I want one of those quilting machines so bad. But Lord! Have you seen the prices of these machines? I bought my Mini Cooper for the same price as one of these beauties! And I could drive it every single day if I wanted to. I don't think I could ever piece enough quilts in my lifetime to warrent buying one of these dream machines.
I own 3 Singer Featherweights, 1 Brother, 1 Jamone, 1 White, 1 Kenmore, 1 Jamone Serger and a wonderful Singer Treadle Sewing Machine nestled inside a Birdseye Maple cabinet. I'm SERIOUS about sewing folks!
I've always sewn off and on from my teenaged years. But when I turned 50 a few yrs. back, my dear hubby Charlie, gave me a wonderful gift. Quilting lessons! My first quilt won a Blue Ribbon at our local fair. From then on, I was hooked. I manage to piece at least 2 quilts a year. But I can't quilt them in the style I'd like, because I don't own a long arm quilting machine. Instead, I have to bundle up my precious load of carefully pieced fabric tops and tote them to a quilter. Unfortunately, she doesn't free style quilt. She has patterns that she quilts by. Boring patterns that sometimes don't bring out my quilt's personality. Needless to say, we've clashed.
I've begged her to consider taking long arm quilting classes to expand her ability. But, she's comfortable in her rut...I'm not. I've got at least 3 pieced quilt tops that I just can't bring myself to take to her and her predictable patterns. Fluffy clouds repeated over and over on my complicated design? I don't think so!!
So, I go to all of my favorite quilting shops and gaze longingly upon the newest and latest in quilting technology. Sure, I could buy 1 on easy payments plans of 48 to 100 months with a rather harsh first up front payment. But I kinda love my firstborn son...and besides, he's already turned me down. (Can't catch a break!)
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