I have 2 and I use both.

I'm up to 3... A 15-91 that was my grandmas and 2 featherweights I've picked up. I'm going to sell one of the featherweights though... Space is limited. I have really loved tuning and cleaning all 3 machines up so I'm still prowling cl for my next project. And so is dh, which is hilarious to me. He gave me such a hard time at first, but then he tinkered with the new fw this weekend and they're drawing him in...

I have 17 sewing machines. I use all of them but two.

In cabinets....A Kenmore 158.17550 from 1969. A Kenmore Ultra-Stitch 12 from early 80's. A 201-2 from 1938...belonged to my great aunt, then my mom, now me. A 403-A from 1956. An old Montgomery Wards Supreme Reversible Rotary....still needs some TLC. A Reversew Queen of the West that belonged to my Grandma...refinishing it's cabinet now...sews beautifully!

Portables...A Kenmore from the early 90's. Too much plastic for my taste. And an old White 77 Rotary that I bought for the cabinet. It sat around for YEARS...then I cleaned it up & found out that it really sews nice. The cabinet is housing the Kenmore 158.17550 & it's in the Kenmore's old case.

I use the Kenmore 158.17550 & the 201-2 the most. They both sew soooo smooth & quiet!

Well....I have a singer 401 for walking foot quilting, 301 singer travel & straight stitch, 99 singer use sparingly, FW (I kept one - sold 2), Bernina 830 (just purchased for FM large frame given to me...I have completed one quilt - I enjoyed it but it sure is a horse of a different color. I have been a lap handquilter since 1986....ever since I found this site I have felt at home....:)

I do not feel so bad now.... I only have 11, I gave away 2. the only one I'll get now is a featherweight. then I'm done collecting..... That's the plan anyway! ooops I have a froze-up one in the garage. (does that count?)

Uh Oh! It's confession time? Well it is a good thing DH is not computer literate cause I keep a list my sewing machines on an Excel spreadsheet. Just looked and the total is 51 sewing machines:eek:. The oldest is the Wheeler & Wilson No. 8 that I just acquired and the newest is an Elna 7300 Quilting Pro Queen. Most of them work and a few are parts machines. DH asked me the other day about how many sewing machines I had, he said you must have least 20 how many more do you need? My answer was oh yes, at least 20. LOL Just think, I purchased my first vintage sewing machine, a Plymouth 15 clone last summer and the "herd" has grown to 51. But I am getting pickier, yeah right. But I do have a couple on still my wish list. Right now I have enough project machines to last me to the end of my days.

Oh, Caroline, you crack me up! I bet I can guess who was buying the vintage machines in Washington while I took the last year off of acquiring anymore machines. :D :D :D


Charlee's and jljack's posts got me to thinking so I started working on my list. Came up with 25 machines but I know there is one my DD still has at her home and I am sure I am forgetting some of them. I was even considering making a spreadsheet of all of the info. :D Waving wildly from eastern Washington... where the sunshines, or at least it did until a week ago!

:D Waving wildly from eastern Washington... where the sunshines, or at least it did until a week ago![/QUOTE]

Waving wildly back where the sunshine comes down as rain, rain and more rain. :hunf: Getting so tired of all of this liquid sunshine. Send me some sun and I will send you some rain.

I only have 3 but love them very much. I have 2 White 43s one is black crinkle and the other brown crinkle. I also have an industrial serger