maviskw

A lady had a Featherweight,
Back in twenty thousand eight.
It was cute, but I saw no need
So I ignored it, that was sweet.

A few years later, someone said:
I have a black one, it’s not red.
Suddenly I got the itch
I called her up. “Does it stitch?”
Now it’s mine and she’s a beauty
For sewing, she does double duty.
Abigail, that’s her name
Sewing is her claim to fame.

Then last fall a perfect stranger
Asked me if I could arrange her
Grandmother’s sewing machine to take,
Oh, what an easy choice to make.
“What was Grandma’s name?”, I asked her.
“Lillian”, she said. That’s what I’ll call her.

From Chicago came Columbus treadle
Complete with cabinet and needle.

Then my young sewing machine guy
Slipped me two more on the sly.
A Delta Rotary dressed in brown
And a 15-91 with its guard down.

Now wait there are other ones.
Of sewing machines I have tons.
My 301 and of course my White
And I have a serger too, that's right
My Janome and the small SY
Are waiting and I don't know why.
Today I got an Eldredge Two Spool
And a Singer Red Eye with only one spool.

Keeping them was not my plan
Of collecting I am not a fan.
To the Sewing Machine Project they must go.
I just want to keep this one…And this one sews well…..
And this one is so cute..…And this one……….

miriam

Mavita, you have only just begun

Sewnoma

Yay, another sewing machine poem!!

I'm not sure there's such a thing as "too many machines". It's like the glass half full/half empty thing...rather than think I have "too many machines, I like to think I just have "not enough room"!

Monroe

Agreed! Love the poetry!

Sunflowerzz

Too True, Too True!

MFord

Good job on the poetry! We are a classy bunch of quilters!!

jlhmnj

I'll second that. My house and sheds are just too small. Optimizing space for collecting / using sewing machines would be a useful topic, especially treadles and cabinets.

Jon

ania755

Lol....i absolutlly understand how that happened......

maviskw

When I wrote the poem, I forgot about my Nechie (spelling) Lydia 3. My granddaughters use it now, so I haven't had it here for a while. I had a brand new Kenmore too, in 1985, but I gave it to my daughter. She lost it! She was living in an apartment at that time and I think she had other things on her mind and forgot about it when she moved out. Never saw it again.
As for room, I'd have plenty if I threw out my renter upstairs. But she is a starving artist, and I am her surrogate mother, so she will stay.

chris_quilts

Jon; I totally agree with you and your topic choice - especially since I fell off the no more machine wagon today. Bought a Bernina 730 Record in a cabinet for a steal in my mind. She sews nicely and will be home on Wednesday.

Now to get serious about downsizing to manageable proportions.