Isn't she pretty? :) I love her already, and we're getting along just fine. I've already finished a small project on her, but as it's for a swap I'm doing I'm not going to show you yet. I've also done all of the sewing for the Crescent skirt on it (which I'll show you tomorrow) and she has so many useful features and stitches! The drop in bobbin makes it so much quicker to load in a new bobbin which is a life saver while sewing the Crescent skirts, as I have to change between black thread and red thread! Also, it might seem like a small thing, but one of the stitch settings backstitches at the beginning and end of a seam for you! I love this so much, it's so satisfying to watch it backstitch for me :) Also, the decorative stitches are amazing!! I spent most of Wednesday playing around with the different stitches, even Dom had a go! He wants me to monogram his hankies now! lol
Also, if you're wondering about her name, Betty is because it was Betty from Mad Men that first made me want to sew my own clothes. I kept saying how I loved her dresses but that I'd never find any like it in the shops, so Dom said why don't you make your own? He bought me my first machine, a vintage 507 Singer. Hence the Singer surname! And she's my third machine, so Betty Singer the third :) I don't have some crazy loyalty to Singer or anything, but it reminds me of my nan as she had a Singer. A lovely old hand crank. I've no idea of the model, but she used to let me turn the hand crank for her :)
Ashley x
She looks and sounds fab!! I'm jealous!!
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Wow! Look out shiny she is! I'm in the midst of machine shopping right now, too. It's honestly more stressful than picking a new car.
ReplyDeleteHaha, yes it is. I find comparing them really difficult, as I forget the features that the first machine had while I'm looking at a second! lol
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i have the same machine! Or, at least, it looks the same, but it doesn't have the grey by the buttons. I have been more than pleasantly suprised by the quality of the stitching (although some of the decorative stitches are so-so) and it's tension works really well with a lot of fabrics! The thing I hate? Changing the needle! I'm always searching for the little screwdriver thing!! Grrr!
ReplyDeleteHa, wow! Me too, its especially noticeable when I compare it to my old machine. I agree about the decorative stitches, some are really pretty, some don't work so well. I love the auto tension so far, so much easier! Haha, yes I'm always losing it, I always swear I left it in the storage draw thingy but oh hey wait its in that box over there! lol
ReplyDeleteAshley x
Are we nuts?! Rhapsodizing about our sewing machines? I did the same thing, here:
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I do enjoy mine, too.
I think we must be ;) Yours looks amazing! So fancy :)
ReplyDeleteAshley x