would you buy this?

Thank you, Anne

Donna

I only posted the message yesterday afternoon, just before 4 O'Clock.

Anne

My mistake then. I don't check my NG's every day and I guess I had my days mixed up.

Trust me, I'm not trying to do anything behind anyones back. That's not like me. And I don't lie.

I was wrong about the date and time. My mistake.

Donna

Anne: As DM used to remind me: "She who hesitates is lost." Next time, if you really need some advice, just ask one or two buddies (and/or DH) who can reply quickly, then *act* quickly on the advice. Better luck next time! PAT in VA/USA

Thank you, Pat. Like I wrote in an earlier post, the woman who sold the machine said a flood of people had contacted her about her machine and that I couldn't believe it was still available.

This machine was for sale near Olympia, WA. Are there others here who emailed about this machine but are now being quiet letting every one else who reads this NG think I was the only one who asked about this machine?

This sewing machine is going into my great grandmothers sewing cabinet. I've been looking for one like this for years now. I'm glad I finally found one.

Nuff said.

Donna Munn

I really didn't think my DH would say go for it, so not asking him was where I went wrong! If I'd have asked him, I could have fired off an email and posted for advice here at the same time. I was looking for shoes when I found it and I really do need the shoes (not that craigslist was any help there!), so I really am glad that it went to someone who will love it, there must be a lot of sewing machines out there not being loved!

Donna, you said you moved it out of the cabinet, any chance you could let me know the measurements of that - if you are wanting to get rid of it that is!

Anne

I looked again on craigslist yesterday, an awful lot of much poorer quality machines. The way it looks, it seems more likely to see a machine without a cabinet than the other way round. I ought to ask my mum what her machine is, I always remember that as feeling good, but then I've not got vast amounts of experience. Fun though I think it would be, I'm not in a place where I want to spend lots of time making a machine work and spending a lot of time looking for a bargain would probably end up not a happy place - better to actually get on and sew!

I'm really lucky my husband is so supportive, he's the money earner in this household and visa status means I can't work at all, I used to work part time and it didn't all go on childcare, it was nice to have a little money to spend and not feel bad about it, even though he now earns more than we did put together and I know he views it as ours not his, it doesn't feel quite the same, particularly if I spend money on things that take me away from him.

This has given me the incentive to want to know more about older machines, that would be time well spent! It had occurred to me that an older Bernina would be a good reserve machine.

Cheers Anne

Anne, I tried emailing you but my mail bounced back. Please try again so I can talk to you about the cabinet. Donna

Anne, keep looking. Often the most wonderful machines will sell for little on ebay because they're offered for local pickup only. And some of the best SMs don't have the kind of press that makes Singers sell for so much. Two of my favorite machines are my Necchis. I have a BF Mira with high and low speed, $30 in a cabinet, and a BU Nova ZZ, $5 at Sally Ann. Such sweet stitchers, so smooth and powerful! Those who have them are delighted with their SuperNovas and Julias that use cams for deco stitching, too.

And don't get me started on the German-made Kenmores! One of them is the 117.740, a twin to the Pfaff 139 because they are the same machines made pre- and post-merger of Pfaff and Gritzner-Kayser in

1957. It has all of the German engineering, with fine materials and close tolerances, that you'd expect, and I got it for $10 plus shipping. And all of these lovely machines take common 15-class bobbins and low- or high-shank feet that you can get anywhere, not special proprietary ultra-expensive ones.

There was a website at one time that demonstrated how to customize a table for a sewing machine, using a regular dining table from IKEA, if memory serves. If you have room for such a thing, you might want to look for it on the Wayback Machine site:

Or I could send it to you; I saved it when it disappeared from the Web, in case I wanted to make one and couldn't find it anymore. My copy is in RTF format with pictures, on a mac, if that makes a difference.

Maria in NE PA