tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133305403334770394.post2618798663426960135..comments2024-03-21T23:28:47.123-04:00Comments on My Sewing Machine Obsession: ORGANIZE !!!Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285943308096103980noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133305403334770394.post-34118509442921118022014-06-16T21:29:49.532-04:002014-06-16T21:29:49.532-04:00I have a Riccar like the one in your picture. I c...I have a Riccar like the one in your picture. I can't seem to find a manual for it. the bottom of it say Riccar 302. Am I searching under the right name for it? Thanks for any help you might provide <br />Kathy at<br />fistfulofdaisies@gmail.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133305403334770394.post-61322034871973977432012-11-08T16:59:28.420-05:002012-11-08T16:59:28.420-05:00Your poor Singer 128 almost has me in tears. I hav...Your poor Singer 128 almost has me in tears. I have the same machine, same decals, but intact. She's now sitting over the hole in the Kenmore cabinet because I need to use it. I can't get the Kenmore (148) to work right, so down the hole she went. The Riccar does look awfully heavy. My National is twice as heavy as my Singer 128 (and I thought she was heavy). I don't know if the National works. There are too many things to do between now and the middle of next month, so she's on hold. What I really want is to get my WW8 working. And I don't know what I'm doing when it comes to sewing machine mechanics! Hope your thumb is getting better!<br />Kat Bennetthttp://sosewsimple-kf-kat.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133305403334770394.post-43270082585604167442012-11-06T07:20:00.642-05:002012-11-06T07:20:00.642-05:00When I select zig zag machines now, I'm always...When I select zig zag machines now, I'm always checking for their adaptability to treadle. Really there's a lot of them. But I will never turn down an old kenny 158.... that cannot be adapted to treadle. They are the absolute best for sewing on a TABLE. I avoid sewing on portable machines. I like feeding the fabric at the same height as the needle plate and the extra support for fabric that only a table will provide.<br /><br />Also, I've noticed I don't like a push button reverse on a machine. I prefer a lever - especially on a portable because when you push on the reverse button the machine moves backward. <br /><br />I really need to get organized too. Maybe I should break a thumb!!!!! Hope you're being good to yours.Pegnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133305403334770394.post-16632911101628199702012-11-05T10:14:01.850-05:002012-11-05T10:14:01.850-05:00Jonathan,
You offer excellent advice. I will stri...Jonathan, <br />You offer excellent advice. I will strive to heed it. Still looking for a 201 treadle but not as desperately since I am in love with my 237 and its stitch...and it treadles....Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285943308096103980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133305403334770394.post-7115638713840959762012-11-05T10:06:16.227-05:002012-11-05T10:06:16.227-05:00Brian offers some great advice in his "Vintag...Brian offers some great advice in his "Vintage Sewing Machine Survival Guide"<br />http://www.briansews.com/2009/07/vintage-sewing-machine-addiction.html <br />When in doubt keep looking and ...<br />...buy only those machines you truly love, and to raise the standards of what you are willing to bring home. Hunt for only the very best examples at the best prices.Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07691465477338113897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133305403334770394.post-86022904365301234482012-11-05T09:57:31.239-05:002012-11-05T09:57:31.239-05:00That RIccar is a handsome machine! Was it in a cab...That RIccar is a handsome machine! Was it in a cabinet?<br />If I found one of those, I'd have to buy it too!<br /><br />I've had buyers remorse over some of the sewing machines I purchased when I first acquired SMAD also. <br />Possible future resale weighs more heavily in the purchase decision now.<br />So I've become more selective about cosmetic condition. <br />And when I'm tempted to buy a machine I really don't need, I think of a few I have, that I haven't used yet.<br />Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07691465477338113897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133305403334770394.post-47934072554741639022012-11-05T06:17:01.406-05:002012-11-05T06:17:01.406-05:00Glad you are behaving. :) Have a great week!Glad you are behaving. :) Have a great week!Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11994575359990994574noreply@blogger.com