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That time I laughed at a friend for sewing with a vintage machine and now I own three of them
Two months ago I scoffed at my buddy dropping $200 on a 1950s Singer, but after borrowing it once for a denim repair I realized modern machines can't touch that straight stitch tension and now I'm scouring estate sales like a fiend, anyone else get humbled by old tech?
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emmam6725d ago
That time I laughed at a friend for sewing with a vintage machine" - yeah that was me too, except mine was a $50 Kenmore from a thrift store my cousin bought. Now I've got a 1940s Singer 201k that weighs more than my coffee table and a 1950s Pfaff that sounds like a tractor but lays down stitches better than my fancy Brother ever did. I keep finding them at garage sales for next to nothing and telling myself I'm "saving them from the dump," but really I just don't know when to stop...
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angelas7825d ago
That third machine though, is that really saving them from the dump or just giving you an excuse to keep buying? I get it, they stitch nice, but you have like three heavy machines taking up space now. At some point you gotta ask if the hobby is sewing or collecting.
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