Honestly, I‘ve been around sewing machines since my early childhood, as my dad first bought me a toy sewing machine from Russia, while he was on a business trip. I think I was about 6 years old at the time and the machine was fully functional, so I immediately started with my very first sewing projects (I especially remember some kind of a small round pad that I created for my toy baby carriage, which I still have to this day!) However, as I grew up, I sadly had to put my marvellous tiny machine aside and the only sewing machine noise that I could hear at home came from my mom’s sewing machine, which she was using quite often.
Nevertheless, the very first „real sewing machine“ that I owned was a Singer domestic sewing machine model, which I bought while I was on long-term professional mission in Luxembourg. It is never obvious to choose your very first sewing machine but, finally, I ended up being happy with my purchase; it was neither the most expensive nor the most basic…simply a very good model, covering all stitches needed for beginners. And so my first creations were sewn on this beauty :).
With time and through progression of my self taught sewing skills, I somehow realized that a serger would become necessary, because the not so professional looking seams on my sewing projects started bothering me. I remained a loyal customer and purchased another Singer model – this time a Professional 5 model. This was again an obvious choice for me, because the machine could be used as a serger but could also be converted as a cover stitch machine as well. And this feature became crucial for me, since I didn‘t have enough space to store both a cover stitch machine and a serger separately (although I technically still had some space available but only for something very special, as I will explain later on). Even though the use of this model seemed to be quite complex at the very beginning, with some practice it became quite self-explanatory.
The last baby of my already large family is this gorgeous machine – a vintage beautiful Singer with cabinet. I have always been somehow fascinated by the beauty of these machines and, as my blog project started to gain more concrete perspective, I realized how I would love to own one, just to use it as a charming decoration for the photos of my creation. So, when I accidentally browsed the web site of a second-hand shop, I couldn’t believe that someone wanted to get rid of such a beauty…and almost for free! I did not hesitate a second and became the proud owner of a Singer vintage machine. This model is about one hundred years old and, one of my long term wish, is to completely restore this antique item. Surprisingly, the machine was in very good condition and was still fully functional!
So this represents my current sewing machine portfolio as of today; hopefully, this portfolio will suffice for now…and for a veryyyyyyyy looooong time 🙂
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