.

Next up will be an embroidery machine....eventually....once my business takes off.

Larisa, who is probably in the lower numbers compared to some on here (like Kate!!)

Oh, gosh! Dear to my heart, two Singer FWs and equally useful, though heavier, a Singer 301. I use the FWs for piecing, and the 301 for machine quilting. Also, in a cabinet, a Kenmore that is a good little workhorse. I usually use it for clothing and household-type sewing, though I made my first four or five quilts on it.

Now if I could just get a good deal on a cabinet for one of the FWs!

What do you like/dislike about the Quest?

I have seven. My mother's old Singer 66 treadle, a black featherweight, a tan featherweight, a Singer 301, a Singer 401, a Singer 503, and of course my Bernina. My main machine is the Bernina, but I use the black featherweight for small items, the 301 for freemotion quilting, and currently am using the 401 for making Heartstring blocks. The other machines all work.....but one can only use so many machines.

Betty in WI

I think it's just learning it's little quirks. The foot pedal is different from any of my others in that if you let up on it ,then try to push it back down, it doesn't always want to go unless I completely take my foot off and start again. I'm very upset with the satin stitch-the length won't go lower that .3, which with 40 wt. rayon just doesn't seem close enough for a good look. I wrote the company and they said .4 is enough for 40 wt.--not in my book. One of the main reasons I got this one over a couple of others is that the width can be changed in increments of .1 rather than .5 on the others. I feel .5 increments just don't give a smooth transition. Guess I just traded one problem for another. Maybe there's a reason I didn't get around to try to sell the Designer 1---I'll keep it as another back-up machine. Gen

I just checked my Janome 6600 (I LOVE it!!!)- the zig-zag width goes from

Sorry the Quest didn't work out so well for you.

Leslie, Missy & The Furbabies in MO.

I have a Bernina and a Featherweight. I use them both on a regular basis.

Happy quilting,

Lenore

How many sewing machines do

OK, I have a Viking Designer I which I use all the time, love it. Two Singer treadle machines, one a Red Eye, the other the Lotus design. A Singer 222 Featherweight, bought as a collector's item, but I have used it and it's beautiful! A Singer Touch and Sew, which lives at my daughter's house. This machine was good for sewing clothing, but not so good for quilting. Ask this question again next year and I'll probably own a few more, I'd like to have a white Featherweight. Michelle

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I like the way you think, Marie !

Els.

I have three, two of which work fine, (Huskystar) but one of those (Dressmaker) needs a light bulb and I have yet to find an old screw-in kind. The third (Singer) is awaiting a hook gear transplant. The organs are already here, just awaiting surgery, probably in a couple of weeks when I have a week off.

I lost count of the machines I have. But I do have some nice Singer machines, including a 301, 2 401's, a 403 or 404 (not sure right now), a 503, and a Genie. I also have a nice Viking from the 70's that's waiting for a new camstack. And I have another newer Viking that I got at a yard sale a few months ago for around $2. They really wanted to get rid of it and it sews great. And some great Kenmore machines, these are usually the ones I end up going back to again and again. I have about 8 of these machines, some are free arm and some are flat bed that are wonderful for machine quilting. And not at all fussy about thread.

Judie in Penfield NY