I have an old Husqvarna Viking that we got for free at a church flea market a few years back--it was covered with paint splashes and was missing the cords and pedal. The nice church ladies gave it to us (saying they couldn't sell it without the cord), and we were able to replace the cords and pedal for under $30 on Ebay; Roger cleaned it up and serviced it--and I downloaded the manual online. (One of the really great things about the internet!). This machine can sew 5-8 layers of leather or heavy vinyl! I have it for a back up, even though my workhorse machine is a 30-year-old Sears Kenmore. I have a Pfaff 1475--the quilter's machine--that is always set up, AND an older Bernina stashed upstairs (In the post-apocalypse, electronic machines may not work, so I wanted a plain electric machine that would work with a generator!) Not taking any chances. My serger is a Bernina though and love it too.
I've found that, since I sew, people want to give me oldmachines all the time; Grandma dies, and no one wants it! I also have two pristine Singer machine from the early 1960's, one is the "Style-O-Matic", they both have the hard cases, and work like champs. One's at my cabin in WV (You never know when you have to make a repair on something!) I"m not working on historical things right now EXCEPT for working on scanning and organizing my hundreds of vintage photos and cards. Flea market season started, so I"m already collecting more of them. I have to make a baby gift for a shower next weekend--going to make a fleece blanket, and a wall hanging with an appliqued giraffe (that's her theme for the nursery). And I just got 4 tote bags of quilting fabric from a friend, as well as 2 bags from the flea market, so there is quilting in my future, and fabric organizing and storage to be done.. And I have one of my early tries at 1860's in pearl grey wool blend with black accents that is going to be a steampunk conversion (one of these days), as well as finishing up a SF costume of a goddess. Yours in cosutmign,LisaA On Mon, 1 Apr 2013 05:12:05 -0400 (EDT) annbw...@aol.com writes: > Yes, indeed. The place where I could go for while-you-wait service on > my Bernina is gone, and I had to wait about a month to have it > fixed. (Have to say, though, that is the first time in 12 years it > needed really serious service, knock on wood.) My backup machine > isn't nearly as spiffy as a Viking, though. > > > Ann Wass _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
