So many having tension issues (including me) and I thought if more men used these machines I am sure the machines would be designed differently so you just flicked a switch to change the tension needs for the weight of the cotton or have 2 different tension disks on the machine... In an ideal world lol

I would definitely make pink machines. I think the market place is missing a new, pink machine.

The Brother that's like one I have, now comes with a choice of decals to put across the top front in pink and two other choices.

No, no pink decals. A NICE PINK MACHINE!! For breast cancer or something...Like my old Morse but new:>

And the bobbin would hold an entire spool not just a small disk. They wouldn't be stopping and changing these things so often.

I love your machine!

I'd like a machine that would fill a bobbin while you were sewing. Why can't they put an extra path way for the thread to be wound up on another bobbin while sewing?

My Babylock has that!

It does? Which BabyLock do you have? I like that idea.

There is a brand new Pfaff that does that too.

WOW!!!! you guys want the exact thing I want!!!! I've never understood the tiny bobbins. The Longarm I have has larger bobbins than a regular machine...but STILL -- would be nice for it to hold a LOT more!!!

the commercial machines have them. They wind while you sew.

My Bernina does that too and has a bobbin almost as large as a spool;> It's just not PINK!

yes men design machines and I don't believe they listen to those who use the machines.

I've been winding bobbins from my second spool holder for years on my Pfaff. Was I not supposed to be able to do that?

I don't get into the pink thing (I guess I'm a mutant girl) but I do think that those old Black ones with the gold were pretty.

You can also do this on the featherweight, as long as you have an extra spool holder!

I have a pfaff 7550. I'll have to check it tonight and see if I too can wind a bobbin while sewing. It has a second spool holder but I'm not sure that the threads (sewing & winding) would interfere with each other. Hopefully, they won't.

Really pretty pink Morse. I agree totally w/this thread. I just told my DH that I think most of the old cabinets were designed for men. My Kenmore cabinet has a knee control and I have to set my chair higher to reach it. I am 5 ft 6inch (not exactly petite) I know some guy w/average height of 5'10 likely designed it. :roll:

I agree with y'all who would like a bobbin to hold a spool's worth of thread.

I can't wind a bobbin and sew at the same time on my Pfaff 7570 but I do like not having to rethread my machine every time I need a new bobbin (I wind 4 or 5 at a time to make sure I have a back up). I can wind my bobbin from the machine with the needle threaded and use the pressure foot, etc. but I prefer using the second spool holder over that.

On my Juki TL98 QE machines I have a spool holder so I can wind bobbins without unthreading the machine. The bobbins don't hold a spool of thread but, alot more than any of my three other machines.

Stopping to change the bobbin is not fun even if you already have spare bobbins full of thread. The bobbins should hold a lot more thread OR feed from a full spool. :) I do have one of the Sidewinder bobbin winders and I really like it.

We dont' use enough cast iron skillets.

Hmm - I have a Babylock and can wind a bobbin without unthreading the machine as it has an extra spool holder. I suppose that means I could wind a bobbin while sewing as well. Just never thought of it! But, on the other hand, it might freak me out while trying to sew!

I suggested to a manufacturer rep about a year ago that they should just make a different path to run thread from a full spool through to the bobbin area and not even have bobbins. Yes two separate spools of thread. So far, no one has taken me up on my ingenious idea and I see I am not the only one who has thought of it. After all, a serger's lower loopers work that way!

As to a pink machine-YUCK! Pink is my least favorite color. But would love it if they could make "skins" like they do for laptops! How about a batik machine? Or my preference would be red, maybe turquoise, oh well, how about rainbow! Sorry for the rambling, had to take a pain pill and it makes me somewhat verbose!

Bernina does make skins. Just not for my model. Maybe in the future though. But, I've got a sneaky suspicion the skins aren't cheap

:wink:

Candace...I LOVE that pink machine, it's like a piece of art

It is an Ellageo 2,about 10 years old.

Glad to know I'm not the only woman who does not like the cotton candy pink color that is used for breast cancer awareness. I won't buy anything with that color pink all over it. I like pink but not that shade of pink at all.

AMEN SISTER !

I just bought a new Viking Sapphire and you do not have to unthread the needle to wind a bobbin. Now if it would just learn to talk and tell me I have sewn an entire seam without any bobbin thread!

give it time.

Heck we may end up with sewing machines with no feet pedal in the future(and as I type this I bet someone will tell me they exist).

Or we can just set the material in, and say sew seam and it'll do that work. That though may take the fun out of it though

I just had a thought....

The sewing machine was designed by a MAN and he was RIGHT HANDED. All sewing machines are righthanded.

I've never thought of this before. Whoa.

Hmnnnn....I have a very old Elna that I now use as a backup machine and it seems it was designed for a left hander and I had quite a time when I first started using it as everything seems to be opposite of every other machine I have used. I actually think it is about the best machine I have used but I may change my opinion after I get used to my new Viking.

Yes, go pink and please no tension issues. also a bobbin area that could just handle a spool. Oh and an arm area enough for a king size quilt to fit under for free motion quilting. LOL

That is so cute! There was a pink Brother here on CL, but he wanted $80-so I passed. What kind of machine is this!

I would like to be able to pick the bits that I want, to make a customised machine. For example, the lights and buttonhole maker from Husqvarna, IDT from Pfaff, stitch regulator and large bobbin from Bernina, the photographic positioning/embroidery placement device from Brother, automatic tension from Babylock and the ability to sew through any weight of fabric without groaning...

Yes, as you type, I will tell you that one of my machines used to work with the pressure of my knee against a handle that was attached to the front of the machine...

The 440 and 830 Bernina can do this , I dont stop embroidering to fill bobbins .