A pink Mercury?
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Lew, Mercury in my area shows quite regularly and they are all bright colored. Usually flashy blue. This magenta must be a variation.
Miriam, where would you find a belt guard? Sewclassic?
I was all for giving my daughter a real tool, but the black color of the Singer is not that fun for a kid :-)
Miriam, where would you find a belt guard? Sewclassic?
I was all for giving my daughter a real tool, but the black color of the Singer is not that fun for a kid :-)
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I started sewing when I was 5 - on a Singer 201. That was the machine all us kids (11) learned on. When we got good enough, then my Mom would let us sew on the real machine- her White ZZ.
I had older sisters to show me how to use the machine - with the knee control, you don't need to have your feet touch the floor to make it work. Older sisters were never too worried about the younger ones sewing our fingers and stuff like that LOL!!
So I grew up thinking the Singer 201 as the "toy" machine.
I love that pink - but I don't have any little girls around to buy a machine for
I had older sisters to show me how to use the machine - with the knee control, you don't need to have your feet touch the floor to make it work. Older sisters were never too worried about the younger ones sewing our fingers and stuff like that LOL!!
So I grew up thinking the Singer 201 as the "toy" machine.
I love that pink - but I don't have any little girls around to buy a machine for
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I started sewing when I was 5 - on a Singer 201. That was the machine all us kids (11) learned on. When we got good enough, then my Mom would let us sew on the real machine- her White ZZ.
I had older sisters to show me how to use the machine - with the knee control, you don't need to have your feet touch the floor to make it work. Older sisters were never too worried about the younger ones sewing our fingers and stuff like that LOL!!
So I grew up thinking the Singer 201 as the "toy" machine.
I love that pink - but I don't have any little girls around to buy a machine for![Frown](https://cdn.quiltingboard.com/images/smilies/frown.png)
I had older sisters to show me how to use the machine - with the knee control, you don't need to have your feet touch the floor to make it work. Older sisters were never too worried about the younger ones sewing our fingers and stuff like that LOL!!
So I grew up thinking the Singer 201 as the "toy" machine.
I love that pink - but I don't have any little girls around to buy a machine for
![Frown](https://cdn.quiltingboard.com/images/smilies/frown.png)
that pink machine is new to my eyes. in fact the model is new to me. i guess i am really a newbie with this antique sewing machines. are old japan sewing machines really that good? but i can tell you one thing - in the bay area (sf) i am surprised that people think their machines are worth a million as the going price is $200-500.
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