In January of this year I was blessed with my 1st FW. I wanted a good running, reliable sewing machine. Specifically a FW and it was OK if she her looks had faded and she didn't look fancy or pretty.
In January DH found an old ad on craigslist from December. I thought it would have been sold but it wasn’t! The gentleman who answered the phone said the FW had been his wife’s and she had passed away a couple years ago. He had just sold 3 of her other FW’s. When I saw her it was love at first sight :-P I hadn’t expected her to be so well cared for. The lady bought her 2nd hand in the 1950’s and used her ever since. She made quilts, clothes and dolls with her.
I named her Ayasha (means ‘Little One’ in Cheyenne) Kuwanlelenta (means ‘To make beautiful surroundings in Hopi.) She was born in 1948 somewhere between April & June. She sews like a dream and is so pretty.