My sewing machines have names, do yours?
11-02-2011, 04:30 PM
#1
Super Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Palmer Township, PA
Posts: 1,620
My sewing machines have names, do yours?
My girls have names, I don't have any boys as of yet.... lol... now i Have to make my list of all my machines and put them here...
what is your machine and her name?
what is your machine and her name?
11-02-2011, 04:42 PM
#2
Super Member
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: leavenworth, ks
Posts: 3,093
I have several machines - some named and some not. My main machine currently is my 301 and her name is Rebeccah. My FW is Betsy (as in Ross) and so her the 301 is named for one of Betsy's sisters. My almost complete 201 is Rosie and my Two Spools is Josie (Josephine) after my grandmother. I also have an older Bernina whose name is Hans. My seam rippers are Frank and Henrietta when I am thinking nice thougths about them. My dear departed, rehomed, plastic machine was named Zoe when she was cooperating with me. I have many other machines not yet named but as I work on them and sew on them their name usually comes to me - they tell me their names mostly.
11-02-2011, 04:54 PM
#4
Banned
Join Date: Nov 2009
Posts: 2,893
I name my machines. They are newer machines but..
My regular sewing machine is a Brother SQ9000 which I have named SusieQ
My Nolting Longarm is called "Abby"
My Side Saddle computer system that works with "Abby" is called "Sadie" .
My seam ripper is "Jack"
and my car is named, " Sophie" lol
Phyllis
QuiltingGrannie
My regular sewing machine is a Brother SQ9000 which I have named SusieQ
My Nolting Longarm is called "Abby"
My Side Saddle computer system that works with "Abby" is called "Sadie" .
My seam ripper is "Jack"
and my car is named, " Sophie" lol
Phyllis
QuiltingGrannie
Last edited by QuiltnNan; 11-21-2011 at 05:08 AM. Reason: remove business name from post
11-03-2011, 05:06 AM
#7
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: central Iowa
Posts: 368
Yes I name my machines. My treadle is Myrtle after my grandmother. She was a wonderful sewer. My Husqvarna Sapphire is Saffie, and my Designer Diamond is Bertie, named after my lovely aunt who is a wonderful person and sewer also. My LA is not named simply because I forgot to name (it) her. It is a Tin Lizzy so if you have any name suggestions, besides Lizzy....lol....
11-03-2011, 11:50 AM
#8
Super Member
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Rhode Island
Posts: 1,663
Yes, of course my machines have names....
My vintage Singer 66 hand-crank is named Ambrozina, after my grandmother.
My hale-and-hearty little Kenmore, who does anything I tell her to and gives me no problems, is named Edna. That just sounded like a "sturdy" name to me.
My (new, not antique) Featherweight 75 is called Tinkerbell, because she's my lightest machine.
My PITA Singer Quantum L-500 machine is named Paris Hilton, because she's a high-maintenance, fussy little twerp that only sews when she feels like it. But don't get me started on that subject....
My vintage Singer 66 hand-crank is named Ambrozina, after my grandmother.
My hale-and-hearty little Kenmore, who does anything I tell her to and gives me no problems, is named Edna. That just sounded like a "sturdy" name to me.
My (new, not antique) Featherweight 75 is called Tinkerbell, because she's my lightest machine.
My PITA Singer Quantum L-500 machine is named Paris Hilton, because she's a high-maintenance, fussy little twerp that only sews when she feels like it. But don't get me started on that subject....
11-03-2011, 12:26 PM
#9
Member
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Western WA
Posts: 1
I am 'down' to 4 machines now.
2 Featherweights, Betsy and Eliza Jane. Both named for Elizabethtown
1 Japanese clone, 50s era turquoise colored Radi-o-matic named Sake (yes, like the wine!) Just got this machine in a cabinet, turns out the wiring in the cabinet was a definite fire hazard and the poor machine was disgustingly filthy. Waiting to get her cord back from the repairman so I can start sewing with her. Cleaning her with Qtips and an old toothbrush and some serious elbow grease almost drove me to drink, so Sake seemed appropriate.
1 Husqvarna Serger, Husky. Haven't used this poor old boy in years since I was sewing my little boys' clothes. They're teens now and would be horrified if I wanted to make any of their clothes now!
2 Featherweights, Betsy and Eliza Jane. Both named for Elizabethtown
1 Japanese clone, 50s era turquoise colored Radi-o-matic named Sake (yes, like the wine!) Just got this machine in a cabinet, turns out the wiring in the cabinet was a definite fire hazard and the poor machine was disgustingly filthy. Waiting to get her cord back from the repairman so I can start sewing with her. Cleaning her with Qtips and an old toothbrush and some serious elbow grease almost drove me to drink, so Sake seemed appropriate.
1 Husqvarna Serger, Husky. Haven't used this poor old boy in years since I was sewing my little boys' clothes. They're teens now and would be horrified if I wanted to make any of their clothes now!
11-03-2011, 12:36 PM
#10
Super Member
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Southern California
Posts: 2,745
I'm with you and name them as I get to clean and bond with them. usually name them after their previous owner if I have that information.
The ones that I sew on regularly are:
FW - Judy
Singer 191 Treadle - Mishiko
The ones that I sew on regularly are:
FW - Judy
Singer 191 Treadle - Mishiko
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
bearisgray
General Chit-Chat (non-quilting talk)
23
10-27-2013 07:28 PM
SingerSewer
Main
10
06-22-2013 06:24 AM
DeeBooper
General Chit-Chat (non-quilting talk)
18
03-02-2011 08:31 PM
