This is Miss Genie. She's been hanging out at a friend's house for several months waiting for me to get back to group sewing. Tonight I went and picked her up. My big sewing machine is still in the shop and I HAD TO SEW.
Miss Genie came into my life about 16 months ago. DH stopped at a garage sale and saw her. He knew most of my quilting buddies had a smaller machine to take to classes and retreats and figured I might like her.
He was assured Miss Genie worked fine the last time she was used, but was put up due to her previous owner no longer sewing. For $5 he figured I'd get a kick out of her.
Miss Genie came home. Clearly the individual selling the machine didn't know WHY the previous owner had stopped sewing. It was right there in the bobbin case. She was jammed up big time. DH and I worked on getting the thread out of the bobbin case, pulled her open to work on the dust, dirt, smoke and decided to get a second opinion. For the cost of a tune up and a thread pin, I now had a 'portable' machine.
Miss Genie is not that much lighter than my big machine, but due to her compact size, she is a bit easier to carry.
Although she's not my primary machine, she does sew a straight, albeit lengthy stitch. Tonight she allowed me to start on those 112 two inch 4-patches.
I may only have one done, but it's made a difference in my mood. Not sewing for a week when I wanted to sew was driving me crazy.
Sounds like cheap therapy to me.
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