tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5278900523403574012.post4784105195080717281..comments2023-09-01T09:05:09.383-04:00Comments on M & J Altomare: Quilting, I have taken up quilting!!Jan @Cocoa Quiltshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03500819600904541895noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5278900523403574012.post-81584702194154542022016-04-18T23:08:47.498-04:002016-04-18T23:08:47.498-04:00What a tale! You really had to want to take up th...What a tale! You really had to want to take up this wonderful (and sometimes frustrating!) art in order to keep going! Is your Kenmore the one with the cams for fancy stitching? I used one of those for 25 years, and I think I bought it right around 70-71. I kept it, because it's a darned good machine, a workhorse. I then bought a Viking 500 which I have had for 20 years now. It's my go to machine, and I would cry if anything happened to it! Time flies. <br /><br />I also own a Featherweight or two, a Bernina 153QE, a Singer 301, and a Singer Handcrank 99 ... plus a little of this and that here and there. That's another sickness, though. =) I even had a Gammill for 10 years and ran a longarm business. The Kenmore is just a fine machine and will work forever with very little care.<br /><br />Your first finished quilt is lovely, and how nice to surprise your sister with it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com