Pink is cool

Last year my mother gave each of her daughters a sewing machine. The machine I picked was an old Singer that had been converted to electric and was just a simple straight stitch machine. No fancy bells or whistles, just put the fabric under the foot and try to keep it straight. I probably picked it more for the simplicity of the machine rather than the value of it being my grandmother's machine. I also picked it over the other machines due to this one being a table top and not in a cabinet. At the time I just didn't have the room and figured I wouldn't use it often. Whatever the reason was I walked away with a nice sewing machine to do the rare occasional sewing projects with.

About a month later after I got the Singer sewing machine my mother informed me that she had another sewing machine for me. Apparently she found this in an antique store at a good price and couldn't pass it up. It was an old Kenmore sewing machine and had more features than the Singer did, plus it was pink. I was intrigued. Pink is one of my favorite colors but what kind of pink. Retro pink from the 50's? Cotton candy pink from the 70's or was it brighter than 80's fluorescent pink? I went to my parents one weekend and walked away with this.
A 1950's Kenmore dusty rose pink sewing machine and weighs 500 tons (ok maybe not that much but it is quite heavy). A simple little machine with some major coolness to it, I've recovered my living room pillows, repaired clothing, made curtains for the bathroom and kitchen. Since receiving this machine I've done more sewing in the last few months than I have ever really done in my life. Did I get the sewing bug? No but apparently my middle sister Terrie did and has been busy taking a quilting class these last couple of months. I must have gotten a little sewing bug since I will be joining them on a Quilt Shop Hop this coming weekend hitting many different stores in several towns in southern Missouri and northern Arkansas. This will be a test of my mothering skills in seeing how well I can keep a two year old entertained while being dragging in and out of the car all day while trying to knit on my own projects. Plus if we see a yarn store along the way, they have been order to stop.

A couple of weekends ago, I showed up for a visit at my parents home and discovered a sewing cabinet in the process of being refinished for me.
It had an older Kenmore sewing machine in the cabinet but wasn't in good condition. It's a nice old cabinet that has a retro 50's flare to it so I immediately loved it . So it now looks like I will have a nice cabinet to put my pink sewing machine in and store any accessories as well. I still don't have the room for a cabinet machine but it will go well with my furniture once it's done. Now when I do sew, I don't have to clear off the dinning room table to do it.