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Pogonip wrote:
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Yes, I have done, too. I keep one of my 201s set up with an
embroidery foot and lowered feed dogs and use it for mending and
"thread painting." But I also have a Singer EU hooked up to a laptop
to do embroidery. My theory is that if it's a "one-off" I do it by
free motion. If I want identical repeats, then the Singer EU is
better. Now I have an XL6000 to play with. Which does not mean I'm
getting rid of my 201s, 101, 66s, 99s, 301s, 306, 115, 15, 128, 129,
221s, or my Pfaff 30, 332, 1475, W & G, ...well....you see what I
mean....




Oh yes, I see only too well. They follow you home too {grin}

If you're ever passing, pop in and look at my little hoard!


They cry out so piteously. I admitted I was powerless, but it didn't
seem to help. I consider it rescue, though, and not acquisition. Though
once rescued, they do need a place to stay. Sometimes people come by
and take one or more away. These people tend to be TreadleOnions.

There's a coffe&chocolate coloured 401G (I think... ) calling to me from
the sewing machine shop, but I need to do something about the
serger/overlocker first, and I want that Elna Lotus...

--
Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls
Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
http://www.diceyhome.free-online.co.uk
Click on Kate's Pages and explore!

Jack Schmidling wrote:


Who is "we"? The statement was made that anyone who loves to sew would not
buy a machine from Walmart. If the person said my $150 Brother might not
sew 1/4" leather 24/7, I would not have entered the discussion but I would
still like to know why.

Because the motor isn't strong enough.
--
Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls
Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
http://www.diceyhome.free-online.co.uk
Click on Kate's Pages and explore!

She who would like to be obeyed once every Preston Guild wrote:

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obeyed once every Preston Guild of no.spam uttered

Then send some of them to Leeds, quick. I looked at the Treadle On
classifieds, but everyone seemed to be in the US - and these things
are too damned heavy to post.


The people, I mean! Not more machines!

Free range people through the post?

--
Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls
Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
http://www.diceyhome.free-online.co.uk
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Dicey of Customer of PlusNet plc (http://www.plus.net) uttered
Free range people through the post?

Could have interesting possibilities
--

AJH
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In article , She who would like to be
obeyed once every Preston Guild of no.spam uttered
In article , Kate
Dicey of Customer of PlusNet plc (http://www.plus.net) uttered
Free range people through the post?

Could have interesting possibilities

Shades of Flat Stanley, in fact
--

AJH
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sierra charlie oscar dot november echo tango

Yelp!! I always have my Athena up for buttonholes - push a button and push
the peddle and it's done. The Bernina just can't do that.
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SNIGDIBBLY
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"ALZ" wrote in message
...
I have a brother 8200 and a Bernina 1630. I have to say that the
regular sewing stitches and the buttonholes on the brother are as
good, and often better than on the Bernina.

Linda
PATCHogue, NY

AJH
by any chance, are you a pilot?
Butterfly (jez being nosey)
"She who would like to be obeyed once every Preston Guild"
wrote in message
...
In article , Pogonip of Send abuse or DMCA
complaints to uttered
Yes, I have done, too. I keep one of my 201s set up with an embroidery
foot and lowered feed dogs and use it for mending and "thread painting."
But I also have a Singer EU hooked up to a laptop to do embroidery. My
theory is that if it's a "one-off" I do it by free motion. If I want
identical repeats, then the Singer EU is better. Now I have an XL6000 to
play with. Which does not mean I'm getting rid of my 201s, 101, 66s, 99s,
301s, 306, 115, 15, 128, 129, 221s, or my Pfaff 30, 332, 1475, W & G,
...well....you see what I mean....


Oh yes, I see only too well. They follow you home too {grin}

If you're ever passing, pop in and look at my little hoard!

--

AJH
alpha dot hotel echo yankee whisky oscar oscar delta at tango echo
sierra charlie oscar dot november echo tango

In article , Butterfly of
RoadRunner - West uttered
AJH
by any chance, are you a pilot?
Butterfly (jez being nosey)

Nope. Desgner-maker, an ex-techy who ran away to join the circus (well,
art school)

--

AJH
alpha dot hotel echo yankee whisky oscar oscar delta at tango echo
sierra charlie oscar dot november echo tango

Jack Schmidling wrote:

Who is "we"? The statement was made that anyone who loves to sew
would not buy a machine from Walmart.

I hope nobody misinterpreted what I said as saying exactly that. I just
said that you won't consistently find a durable, reliable machine at
Walmart, as they tend to carry bottom-of-the-line stuff, and for the
same money or possibly only a little more, you would have a lot better
chances getting an older reconditioned machine at a sewing machine store
and have a lot better customer service and support than you would get at
Walmart.

"small change" wrote in message
...

For one thing, you do not get dealer support. If you buy from a dealer,
you
get lessons and other help. Walmarts record on warranty issues isn't so
hot
either.

You get what you pay for.


Here's what I got when I paid $5,700 for my Viking D1. I got no dealer
support and I got no lessons. Yes, both were offered. But they held classes
once a year and I had just missed it. By the time the next year's classes
rolled around, I had lost interest in going.

I ended up getting warrantee work done at the next dealer "up the road".
Meaning I drove 400 miles round trip. Twice.

In this day and age, customer support and service is not what it used to be.

I would never look down on ANYONE for buying a machine from Wal-Mart. And
unless your uncle is the used sewing machine salesman and was actually
recommending a good used machine, I believe I would just pass. For the same
reason that I don't buy used cars.

Cindy