Damn. Here antique sewing machine must have stopped working. For those that don’t know this is a new garbage quality (by comparison) sewing machine sitting on top the table for the old one. The old one is probably still in it. It flips underneath for storage when not in use. Most tables have an extension that folds down at the side as well. Gives you the ability to have large blankets or quilts laid flat. I’m sure Grandma misses her old setup. The quality of the old machines were absolutely beyond most anything a consumer sewing machine could do today. All metal and no garbage plastic parts that break. Not to mention the massive foot pedal at the bottom. Never having to look down to see where that stupid plastic one slipped to. Grandma is making due with what she has. If she still sews a lot I’m sure she’d love having her old machine fixed or replaced. 4/10 for the setup. But not much of a step up from me pulling out my sewing machine from the closet and putting it on the Kitchen table. 10/10 to Grandma for working with what she’s got.

You suffer from false nostalgia. The old machine is a beast, yes, but it has a swing shuttle. It holds very little thread, is hard to wind and load, gets tangled and makes a really crappy lockstitch. Has no reverse, piss poor stitch length adjustment and not enough balls to handle any layers without the belt slipping. The new one is a piece of crap in comparison of build quality, but in terms of function and utility it blows the old one out of the water. And price. I have an old one and have used it lots. It’s fun to use, but far from efficient. I’ll keep it around for the apocalypse but I’ll use a modern one from at least the 70’s (the nineteen seventies).

I got this 1971 Elna machine from Goodwill for $10. Couldn’t be happier. It’s built like a Swiss tank, and can do a ducky stitch. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kS5NgEJdhaw