Hello everyone from Suffolk, England!
 

Hello everyone!
So pleased I have found this forum! I was a subscriber to the UK Sewing Forum until it disappeared, and I know a lot of folk are desperate for it to be up and running again - we are missing our fix!

Ive been sewing for a lot of years, Grandmother was a Milliner and Great Aunt was a 'Court dressmaker" (my skills are not that good!)

But, I have just discovered the joys of patchwork and FMQ - and am delighted with the results so far. I love old machines, have a Singer 99 hand crank, a Singer 201K which is perfect (electric) a Singer 401G which sews like a monster, and only this week, a Singer Touch and Sew 760, which arrived in filthy condition, was duly cleaned and runs beautifully, even all the cams work!

I also own a Pfaff Performance 5 - which I really don't like! It was to be my dream machine.......but isn't! My old ones out perform it every time! I have a brother overlocker, which simply does its job well......

Im looking forward to reading forum posts and hearing all about others love for old machines!:thumbup:

Welcome to the board!! You will find some great threads and info in the Vintage Machines sections!!

Where in Suffolk are you? My step-children have a pub in Boxford/Sudbury. They live in Glemsford.

Welcome from Vermont!!!

Hi!
I live just outside Bury St Edmunds, in a village called Chedburgh - in fact about 8 miles from Glemsford! I work in Bury St Edmunds, on the historic Angel Hill opposite the old 12th Century Abbey!

Welcome from Texas. You are going to love this board. I know your pain about disappearing forums. The same thing happened to me & then I found this board & love, love, love it. I thought I could never find a better forum than what I was in previously but boy was I wrong. This forum is The best ever!

We love pictures & would like to see some of your beauties.

welcome from Virginia

Welcome from western NY and happy quilting :)

:) welcome from se Texas

Bury is lovely!! If I'm not mistaken, we have another QB member in or near Bury.

Waving a big hello and welcome from Washington!

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*** Hi! Y'all from the upstate of South Carolina.
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Welcome from Minnesota!

Welcome from Michigan!:)

Hello and welcome from Australia.

Welcome from Nebraska.

Welcome from south Texas. I just moved back here after 27 years in cold Colorado. I have a long time email friend in England. Since 1999 at least. and one in Australia. I used to do swap quilt blocks all around the world. Postage rates have put an end to those. sad. I hope you enjoy this forum. It's always busy. I am in it daily!!

Welcome from central Florida. I have a singer 301 that was made in 1954 and it the machine I love to use for piecing my quilts. You will really enjoy this board.