Well, I collected my machine and the box of bits from the shop at Greensborough yesterday. I thought they might have been a bit hostile to me about taking it away instead of leaving it to be fixed, but the lady was quite friendly. I think she is confident that I'll go back there to buy a new machine, but I doubt that I will.
There is another sewing machine shop in Bundoora, so I'll be visiting them shortly.
In the meantime I was telling my friend Helen about all my woes and she said "You can borrow my machine if you want. I haven't used it for ten years, and I'm not likely to now" (she had a stroke a few years ago). So her hubby lugged it from their house to my car and I brought it home, but haven't opened it up to use yet. It is a very similar model to mine from the outside case, so I don't think I should have too many problems using it for the kind of straight sewing that I have been doing.
Apart from proper quilting accessories, the other aspect that I am looking forward to of a new Janome (or whatever I get) is the facility to do blanket stitch on the machine - no more hand stitching around all my applique!
3 years ago
3 comments:
Hopefully you will have a new machine soon. I have a Janome serger which I absolutely love and a 350E which is their embroidery machine. That's all it does is embroidery. My main sewing machine is a Bernina which I love. When I graduate from this one I want a long arm or juki straight stitch to quilt with.
Hope your friends machine works out for you. Looking forward to catching up soon.
Hope your machine works out Gina!
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