My sewing machines have names, do yours?
#11
Janome is Raquel
Kenmore is Lizzy
Another Kenmore is Mama
Wheeler & Wilson is Edna
Singer 9 is Hannah
Mason New Florence is Mamie
15-91 is Annie
White Number 8 is Fannie
Davis is Hazel
28K is Eleanor
99 and 201-2 keep getting renamed, right now the 99 is Hester and the 201-1 is Agnes
The toy model 20 is Donna
The 66-1 is Tillie
The Featherweight is Honey
The rest don't have names yet.
Kenmore is Lizzy
Another Kenmore is Mama
Wheeler & Wilson is Edna
Singer 9 is Hannah
Mason New Florence is Mamie
15-91 is Annie
White Number 8 is Fannie
Davis is Hazel
28K is Eleanor
99 and 201-2 keep getting renamed, right now the 99 is Hester and the 201-1 is Agnes
The toy model 20 is Donna
The 66-1 is Tillie
The Featherweight is Honey
The rest don't have names yet.
#13
My 222 1959 is named Fiona
My 222 1955 is named Fenella
My 221 1948 is named Maeve
All Scottish names for Scottish machines.
I haven't named the 301 yet.
The White VS II is named Jenny Lind. The Singer 115 hasn't told me her name yet but it will come to me when I start to sew with her. Such Fun!!
I haven't I named the new 401 yet either...I'll have to get name badges around here soon.
My 222 1955 is named Fenella
My 221 1948 is named Maeve
All Scottish names for Scottish machines.
I haven't named the 301 yet.
The White VS II is named Jenny Lind. The Singer 115 hasn't told me her name yet but it will come to me when I start to sew with her. Such Fun!!
I haven't I named the new 401 yet either...I'll have to get name badges around here soon.
#14
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Happily @ Southwest Florida
Posts: 999
Ha. my first singer 221 was named Patsy (after Patsy Cline) cause she's a good little Singer...my second 221 was named Loretta (as in Lynn) same reason...now given to my grand daughters.
#15
Wow, If I had that many machines, I woualdn't have room for my mountains of fabric. I do name my machines, but thedn I name my cars and other appliances too.
My old 1974 Bernina 830 Record is Bernie (not very original)
My Bernina Artista 180 is Nina (also not so original)
My Bernina serger is Phyllis (I don't know why)
My Singer Red-eye treadle is Frieda (after my mother-in-law)
and my newest one, a Juki 98Q is Trixie (just cause I love the speed and the thread cutting trick)
My seam rippers have always been Jack
My Dodge Caravan is Sylvia (she's silver)
and on a good day I can name them all and my DH, kids and Grand-darlings
My old 1974 Bernina 830 Record is Bernie (not very original)
My Bernina Artista 180 is Nina (also not so original)
My Bernina serger is Phyllis (I don't know why)
My Singer Red-eye treadle is Frieda (after my mother-in-law)
and my newest one, a Juki 98Q is Trixie (just cause I love the speed and the thread cutting trick)
My seam rippers have always been Jack
My Dodge Caravan is Sylvia (she's silver)
and on a good day I can name them all and my DH, kids and Grand-darlings
Janome is Raquel
Kenmore is Lizzy
Another Kenmore is Mama
Wheeler & Wilson is Edna
Singer 9 is Hannah
Mason New Florence is Mamie
15-91 is Annie
White Number 8 is Fannie
Davis is Hazel
28K is Eleanor
99 and 201-2 keep getting renamed, right now the 99 is Hester and the 201-1 is Agnes
The toy model 20 is Donna
The 66-1 is Tillie
The Featherweight is Honey
The rest don't have names yet.
Kenmore is Lizzy
Another Kenmore is Mama
Wheeler & Wilson is Edna
Singer 9 is Hannah
Mason New Florence is Mamie
15-91 is Annie
White Number 8 is Fannie
Davis is Hazel
28K is Eleanor
99 and 201-2 keep getting renamed, right now the 99 is Hester and the 201-1 is Agnes
The toy model 20 is Donna
The 66-1 is Tillie
The Featherweight is Honey
The rest don't have names yet.
#17
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Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: N. Florida
Posts: 4,568
Here are my machines and their names
Singer 3400 XL - Vesta
Bernina 1530 - Martha (after previous owner)
Singer 401A - Elsie (after previous owner)
Singer 301 (just purchased) will be named Helen (after my sweet Grandmother). I expect to get it next week.
Singer 3400 XL - Vesta
Bernina 1530 - Martha (after previous owner)
Singer 401A - Elsie (after previous owner)
Singer 301 (just purchased) will be named Helen (after my sweet Grandmother). I expect to get it next week.
#18
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: western NC
Posts: 491
I don't name my newer computerized machines either. A few years ago I named my 500A Nancy (after the aunt who taught me to sew) and was admonished on another group for naming it a girls name - they claimed that 500 and 503 were masculine. Who knew!? So, I guess I don't know how to tell a boy machine from a girl machine!
#19
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Lived in San Diego now retired in Eagar, AZ.
Posts: 887
well, i bought my nolting 24" longarm from a wonderful quilter in Dodge City, Kansas.... she was used and she came from Dodge City...what other name would possibly do? She is Miss Kitty..... and you will have to be a certain age to appreciate the joke.....
#20
Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Cary, NC
Posts: 383
I haven't named my Rocketeer yet. It looks masculine, but I feel like giving a feminine name. I've thought about Rochester because I listen to old Jack Benny radio shows when I sew. That way if I need a button sewn on, I can say, "Oh, Rochester!"
Someone previously said that she named her machine after her grandmother. Since my grandmother taught me to sew, I may do that.
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Someone previously said that she named her machine after her grandmother. Since my grandmother taught me to sew, I may do that.
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