Hi guys,

I’ve been offered a well looked after and well used Bernina 830 Record for £175.

It only comes with the basic foot and no extra feet.

I’m very tempted as I do like the older solidly built machines. For those who have had this machine, is it worth it? Will I be able to buy parts and spare feet easily?

I'm with @Greybird on this. I never regulated light nor noise when mine were babies. The more they get used to the more adaptable they become

Babies and toddlers often have daytime naps, so besides the bright sunshine in the day, I’d use the bin liner method to help keep the room cooler as the curtains in holiday cottages can be very thin cotton. You can stick the bags directly to the individual glass panes and leave the window open, if you want to. It’s quite a flexible system.

DS can sleep with the curtains wide open now, so it probably didn’t affect him too badly. Saying that, I’d better go up and wake him for school. It’s gone 8am.

When DS was a toddler on our holidays, I always took a small roll of black bin liners with me and used masking tape to tape the bags to the window glass. At the end of the holiday, the bags were used to contain dirty washing, rubbish etc.

That’s a gorgeous quilt 

My Brother needle threader is the best one I’ve ever used and works every time except, it won’t work with the walking foot attached.

I’ve seen that on Amazon when I wanted to buy some spotty cotton fabric. I wanted 3 metres but they would only sell it in 1 metre lengths so I didn’t bother!

I’ve got this pattern too. It’s for knit fabrics and I didn’t notice that the first time I used it. Oops!

I’m definitely in. Might adjust the book pattern and make it longer for me.

Is this going to be a June sew-a-long or allow a bit longer?

Also, is there an easy way to bookmark this thread so I can find it more easily when I need to?