Originally Posted by kmohan
I’ve recently been thinking about when I was younger and when I learned how to sew with a sewing machine. I think I was 7 or 8 and I used to help my mom with hemming pants before school started in the fall and basic clothing repairs. I want allowed to use the machine at first but I helped with some pinning and getting everything ready for her. My mom had an old Singer she had got in highschool. It had a solid case that clipped right into the body of the machine, which I have never seen since. She kept the machine until the pedal broke and our repair guy couldn’t get a replacement. I eventually sewed my graduation dress with that machine….good times!
When did you all start sewing? Any fond memories of specific machines?
Kristy
I started around the same age as you, 7 or 8, by hand sewing clothes for my fake Barbie doll. My first machine was a "portable" Singer that must weigh about 30 lbs! Still have it, won't part with it.
A few months back, I became nostalgic for my grandmother's hand-crank Singer. Unfortunately, my mother threw it away because it was broken; heaven forbid she'd ask if anyone wanted it anyways! :roll: So, thru my local LQS, I found someone selling her grandmother's hand-crank machine and I bought it! Looks like it might be the same model my grandmother had or, at least close to it.
My boyfriend's hobby is his 1962 T-bird. (He looks SO cute driving it!) I plan on taking the machine with us, plus small table & chair, to the various car shows so, while he's wandering around, I can sew. Figured it would at least be a conversation starter! It was too late in 2009 to try but am looking forward to the shows in 1010.