I am envious!
#31
I do most of my sewing on a $125.00 Brother that I bought many years ago at Walmart. It's reliable and has only been to the repair shop for cleaning and oiling once a year. It sews a great seam and I have no intention of replacing her. She purrs like a kitten. I have a $400.00 White that my dh bought me many years ago for my birthday. It's a good machine but I still prefer my Brother as it has a large platform for a larger sewing space. I also have a Brother embroidery machine that I use to make clothes for my granddaughter. I do use the White for machine quilting as it has a larger throat and makes the quilting easier. You don't have to have expensive machines to make quilts. I made them for years just on my $125.00 Brother.
#33
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: North Carolina
Posts: 865
I know it is silly of me, but one reason I've never taken classes is I feel like I am the only person who will be there sewing on a 20 year old Kenmore. That and it is just so heavy & inconvenient to drag around. And I am to cheap to pay for the class and fabric at quilt store prices.
#34
I too have been looking for a deal/steal. DH and I have been going to thrift stores, garage sales and estate sales. We found a Featherweight at an antique store last week. It had signs of wear, no manual, case in good shape, but they wanted $525.00 for it. We also found a Singer 401A in blonde cabinet at an estate sale yesterday. All manuals and attachments were with it and it was in excellent shape. Price was $75.00, but it wouldn't fit in our car and we were 50 miles from home. :(
#37
I can't find anything at the thrift stores either. I even have friends that do not sew and go to different stores then I do looking for books machines and fabric. They are having no luck either.
The estate prices are not cheap either. Even the quilts at the estate sales are selling for hundreds of dollars.So I walk away with nothing.
The estate prices are not cheap either. Even the quilts at the estate sales are selling for hundreds of dollars.So I walk away with nothing.
#38
Oh to be thankful for what we have and the future holds so much more for many that have been short changed. Be happy that you can quilt for that is what we are, quikters. Aren't we blessed to have so much compared to our grandmothers and great grandmothers. Your day is bound to come f you just keep looking in the right direction. I too would love to come across some beautiful fabric at a thrift store or estate sale or a garage sale but I am not going to make myself unhappy with not having what others may have. I will work for what I need.
#39
I look longingly at the ads for the new machines and almost drool on the machines when I go for my monthly sewing class, but my litte Pfaff does what I need. Plus I just splurged and bought the AccuQuilt Go so I must behave myself. Now the only rough part is that there are so many dies that go with the GO and they are not cheap.
Well as it is Mother's Day I'm off to the sewing room for a day of bliss. Dinner is in the crock pot and all is well in my world. Happy Mother's Day to all my fellow quilters and to all women, for we are all mothers.
Well as it is Mother's Day I'm off to the sewing room for a day of bliss. Dinner is in the crock pot and all is well in my world. Happy Mother's Day to all my fellow quilters and to all women, for we are all mothers.
#40
Super Member
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: My Sewing Room
Posts: 1,180
Originally Posted by bearisgray
I'm really not "lacking" -
but I do experience a twinge or two when someone writes about their longarms and their studios and their brand new super duper machines.
At times, I feel like someone that still doesn't have electricity or phone service and still carries water in from the creek and burns wood for heat.
but I do experience a twinge or two when someone writes about their longarms and their studios and their brand new super duper machines.
At times, I feel like someone that still doesn't have electricity or phone service and still carries water in from the creek and burns wood for heat.
I actually prefer the older machines, the older the better. In fact, I have 2 treadles that are in proper working order. I recently finished a t-shirt quilt for my DDIL on a 90+ year old machine. With the proper attachments and knowhow, these old machines will do almost anything the newer ones will.
:-)
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