9/17/2023 0 Comments Darling sewing machine![]() Who had time for sewing machine shopping?! The only day was Saturday morning - but there was always the mad rush to get the weekly grocery done before shops shut at midday. It was the 80s - before late night shopping and Sunday trading - when shops just didn't open long enough for my parents (who worked 9 to 5) to come along. I was often told to come back with my parents. ![]() I soon realised unsupervised teens with huge bags weren't necessarily welcome to poke around, play with displays, and ask questions - especially if there were other customers who were there to spend real money. So the 14-year-old me started wandering into sewing machine stores after school - huge school bag and PE gears in toll. ![]() This continued well into high school when hand stitching just wasn't keeping up with scales of things I wanted to make any more - try making a doona cover and bedspread with valances by hand! I first got bitten by the sewing bug in primary school - hand sewing little felt toys. ![]() November is my birthday month, and it got me thinking about the most memorable present - my very own sewing machine - on my 15th birthday. How did YOU get your first sewing machine? Here's the story of how I got mine. ![]()
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