Hi Loretta:
I did mention a sewing machine or two on my list but I actually have 4 machines that I'm looking at right now plus an antique machine in our family room downstairs, a featherweight in the closet downstairs and a Singer Thrashing machine with all kinds of bells and whistles but it's a worthless piece of junk. When our grand nephews come over and want to sew or make something for their mom or grandma they use the Singer Thrashing Machine. :lol: I guess it's OK for kids to learn on. I'm spoiled with my Memory Craft and my Brother machine that I use for classes and quilting on the run. :-o

I was watching a sewing video and the instructor mentioned that a collection of sewing machines was 3 or more :roll: I guess owning 3 myself, I did not consider it to be a collection yet, until I purchase the other 2 or 3 I really want :lol:

My list...

two sewing machines,
one small pair scissors,
cutting mat,
rotary cutter,
three or four rulers,
high intensity light,
iron and board,
seam ripper,
starch in a spray bottle,
silence mostly.

tim in san jose

I must have:

1) sewing machine- love my new Juki 98Q, getting acquainted with my Rose embroidery machine
2) iron & board
3) cutting mat & rotary cutter
4) scissors- 1 at mat, 1 at iron, 1 at machine and 1 at bed (where I lay out my stuff)
5) flat head pins
6) lipped ruler
7) garbage can handy for snippets
8) tote for adding scraps
9) lights- overhead, lamp, one by machine- need lots of light
10) phone- I get calls when I work.

I don't eat in my room, I worry about spilling. If I had a real drink I would be pushing the project off the bed and sleeping on it. Sometimes I will have a Pepsi and a snack and look at a book, but I always pick up after so I don't chance to make a mess.

I like the silence but I have been looking for a CD player so I can have music. I would listen to just about anything but I would rather have a tv to listen to- my hgtv or lifetime.

How do you get silence with kids in the house???? :lol: :lol: :lol:

corks.

Not an issue here. The goils go back to their Mom's house most of the time, the times they are here, I don't sew (until after they go to bed). My studio is the top floor of a small building out back. Nobody bothers me. I open the windows, listen to the sounds of the neighborhood, the boids flitting in the trees, fire engines rushing by, the sounds of distant gunfire in the 'hoods to the east... you know, magic sounds...

tim in san jose

P.S. Appreciate those kids sounds. They go away much too fast.

don't feel bad. i also have only 10 toes. :lol:

I could not do with out the small discs that pulls the needle through tough spots. Found in the quilting section at Joanns .
See below.

Your kit is great advise for those starting out !

Chairjogger

:P My Tv and Quilting videos to listen na and look at when can do, My mug of diet Pepsi. and a water with Ice!!!! It's HOT!!!

I'm only starting so but here's mine

Machine
rotary cutter
scissors
cutting mat
iron/ironing board
starch
fabric
directions :lol:
rulers
small bucket for when I snip the threads, I can just put them in there and then dump when I'm done sewing. This was a bucket for PlayDo that I confiscated. :lol: