Marie, realize what you are doing has immense value to those who love and appreciate these old machines. Most of the ones you work on are around 90 to 100 years old. They are not supposed to he new and perfect. They have been loved and used. That is what makes them so special. Thank you for what you are doing. As you said, we too carry a few scars and wrinkles as we age. It is just character. 😊
Marie, you are by far, one of my all time favorite artists. I have a great many friends who are sewing machine mechanics, but you are unique in that you can take the most mundane object and turn it into a wonderful and functional object of art. Perfection? Yes, you achieve it, even if YOU see flaws. The perfection comes in the joy your art brings to others, not in just the paint or the decals. I see your body of work and am awestruck by your vision for these old girls. You're one of a kind, and I'm so very proud to call you my friend and colleague.
Doing the best we can is the most humans can do. Satisfying our own personal creativity is important too. But that's individual. Life 😉. Excellent message❣️
You are not alone in this! My husband says relax, let it go. No-one else will spot the little imperfections that the creator will so stop stressing. But I do. You do a fabulous job on your babies. Keep up the good work, saving one at a time.❤❤
I've been watching since your first project and support you all the way - you're doing just great - well done you for sharing - we all have issues with our passions or they wouldn't be passions! Your as good as any one else I've seen with excellent skills and commitment to your goals - love it.
Here from your sewing channel and have to say your philosophy of it’s not perfect but it’ll be fabulous is ‘chefs kiss’. Creatives have the hardest time with chasing perfection. Thank you for all the amazing videos here and on your other channel. 😊
We restore old cars. I can hear you, that blasted paint! What temperature, what humidity. What did you clean it down with, did anyone touch it, was a breeze getting in? The paint is always _the_ worst part.
I know exactly how you feel . I don’t watch your fixing n painting the sewing machine but I watch all your sewing once, I think if we didn’t try our best we wouldn’t do it, that’s for me most off the fun, I don’t need the stuff I make and there is always something I could do better but that’s life. 😊
Marie, I really enjoy watching you talk through repairing, taking apart and restoring old machines. They look “pretty perfect” to me. I am amazed at the finishes. PS. I watch Pat Sloan and I have seen her little red Duchess several times in her video’s. It always makes me smile when she talks about her and then I see that you have posted a new video on a new machine project. This community loves you!! We love your passion and your creativity!! I personally love that that you take something that many would through away and give it a new life. We as humans all need a second chance. You are INSPIRING !!!!
Hey, Maria. This is ken.. kind of bob fowler's non maternal younger brother..... You are the best.You're amazing.I watch Everything you do.Accepting that you're not perfect.Actually makes you more perfect...❤
I can relate. I constantly berate myself when things aren’t perfect. A product of my upbringing. Thankfully I married someone who is also artistic who reminds me that mistakes are OK, they can be fixed. Sometimes it helps to put it away for a while. When you see it with fresh eyes, you see something other than flaws.
Nothing ever turns out perfect - and we wouldn't appreciate it if it did! I'd rather imperfect but done and functional and still wonderful, than a rusting, deteriorating paperweight or doorstop any day. If a paintjob or decal or whatever doesn't quite go as you'd like, you're still making these lovely old machines _so very much better_ and preventing them from continuing to deteriorate, past the point of no return. Maybe decades from now - a century or more knowing these machines - when time has had its way again and a new paintjob and more restoration is needed, someone else will have more advanced tech and more advanced paints etc than we have now. And thanks to people in our community like you it will be worth them trying and they'll have something to use it on. We are all just temporary custodians, and if everyone can leave something better than they find it that's a recipe for Really Truly Fabulous!! (Okay, I'll climb down off my soapbox now. I'm generally staying away from YT at the moment because they're trialling a layout on me I just detest (hopefully just a temporary trial) - but I made an exception for this vid because I couldn't live with myself if we lost you from this community for want of some encouragement and positive feedback that what you are doing is valued, appreciated and truly worth your efforts.)
