Compact sewing machine suggestion

Karen Maslowski wrote:

Since Melinda's daughter is at a Christian college, she may just need
something to keep her busy when she's not studying.

Christian kids don't have extracurricular fun at college? Boy, that's
not a great recruiting tool! LOL


--
The Blessed Fiddy, Patroness Saint of the Disorganized
LC in Sunny So Cal
Personality Development Specialist (Full-Time Mom!)

LOL! The previous poster (the one I was replying to) sort of implied
(at least I thought so) that a college student would be too busy being
wild to sew. Hopefully, she's still having a good time being young and
in college!

Karen Maslowski in Ohio

Fiddy wrote:

Karen Maslowski wrote:

Since Melinda's daughter is at a Christian college, she may just need
something to keep her busy when she's not studying.


Christian kids don't have extracurricular fun at college? Boy, that's
not a great recruiting tool! LOL

Karen Maslowski wrote:

Since Melinda's daughter is at a Christian college, she may just need
something to keep her busy when she's not studying.

Doesn't matter what flavor the college is- there will be a lot of stuff
to do! I went to a Women's college in the middle of Nowhere NY. Believe
me- there was tons to do. Theater, sports, yearbook, newspaper, choir,
bellringing (in a belltower), all night film festivals, swimming and
sailing in the lake.... and that doesn't count hitting the other
colleges nearby or shopping.

Young adults will find stuff to do - they are so full of energy.

Maybe her sophmore year she'll take her sewing machine, who knows. Talk
to her about it.

-georg
Wells College '91

Karen Maslowski wrote:

LOL! The previous poster (the one I was replying to) sort of implied
(at least I thought so) that a college student would be too busy being
wild to sew. Hopefully, she's still having a good time being young and
in college!

My ole hand crank got me into (and out of!) more trouble than I care to
mention at college! Yup, with the boys... And it was a C of E
college with PLENTY extra curricular activities.

--
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Gee, I did not infer wild parties from that
message. I figured the previous poster was merely
referring to the sports, late night gab fests,
movies, learning how to play bridge, hanging at
the student union ... to say nothing of studying.
So, I too suspect the college freshman will have
little or no time to sew.
PAT in VA/USA

Karen Maslowski wrote:

LOL! The previous poster (the one I was replying to) sort of implied
(at least I thought so) that a college student would be too busy being
wild to sew. Hopefully, she's still having a good time being young and
in college!

Karen Maslowski in Ohio

Fiddy wrote:

Karen Maslowski wrote:

Since Melinda's daughter is at a Christian college, she may just need
something to keep her busy when she's not studying.



Christian kids don't have extracurricular fun at college? Boy, that's
not a great recruiting tool! LOL

Only Kate could get into trouble with boys via a sewing machine! LOL
Please explain how you managed that!

Karen Maslowski in Ohio

Kate Dicey wrote:

My ole hand crank got me into (and out of!) more trouble than I care to
mention at college! Yup, with the boys... And it was a C of E
college with PLENTY extra curricular activities.

georg wrote:


Since she wasn't interested in taking her own machine, and she probably
isn't going to do a lot of sewing, I suggest having a long chat with her
about why she didn't take a sewing machine. She may simply not think
it's cool to have a sewing machine at college or actually plan to use
one at all. She may prefer to back-burner the sewing hobby entirely
while away at college. And there is nothing wrong with that- there's a
lot to do at college. She may also change her mind later.

Her stated reason was because it was too big and she wasn't sure if she
would have room for it -- also, she went to college with only what she
could take on the airplane without excess baggage charges, and she did
say that she wanted a machine at school to do repairs.



My neice took her sewing machine to college because she loves making
costumes and college affords a lot of opportunities for that. She's also
a theater major. She got her first sewing machine of her own from her
grandmother while a freshman with all of that in mind.

I've loved sewing for most of my life, but I left the machine at home
when I went to college. I did not have time to do sewing. Room for me
wasn't the issue- if I wanted it, I would have made the room happen.

I think you have a good handle on what machines are available and are
good options. One of my friends swears by her Genie. But because your
money is tight, I'd talk to her about it before you send her a machine
that she has no interest in receiving.

-georg

Barbara Raper wrote:
Melinda, there are 3 good sewing machine shops within 4 miles of BJU where
she might get a machine that doesn't cost very much. Heirloom Stitching
might be the closest. The city bus runs fairly regular, but the system has
been known to shut down for a few months, now and then. Also, there are
possible clothing construction classes at BJU and she might have the use of
the machines after supper. That is what I did at another university a long
time ago.

Ah, that would be an excellent thing to pursue, and that would save her
having to take one over there. I will suggest that she check into this.

She is on their work-study program and doesn't really have time to go
out shopping for a sewing machine herself because she's working 18 hrs a
week on top of her school load. But I will look them up and give them a
call and see if they have anything small.

Roberta Zollner wrote:

Back in the dark ages when I lived in a dorm, I had my (full size) machine
with me. Used to do mending and alterations to earn book money. Good therapy
too. (Hadn't started quilting way back then.)

I was thinking that maybe she might also earn some spare cash doing
mending for other girls as well. And she did say that she wanted a
machine.

Karen Maslowski wrote:
Since Melinda's daughter is at a Christian college, she may just need
something to keep her busy when she's not studying. I vote for sending
her a machine. My daughter asked for one last year (her second year at
college), and she actually used it. Plus, she left it in her storage
locker over the summer, which surprised and thrilled me.

Not only is it a Christian college, but it's an old-school fundamental
separatist college and has some of the strictest rules around -- as an
underclass female under age 23, I think the age limit is, she's not
allowed off campus without either an upperclass female, a faculty/staff
member of the college, or an adult immediate relative (parent,
grandparent, aunt, uncle -- not a sibling) to accompany her. That is
for her own protection and for the sake of the University maintaining
the reputation that she went there for. Not your typical college
experience. She has a "campus parent" who wil take her on errands, but
this campus parent has two "campus daughters" (and, I understand, an
adorable Miniature Schnauzer) and they all go places all at the same time.