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
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