Hi, my name is Gretchen and I am a Sewing Machineaholic!
11-05-2013, 03:02 PM
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Hi, my name is Gretchen and I am a Sewing Machineaholic!
There I said it, and I am PROUD!! I've had 2 superb outings in the past month... I found my 15-91, my Elna, and a just too cute "little" Kenmore one weekend. This past weekend well I found my 301 and my 401A - these have been on my list since I started .... I also came across a Meister - what can I say it intrigued me! Now I need to take some time to clean them up and do some research, I'm trying to put binders together for each of the machines just to have...
11-05-2013, 03:22 PM
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Yes, the last machine in the row is the little Kenmore, it was sitting in a corner at an estate sale with a baggie tied to the case handle... I just knew it was a sewing machine! [ATTACH=CONFIG]445115[/ATTACH]
11-05-2013, 03:33 PM
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I have one of those little Kenmores, a 158.1050. Yours looks to be a 1030 or 1040. I used to have a 1040 but I sold it to my former surpervisor for her daughter to use for 4-H sewing - went to a good home. They are a great machine. I have a full-sized Kenmore of the same age I got for my HS graduation gift, I wish they had bought me one of these cute little ones instead!
I have a .pdf manual I could send you if you did not get one with the machine.
I have a .pdf manual I could send you if you did not get one with the machine.
11-05-2013, 04:16 PM
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Hi Gretchen!
Admitting you have an addiction is the first step.
You might want to embroider the Sewing Machine addicts prayer onto a throw pillow...
God, grant me the serenity to pass on the machines I cannot save,
The courage to save the machines I can,
The wisdom to know the difference,
And forgive me for ignoring the first one from time to time
:-)
Admitting you have an addiction is the first step.
You might want to embroider the Sewing Machine addicts prayer onto a throw pillow...
God, grant me the serenity to pass on the machines I cannot save,
The courage to save the machines I can,
The wisdom to know the difference,
And forgive me for ignoring the first one from time to time
:-)
ohhhhh, I need this.
11-05-2013, 04:59 PM
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There is no cure for your disease.
The disease is communicable.
The disease is not fatal.
There is a twelve step program towards reconciling yourself to the disease; and I can see by your photo that you are five steps into that already.
The next seven steps? Up to you, but I do recommend a Featherweight, a Pink Atlas, a Grasshopper, a handcrank of sorts... but really it is up to you. It's your disease.
;-)
The disease is communicable.
The disease is not fatal.
There is a twelve step program towards reconciling yourself to the disease; and I can see by your photo that you are five steps into that already.
The next seven steps? Up to you, but I do recommend a Featherweight, a Pink Atlas, a Grasshopper, a handcrank of sorts... but really it is up to you. It's your disease.
;-)
11-05-2013, 05:14 PM
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Lew! That was awesome!
Sewing Machine addicts prayer:
God, grant me the serenity to pass on the machines I cannot save,
The courage to save the machines I can,
The wisdom to know the difference,
And forgive me for ignoring the first one from time to time
Sewing Machine addicts prayer:
God, grant me the serenity to pass on the machines I cannot save,
The courage to save the machines I can,
The wisdom to know the difference,
And forgive me for ignoring the first one from time to time
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