Marie, you are an inspiration to me. Last fall I started on this wonderful journey of restoring vintage sewing machines, and I have learned so much from you and your TH-cam channel. I LOVE sewing machines. When I put my hands on a vintage machine I feel such a connection to whoever had that machine in the past: they may sewn clothes for their family and loved ones, or maybe made pillows or quilts to make their house a true home, or maybe this was there "therapy" and escape from the humdrum of domestic life, and a true from of self-expression. It's all there in that machine, whether it's in almost perfect condition or completely scratched up, every mark is from someone's life. I have been totally enamored and passionate about all things sewing since I learned at the age of 11 from my neighbor across the street. And now at 66 years old, I get to actually work on and service, repair, and bring back to life someone's beloved sewing machine. And you and your videos have been a great part of my new journey. Keep up the wonderful work that you do. And need need to worry about perfection, it doesn't really exist anywhere in life, but your work is pretty damn close.😊
I think you do a fantastic job at everything you do! It amazes me how you take on some of the hardest projects like there's nothing to it & you make them turn out beautiful & work properly! You have inspired me to take on difficult jobs that I wouldn't have even thought about doing before, so thank you! Keep being amazing, we need you! ❤😊
Hugs. We live in a world where everything is homogenized, most items are mass produced. It used to be common for everything to be unique. Hand made or homemade. Everything had character. It's refreshing to see something that was originally mass produced be made unique. You give these machines new life, and make them prettier than how they started out.
I just discovered this channel... Love it! As a residential painter who does hand finishes on cabinets and furniture I can relate to your frustration, but... tiny imperfections are charming. Without them, the final product would look plastic and artificial. Imperfections lend authenticity to vintage and rustic items. JMO.
I am amazed at what you do to these vintage machines. Kudos to you for the time and creativity you put into your creations. I also watch your sewing channel and love how you tackle some pretty challenging projects. Your attention to detail is near perfection. Never stop doing what you love. Step back and look at the beauty that you create and know that the rest of us who are watching truly appreciate and admire you! 👏🏼❤️
One huge nugget of wisdom that you shared here: factories could crank out hundreds of machines and fine-tune everything to sameness and perfection. You are a human artist. Don't fall for the capitalist lie of "perfection" in ANYTHING.
I'm new to your channel, I know what you are saying, I feel the same way when I make a backpack for someone. You see where a stitch line was off, but it's on a vinyl piece, you cant rip out the seam otherwise the previous needle holes will show. So you have to take in count what is the back pack for? Camping and outdoor activities or for a white-collar who's uses it to go to meetings. Naturally I would remake that backpack even if it cost me two days of work if it was for the white collar worker. But for my camping friend to where that pack would be thrown on the ground, thrown in the back of a SUV, I would sat to my self, crap, I wish I caught that earlier, oh well. To this day my friend has not noticed the out of place stitch line. We cannot sweat the small stuff.
Thank you for sharing. You are very brave and so in tune with yourself. I'm sitting here wrestling with some antique sheer. Frustrated, but it will be wonderful when finished. ❤❤
Watching your videos gave me the confidence to strip and paint my own Featherweight and my cousin worked on my sister's along with me. We had so much fun! The machines are not perfect, but they reflect us! Everyone around us is very impressed! I understand wanting perfection even though I don't suffer that exact drive. I admire every project that you post and certainly hope you keep painting! I promise that I will.
love your videos i love all the different colours you paint and decorations I'm going to stripping mine 66k and repaint it my favorite blue i need to find some decals
What a great pep talk & necessary 'reminder'!!! I'm an avid quilter & I have a friend who constantly tells me I freak out on some of the craziest things... But, I KNOW I'm a perfectionist! I want ALL of my seams to match exactly, all my points to match exactly... Etc, etc... I have to push myself & sometimes FORCE myself to just ACCEPT that there may be an imperfection in my project & that... That's OK! Chances are, 99.9% of the time, no one else works probably ever notice... But I KNOW! It's hard, but we have to just realize that it's a craft, it's an original & imperfections happen & the world will not come to a screeching halt! It's a learning process & as long as we try to do better next time, that's all that matters! Good for you, for NOT giving up!
