Last week we asked about your near and dear friend, your sewing machine. Many of you had beautiful flattering things to say about your beloved machines, and a few of you admitted to some pretty colorful names during technical difficulties!
How long have you had your sewing machine?
- 5 – 10 years was the most popular answer…followed closely by 10 – 20 years. Two participants wrote in and told us their machines have been hard at work for 65 years!
Do you name your sewing machines?
- 6 out of 10 respondents said Yes!
What do you name your machines?
Here is a list of the top 40 most popular names ranked in order…
- Bernie
- Baby
- Nina
- Bernice
- Bertha
- Betty
- Lizzy
- Elizabeth
- Daisy
- Big Brother
- Janie
- Eleanor
- Sally
- Sadie
- Ruby
- Pearl
- Old Faithful
- Matilda
- Betsy
- Charlotte
- Tinkerbell
- The Anker
- Sylvia
- Scarlett
- Sassy
- Rosie
- Roseanne
- Rachel
- Pfaffie
- Opal
- Lucy
- Lily
- Joyce
- Josephine
- Jenny
- Janet
- Ellie
- Elizabeth
- Edith
- Big B
Would like to know the most poplar home sewing machines for quilters.
Need to purchase a new one and see so many different ones at the guild sewing days.
This is not what I have, but for a while now I’ve thought the Juki 2010Q would be a really good choice.
I have a couple Baby Lock machines and love them. I’ve tried Janome, Pfaff and Bernina. Baby Lock wins for me. I also happen to have one available, a BL Symphony.
I started sewing when I was 9. Old enough to be in 4-H. I started sewing dolls clothes then my own. when I was a senior in high school I made my own prom dress,. In The process my mother’s Singer died and needed repair. They gave her a loaner, singer Golden Touch and Sew,. I finished my prom dress on that. Then my mom decided to purchase that machine and gave it to me for my graduation present in 1968. I still have the machine and sew on it. It did need some major repairs a few years ago but was able to find someone to repair. I still love to sew on it and brings back so many memories when I do. It has seen a lot of garments over this years, but now does quilting. MAybe retired a little since I did purchase another machine that does a little more fancy things, like embroidery. I also have paternal mother sewing machine, a treadle. When my mother passed, I asked to have her Singer which my dad gave to her when they first married in 1943. IT too still runs smooth and quiet.
So funny to see your post! I got my Singer Golden Touch and Sew in 1966 for my high school graduation present!. The salesman bragged about its 25 year warranty and I still sew with it 51 years later!
Answer to Carol Wilson I love my Bernina 880 for quilting. My sister and I both have quilted at least 20 quilts this summer on our 880’s the throat is wide and there are multiple built in quilting stitches.
i have a 60 yr old Singer, i bought used. Still using it today.
My Baby is a 6600 Janome. I love ❤️ her to bits and pieces. I also keep her clean and very well maintained.
I am a Bernina person Purchased 1st one 1960. In Germany
Purchased 3 more. In life time I have aBernina 1230. a real work horse
And a Bernina Aurora 440 QE. Which should last for the rest of my life
Loved all my Berninas
Sometimes I name my sewing machine after the previous owner. I have a Singer 215G which was purchased in Germany by a woman named Bertha. Berta is a great little machine. My Singer 403A is named Eleanor after my mother. The first sewing machine I bought was a Brother in 1964. I made my own clothes in high school and a formal for the Honor Society Induction. I’ve owned Singers, Kenmores and Brothers. At 70, I have a new appreciation for the vintage sewing machines….all metal. I enjoy buying old machines at yard sales, estates and thrift stores and restoring them. I enjoy piecing quilts on a crinkle finish Singer 66. I don’t have a favorite…they are like your children…each special in their own way.
I have a brother and a singer but also had a babylock which I adored. I have always wanted a Bernina…….have a singer feather weight and wish I had a treadle singer learned to sew on my Grans treadle, My brother is a small light wt one and can take to group sewing events. Metal is too heavy for me to carry now as I am in my 70s. I leaned to sew in 4 H and in High school sewing classes
My sewing machine is name is besty