Originally Posted by
bjgallent
I leave the machine on to stop and press. If I can't get back to sewing within a reasonable time, then I turn it off.
This is me, too.
My machine faces the wall so it's hard to see if it's still on, and I've accidentally left it on overnight before. So now I have it and my gooseneck lamp plugged into a power strip and left switched on, and I use the power strip switch to turn everything on and off. So if I'm across the room, I can tell if the sewing machine is on because the lamp is also on - much harder to forget!