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11-27-2010, 11:05 PM
#52
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Location: slaton, texas
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Originally Posted by ginnie6
I have machine lust. There I said it. I don't need a new machine. Really i don't. I have several older ones now that aren't being used to their potential. And I mean there's only 1 of me and I only have a limited amount of time to sew. So why am I looking at machines online and drooling over them? Why is a cheap Brother machine at WM making my heart flutter? My old White does a perfectly good job...she even does fmq if the user would get better at it! And she's a pretty green color too. Is there a thing as machine addiction like there is fabric addiction?
11-28-2010, 05:14 AM
#53
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Join Date: Jul 2010
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I want a featherweight really, really bad. Do I need it? No not really. But I remember my mother sewing on one when I was a child. Plus, I'm a very simple sewer. Can't seem to get into all the fancy stuff. I like to piece on a very simple machine. My mom has an Elna Quilter and I do some FMQ on it, but I never use the fancy stuff. Trying to save my change to buy a featherweight.
11-28-2010, 05:40 AM
#54
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Location: Bluebell
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Originally Posted by ginnie6
I have machine lust. There I said it. I don't need a new machine. Really i don't. I have several older ones now that aren't being used to their potential. And I mean there's only 1 of me and I only have a limited amount of time to sew. So why am I looking at machines online and drooling over them? Why is a cheap Brother machine at WM making my heart flutter? My old White does a perfectly good job...she even does fmq if the user would get better at it! And she's a pretty green color too. Is there a thing as machine addiction like there is fabric addiction?
11-28-2010, 06:22 PM
#57
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Mentor, Ohio
Posts: 1,329
Originally Posted by crashnquilt
Personally I think it must be something in our blood! I average about 3 years between machine purchases. For some reason, completely unknown to me, I can come up with some excuse to purchase a new machine of some type i.e. more powerful machine motor, more stitches, more features, etc. Since my sister is the same way, I honestly believe it is in our blood.
That's my excuse and I'm sticking to it!
That's my excuse and I'm sticking to it!
11-28-2010, 09:00 PM
#58
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Arizona
Posts: 997
Hmm - not so much machine lust, but the desire to buy another machine exactly like the one I currently have and really like. I have this thought that I better have a spare stowed away because someday my current machine will give out and I won't be able to find another that I like as much. Kind of like buying several of the same shirt or pants because they'll never make anything like those again in my lifetime! Argh - why do I have anxiety attacks over stuff like this??!!
11-28-2010, 09:20 PM
#59
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Pa.
Posts: 3,612
Originally Posted by Boscobd
Hmm - not so much machine lust, but the desire to buy another machine exactly like the one I currently have and really like. I have this thought that I better have a spare stowed away because someday my current machine will give out and I won't be able to find another that I like as much. Kind of like buying several of the same shirt or pants because they'll never make anything like those again in my lifetime! Argh - why do I have anxiety attacks over stuff like this??!!
11-29-2010, 05:25 AM
#60
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Seguin, TX
Posts: 558
I have three machines, each a justified purchase: :wink:
1. Husqvarna Viking 500 computerized sewing machine, my first "fancy" sewing machine, bought a couple of years after I got married. I needed it to decorate our new home, plus at that time I was still sewing clothes and had just discovered quilting.
2. Husqvarna Viking Mega Quilter for my new machine quilting frame. Do I need to say more?
3. Bernina Artista 730E, my dream machine! Love to machine embroider, and I can sew on #1 while #3 is embroidering!
Before I got the Bernina I did have an inexpensive embroidery machine, but I passed it on to a friend that really wanted it.
1. Husqvarna Viking 500 computerized sewing machine, my first "fancy" sewing machine, bought a couple of years after I got married. I needed it to decorate our new home, plus at that time I was still sewing clothes and had just discovered quilting.
2. Husqvarna Viking Mega Quilter for my new machine quilting frame. Do I need to say more?
3. Bernina Artista 730E, my dream machine! Love to machine embroider, and I can sew on #1 while #3 is embroidering!
Before I got the Bernina I did have an inexpensive embroidery machine, but I passed it on to a friend that really wanted it.
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