New Sewing Machine?

5th September 2010

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We have family visiting from out of town, so I haven’t spent too much time on the computer this weekend. But, I have to tell you that I was at Joann’s fabric store today and checked out some new sewing machines.

Now, I really don’t need a new sewing machine, mine is only about 6 years old. But, I can’t help myself when I see the new machines, I start to drool. I really drool whenever they’re not busy in the Viking/Husqvarna shop inside of Joanns and I can get them to show me the latest machine on the market. Today it was the “Ruby”, a heavily enhanced embroidery/sewing machine that does anything you might imagine and has over 1000 different stitches to choose from! I am always tempted, but I’m not sure yet what type of machine I want. You see, I all ready have a sewing machine that also does embroidery, the down side is that my embroidery software was lost in our last relocation and I have yet to find it. Then, my computer crashed and I lost what was loaded on my computer, so I really haven’t been able to use my embroidery for the last year or so. I do all of my sewing on that machine though and it works very well, except when I want to do any machine quilting. I’ve never been very fond of the way it quilts. It’s tough to get the tension right and the sewing bed itself isn’t that big so it can be difficult to maneuver the layers of the quilt through the machine.

So, the truth is, while I would love to have a fancy new machine, I’m also not ready (and not sure if I ever will be) to spend $6000 on this one that I saw today!

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1 On September 7th, 2010, Duni said:

Oh, me too, me too!

I love looking at those new super high tech machines, although I feel some gadgets are just over the top. And the price…I could buy a small used car for that!
I might be upgrading mine next year, but I will only actually buy one that fits the criteria that I need. I straight-stitch most of the time anyway!
Duni´s last blog ..The bag making Bible

posted on September 7th, 2010 at 5:51 am

2 On September 7th, 2010, sharkbytes said:

What is the machine you don’t like? I just got a used machine from a friend. What she was asking was really reasonable, and I am currently without any working machine at all.
sharkbytes´s last blog ..Today is Not Yesterday

posted on September 7th, 2010 at 9:33 am

3 On September 8th, 2010, lynne said:

Duni – I know what you mean! It’s so much fun playing with those pricey machines, but the thought of spending that much money to sew just boggles my mind! Right now I’m just browsing, probably leaning toward something that can not only sew, but has some decorative stitches and can handle lots of layers of fabric for machine quilting. It will be a while though!

posted on September 8th, 2010 at 8:17 am

4 On September 8th, 2010, lynne said:

I have a Viking Platinum right now. It’s a great machine but I’ve always noticed that when I am trying to sew layers, like when I’m machine quilting, it has trouble keeping the right tension. I really just like sitting down and playing with those expensive machines, they’re way more than I would ever need or want to spend, but it’s fun seeing what they can do!

posted on September 8th, 2010 at 8:19 am