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Thread #145017 Message #3353247
Posted By: JennieG
20-May-12 - 08:39 AM
Thread Name: BS: Sewing Machines
Subject: RE: BS: Sewing Machines
My main machine is a Bernina Virtuosa 160, My Lovely New Bernina....bought new in August 1999, and till the day I die it will be My Lovely New Bernina. It is used for dressmaking and quilting, that is both piecing quilts and quilting the three-layered result. I can't justify the cost in sending my quilts out to be finished on a long-arm machine, and I prefer to do it all myself anyway otherwise it's not 'mine'. Also have a Bernina overlocker (serger), a vintage Singer Featherweight which I use for quilt piecing, my late MIL's cabinet Singer, my grandmother's Singer treadle which she bought in 1925, and another Singer treadle my brother's neighbour was throwing out - literally throwing out - several years ago. Those old treadles are wonderful.
Cheers
JennieG