Originally Posted by pinkCastleDH (Post 5569052)

For us it's a shared hobby. I'm not as much into quilting as she is (though I try to help her with opinions/advice/math when asked) and she's not as much into bicycling as I am (though we usually get some time each year in on the tandem - this year being the exception.) Oddly enough I'll probably use the majority of the machines more than she will as she doesn't seem to be that interested in treadle/hand crank sewing - just in the machines themselves. Should I ever get to the point where I actually make a quilt I think a hand crank would be just my speed for piecing blocks and a treadle for actual joining blocks, quilting and binding.

Originally Posted by Caroline S (Post 5568414)

Funny Cathy. My DD is trying to save me. Shhhh, don't tell anyone, but my sewing machine list is up to 81. The funniest thing is that DD was at St. Vincent's thrift store yesterday and sent me pictures of 3 sewing machines of interest. Is that sending mixed messages or what?

Originally Posted by cabbagepatchkid (Post 5568316)

A few months back I was dropping off some bags of clothes at my local thrift shop and as I bent down, to put the bag on the floor, I came "nose to nose" with a blue and white rectangular sewing machine case! I asked the lady if I could peek in to see if there was a blue sewing machine in there and when I looked there was an adorable little blue Capri, Japanese clone model 15. Aren't thrift shops wonderful??!!

I asked if it was for sale but she told me that it wasn't checked over yet and so it wasn't ready for sale. Well, I couldn't stop thinking about that machine and finally I went back a few days later to see if it was ready for sale.....long story short....it's now one of my favorite machines.

Originally Posted by blueheavenfla (Post 5572195)

Cabbagepatch Kid: What was your previous post about sick, sick, sick and then you sicko (lol, cause I'm one too) turn around and tell us about getting another machine...isn't being a machinaholic great? I got another one today too with 4 others (I think) in line in the garage waiting for my work table.

Nicest part is that DH gives machines a quick once over and says, yep, we can fix that. He does motors/wiring and cabinet disassembly and I do the rest. It is so much fun and keeps us old folk (I speak only for DH and me when I use that term) off the streets and out of trouble except when we go to thrift shops or look at CL. LOL

Originally Posted by pinkCastleDH (Post 5568692)

I don't think there's anyway I could hide a parlor cabinet from Herself. Another machine? Sure, though she's far more organized than I and probably remembers all of them that we have. A new treadle cabinet? Not a chance :)

Originally Posted by J Miller (Post 5572414)

In the foreground is my #2 Singer 66 red eye. Behind it is my Franklin 1911 in it's parlor cabinet. I made a quilted cover for Mrs. Franklin after I finished repairing the cabinet. I wasn't trying to hide it but to keep the cats claws off of it.

You might try something like that. :D

Originally Posted by blueheavenfla (Post 5572195)

Cabbagepatch Kid: What was your previous post about sick, sick, sick and then you sicko (lol, cause I'm one too) turn around and tell us about getting another machine...isn't being a machinaholic great? I got another one today too with 4 others (I think) in line in the garage waiting for my work table.