My DH is encouraging me to get a longarm quilting machine. He says we're not getting any younger and he made sure I have enough space in our new house for one. And since I just packed up about 50 projects that need quilting, from miniature to queen size, I would save a bundle doing it myself. Of course I would have to make more projects first for practice as I wouldn't want to practice on any of these.

Okay--now I don't feel so bad about wanting another machine. I only have one but would like another with a large harp for machine quilting and so I can have one set up for piecing and one set up for quilting. I feel like that is a bit extravagant but my husband also has a collection which rarely ever leaves the safe so it is not even used! I would definitely use another machine!

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention my serger, which I rarely use now. My DH never complains about the number of machines I have, in fact he's encouraging me to by a Featherweight even though I said I really don't need one - it's just a "want".

I forgot the commercial machine I have out in the storage building. It's never been used. I bought it for sewing tapestry bags but ended up not needing it as quilts took over my life. I have 5 Pfaff's (3 newer ones, 1 from my mother and a serger), 3 older Bernina's (1 a serger which has barely been used), and 2 Janome's.

To think that I get hassel from my DH over my machine collection - I've got nothing on you guys, lets see

My gran's old hand-crank Singer,
An old treadle Singer with the long thin shuttle
A Janome Mystyle 22 - the main workhorse for everything!
A Janome Mylock 204D overlocker (serger)
and a semi-industrial blind hemmer.

Compared to some of you, I'm not even trying!

Okay so the conclusion was negative on the John Flynn frame, right? Since we've gone off-topic I'll jump in...

I have (gulp) FIVE machines! Two are old Singers and three are Berninas. I inherited two of the machines...

Bonnie the Happy 1941
Suzy Q 1958 or 1959
Evelyn 198?
Greta 2002
Hansel 2011

Okay...let's play guess the machine!

My DH has a gun collection too and he never complains about my purchases. Right now I'm having a hard time finding a place to store them, since I only have enough room for using 2 at a time. So I'm always shifting them around. Soon I will have a new home with room for more to be set up at once. And the extra ones that I seldom use will be passed down to my grandchildren eventually or traded for something I like better.

First of all, I had a John Flynn frame and finally got rid of it. Too awkard and frustrating to use. I went on to the early HQ frame with my Brother 1500, then on to the early HQ16, which I have now with the studio frame after using it with a home made frame on a table for years. My DH likes to tell everyone I have a LOT of machines. Guess I have my share: a 1958 Necchi Supernova (my first machine), a Viking #1, the Brother 1500 (I use that for piecing and love it), the first model Janome Gem Gold, and a Bernina 640 w/embroidery module. And I'm still looking for a Featherweight. Nobody can have too many machines...right???

I guess I am addicted too. I had to list them to count them. Just 9, counting my Gammill. I have a very old Howe with parts missing, a Singer 27 treadle (works great), a Singer 66 and a 99 (was my mother's), my Featherweight (travels with me!), an old National, newer Singer from about 1988, and my Bernina 440QE. I am restoring the 66 and 99. I am converting the 66 back to a treadle and the 99 I need to rewire. As soon as I learn how to rewire. I love all the machines, and will probably get more someday. They are alittle harder to hide then some fabric, but DH doesn't complain too much. Besides, he collects guns.

Hmmmmm. Maybe I do need a new machine. I was thinking I was set with 3 (2 Berninas and an HQ16), but now I see I'm very far behind. Been lusting for a domestic with the big harp space....

Nancy

I have an old treadle machine (with a shuttle bobbin), my grandmother's treadle machine that was converted to electricity in the 70s, a featherweight from my MIL, a basic singer (the first one I bought), a Pfaff select 4, a Janome Horizon MC7700 and 2 Lidl sewing machines! Okay, I make that 8 machines. Hmmmm! I didn't realize that I had that many - and in truth I don't think I am finished buying machines either.

I thought I was bad at three. I have two of them set up all the time and I am going to get a SewEzi table so that the 3rd one will be up too. I was allowing myself to complain about how the garden was keeping me out of the quilting room. Yesterday we had a rainy day and I started getting a quilt sandwiched for one machine. The second machine will be set up to work on the borders for my pineapple quilt. The third one will have a piecing project ready to go. That way I will have a something to work on whether I have 15 mins or an entire rainy day. I have an itch to find a treadle machine and I sure would like a nice little feather weight. I see no one in this crowd going to discourage me from those ventures. LOL

I counted 10 also. I don't know how that happened. One of them is on loan and another my DD is supposed to be taking to her house. Does anyone have an ABM Innova longarm quilting machine? I've been reading a lot of interesting things about it. Hopefully I will get to go to Quilt Festival this fall and try out a few different machines.