I needed to hear this. I'm in the middle of painting my 1st machine. The primer went on beautiful but I'm getting an orange peel affect with the black... I'm frustrated!... I think it's the humidity, I'm painting it outside. I have give it one coat of black Rust-Oleum and I wet sanded it to get it smooth again, I'm just hoping the next coat doesn't orange peel.. But I love it when you said, It's not going to be perfect but it's going to be fabulous ❤
Having goals is not a bad thing, just remember that those machines have had a life too, hardships and love as well and what you do is to give them is a second chance to start over, been what they are, survivors but better looking just because you put your own magic into them, be at peace with the fact that because of you someone else can achieve their own goals and dreams threw your work full of love and dedication, keep it up knowing that you did your best and those machines will be better after coming to you❤
Marie, thanks so much for this video. You are so right. I am learning the same thing as I go. It doesn't have to be perfect. The next one may be better (or worse). This isn't in stone. If I have to do it over, well, I like doing this so I will. Or, I will accept that this machine is now in a better condition than when I got it so bravo to me. Now someone can use it and love it. Again, I really appreciate you verbalizing your thoughts. And please, don't qui. If it is getting to you, slow down, but please don't quit. It is a needed service as you well know. Be well. Enjoy your day. Looking forward to the next one. T
I recently extended grace to my quilter who ripped out an entire zone of quilting on my quilt and in the process the ripper made a small hole in the backing. She actually did a fantastic job in repairing it but the point is - things happen. There’s no point in getting upset. I know she does her very best every time and sometimes the machine can just do something that is out of her control. I can’t speak to your talent and experience of painting but I’m sure like her, you do your very best - some things are just out of your control. regarding the occasional issue of humidity. Have you ever tried using a dehumidifier in your space? That might help with that. 🤷🏼♀️ anyways, keep doing what you love.
I understand what you mean. I love working with many different things. I love making things and I also make many mistakes and errors. I have to decide before I start a project, what do I want or how far do I want to go with this. It's something everyone has to work out for themselves. Thanks for the video. what kind of camera and size lens do you use?
Good grief you take 100 year old machines and make them sew again!!! And sew better than the new Chinese garbage we are saddled with. Take a bow, your machines are beautiful AND work, you are truly a genius that combines art and engineering, that is precious and rare, take a bow!!!
I think the need to reach perfection is partly because we are women, and partly because we grew up in an age when mediocre was not considered good enough. Doing a mediocre job was considered not putting effort into the job. I'm the same way. Everything I do, I do my very best at it. Sometimes perfection is achieved, other times not. That's how it goes. Get satisfaction from doing your best, and accepting the result. Love your videos and your work.
@@prometheansewingmachines I've got a question for you. I have an opportunity to purchase a vintage Singer 221 that appears to be in really decent condition. The thing is, most of the exterior parts have been removed. All the interior ones are there and working. Tension assembly is gone, so is the bobbin winder, bobbin tension disc, motor is gone, etc. Would I be able to find these parts to complete it, or would it be very difficult?
@deborahpead4060 This sounds like a parts machine to me. You'll have to pay at least 250 just in parts to get it complete, and then labor... I'd pass, but it's your call.
I AM IN THE SAME PLACE MY MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER WERE QUILTERS WHEN MY MOM PASSED I GOT ALL THERE STUFF WAS BUSY WORKING ECT NEVER GOT TO MAKE A QUILT. THEN BECAUSE OF SOME MEDICAL ISSUES I HAD THE TIME TO TRY AND LEARN HOW TO MAKE A QUILT TOP. I STARTED SIMPLE BASIC BLOCKS TOP WAS OFF AND HAD TO SQUARE SINCE THEN I HAVE COMPLETED 30 TOPS NO MATTER HOW HARD I TRY HOW CAREFUL I AM I CAN NEVER GET A PERFECT BLOCK NOR A PERFECT TOP I WAS SO DISGUSTED WITH MYSELF THE OTHER DAY I SAID I WAS DONE . I SEE ALL THESE BEAUTIFUL QUILTS ON TH-cam THAT PEOPLE MAKE AND I CAN'T EVEN GET A PERFECT BLOCK AND I STILL HAVEN'T QUILTED A TOP MY MACHINE IS NOT ONE OF THE BEAUTIFUL NEWONES AND IT IS NOT THE KIND TO QUILT ON BUT I WAS GIFTED A OLD QUILT FRAME FROM A FRIEND WHO CAN'T STAND SEWING THAT HER GRANDPA MADE FOR HER GRANDMA BACK IN THE DAY AND I LOVE MAKING TOPS . ANYWAY YOUR RIGHT WERE ALL JUST HUMAN AND STUFF HAPPENS AND JUST MAYBE PERFECT IS OVERRATED. I MAY NEVER BE THE QUILTER MY MOM AND GRANDMA WERE AND THAT'S OK IF I CAN EVER FIGURE OUT GETTING A QUILT ON THAT FRAME THEY WILL STILL BE USED WHEN DONE. YOU DO SUCH BEAUTIFUL WORK MY DREAM IS FINDING AN OLD MACHINE LIKE GRANDMAS AND HAVING YOU PAINT IT. I HAVE WATCHED VIDEO AFTER VIDEO AND I CAN'T IMAGINE DOING WHAT YOU DO.
