SOLD

I have sold a few machines.  The Kenmore 158.something; the Singer 301a; a Singer 328K; a New Home free arm (OUCH).  I have given some away as well;  a Singer 99-31, a Singer 66-16. Betsy and I have "traded" back and forth a 301 a couple of times.  Yesterday I sold the 158.1941 and a Singer 66-16 and I threw the Green Elna Supermatic as well.   All day Saturday I played with machines for sale in preparation for Sunday when some friends came over to check out the herd.

I admit, I bought this machine specifically to pass along. It is a wonderful machine.  It has straight stitch, zig zag, stretch stitches and, my favorite, three stitch zig zag.  It does not have a built in button- holer.  The machine is easy to thread and easy to clean.  It is heavy duty, in as much as it is mostly metal and won't break easily.  It has a free arm and is not terribly heavy.   I wish I had more of these to matchup with new seamsters.

I also sold a Singer 66-16.  One of my favorite machines.  I had kept this one in the shop in a cabinet to make little bags for accessories.  I got it out, just in case and it sold.  WITH A CABINET.  That is key.  I have so many cabinets.  It is in very nice condition.  I have at least four Singer 66s.  I don't need five.  This one is such a nice "specimen"  It pleases me that it moved out of the shop and into a home.  No, I do not consider my machines my "kids" and I don't really re-home the machines.  But I know that this will get some use.  And that is what these machines are all about.  Function and Beauty.

I also passed along the green Elna Supermatic.  I know I will never sew with that machine and it is such a noisy thing.    I replaced the friction wheel on it in the Ray White Class (see older posts) but it is still just so noisy.   I don't love this machine, but thought it was just so  classic retro.  B. is a smart guy.  He can figure it out and fix it.  Maybe I have recruited some new members to the world of sewing machine repair. 

 One more thing.  What do we call a person who sews?  A sewer?  A sewist?  A semster?  A seamstress?   I suppose a sewer is as good as anything.  I hate to be associated with excrement though.  Just the same, the Dutch  associate two meanings to their "naaien" (to sew). Look it up yourself on google.