This Viking belonged to Mary and Patrick's Great Aunt Sweetie. It ran beautifully, but was a mystery on how to thread the thing - we finally figured it out. Aunt Sweetie was an avid quilter and each kid has a quilt she made.
Stella loves her little machine and insists that it can do anything that a big one can. Surprisingly, it pretty much can.
"This is the same machine you have in your book!" exclaimed Frances. It was a gift from Santa - good ol' Santa!
Lauren won the award for smallest machine. It does a good job, but doesn't backstitch which is kinda a pain.
Neeley's mom drug her machine out of the closet so that she could bring it to camp. Hopefully, it'll get more use now!
What's your machine story?
2 comments:
Love this post! I got my Singer for our wedding last year and have been loving relearning how to sew on a machine (they taught us machine sewing in middle school but not how to hand sew). Your book has been a big help to this grown-up who is trying to learn hand sewing.
Great post! My machine is a Kenmore that my Grandma bought in Sears in the '50s or '60s. It came with a table and needs to stay in it, so it's not very portable. It does cause me some grief, but I love it because it was hers. My favorite part about it is that she kept all the manuals and even the original receipt!
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