Originally Posted by
citruscountyquilter
I love my older machines. They have history and I have an emotional attachment to them. They don't have needle down but I have a hand that can turn the wheel to put the needle down to pivot. They don't have automatic thread cutter but I have scissors. They don't have lights up the wazoo but I have a lamp. What they do have is character. I have nothing against new machines nor people of have them. I just wish there was more understanding of the emotional attachment some of us have to our old machines.
I SO agree with this sentiment. Especially the part about having an emotional attachment to them. I picked up an older machine a while back because I it was in a cabinet and I needed one for my 301. Or so I thought.
The machine on the cabinet was a Singer Touch & Sew (1969) and I didn't really think it was old enough to be interesting. Decided to try it out and fell in love with it. I bought it from an estate sale and the woman who sold it to me told me it was her mother's and that she had used it to make all of their clothes, etc...and had taken immaculate care of it. All of the pieces and fashion discs were still together as were all of the other doo dads that came with it at the time. The manual was missing, but we downloaded one off of the internet. It has the fancy (to me) push button bobbin winder that makes me squeal whenever I fill it up in place.
I am not a great sewer/quilter and when I get discouraged I feel like this little machine is telling me "Come on, you can do it!" "Try again!" "Trust me, I've done it all before."
I wonder if I should share my musings before I have had a second pot of coffee? lol