Originally Posted by mimom
I have not named my machine. I am hoping some day to own an antique machine, I think they are called featherweights. If I am so lucky I will name it Bess. A few years ago I bought a lot of quilt magazines and included were a few old quilting books and inside one (from 1951) it had the name city and state of the owner and her name was Bess. I feel so fortunate to be the second owner of this book and will make a quilt from it some day in her honor.
My FW's name is Bess. No special reason though. When I got it I'd been reading a lot about Queen Elizabeth I and her favorite lady was named Bess. Bess eventually married Sir Walter Raleigh.