Thanks everyone for your replies!
This has turned into a fun thread .... I'm glad that it isn't "just for me."
Yes, I've been absent.
My daughter is marrying soon .... lots going on with planning a large scale wedding. She's marrying a VIP.
Plus there's back-to-school with my son.
I haven't worked in a good while but have updated my resume.
Our local district had a last minute opening for a Family & Consumer Science teacher. My dream job!
Oh what I wouldn't give to have an interview.
My husband took vacation & we had our living room updated.
That meant new furniture (yay! 1st time ever, really .... always had hand-me-downs).
A much larger undertaking than I would have liked, but he insisted.
Meanwhile, my FW still sits under my "table" that I do most of my cutting & organizing on.
Do you keep the machines (mostly) in their cases? Mine is usually in it's case.
I'm going to get it out today if I have time.
I don't feel like sewing on it but I want to check it out again.
I actually have another older machine (darling!) ... Westinghouse maybe? It's blue.
Trying to figure out how I can display this little piece of heaven in my newly decorated living room.
With my husband traveling again this fall, I think I'm going to try to make one of those trips with him AND take the FW with me & see how it goes. I would love to sew in the hotel. Pretty sure I'll hang on to it. It's my birth year, after all. Someone somewhere one day will want to have it, I'm sure.
Fortunately I didn't pay $500 for it.
I think I paid $375.
Thanks for all your thoughts! I read each & every one with great interest.