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Marie, realize what you are doing has immense value to those who love and appreciate these old machines. Most of the ones you work on are around 90 to 100 years old. They are not supposed to he new and perfect. They have been loved and used. That is what makes them so special. Thank you for what you are doing. As you said, we too carry a few scars and wrinkles as we age. It is just character. 😊
Stop beating yourself up ! You do great work ! Your machines are one of a kind and simply BEAUTIFUL!
Doing the best we can, with what we're given is all anyone can do. You do an amazing job!!! It's truly functional art, please don't stop!!
Marie, you are by far, one of my all time favorite artists. I have a great many friends who are sewing machine mechanics, but you are unique in that you can take the most mundane object and turn it into a wonderful and functional object of art. Perfection? Yes, you achieve it, even if YOU see flaws. The perfection comes in the joy your art brings to others, not in just the paint or the decals. I see your body of work and am awestruck by your vision for these old girls. You're one of a kind, and I'm so very proud to call you my friend and colleague.
Amen 😊
My goodness do I love the phrase, It won't be perfect but it will be fabulous. Thank you for that!
I think it I believe you enjoy what you do and glad you share your journey with us.
Strive for perfection and accept doing your best. Takes the pressure off.
Love this video Marie, you are awesome.
You are the best
I so look forward to watching you take apart a machine and making it new.
Never give up Marie
For me, the greatest gift of getting older is that I don’t beat myself up any more. If I screw it up so be it and I do it again. Or I don’t!
Doing the best we can is the most humans can do. Satisfying our own personal creativity is important too. But that's individual. Life 😉. Excellent message❣️
Thank you for your honesty! I love my machine. I can see your loving kindness in the work you do.
Giving it character ❤
You are not alone in this! My husband says relax, let it go. No-one else will spot the little imperfections that the creator will so stop stressing. But I do. You do a fabulous job on your babies. Keep up the good work, saving one at a time.❤❤
I've been watching since your first project and support you all the way - you're doing just great - well done you for sharing - we all have issues with our passions or they wouldn't be passions! Your as good as any one else I've seen with excellent skills and commitment to your goals - love it.
Do what you love! Life is an adventure! We learn with every happening!
I love your work and videos! Don’t beat yourself up! You are a true artist!
Noone is perfect. If you do your best and are confident in yourself, the rest doesn't matter. And you're a good sewing machine girl. :)
Your machines are FABULOUS!
Wise words!❤
Here from your sewing channel and have to say your philosophy of it’s not perfect but it’ll be fabulous is ‘chefs kiss’. Creatives have the hardest time with chasing perfection. Thank you for all the amazing videos here and on your other channel. 😊
We restore old cars. I can hear you, that blasted paint! What temperature, what humidity. What did you clean it down with, did anyone touch it, was a breeze getting in? The paint is always _the_ worst part.
I know exactly how you feel . I don’t watch your fixing n painting the sewing machine but I watch all your sewing once, I think if we didn’t try our best we wouldn’t do it, that’s for me most off the fun, I don’t need the stuff I make and there is always something I could do better but that’s life. 😊
You are perfect impeccable work every time love your video please don't stop !!!!🙏😊❤
Marie, I really enjoy watching you talk through repairing, taking apart and restoring old machines. They look “pretty perfect” to me. I am amazed at the finishes. PS. I watch Pat Sloan and I have seen her little red Duchess several times in her video’s. It always makes me smile when she talks about her and then I see that you have posted a new video on a new machine project.
