Devon, Linda has a great idea, and here is one step further -- they now have rolling carts with a case at the bottom end designed specifically for sewing machines. If Linda's idea appeals then you might want to take a look at these. JoAnn's carries them, among others. If you sign up for their mailing list, you would get a coupon each mailing for about 40 per cent off.
As for sewing machines, it's interesting that Tamara's experience was the flip side of mine. My mother and I each had awful experiences with the **^%$ things. So I am prejudiced against Singers. I would suggest two possibilities: take a look at Consumer Reports in you library, and check if they have evaluated sewing machines. And secondly, and possibly more critical: seek out a shop that specializes in sewing machines, even if you have to travel a little. Don't buy from a store that can't give you decent explanations. What in the world will you do if you or your daughter have questions? And service? Who will do that? Will it be someone who really knows sewing machines? Good luck, Regards, Carolyn Carolyn W. Hastings Stow, MA USA > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Linda & > Bill Mitchell > Sent: Friday, August 12, 2005 6:08 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; lace-chat@arachne.com > Subject: Re: [lace-chat] sewing machine for artist daughter > > > Might I suggest a luggage cart? Seems to me that the machine > she might get > the most use out of is the heavier one with more features and room to > manouver, but one of those folding luggage carts and a couple > of bungie > cords might just be an answer. > > Linda, the string-a-holic in Oregon. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <lace-chat@arachne.com> > Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 5:22 AM > Subject: [lace-chat] sewing machine for artist daughter > > > > We want to buy a sewing machine for my daughter to take to college > > which > > she > > will have to transport between her studio and her room > fairly frequently. > > I > > own a Lady Kenmore sewing machine from the 1960s with cams > ( a dreadful > > technology that never worked well) and the daughter bought > herself a > > Singer > > machine from the 1950s at a garage sale, but both of these > are very heavy > > and it is > > impossible to carry them around. > > We have been investigating the Singer Featherweight which > is very light, > > but > > yesterday, we saw another Singer machine, which calls > itself Quantum > > Decor > > which is a machine that is on sale reduced in price from > almost twice the > > price of the Featherweight to about the same amount. It is > heavier, but > > she > > thinks she could transport it. It has more stitches and a > larger amount of > > space > > under the arm to manipulate fabric. One issue is whether a > machine that is > > heavier and originally more expensive might be a better constructed > > machine. The > > daughter likes to get clothes at flea markets and alter > them. She has also > > been taking plush stuffed animals and taking them apart > and resewing them > > to be > > plush taxidermy mutants. This she mostly does by hand, > though. She is > > taking > > puppet making in college this year and has some plan to construct > > costumes > > to put on "human" puppets. It is hard to say with > certainty what features > > of > > the sewing machine will prove to be important since she is > beginning to > > say > > things like, "I don't want to limit myself". > > Has anybody bought a Singer machine lately? Are they still > any good? Does > > anyone have any experience with the Featherweight or the > other lower cost > > machines? What about plastic machines generally? It seems > to be fairly > > impossible > > in this part of the country to get anyone at a store to > spend much time > > demonstrating a sewing machine. > > Devon > > > > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the > > line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --- > > [This E-mail Scanned for viruses by Onlinemac.com] > > > > > > > > > --- > [This E-mail Scanned for viruses by Onlinemac.com] > > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing > the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, > write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
