Had a student once who got a machine at a pawn shop. It might not be the best, but you probably wouldn't pay a lot for it, either.
Ann Wass -----Original Message----- From: fastusminimus <[email protected]> To: h-costume <[email protected]> Sent: Wed, Aug 15, 2012 4:26 pm Subject: Re: [h-cost] sewing machines > 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... _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
