New toys

Thank-you all so much for the suggestions about accessorising the peacock print dress. I’m going to have to do some shoe shopping, such hardship!

For a long time now I have been putting off having my long-suffering Elna sewing machine serviced. The only place it can be done locally only services machines on a few days a week and always has a waiting list, and I can’t bear to be without it for the week or two it will take to put it in the queue and get it done. But it really does have tension problems. And I recently got paid for some teaching I did last term. So I bought this.

Singer sewing machine

It is exactly what I wanted in a backup machine. It’s a lot more basic than my main machine – no stretch stitches or one-step buttonhole – but it’s fast and it has the one feature I find the Elna lacks, which is that the needle position can change to the right as well as the left. And the feet and bobbins seem to be compatible. I took the Elna’s feet into the shop to try them out on different machines just to make sure.

I’ve sewed a little with it so far, and apart from the fact that the presser foot lift’s in an unexpected place I’m getting on well with it. Now I just have to haul the Elna in to the shop – I’m glad it has a sturdy case!

7 thoughts on “New toys”

  1. AAAHHHH! A new toy is always cause for celebration!!
    I am in the process of changing machines and I have planned the whole thing so spectacularly badly that I might end up machineless for a couple of weeks, despite the fact that as of today I own three. Oh hum!

  2. I bought a new machine back in January (still haven’t blogged it) and nearly gave my old one away. What was I thinking!! I now have it in the loft, as a back-up. I couldn’t be without a sewing machine due to tech problems. And I so need an overlocker but that’s another story.

    Congratulations on a very sensible purchase! Happy (carefree) sewing!

  4. Congrats on getting a great back-up machine. Now you can continue to create while your Elna gets itself checked out and it’s challenges fixed.

  5. Excellent! I agree that a backup machine is essential! And it’s so nice when you want to do contrast topstitching. 🙂

  7. Looks great! Just wanted to let you know I nominated you for a Liebster blog award – details on my blog! 🙂

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