I will first introduce myself. I am Marie from TX. Been a dormant quilter for about six years. Last February a co-worker invited me to join in her church's quilting group. That is all it took to get my juices flowing once again. My husband is dismayed! LOL!

I think I want an Elna Super 62. I had two in my home economics classroom back in the 80's. Loved how smoothly they sewed. I am watching them on EBay and they seem to be quite sought-after. The last of the Swiss-made models I presume? They must still be as good as I remember!

A big welcome from the eastern part of Texas.

Hello from Indiana! I don't know anything about those machines but I do remember the machines we had in Home Ec and they were quite the work horse! We didn't know anything about fancy stitches back then!

Well, those Elna machines were tempermental for my students. I got rid of them and replaced with new Singers. Dumb, I know. But not as dumb as when I got rid of the 404's! I might get lynched for mentioning that here. I was 23 and right out of college...my first teaching position.

You won't be sorry. I have a 1973 model with 1,000,000 miles on it and still going strong. It is not a quilting machine for me, though, because of the self adjusting presser foot and the fact that I don't have the straight stitch plate. I can get the plate, but there's no cure for the presser foot. That was a real selling point for this machine, but doesn't bode well for quilting. It is the quietest machine I've ever heard.

Tempermental? Maybe in some ways - you have to hold the threads to start - no getting around it and you can't sew over pins - Miss Elna is so well balanced that she will shear them in half rather than glance off them. She prefers Shmertz needles and no cheap thread, but C & C and Guterman are fine, so her tastes aren't too expensive.

I have sewn a silk organza wedding dress and men's leather belts. The paint across the a little front is worn, but other than that, she's good to go.

My granddaughter recently offered me $39 for my Elna (all the money she had). Yeah, right!

Hi from another Texan..can't comment on the machine, haven't ever used one....but as I am famous for buying things, thats probably a good thing...lol...

Welcome from another Texan. Used an Elna when I was in college...don't remember much other than I did not like it.

Welcome from Michigan! Good luck on your search for your Elna!

Welcome from Kansas

Welcome, so glad you joined us. I don't know anything about the Elna Super 62, but I love my big Elna Quilter's Dream.