I only have a simple Janome sewing machine and a basic Janome over locker (Serger), they do me well. I imagine as my skills increase I will look to better machines, but it would be logical to keep the existing ones as back ups.
Sidney On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 10:03 AM, Dianne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I, for one, collect them. I specialize in old treadles and > handcranks. I make mine fully functional. I have found the old > Singers, prior to the 600 series, can sew through almost anything > without a problem. >> > > Amen! My little Singer 99K is a gorgeous machine. The two Brother machines > (one sewing, one embroidery only) are functional, and look it. They create > beautiful things, but they aren't beautiful things in and of themselves. > > Of course, I still want a treadle machine, and a handcrank, and a > Featherweight, and ooh of course that shiny Duetta with the HUGE embroidery > field. :-) > > Dianne _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume