I’ve been dreaming big for some time and now my dream has come true!
My new Brother Dream Machine. The hoop is filled with one of many built in Zundt designs.
The Dream Machine by Brother has me filled with awe. The engineers who think up and design all these feature sare like Disney’s Imaginators. They bring to life fantasies most have not yet imagined. Just look at this video!
I can hardly stand my excitement for this machine and have spent considerable time playing with it this past week. The project in the hoop above will be a companion pillow to this one, made in such a fit of enthusiasm that I forgot to taper the corners. The Zundt design is 7.4 x 13.6″ and stitches beautifully.
And it is overstuffed. The next one will be better.
Every time I get a new sewing machine, I am thrilled with its capabilities. Each one seems to have reached the pinnacle of performance. And yet, the next one out shines the previous model.
So often I am reminded of a statement made in a 1910 Singer publication that detailed the history of the sewing machine. Sadly, I’ve lost the booklet, but the essence of the comment was that their newest machine was now perfected and nothing more could ever be wished for or added to future machines. Humph!
I love this quote:
Think big, dream big, believe big, and the results
will be big.
Sonia Showalter’s framed embroidery says it all. The “D” is from her spectacular new Citadel alphabet which offers a free letter until the next is released. So hop over to check it out. The lower case letters are from her Fairy Tale Alphabet. I’ve just purchased the lowercase alphabet so I can make one just like this for my granddaughter’s upcoming birthday.
It’s getting crowded in my sewing room. Each machine is like an old friend which makes selling it too hard. As a matter of fact, I’ve just recently posted for sale my first top-of-the-line machine, a 1984 Bernina 930. But 3 of my other “new” machines are stitching most of the time, busily embroidering or sewing.
Two older embroidery combo machines have been moved into my “loaner program.” They are fostered by responsible, interested friends who agree to use and maintain the machine for a period of 6 months.   At the end of that time, most have invested their own embroidery machines. It gives me a lot of satisfaction to introduce my friends to the joy of machine embroidery and sewing.
What do you do with your old machines? I’d really like to know.
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