Thoughts on arrival of new machines (2025 Update)

Thoughts on arrival of new machines snipped-for-privacy@YahBetcha.org (Valkyrie)

The decisions involved, waiting for and arrival of new machines (often referred to as my/our baby) is much like that of the arrival of a much anticipated child. I know writing out that check after I decided on my dream machine was almost as painful as 31 hours of labor. LOL ..I think we should have sewing machine showers as we do for our babies!

i love this idea!! someone, mother of the mom to be???? can make cute little party favors...thimbles filled with needles, fat quarters folded beautifully....... betsey "we do not inherit the earth, we caretake it for our children"

Hmmm, I'm going to register at Wild Ginger, at Clotilde, at Nancy's Notions, .........

Yeah, Joanne, are you heading southeast by any chance? If you are coming toward Sacramento I can drive up to help christen the new one

Gift wrap? How about gift wrap YARDAGE! (remembering an article somewhere about how to wrap presents with fabric)

Yes, the machine is in Grass Valley.

Hmm, that's about a 3-hour drive from here... Well, if a party gets set, I will see if I can make it up there.

It's an hour and a half for me - 3 hours round trip - and that's assuming I don't take the wrong exit like I did yesterday. I get to see a lot of the country that way. ;-) I once discovered California grows a hellovalotta cotton, when I missed the turn for Santa Cruz. For a while, I thought I'd have to wait until I got to LA to find a turn-around.

And even better, the Dove dark chocolate now comes in little bite-sized foil-wrapped pieces. MMMMMmmm! (rolling eyes heavenward). When they have the eggs at Eastertime, I can be seen at Target, furtively loading my cart, hoping that no one who knows I have no small children at home sees me. LOL

I'm thoroughly enjoying this thread, and trying to figure out a way to buy a new machine, just to have a party!

Karen Maslowski in Cincinnati

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Well, if you bought the fabric for a gift, then you could wrap something else with it, right? No different than buying fat quarters for a gift

-- or am I missing something?

Yes, I think Cea has separation anxiety over her fabric giftwrap. Probably affected by years and years of picking up crumpled paper, now shocked by the giftwrap actually being folded and kept.

I rescued a Singer 257 from going to the garbage men (too late to save the cabinet, but I don't have room for it anyway, and this is a portable model). My 17YO daughter actually called me to see if I wanted it because she knew I rescued sewing machines and this looked like the kind I rescue.

Hmmm, maybe there should be sewing machine rescue relays to relays machines to people who want them just like there are pet rescue relays.

Well, since I already have at least six that fit that description, I'd best not do this. My husband would shoot me with a cheap pistol. LOL I'm trying to get rid of machines, at this point.

Now I could have a party for the Featherweight I acquired two years ago, couldn't I? What I need to do is get her all spiffed up; the poor thing is frozen, and unable to sew right now. Karen Maslowski in Cincinnati

I'll be in Cincinnati next summer. how long does it ta

Re: Thoughts on arrival of new machines

Standing in line behind Melinda, waving hand in air to get Joanne's attention: Cea

Absolutely! It sounds like a "Loosen and Lube" party is needed! FWs are cranky. One single thread in the bobbin case will put them into a funk. They're small, and closely machined, and intolerant. But sweet.

I have a Singer 15 was frozen solid when I got it - was a real doorstop. It took a month or more of occasional soaking with WD-40, but finally broke it free, oiled the bejeesus out of it, and it sews like a champ now. It finally came down to a block of wood and a few gentle taps with a hammer.