I'm weird!! so I am told...
06-14-2011, 05:18 AM
#32
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I think that when you are interested in something like quilting it's natural to respect where it came from. I love finding out the history on something. Sometimes it amazes me how long things have managed to stay around or what they went thru. I recently bought a featherweight from the UK and when I got it it wasn't set for US electrical circuit so I was going to convert it over. Then I found out it was made in Scotland in 1938 and decided that I'd buy a converter and leave her as she was orginally made; it only seemed right. So if you are wierd just know; there are a lot of us out there with you
06-14-2011, 05:44 AM
#35
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New weirdo here! I need an "new" machine, but have found two old machines at thrift shops. One a black Dressmaker Pro Deluxe. The other a green Universal. The only thing I know about either machine is that they have been judged as junk. They both work, and are very very heavy. Someone loved them at one time, and the workmanship is flawless!
They may not be Featherweights, which would be great, but they are beautiful! They were priced at $10.00 each, and well worth it. I Love my "weird" machines and will keep collecting them.
Barbara
They may not be Featherweights, which would be great, but they are beautiful! They were priced at $10.00 each, and well worth it. I Love my "weird" machines and will keep collecting them.
Barbara
06-14-2011, 05:49 AM
#36
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you should of rolled him in the parking lot for it! Damn girl, I would of helped you !!! I guess I need to do a Brat 101 hand booklet...
Originally Posted by pineneedles4
Count me in that group! Yesterday I walked into Goodwill and right there before my eyes was a beautiful old Singer machine with the old shuttle bobbin casing. The decals looked perfect like the machine was barely used...and....here comes the sad part....a man was looking at the machine. I made a comment about how beautiful it was and he asked me to tell him about the machine...so I did. Then, he said he was only buying it to try to make money off the machine! He asked what I thought it was worth (the price tag was $49.95) and I told him I thought it was worth hours and hours of fun sewing and quilting. I said it was worth the money. The motor was strong and it was in prestine condition! Oh...how I wanted that machine! But, he had first dibs on it so I walked away and when I came back to the front of the store, the man and the Singer were gone!
06-14-2011, 06:01 AM
#37
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Location: Warrensburg, MO
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Originally Posted by girliegirl
Because I collect old machines, I am told that I am WEIRD!! And even weirder cause I bring them all to life! That's Ms. Weirdo to you then!
06-14-2011, 06:18 AM
#40
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Middleport, NY (near Buffalo)
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I'm in too.... sometimes to my DH dismay! Since I have more than 10 sewing machines and most of them I've taken from not working or nearly not working back to the wonderful and beautiful tools they are. Besides bringing them back to life is part of the fun! Now on to the hardest yet...... a totally frozen 201.
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