Patrice I must disagree. But then we are nearing the end of a 6 month reno and have done most of the work ourselves. There have been many times I would have traded my DH for a featherweight or a faster work person or a person I could fire....
Our neighbour constantly tells us that she is amazed at the amount of work that we have done ourselves. I am not amazed at it and honestly, if finances allowed, I would have loved to just supervise.
Okay back to subject. Yes I will allow other people to sew on my machines within reason as stated before. My 'vintage machines' --just two are not up for use. But I am teaching my DGD's to sew on my Janome Jem that has speed control.
My Pfaff 5.0 is only mine and no one touches it!!!