a shoulder to cry on
05-06-2011, 06:15 AM
#42
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Florida
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I just got an idea for you after reading all the great suggestions from your quilting sisters. Check with your LQS to see if they have get togethers for project linus or other charity quilts. The LQS I worked for had extra fabric set aside for this - We cut a quarter yard off every new bolt for this when it came in. They usually have extra sewing machines for people to use. You could get your quilting fix while you are searching for another machine. And who knows you could come across a machine through the store and/or customers. Also, some quilt shops like to have projects on display. Maybe you could check with them to see if they would like you to come in and work on a display quilt for them. You'd get to work on quilts and they'd get another display quilt(s.) Good luck and let us know how this goes for you.
05-06-2011, 06:21 AM
#43
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Georgetown TX
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Oh no.....you can't give up quilting! Your temporary mission is to find a new machine or better yet, a used machine. Ask everyone you know to be on the look out for you. You will find something. Until then get something new started and cut cut cut :-D Wish you lived close by, I'd loan you one of mine. :D
05-06-2011, 06:34 AM
#47
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: SoCal
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Try and find an older sewing machine off Craig's list. Like other's mentioned the older ones are better. Look for a singer 15-91, singer 301, Singer 99. Some will be straight stitch only and no reverse but you can definitely quilt on them. I would look for a singer 15-91 if I were you. (has decent throat opening, reverse and zig zag but it is a heavy machine)
Originally Posted by Mona Lisa 2011
I need some one to commiserate with me. My sewing machine just died! I took it to the repair shop for a free estimate, but you know what that means.
I sew on my machine everyday and now that last simple pleasure is taken away.
I must say it has been a good friend to me since 1984. It is a Singer and was one of the first electronic ones on the market.
I have looked at "new" machines, but the ones that compare to mine are so expensive.
It looks like I will be hanging up my quilting. Getting old is not for the faint at heart!
I sew on my machine everyday and now that last simple pleasure is taken away.
I must say it has been a good friend to me since 1984. It is a Singer and was one of the first electronic ones on the market.
I have looked at "new" machines, but the ones that compare to mine are so expensive.
It looks like I will be hanging up my quilting. Getting old is not for the faint at heart!
05-06-2011, 07:01 AM
#49
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Posts: 39
I have found several good machines at auctions, i got a singer for 5 dollars one time. Some of the repair shops sell used machines too. I would panic if i only had one machine and it broke. Last count i think i have 10 different machines. and they all work. lol
05-06-2011, 07:06 AM
#50
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Lake Havasu City, AZ
Posts: 351
I am making my quilts on a Brother that I paid $89. When it dies, I will go to a thrift shop or ask someone in our guild if they have a machine they don't want and if they would sell. I wouldn't give up my passion for quiltmaking no matter what, I would find a way.
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