Hi
I hunt down and then use older machines. My fav is an old Elna
Grasshopper-straight stitcher, smooth as silk. For ZZ and fancy
stitches I use a Necchi Julia or a Singer 319...my newest-to-me one
is a National 2 Spool, the bobbin is a small spool of thread. You can
straight stitch forever <G>
The Wilcox & Gibbs chain stitcher is fab for basting.
I try to avoid those with the plastic innards...they are reaching the
end of the plastics shelf life...the service guy pulled a new
camstack off the shelf for a Bernina 830 Record, and it was crazed :-
( hopefully the new 3-D printers will be the answer!
Ta
Carol-why yes, I >do< have a separate machine set up for black, white
and grey threads...
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