Tuesday, July 23, 2013
New sewing machine!
Well, I've used the same sewing machine for many years now, and before that I had the same one for over 30 years. Both were Pfaffs, and both were wonderful--the 1525 I have still is, I use it every day and is great for free motion quilting.
I bought this "new-to-me" one recently on a yahoo group, called SewItsForSale. The person selling it ended up living only about 45 miles from me, so I met her husband yesterday at a quilt shop in Greensboro where she gets the machine serviced, and brought this home with me. My Pfaff is in the background, and looks like a baby machine compared to this one. It's really HEAVY, and it's a mid-arm size. It only does straight stitching, but has a large area so I can get some of my larger quilt tops quilted up. Now I just have to figure out how to use it!
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Congratulations! You will love your new machine. I have the Juki (juki, janome and pfaff versions are all basically the same straight stitch machine)which I bought just for FMQ larger quilts. Now it is the only machine I use for piecing too! My poor Pfaff QE 4.0 seems to be gathering dust as of late! What I love about the straight stitch machines is that they don't care what thread you use, they are not finicky at all. Enjoy!
ReplyDeleteFantastic - congrats!
ReplyDeleteCongrats! New machines are so exciting. I have one too that I'll be learning how to use soon. :)
ReplyDeleteWould you consider turning of captchas? They are so difficult to use, it took me three times to get it right to comment. Turning off anon commenting all but kills spam. :)
ReplyDeleteCongratulations! Great machine, you love the extra space!
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