I have my 1913 White Rotary (early Singer) sewing machine out.. somewhere along the line it was converted to an electric machine (or possibly it was one early on made electric items).. this thing is so powerful! I have to put strong needles in it as it hammers.. wow, how nice it is to not need bias strips for my aprons.. I can do a traditional fold and have fat traditional corners and it glides past them with ease.. Bam Bam Bam Bam, is the sweet calamitous melody this classical machine makes...
When I compare this machine to the $135.00 modern machine that I have... from 1999.. not even close in comparison. I am blessed to have my 1999 machine.. as it has the fancy different type stitches.. (my antique machine has one stitch and one speed..'GO' and 'STRAIGHT') .. but in all fairness.. the ease of sitting down to the sleek antique and its "openness" is just dreamy. It just seems like more work to sit down to my, fat, bulky, chaotic newer one.
When I start to pin together the antique muslin colors to the back of my quilted apron top, then sit at the antique machine, I wonder if I can possibly do as well a job putting this thing together as my great grandmother or her mom would've done. Its just nice to know that I am working mysteriously beside them, for the exact same reasons.. sustenance.
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