Getting an Image Complex
02-27-2011, 05:30 AM
#21
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Originally Posted by redbugsullivan
I'm looking at all of these great looking sewing machines on the board and then comparing mine to these... Getting a serious complex here!
All these GORGEOUS shiny Singers and my poor Alvah with her mostly gone shellac, chipped paint, and dingy damaged decals pales in comparison. I know my machine is well over 100 years old and still sews beautifully but the whole image thing is the pits! Maybe if I just blur my eyes a bit more when I look at her I'll feel better. lol
All these GORGEOUS shiny Singers and my poor Alvah with her mostly gone shellac, chipped paint, and dingy damaged decals pales in comparison. I know my machine is well over 100 years old and still sews beautifully but the whole image thing is the pits! Maybe if I just blur my eyes a bit more when I look at her I'll feel better. lol
02-27-2011, 06:47 AM
#23
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Originally Posted by mommamac
Didn't your mother ever tell you:
...Don't judge a book by it's cover
...Beauty is only skin deep
...Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it (Confucius)
...beauty is in the eye of the beholder
...Beauty takes many forms
...Beauty lies on the inside
...Beauty is as beauty does
...Age before beauty
LOL
...Don't judge a book by it's cover
...Beauty is only skin deep
...Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it (Confucius)
...beauty is in the eye of the beholder
...Beauty takes many forms
...Beauty lies on the inside
...Beauty is as beauty does
...Age before beauty
LOL
02-27-2011, 07:30 AM
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Originally Posted by chamby
Your old machine probably makes better stitches anyway. That is why you use her isn't it. I have a red singer just waiting for me to clean and put back together so that I can sew my quilt tops with her. I am the one that is just too intimidated to start putting her back together.
A friend of mine often quotes this, "When you have come to the edge of all the light you have known and are about to step out into the darkness. Faith is knowing one of two things will happen: there will be something to stand on, or you will be taught how to fly."
02-27-2011, 07:41 AM
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You are overlooking something important--it sews beautiful. I have had three top of the line vikings in the past 17 years and nothing sews like my 20+ year old new home DX2022. The sewing head on my latest quilt designer from viking is gone and I am not having it fixed. I am now using my Dx2022 and I am quite happy.
02-27-2011, 08:22 AM
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I have my grandmothers black singer sewing machine with all the pretty painted flowers on it. It is over 100 yrs old. It sews beautifully I made all my childrens clothes on it before I bought my bernina. I wouldn't trade the singer for anything, sews even better than the bernina.
02-27-2011, 10:45 AM
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Do not worry about what others have but be thankful for what the Lord has blessed you with. I have only one machine and wish I had a long arm like some others but I just go with what I have and am thankful for being able to do as much as I do.
02-27-2011, 01:04 PM
#29
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THE WAY IT SEWS IS THE IMPORTANT PART...NOT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. I HAVE A MACHINE THAT COST $5000.00 DOLLARS AND IT DOES NOT HAVE A NICE STRAIGHT STITCH. MY $25.00 DOLLAR ONE WAS BETTER. WHO CARES HOW OLD OR WHAT IT COST... HOW NICE IT SEWS IS ALL YOU CARE ABOUT.
02-27-2011, 04:25 PM
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Don't you wish you knew about the first lady who got htis machine and imagine how excited she must have been to start sewing, planning her first project. I can just almost see the huge smile on her face. Oh the stories this sweet machine holds. Lucky you. Ya, car polish will be good for her and some oiling and she is ready to stitch, and make you happy. :lol: :thumbup: Jan
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