This community loves you!! We love your passion and your creativity!! I personally love that that you take something that many would through away and give it a new life. We as humans all need a second chance. You are INSPIRING !!!!
Hey, Maria.
This is ken.. kind of bob fowler's non maternal younger brother..... You are the best.You're amazing.I watch Everything you do.Accepting that you're not perfect.Actually makes you more perfect...❤
Appreciate your heartfelt candor! I am not sure many people would discuss this topic, but necessary topic indeed!
I can relate. I constantly berate myself when things aren’t perfect. A product of my upbringing. Thankfully I married someone who is also artistic who reminds me that mistakes are OK, they can be fixed. Sometimes it helps to put it away for a while. When you see it with fresh eyes, you see something other than flaws.
Nothing ever turns out perfect - and we wouldn't appreciate it if it did! I'd rather imperfect but done and functional and still wonderful, than a rusting, deteriorating paperweight or doorstop any day. If a paintjob or decal or whatever doesn't quite go as you'd like, you're still making these lovely old machines _so very much better_ and preventing them from continuing to deteriorate, past the point of no return.
Maybe decades from now - a century or more knowing these machines - when time has had its way again and a new paintjob and more restoration is needed, someone else will have more advanced tech and more advanced paints etc than we have now. And thanks to people in our community like you it will be worth them trying and they'll have something to use it on. We are all just temporary custodians, and if everyone can leave something better than they find it that's a recipe for Really Truly Fabulous!! (Okay, I'll climb down off my soapbox now. I'm generally staying away from YT at the moment because they're trialling a layout on me I just detest (hopefully just a temporary trial) - but I made an exception for this vid because I couldn't live with myself if we lost you from this community for want of some encouragement and positive feedback that what you are doing is valued, appreciated and truly worth your efforts.)
I love your work😂❤❤❤
Marie, you are an inspiration to me. Last fall I started on this wonderful journey of restoring vintage sewing machines, and I have learned so much from you and your TH-cam channel. I LOVE sewing machines. When I put my hands on a vintage machine I feel such a connection to whoever had that machine in the past: they may sewn clothes for their family and loved ones, or maybe made pillows or quilts to make their house a true home, or maybe this was there "therapy" and escape from the humdrum of domestic life, and a true from of self-expression. It's all there in that machine, whether it's in almost perfect condition or completely scratched up, every mark is from someone's life. I have been totally enamored and passionate about all things sewing since I learned at the age of 11 from my neighbor across the street. And now at 66 years old, I get to actually work on and service, repair, and bring back to life someone's beloved sewing machine. And you and your videos have been a great part of my new journey. Keep up the wonderful work that you do. And need need to worry about perfection, it doesn't really exist anywhere in life, but your work is pretty damn close.😊
Thank you so much!
Really sounds like variables that affect bread baking in different altitudes, humidity, flour sourcing, etc. it’s the nature of the creative process.
you do great and I'm proud your my wife
still amazed at what and who you are sweetie
People like your boxes babe
😊
Older and wiser lady ! You are amazing and an inspiration.
The thing is you may not like but someone else will. You do such beautiful work that even with the imperfections it is still great. ❤❤❤
I think you do a fantastic job at everything you do! It amazes me how you take on some of the hardest projects like there's nothing to it & you make them turn out beautiful & work properly! You have inspired me to take on difficult jobs that I wouldn't have even thought about doing before, so thank you! Keep being amazing, we need you! ❤😊
Hugs.
We live in a world where everything is homogenized, most items are mass produced. It used to be common for everything to be unique. Hand made or homemade. Everything had character. It's refreshing to see something that was originally mass produced be made unique. You give these machines new life, and make them prettier than how they started out.
Perfection isn't a destination it is just a goal. We never get there. I think your work is beautiful ❤️.
I just discovered this channel... Love it! As a residential painter who does hand finishes on cabinets and furniture I can relate to your frustration, but... tiny imperfections are charming. Without them, the final product would look plastic and artificial. Imperfections lend authenticity to vintage and rustic items. JMO.
