There aren’t many times in your life when you bring home a new sewing machine. Even for those who work in the industry, it’s a red letter day.
Thursday, I brought home a new to me (gently used ) 770 Bernina from Feed Mill Fabrics and Quilting in Oneida, IL. Don took this picture of me having fallen into the machine sewing. Yes. Like that. I sew until the machine and I are one.
I’m not a high tech girl, and I’ve worked most of my life on mechanical machines. But there are things about this bemouth that are to love. The throat size. The quiet motor. The speed of it. The excellence of the stitch.
My 630 is gratefully on the side as a backup, but I can see this new machine is going to take center stage of my sewing. It’s just as well the dogs and cats are banned from the studio, because I think it could eat a cat solid. We just won’t go there.
You don’t just buy a sewing machine. You buy the ability of a sewing machine. You buy the ability it gives you. I don’t need the embroidery capability. But this is the kind of solid sewing I crave, and what I test out every day doing the crazy stitching I do.
So this is what I did the first day I brought it home. I stitched my ass off for an afternoon, 12,000 stitches according to the machine! It ran like a top.
It needs a moth, I think!
Most of all, I’m touched by the support I’ve had. Don has believed in me and given me more backing than I’ve known in my life. He gave me my studio and walked me into get this machine. He leaves me amazed. He sits in the studio and cheers me on day after day. I adore him.
We kind of crisped our plastic purchasing it, but it was possible at all because people like you bought quilts and made it possible. The quilts are all still on sale until Sept. 21, in case you would like one, or like to help.
But all of you who helped me, bought quilts, backed me up, went to my classes, read my blogs and have wished me well, Thank you! You’ve made it possible for me to follow my art. You are a part of my heart and my heart.
You can hear me with my heart beating in time with the machine. I’m in love.
Enjoy your new machine-between the 2of you I know wonderful works will be created-a partner ship of great technology and a n amazing creative vision
Loved your post. I learned to see on Singer treadle machine when I was 8 years old. Have come a long way with my beloved Viking. Yes, beloved . It has seen me through a wedding dress and so much more. There are machines with more zing now but I would mourn its demise, but I don’t want to go there. So glad you and Don are so happy. I can just see him sitting there while you sew. A smile on his face, being happy sharing your happiness.
He does that. I love having a studio, but the best part is having him in it.
Your viking will probably go until the mountains fall. They are tough and lovely machines. Don’t count it out. Most of what goes wrong with a machine like that is quite fixable. The newer computer models are much more fragile.