Originally Posted by sahm4605
have any of you thought about some of the younger women that you know and thought about sharing a machine that you don't use too much to teach them to sew and share the quilting bug?
I do that all the time. I love giving them away. I request that if they do not use it as they thought that they might or get a new machine that they give them back to me so I can pass it on again. The other thing that I do is keep all my notes on the machine that was given to me. For example I have one that was great grandma XXX's machine and it has been sitting in someone's garage as no one sews. They dropped it off at my doorstep. I told them that if any one of the youngsters deceided to start sewing to let me know and I will give the machine back to the family. I have a strong belief that these machines should be back in the family home.