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Wish I could see that!My sister has my Mom old Singer, it is supposed to come and live with me, because she also got her husbands grandmothers machine, both are pretty much the same, with the drawer in the table. I also have a singer industrial, it looks the same only about 3 times the size.
My wife liked her Husqvarna machine but with all the buttons and the complexity it just overwhelmed her, plus she did a LOT of sewing and she would get half way through a dress and it would go down, it was breaking about every 4 months and it would be gone for over a month and she gave up. It has been repaired and is fully functional but the last time it went down it was gone for 3 months and I bought her a Juki industrial machine.I was just given an old Husqvarna embroidery machine - my friend bought it 20 years ago, used it a couple of times and didn't really like it, so it's been sitting on a shelf for 19 1/2 years. She knew I wanted an embroidery machine, so she told me if I could figure it out, I could have it. 10 minutes with the manual and it's running like a charm! It uses the old 3 1/2" disks to load the embroidery, so I had to buy a disk reader/writer for my computer so I could translate modern embroidery patterns to the older Husqvarna programs and then put them on the disks. It's a wonderful machine and I am so grateful to have it!
The first thing I did was to take the Husqvarna in to be serviced. After 19 years of no use, I was concerned that parts might have frozen or something, but the service guy said it is in perfect condition. My other machine is a Brother, and it is also a good, sturdy machine. (I also have a singer treadle machine, but even though it works fine, I don't use it much.)My wife liked her Husqvarna machine but with all the buttons and the complexity it just overwhelmed her, plus she did a LOT of sewing and she would get half way through a dress and it would go down, it was breaking about every 4 months and it would be gone for over a month and she gave up. It has been repaired and is fully functional but the last time it went down it was gone for 3 months and I bought her a Juki industrial machine.
FYI the Juki went down early into COVID and we had to ship it to Florida to get it repaired, it was gone for 9 weeks. When they told us how long it would take I bought her a cheapo (~$200) Singer Heavy Duty workhorse to finish the project she was working on. I am now allowed to us that machine.
30 years ago my wife had one of the all metal White machines with a dial stitch selector and she gave it to our daughter, she still tells me that she wished she still had that machine....
And will sew right through your finger if you let it!Maybe it doesn't look as much the same as my memory thought, but here it is,
It is electric and has one speed, ridicules fast
That is awesome that Estelle gets to use Granny's sewing machine And Reign is one already? Wow!I also have vintage sewing machines.
I still have the "toy" sewing machines that I learned to sew on in the 60's".
Those 2 will be passed down to my grand daughters Estelle age 4 and Reign age 1.
Estelle is learning to use her Singer machine now.
And when she is older she will graduate to another one of my sewing machines, Brother.
Hopefully by her teenage years she will be using one of my computerized Brothers.
I have my Great grand mother's treadle machine that I still use on occasion.
Her name is Betsey.
I have 2 Brother computerized machines.
1 Brother basic machine.
1 Brother Serger.
1 Tomy Toy sewing machine for Reign.
1 Singer Toy sewing machine for Estelle.
1 Brother Sewing/Quilting machine .
Yes Miss Reign is one.And will sew right through your finger if you let it!
That is awesome that Estelle gets to use Granny's sewing machine And Reign is one already? Wow!
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