Originally Posted by
Cari-in-Oly
Ain't that the truth. Two years ago a friendship was ended when someone told me how stupid I am for loving my vintage machines when I should be wanting the most up to date computerized machines with all the bells and whistles, blah,blah,blah........I told him he can spout all day long, it won't change my mind because I've got something he'll never have: SKILL. I sew, I don't sit and push buttons(except for my embroidery machines) and have the machine do all the work. I can out sew him with any of my vintage machines. All the bells and whistles don't make you better at sewing if you don't have the skill in the first place.
Cari
What is the saying? "A poor craftsman blames his tools"? I know someone who has all the latest camera toys but his photos are still soft and his composition is weak. He always wants the bigger better lens but he doesn't get that the best tool in his tool box is him...
In fairness, I believe most of my machines - vintage and otherwise - make me look better than I am.
