Yes, today was chalkful of fun. We left early, went to an office supply store so that I could get labels for my Casio labelmaker. Ended up making the decision to buy a P-Touch label maker, instead.
Then, we went out sailing with Terry’s dad and his new wife. 🙂 Enjoyed our time on the water and I stitched plastic canvas coasters for use on the boat the whole time we were out (I finished 2 of 6 coasters). Then we stopped and had dinner out. Dinner was good, but I started feeling a bit funny partway through dinner, so I took an Imodium and had them pack the rest of it up so that I can have it tomorrow.
We still had to go to Joann fabrics to look at sewing machines. I decided that I don’t trust my current, inexpensive Brother machine that I bought at WalMart several years ago to work through the lovely navy blue velvet that we bought for our renaissance costumes. On the way to the Joann store, we stopped at Mary’s house so that I could drop off her tote bag and wallhanging. No one answered the door, which was odd because I saw lights on inside and hear someone on the stairs. Mary hasn’t returned any of my phone calls, either (I’ve been leaving a message every other day or so, just to see how she’s doing). I’m not sure what’s going on, but I will do whatever she needs to be comfortable, so I left the box on her porch and then called and left a message on her machine so that she knew that something was out there.
We finally got to the Joann store and were inundated with expensive sewing machines. They have a Husqvarna/Viking dealer in the store, so that’s what we ended up getting. They have several different levels of complexity and, of course, I fell in love with an expensive version ($1200, eek!), but I didn’t want to spend anywhere near that much money. My last machine cost me less than $200. We ended up compromising and, instead of buying a higher-end Singer, we went with a middle-of-the-road Viking machine. We’ll be able to trade up for a more expensive version later, if we want, and the warranty was 12 months as opposed to Singer’s 90 days.
I also went into Joann with the intention of getting some scissors in the new Ashley print, but they didn’t have any. Very disappointing!
Now we’re home, it’s late and we’re exhausted. Time for bed!
I think you probably bought yourself a good workhorse sewing machine, Jenna. You have a dealer to go to with questions, problems, etc., altho I doubt you’ll need him.
I got to sew on one of the HV Designer SEs at a Martha Pullen Sewing Expo and really loved it – but the price tag $8,000 retail. Of course, they were offering it to us at a reduced price, but I couldn’t justify that kind of money – tho quite of few ladies did! I did take home one of the HV sergers tho – I love it!! 😀
I do hope Mary is o.k. and calls you soon!
Perhaps, with your birthday just around the corner, you should see if anyone gifts you with the lovely new scissors, which are so very much to your taste … ahem.
I’m sorry Mary didn’t answer the door, but you are such a wonderful friend to give her plenty of space AND plenty of support. I hope she’ll feel up to talking with/seeing you soon.
Take care!
Wow, I didn’t realise sewing machines could get so expensive! What do they do to make them worth that much money?
Glad you had a good day. It sounds so relaxing stitching stitching on a boat.
Congrats on a new sewing machine. I had a Brother from Walmart that was terrible, but I still have yet to get my new machine out of the box. Ack! Now we both have new machines, guess we’ll have to get cracking on some sewing. Hope everything’s ok with Mary. When is your birthday?
The difference in warranty probably comes from Husqvarna/Viking being Scandinavian (can’t off the top of my head remember if it’s Swedish or Norwegian…) – and the legal requirement here is 12 months warranty.
You can rely on us scandinavians, see! 🙂
Congrats on getting the new sewing machine – I’ve got an “old new” one that I’m trying to figure out, it’s fun with all the new stitches isn’t it? :p
Congrats on your new machine!! I think I paid $99 for my machine (Kenmore, I think), and that was 18 years ago. It still works great.