what was the first sewing machine you ever used
#72
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My Grandmother had a Singer Treadle Machine and taught me how to sew whenI was 6 years old AndI have Been Sewing ALong time I Had A Singer When my Childern were Small it Last for 25 years Now I Have a Brother & And another Singer.Love Them Both.
#73
My mom's singer. Then in home ec class we used Vikings. For graduation (in 72) I asked for a Viking machine. When Viking came out with their first embroidery machine (1+) I had to have that. I still have that but have bought two different Pfaff which I use now.
#76
I started sewing on my mom's almost new Wizard sewing machine my dad got her for Christmas from the Western Auto in town when I was about 6-7 years old. It was electric! :thumbup: no bells or whistles, no zig zag but that thing sewed the nicest straight stitch you ever did see.
Mom used it as her primary machine for a good 25 years and made the 4 girls' dresses and the 2 boys' shirts and her dresses. For about the next 25 years it was her #1 backup.
When she passed away last year my younger sister took it home with her to be used as her only machine.
It still sews like a dream! :thumbup:
Mom used it as her primary machine for a good 25 years and made the 4 girls' dresses and the 2 boys' shirts and her dresses. For about the next 25 years it was her #1 backup.
When she passed away last year my younger sister took it home with her to be used as her only machine.
It still sews like a dream! :thumbup:
#77
An Elna---Mom still uses it! we used singer slant needles one year in home Ec---lots of girls sewed their finger on those darn things--the teacher had NO sympathy for us till she did it--next year there were no slant needles in the Home Ec room! I have had my Viking for 26 years not----it was used when I got it!also have a treadle that grandma sewed on, and several antique machines thatI use to keep them going!
#78
This question really got me to thinking. I learned to sew in home ec in school. Never really sewed after that. But my mother bought me a Kenmore machine in a cabinet when I was first married. I replaced that some years later with a portable 'something' paid about $100 that I used for about 20 years 'til it died. I didn't start quilting until my second was born in 1987 and went into high gear about eight years ago when I bought my Janome 6600 that I absolutely love!
#80
My mom owned a dress manufacturing business in New York and she supervised around 50 workers. I learned to sew on a Singer industrial machine at the age of 6 in the 1950's. I remember my mom took the needle off at first so I could get the hang of it. Sewing has always been a part of my life but I never really got into it until I started quilting about 12 years ago. Before quilting, there was crocheting, lots of crocheting!
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