Justification???
03-22-2011, 09:40 AM
#41
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Council Bluffs, Iowa
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I have 5 sewing machines that I use regularly----One is a Featherweight that I just love.......and it leaves me wanting more-----some one said if you have more than 1 machine in a room, it is a studio and you don't have to clean a studio!
03-22-2011, 11:52 AM
#45
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Middlebury Vermont
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The increase in value, sentimental or otherwise, is much greater than a CD these days. Go for it. I have 7 featherweights with the hopes of getting one of them transformed into a pretty red or burgandy color. One of these days I will ship one out, probably while my husband is out golfing. Now that's not a cheap sport eaither.
03-22-2011, 12:07 PM
#46
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: S. W. Indiana
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Originally Posted by karenpatrick
I'm trying to justify buying a featherweight. I already have 3 machines. And I use them all. Then I got to thinking, dh has 7 or 8 or 10 fishing poles. Not sure how many - never actually counted them. I have no idea how much fishing poles cost and I don't care how much money he spends on anything!! We never complain about each others' spending. We're both so tight we squeak when we walk, so we don't spend money foolishly. Is equating fishing poles and sewing machines a fair comparison?
03-22-2011, 12:12 PM
#47
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Location: S. W. Indiana
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Originally Posted by Maia B
It's not "just" a machine, it's memoribilia, a thing of beauty, and useful too boot. We could all <shudder> buy cheap bedding at Target and give gift cards, dropping this "hobby" altogether and save $$$$. I have 9 machines, including 3 featherweights, a serger, yards and yards of fabric, and NO SHAME. I dont pay for TV, make-up, haircuts, and many other "standard" expenses. We all have different priorities.
Let me see, what is the current cost of a hair wash and set? I get that much for fabric a week?
03-22-2011, 12:14 PM
#48
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: S. W. Indiana
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Originally Posted by harrishs
I have 5 sewing machines that I use regularly----One is a Featherweight that I just love.......and it leaves me wanting more-----some one said if you have more than 1 machine in a room, it is a studio and you don't have to clean a studio!
