cheryl222

In the past couple of months I have been lucky to find some very good deals on vintage machines - 2 singers, a pfaff, and a sterling. They are all excellent straight stitching machines and the pfaff can do all kinds of fancy stuff. I have a Juki 98Q I love piecing on and an Husqvarna Quilt designer with all the bells and whistles. I use it only when sewing clothing. If I only quilted, I for sure would only need one of the old machines. They are so far above the newer machines as far as stitch quality.

TheSevenYearStitch

I'd stick with my old Bernina in a heartbeat. Already trying to figure out how to unload my newish Singer. My Brother sewing & embroidery I like and use occasionally, but sometimes I forget I have it, so if it was gone, it would be no biggie.

TinkerQuilts

Me too - recently acquired 66 treadle (from grandmother), along with the new-to-me 15-91. :roll:

miriam

I got rid of my Janome - I figured it was just setting around - I hated the dumb thing. It just didn't do what I told it to do and it wouldn't sew through much.

justtrish

That is why I got rid of my newish Kenmore...It could not handle all the ruffles I like to make..

TheSevenYearStitch

While experiment with making decorative oven mitts, I discovered that my Bernina 1005 can sew through 6 layers of low-loft batting and 4 layers of cotton fabric. I realized that that was too much batting for my project, but it wasn't too much for my machine to handle!