Originally Posted by
tellabella
Do you need to justify it? Here goes...
1....it is like having a beautiful painting on your wall...you don't have to use it...just admire the beauty of it...
2....it is like your fabric stash....do you need all that fabric...and will you use it all?...but isn't it nice it have???
3...You are worth it...treat yourself...
4...you can always sell it and you won't lose $$$
5...you only live once...
I have seven 221 featherweights...one 222 featherweight from England...one 99k...two 301 Singers and other old machines...I love them..don't really use them much...take the 222 to classes...and the others are on display...
Wonderful reasons, which I agree with, but you left out the most important one. It sews great! I have 6 -- 1 white, 1 tan, and 4 black (1936, 1950, 1952 and a Centennial). The white is my travel machine, and I take it with me, even when I take my Bernina to class. It usually lives in the trunk of my car and is with me wherever I go, just in case I need a machine. When I get my sewing room organized, the Centennial will be my display machine. The 1952 is my "birthday" machine. The serial number on that one was released on October 8, 1952, and I was born on December 5, 1952. I am seriously considering getting it painted (I know, FW purists will consign me to the depths for defacing it), so it will then become my travel machine and the white will be retired.