Your sewing machine's name
#42
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Location: Georgia, USA
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Mine is a newer lighter weight Brother model. My husband bought it and suprised me with it! When he was in line to purchase it, a couple in front of him said, " You can go ahead of us, that looks heavy. " My husband replied, "Oh, it's not heavy. It's my Brother!" So I just call it my brother. :)
#43
Had a Nissan stationwagon named Dagwood. Have two cats -- Big Kitty and Little Kitty. Have a Bernina I call "Big Mama" when I have to move her to the quilt frame. Just acquired a Featherweight but dunno what to name her yet.
#44
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Location: AZ and CT
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Originally Posted by omak
I don't know how to copy and paste in this format, but as for having a lot of machines, I do, but credit garage sales and people deciding to throw away their machines because they can't make them work, and because I sew, whenever someone decides a machine isn't their bag, they ask me, and I cannot say no! such a weakling! LOL It works out nicely because I can move from one machine to the next if one breaks down ... of course, the mechanic is alway happy to see me coming through with four machines at a time for repair ...
#45
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: Colorado
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I have a treadle that I call Glenn, (bought it from my cousin Glenn). A Singer feather weight I call Becky, (bought it from my cousin Becky). My longarm is "Das Boot" Long story short.......my husband has bought 3 boats during our marriage so when I got my longarm I told him that this was "my boat". (I did not feel guilty about the $$$ because of that). My Janome and Pfaff are Janome and Pfaff....cute?? hahaha I also have a hand crank machine, but haven't thought of a name yet. Can't call her Emily....that's my computer's name.
#46
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This is cute, I've never been creative enought to think about naming my machines, even though they have been called a few. I do have one I call Grandma's Machine. In fact I am having a difficult time deciding what to call our now ten month old grandson. He is a Junior --- His parents call him Little Bill or Junior --- I've wanted to call him Willie, but my daughter says that reminds her of Willie Nelson and that's out. He is such a sweet heart and he does answer to Little Bill, but he is also responding to my "Hey Kid". He stays with me several times a week now and he is really cutting into my quilting time since he is a real explorer. He has been saying Nana for a good while now, so one would think that I could settle on a special, sweet name for him.
#47
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Originally Posted by nana2
This is cute, I've never been creative enought to think about naming my machines, even though they have been called a few. I do have one I call Grandma's Machine. In fact I am having a difficult time deciding what to call our now ten month old grandson. He is a Junior --- His parents call him Little Bill or Junior --- I've wanted to call him Willie, but my daughter says that reminds her of Willie Nelson and that's out. He is such a sweet heart and he does answer to Little Bill, but he is also responding to my "Hey Kid". He stays with me several times a week now and he is really cutting into my quilting time since he is a real explorer. He has been saying Nana for a good while now, so one would think that I could settle on a special, sweet name for him.
#49
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It is great to know that others have hung onto some of those older sewing machines, they have been great work horses and still work well. I am planning to have work done on my Grandmother's Machine so I can utilize it for free motion quilting. It is filled with dust from the dirt road that went by the side of her house, but it sews like a pro -- the foot pedal needs to be replaced and I understand that the newer pedals can be used. It also has some very great attachments --- there is a very neat pleater, the lacks of which I have never before seen, it works GREAT and I call it the contraption. The brand is Atlas and I looked on the net for this; info I found indicates that Atlas has something to do with some heavy duty tailoring. My grandmother never quilted on this, but she was a perfectionist in everything except housekeeping. Now that I am a grandmother and helping my daughter with her children, I understand that if I want to have a life other than cooking, laundry, cleaning house, I cannot maintain my home to the standards of my younger years -- but who cares --- I bet my granddaughter will not remember how much dust was on the top of the refrigerator when we were sewing on her quilts.
#50
I have a Elna named LuLu and my Brother machine is named Bert
but then again I have 2 computers a desktop and a laptop and they are named Elvis and Pracilla, right along with our 2 cars named Belle and Lucille.
Lisa
but then again I have 2 computers a desktop and a laptop and they are named Elvis and Pracilla, right along with our 2 cars named Belle and Lucille.
Lisa
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