I'm like most of the others here.... My first machine was a 1968 Singer Golden Touch & Sew with the cams. About 5 years ago, it had a serious overhaul with all new plastic gears put in it. Once again it sews beautifully. I didn't buy my next machine until 2005 and only because I wanted an embroidery/sewing combination and then I bought a Brother Innovis D and love the much larger harp, built in thread cutters and just the whole machine. The Brother being a computerized machine has been to repairman more in it's short life....4 times...than my old machine has been in it's much longer lifetime - 3 times.
I won't give up either of them! Both are very loved and very used.
Forgot to calculate the years.... 1968 to 2005 - 37 years between for me.
Last edited by Barb in Louisiana; 04-01-2014 at 07:40 PM.