@Hideout Hen. At the moment I'm not buying fabric as yet again my sewing room is full of the crap D/H has been hoarding and I can't get in there for now, I'm just waiting my chance to sneak it out before he see's what I've been doing  . Previous to that 95% of the fabric I've purchased during the last 8 or 9 years has been purchased online as my nearest shop now is around a 70 mile trip.
I've used quite a lot of on-line suppliers, too many to mention here but there are lots of names in the "favourite suppliers" section in the index here. I can't say I've ever really been disappointed with any of them, other than sometimes a colour's not been quite as I expected, a number of places will send you samples for a small fee.

Welcome from me too @Retrorokit 

@kowgiirl.up, it's an ancient Singer 660. My uncle took me on as an apprentice and bought it second hand for me to learn on, after I qualified he wanted to get rid of it and get me a more modern one but I was heartbroken so he gave in and let me continue using it, when he retired and closed the shop he gave the machine. 
I loved it when I was learning and I still love it now, although it's got no bells and whistles but out of all my machines (and I've got quite a few) it's my absolute favourite it does what I ask it to and hasn't let me down although it's grumbled a couple of times.
If you really want one that bad, it's highly unlikely you'll never regret investing in one. The speed that one of mine can go at frightened the life out of me at first but you will get used to it and you'll probably find you can control it a lot better than the more modern domestic machines 👍.

Occasionally when I've been sewing with several thicknesses of denim and it comes to trying to stitch belt loops on the waistband i know full well my zig zag machines haven't got enough punch to go through all the layers I cheat and use a straight stitch back and forth. I'm lucky and have an industrial machine (straight stitch only), I never tuck my tops and jumpers etc in so only I know I've cheated, well you do now  they do look ok so I don't suppose they'd embarrass me if I did tuck my tops in.

Great job @Bill 

@BrendaP Simplicity 3696 on eBay for £8.95 + £1.95 postage, new up to size 16.

I love bright red and would love something in cord but with a blonde dog that's constantly moulting sadly I couldn't get away with it. Can we see  when they're finished, I'll be green with envy but in a nice way  .