I am amazed at what you do to these vintage machines. Kudos to you for the time and creativity you put into your creations. I also watch your sewing channel and love how you tackle some pretty challenging projects. Your attention to detail is near perfection. Never stop doing what you love. Step back and look at the beauty that you create and know that the rest of us who are watching truly appreciate and admire you! 👏🏼❤️
One huge nugget of wisdom that you shared here: factories could crank out hundreds of machines and fine-tune everything to sameness and perfection. You are a human artist. Don't fall for the capitalist lie of "perfection" in ANYTHING.
I'm new to your channel, I know what you are saying, I feel the same way when I make a backpack for someone. You see where a stitch line was off, but it's on a vinyl piece, you cant rip out the seam otherwise the previous needle holes will show. So you have to take in count what is the back pack for? Camping and outdoor activities or for a white-collar who's uses it to go to meetings. Naturally I would remake that backpack even if it cost me two days of work if it was for the white collar worker. But for my camping friend to where that pack would be thrown on the ground, thrown in the back of a SUV, I would sat to my self, crap, I wish I caught that earlier, oh well. To this day my friend has not noticed the out of place stitch line. We cannot sweat the small stuff.
Thank you for sharing. You are very brave and so in tune with yourself. I'm sitting here wrestling with some antique sheer. Frustrated, but it will be wonderful when finished. ❤❤
Watching your videos gave me the confidence to strip and paint my own Featherweight and my cousin worked on my sister's along with me. We had so much fun! The machines are not perfect, but they reflect us! Everyone around us is very impressed! I understand wanting perfection even though I don't suffer that exact drive. I admire every project that you post and certainly hope you keep painting! I promise that I will.
None of us that walk this earth are perfect
love your videos i love all the different colours you paint and decorations I'm going to stripping mine 66k and repaint it my favorite blue i need to find some decals
👍🤗💕
What a great pep talk & necessary 'reminder'!!! I'm an avid quilter & I have a friend who constantly tells me I freak out on some of the craziest things... But, I KNOW I'm a perfectionist! I want ALL of my seams to match exactly, all my points to match exactly... Etc, etc...
I have to push myself & sometimes FORCE myself to just ACCEPT that there may be an imperfection in my project & that... That's OK! Chances are, 99.9% of the time, no one else works probably ever notice... But I KNOW! It's hard, but we have to just realize that it's a craft, it's an original & imperfections happen & the world will not come to a screeching halt! It's a learning process & as long as we try to do better next time, that's all that matters! Good for you, for NOT giving up!
I needed to hear this. I'm in the middle of painting my 1st machine. The primer went on beautiful but I'm getting an orange peel affect with the black... I'm frustrated!... I think it's the humidity, I'm painting it outside. I have give it one coat of black Rust-Oleum and I wet sanded it to get it smooth again, I'm just hoping the next coat doesn't orange peel.. But I love it when you said, It's not going to be perfect but it's going to be fabulous ❤
Having goals is not a bad thing, just remember that those machines have had a life too, hardships and love as well and what you do is to give them is a second chance to start over, been what they are, survivors but better looking just because you put your own magic into them, be at peace with the fact that because of you someone else can achieve their own goals and dreams threw your work full of love and dedication, keep it up knowing that you did your best and those machines will be better after coming to you❤
Marie, thanks so much for this video. You are so right. I am learning the same thing as I go. It doesn't have to be perfect. The next one may be better (or worse). This isn't in stone. If I have to do it over, well, I like doing this so I will. Or, I will accept that this machine is now in a better condition than when I got it so bravo to me. Now someone can use it and love it.
Again, I really appreciate you verbalizing your thoughts. And please, don't qui. If it is getting to you, slow down, but please don't quit. It is a needed service as you well know.
Be well. Enjoy your day. Looking forward to the next one. T
I recently extended grace to my quilter who ripped out an entire zone of quilting on my quilt and in the process the ripper made a small hole in the backing. She actually did a fantastic job in repairing it but the point is - things happen. There’s no point in getting upset. I know she does her very best every time and sometimes the machine can just do something that is out of her control.
