Originally Posted by MadQuilter

Hugs to you, Bev. You must be so disappointed.
Disappointed that your sister didn't understand how attached you were to the machine.
Disappointed that she didn't think to ask you first before she sold it.
Disappointed that a precious link to your past is lost.
Disappointed at yourself for not asking for it earlier.

Well, what's done is done, no two ways about it. I'm glad you don't hold a grudge because they hurt the grudgee as much as the grudger. (Don't you just love making up new terms?) Sounds like she didn't do it to spite or hurt you. To her, it probably was "just" an old machine, and she figured that you being a quilter (quilter extraordinaire in fact), you probably have new and fancy machine(s).