Names
06-22-2014, 03:00 PM
#41
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: DFW / Texas
Posts: 1,254
My janome 6600 is called 'Lucy'. As in I love Lucy, As she's fun to use .
My janome 11,000 SE is called Rose. She's a computerized combo sewing/emb and she needs to be treated delicately like you do a Rose.
My Janome 3160 belongs to both my DD and I and we haven't named her yet.
My janome 11,000 SE is called Rose. She's a computerized combo sewing/emb and she needs to be treated delicately like you do a Rose.
My Janome 3160 belongs to both my DD and I and we haven't named her yet.
06-22-2014, 03:18 PM
#42
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Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Texas
Posts: 983
I have a very old industrial Singer. I call her Granny, because she has good days and bad. She can be very loving and sweet, or so cantankerous you cant stand her. But I love her and if I give her oil and love she will sew through anything I throw at her. Loudly. she is very loud. lol My hubby refinished the top for me, so she is pretty again.
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06-22-2014, 06:56 PM
#44
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Haw River, NC
Posts: 307
My Singer threadle's name is Rhea It was my grandmothers machine and that was her name. I have a singer that is 10 years old that I call Rachel, this lady help teach me how to finish some quilt tops that my grandmother made. She helped me get interested in guilting.
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06-23-2014, 12:31 AM
#45
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Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Gallatin, Tn.
Posts: 41
I have started naming my machine since I got my longarm in Feb. I am using my grandmothers and great grandmother and great great for the names . Makes me feel closer to them.I just got a new sewing room .So once I get everything in place I will post pictures.
06-23-2014, 06:57 AM
#47
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Durham, NC
Posts: 851
For those of you who question naming inanimate objects, I would agree with you BUT . . . I have always named my cars and they seem to last forever with little trouble. I discovered that, if you name them, they behave much better. My friend and auto mechanic loved taking care of "Fannie Fury" and telling his wife he worked on my "Fanny." From that I learned to name GPS devices as they all seem to have such personalities and can make MISTAKES! Our Hermione GPS has behaved much better now that she knows her name.
Funny that the only problem child in my sewing machine herd is the Bernina 1260 I have had for 25 years with no name. All the rest are old, sew beautifully and are much loved. I do have two "nused" ones that I'll be naming as soon as I can figure out what their names are supposed to be.
My late southern mama would say that it's probably a verse in some holy book that shares the secret of naming the mechanical devices that you use making them perform better. She'd say that verse is probably near the other one my sister swore existed, "Never wake a sleeping baby!"
Funny that the only problem child in my sewing machine herd is the Bernina 1260 I have had for 25 years with no name. All the rest are old, sew beautifully and are much loved. I do have two "nused" ones that I'll be naming as soon as I can figure out what their names are supposed to be.
My late southern mama would say that it's probably a verse in some holy book that shares the secret of naming the mechanical devices that you use making them perform better. She'd say that verse is probably near the other one my sister swore existed, "Never wake a sleeping baby!"
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06-23-2014, 07:55 AM
#48
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: North Fork Ca
Posts: 8,234
My machine is called "Shasta". Mostly because she hasta do it right. She hasta not run out of bobbin in the wrong place, She hasta remind me to slow down so my seams are straight, and sometimes She hasta be ready to work hard for a long time
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