Sometimes it just takes time to find the right machine to be your friend. Hope the purple will be a friend forever. Good Luck. Sue

that is a lot of excitement for just a little amount of time. I haven't gone through that many machines in my whole life!! Sounds like a fun day though.

Wow, sounds like you had a fun day and found a couple of really good bargains to boot. Happy quilting.

I just love finding treasures when I am antiquing. Have fun using your new "toys"!

Many sewing machines
 

In Kentucky: I hope you have a machine you will just love. But remember these late models
of machines have nylon or plastic insides. They don't stay put on a table (like the heavy old
models) and the gears wear out. I have a 10 year old Janome and find it doesn't stay adjusted.
I have it to the service folks at least 2 times a year. I'd love to have my 50 plus old Sears
Kenmore machine back. It was great and always stayed in adjustment.

Flo in NNY

Are you sure that's not a Purple People Eater? LOL

With my luck?? It just might be!

Speaking of thimbles - I use a leather one with elastic on the sides to fit anyone. I love it. Don't know where I bought it but I have seen them everywhere.

I don't use leather. I wish there was a cruelty-free version of one.

Good for you. Enjoy your new toys.

I'd love to find a purple machine that does zig zag.

I used to have this exact machine and loved it! It was a workhorse and great for free-motion work!

Congratulations on your wonderful finds!!! I LOVE your enthusiasm!!! Happy Sewing/Quilting!!! :)

Well, congratulations. Sometimes you have to kiss a few frogs before you get a prince. Or, sometimes you have to go through a lot of machines before you find one that has your name on it. Happy sewing.

My favourite thimble for hand quilting is a pewter one as I have quite small fingers and this one suits me.
Keep quilting!

I doubt that it needs special needles. I have several older Kenmore's and they take regular needles. I think the old Kennies are some of the best machines ever made.....fully as good as the classic Singer's.

What a fun find!

You better get sewin' with all those machines!

Just wanted to let you know, the machine works pretty good. I had a little trouble getting started, because she was set on 0 but after figuring out how to set her to stitch, she did a fine job. I had a big piece of cotton fabric in her and was practicing and seeing all the zig zags she has, and for some reason, when it's set on "3", the thread under (bobbin) got all tangled up. It still looks fine on top, so I didn't know until later. I tightened the tension and it did fine. I guess that was the problem or she was just waking up. It didn't do it any other time, just for about 3 inches on "3".

She's not a speedy-super-fast machine, but that's ok, I'm not a speedy super fast sewer, so I think we'll get along just fine. I still can't get that little door closed, because it's all bent. If I close it, the thread take-up lever-thing can't go all the way up. So I taped it as closed as I can.

So the ultimate test: I repaired a split seam in a knit shirt.... and she fixed it! Lots of zigzags and a straight seam and no complaints from her!!

My only complaint: there's no heat in the sewing room, and that metal is COLD!!!!

Congratulations on your finds! Hope you have fun with both!

AshleyR,
I'm so happy that you got your machine to sew a pretty stitch. The old machines are so much better than the newer
machines sold today.
Sharon W.

Congrats on your finds! Kenmores are workhorses! I wish I still had my first one...but it was traded in on a New Home machine that I used for over 20 years! Turns out Kenmore is made by the same company as New Home/Janome!