KLKing

Hi! I am new here, and this is my first post!
Jim, I must share my own story. When I was 8 years old, in 1967, my parents bought me my first real sewing machine. It was a turquoise blue White straight stitch machine. Although I don't know the model number, It looked very much like some of the photos I have seen in these forum threads. I never could really get the tension right. It would work for a while, then jam up in a rat's nest under the feed dog. I'd fiddle with it and get it to work for a while. So ultimately I would use my Mother's Necchi- a wedding gift in 1955. She still owns that lovely zig-zag machine. To get me away from hers when she was trying to sew , was the reason they bought me the White.
The funny thing is this: My grandparents were there visiting when Dad brought it home. He said: "What a nice toy". Grandma replied, "That's not a toy, Irving!" So was the start of future sewing career!