Originally Posted by
beadywoman
So if I ever do purchase one of the older Singers, I think that the signs of use will make me think of the person who owned it before me, and I will wonder what she made and who or what she thought of while she was sewing.
There is something very bonding about cleaning up a dirty machine and getting it up and running again. I have so much love for the ones I've worked the hardest on. I always think about who owned the machine and wonder over the scraps of colored fabric lint and bits of thread caught in the works. It's so fun for me to think the previous owner can see how much love and care I am giving to their machine knowing from the well used look of the thing that it was loved.