Well - after all the time I have had it the brand new Janome machine I bought has to be a bargain in terms of the pence per item made on it. I set it up three days after we moved in here in the early 1980s and it had never been put away since.

My father's mother had a treadle sewing machine which I used for my first efforts in sewing. Unfortunately the top apart was taken off and the stand used as a shelf for a leaking fish tank, so by the time we were emptying the old house it was just a wreck.

I don't think people throw away as much here in the UK as some places, and visiting charity shops does not turn up such bargains very often.

Anne the Pleater :ootd: