redstilettos

I have three sewing machines. I have a serger, which really doesn't get used much but love the end result for when I do....I have a fabulous Husqvarna Diamond embroidery machine, Which can also be used as a regular sewing machine, but my ALL TIME FAVORITE is my Singer/Kenmore, 8-stitch machine I got when I was 13. That thing is a tank, and she's been through a lot with me.

I had to take her in for service a few days ago due to tension issues. Not a big deal, but therepair man said…..I'm booked, you 'may' get it back in February, but most likely the first week in March! I about hyperventilated!

Now I could use my Diamond….but it just doesn't feel the same to me. I want my baby back, and without her I am going through sewing withdrawals.


*sigh*

Does anyone else have their favorites, which nothing else seems to be able to replace? Or am I just old and set in my ways?

Onebyone

Now would be a perfect time to clean and organize the sewing room, at least for me. I need a good reason to do that!

feline fanatic

I always have hand work, long arm work and piecing work going. So if one machine is out of commission I turn to one of the other projects. When I had to send my LA back to Texas for some major repairs I did miss it but had the other projects to occupy myself with. I would take this opportunity to try and bond with your other machine. Start an applique project you have been wanting to do or use it for piecing to see if you can't like it just a bit better. Remember things could be worse and you could not have any backup machines at all!

sewbizgirl

By the time you get your baby back, you'll be used to 'making do' on your other machine. I do have my favorites as well. I need to spend more time using my vintage machines, but I always go to my Juki to do pretty much everything. I have it set up in my main sewing space and have all colors of bobbins loaded for it, etc.

I bought a Singer 301 at an estate sale about a month ago, and haven't even sewn on it yet. Shame on me!

Boston1954

Close your eyes, and breathe through your nose. Now get out a book and look at patterns. When you are done with that, go to your stash and start picking colors, and cut pieces for your next quilt. The time will go by. You will see your baby again.

ManiacQuilter2

Face it, your baby needed to be serviced so that she can continue to survive a lot more decades. Find something else to do like reorganizing or hand work as suggested above. At least you have a dependable service man doing surgery on your baby, someone who you can trust. Hang in there!

elnan

If I had a sewing machine that I felt that way about and it is affordable, I would buy another of the same model. It would be much less expensive than those other machines you listed, and when one machine develops a problem, the backup is there. It never fails, when I am pushing to finish something on a deadline, the machine just won't cooperate.

redstilettos

Those are good suggestions. My husband told me "just get over it" and rolled his eyes. Now that I am crabby he's rethinking his tune. LOL. Reorganizing is a good idea, but I know I'll spend my time picking out (yet more) patterns to work on.

elnan: if I could find another one, I think I would buy it! But it's already 35+ years old. But if I ever see one.....It's mine!!

luvstoquilt

The more I read here the more I know we are all so much alike. I have a Viking Sapphire, a Bernina, a small Janome and a Featherweight. I use the Sapphire and absolutely am determined to master the others some day in the future! The Janome is small so she travels with me but I have yet to really learn the Bernina and I have never tried the Featherweight.

MadQuilter

When I had to use my backup machine I realized how small its throat is and how bad the lighting is. Then I got to the end of the seam and there was no scissor button. I just about had a kanipshen (so I understand what you are saying) - how am I going to get that thread cut????? I momentarily panicked until common sense stepped in and I reached for my scissors. lol