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Janet B

On Sat, 25 Jul 2015 07:48:43 -0300, wrote:

>On Fri, 24 Jul 2015 20:57:47 -0400, S Viemeister
> wrote:
>
>>On 7/24/2015 3:10 PM, Janet wrote:
>>
>>> My sewing machine was my mother's, it's a pre-WW2 electric Singer,
>>> still going strong at 70+. (I'm in the middle of making curtains with it
>>> atm.). However, its sturdy capabilities are very plain (doesn't even
>>> reverse) and having tried my friend's modern machine I'm greeneyed about
>>> the scores of different stitches at the push of a button, etc.
>>>
>>I have one of the super duper, does-everything compute-controlled
>>machines, and I love it - but I would never want to get rid of my trusty
>>old Singer.
>
>I still have my trusty old Singer - if you travel through parts of
>India and Asia, even today you can see old Singers everywhere, they
>were made to last
>
My husband owns two old Singers. He uses them mostly for repairing
lawn mower bags. But he does design and make his own cross-country
ski pants and stuff like that.
Janet US