I can’t speak to your talent and experience of painting but I’m sure like her, you do your very best - some things are just out of your control. regarding the occasional issue of humidity. Have you ever tried using a dehumidifier in your space? That might help with that. 🤷🏼♀️ anyways, keep doing what you love.
I understand what you mean. I love working with many different things. I love making things and I also make many mistakes and errors. I have to decide before I start a project, what do I want or how far do I want to go with this. It's something everyone has to work out for themselves. Thanks for the video. what kind of camera and size lens do you use?
Thanks. Right now, I'm just using a Google Pixel 4 refurbished camera
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Good grief you take 100 year old machines and make them sew again!!! And sew better than the new Chinese garbage we are saddled with. Take a bow, your machines are beautiful AND work, you are truly a genius that combines art and engineering, that is precious and rare, take a bow!!!
I think the need to reach perfection is partly because we are women, and partly because we grew up in an age when mediocre was not considered good enough. Doing a mediocre job was considered not putting effort into the job. I'm the same way. Everything I do, I do my very best at it. Sometimes perfection is achieved, other times not. That's how it goes. Get satisfaction from doing your best, and accepting the result. Love your videos and your work.
Thank you!
@@prometheansewingmachines I've got a question for you. I have an opportunity to purchase a vintage Singer 221 that appears to be in really decent condition. The thing is, most of the exterior parts have been removed. All the interior ones are there and working. Tension assembly is gone, so is the bobbin winder, bobbin tension disc, motor is gone, etc. Would I be able to find these parts to complete it, or would it be very difficult?
@deborahpead4060 This sounds like a parts machine to me. You'll have to pay at least 250 just in parts to get it complete, and then labor... I'd pass, but it's your call.
@@prometheansewingmachines Thank you! I appreciate your help. Do you only work on vintage Singer machines, or other models as well?
@@deborahpead4060 all kinds of oldies
Remember that DaVinci kept the Mona Lisa for many years, because he was not satisfied.
I AM IN THE SAME PLACE MY MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER WERE QUILTERS WHEN MY MOM PASSED I GOT ALL THERE STUFF WAS BUSY WORKING ECT NEVER GOT TO MAKE A QUILT. THEN BECAUSE OF SOME MEDICAL ISSUES I HAD THE TIME TO TRY AND LEARN HOW TO MAKE A QUILT TOP. I STARTED SIMPLE BASIC BLOCKS TOP WAS OFF AND HAD TO SQUARE SINCE THEN I HAVE COMPLETED 30 TOPS NO MATTER HOW HARD I TRY HOW CAREFUL I AM I CAN NEVER GET A PERFECT BLOCK NOR A PERFECT TOP I WAS SO DISGUSTED WITH MYSELF THE OTHER DAY I SAID I WAS DONE . I SEE ALL THESE BEAUTIFUL QUILTS ON TH-cam THAT PEOPLE MAKE AND I CAN'T EVEN GET A PERFECT BLOCK AND I STILL HAVEN'T QUILTED A TOP MY MACHINE IS NOT ONE OF THE BEAUTIFUL NEWONES AND IT IS NOT THE KIND TO QUILT ON BUT I WAS GIFTED A OLD QUILT FRAME FROM A FRIEND WHO CAN'T STAND SEWING THAT HER GRANDPA MADE FOR HER GRANDMA BACK IN THE DAY AND I LOVE MAKING TOPS . ANYWAY YOUR RIGHT WERE ALL JUST HUMAN AND STUFF HAPPENS AND JUST MAYBE PERFECT IS OVERRATED. I MAY NEVER BE THE QUILTER MY MOM AND GRANDMA WERE AND THAT'S OK IF I CAN EVER FIGURE OUT GETTING A QUILT ON THAT FRAME THEY WILL STILL BE USED WHEN DONE. YOU DO SUCH BEAUTIFUL WORK MY DREAM IS FINDING AN OLD MACHINE LIKE GRANDMAS AND HAVING YOU PAINT IT. I HAVE WATCHED VIDEO AFTER VIDEO AND I CAN'T IMAGINE DOING WHAT YOU DO.
Picasso wasn’t perfect. Just look at his stuff.