Hi all

[SewRuthieSews]

Welcome DeeTee, there are a few people making bags on here, so you'll get lots of inspiration reading their posts.

[Bill]

Are you a member of sewing machines anonymous 

Once you're hooked there's no getting out. It's like they're begging to be collected....buy me...buy me...buy me...and before you know it, you're up to your eyeballs in thread reels and sewing machines. If you get really stricken by the phenomenon you'll start naming your machines too 

[HenriettaMaria]

If I hadn't been really disciplined I'd have five by now, but I moved DH's granny's Singer 15 onto a charity and I've resisted taking on my late godmother's Janome on the grounds that it's totally seized, having never been used since the day her sister (died 1988) bought it for her. 

So now I have my turn-of-the-millennium Brother electronic and my own mum's 1978 Singer 522, which I keep because its straight stitching knocks spots off the Brother, although the Brother does good automatic buttonholes and a wider range of utility stitches.  Those two and my overlocker - no more room at the inn!

Don't ask me about the fabric stash, though....

[Hideout Hen]

Hi there.
Like any hobby, you can get hooked and find yourself collecting all sorts of paraphernalia associated with it. E.g Sewing machine feet....
You can get so many you can't cram them into the box. Then probably never use half of them. 

[Surest1tch]

Hello there and welcome from me too, I'm saying nothing about getting more machines. Why?  because I know about all about how it happens  .

[deetee]

Hello there and welcome from me too, I'm saying nothing about getting more machines. Why?  because I know about all about how it happens  .

i know...I have 5 guitars and 2 ukuleles 

[Catllar]

I think one will be enough..

Now here is your first lesson : 1 machine is never enough. Suppose it breaks down and needs to go to the hospital - it is against the law not to have at least one fully functioning machine in the house!

[Ouryve]

I was always under the impression that one machine was plenty. 

[Ohsewsimple]

I was always under the impression that one machine was plenty. 

     Silly girl!

[Ouryve]

I know better now, @Ohsewsimple 

[Kwaaked]

...even I have 2 here at the farm!

One treadle and one hand crank!

[Catllar]

Here's my first bit of practical info @deetee . If you are sewing technical fabrics arm thyself with microtex needles - they will glide through your fabrics without popping each time! If for some reason you can't get microtex, then go for what they call sharps instead.

[deetee]

Now here is your first lesson : 1 machine is never enough. Suppose it breaks down and needs to go to the hospital - it is against the law not to have at least one fully functioning machine in the house!

 

[Loststitch65]

Welcome

What everyone has said about one sewing machine is true