Da-da-da-da……..! It’s a sewing machine.

We got it home this morning from the Spotlight, a bit ahead of my birthday. But would it really matter? No, since I have had this thought for such a long time, so anytime is good time.

I am a very beginner level sewer. Actually the only sewing machine I had ever used was my mom’s old type of sewing machine. I remember the brand is Dong Fang Hong. It’s like a little desktop with foot paddle that you have to step on all the time to get the machine running. The whole thing to me is quite metal, every piece seems tough. It can’t do fancy stitches or things like that, but it’s very operatable and I actually enjoyed using it a lot.

I made a couple of things out of that using 90s Burda patterns with mom’s help when I was in the school holiday in the university. I was fascinated with sewing at that time. I remember I pulled a lot of fabric from mom’s cupboard to sew, without asking her permission (Of course when she was at the work). I probably had ruined some of them which I couldn’t remember clearly either, but the fun that I had was rewarding and encouraging. I just completely loved it.

So my impression about a sewing machine remains like that with the time passing by in the next 15 years, until now I have got this new one (Brother NS-10) with a price on sale. I spent a day reading the instruction and practising some basic things. It can do a lot of things that I had never imagined, one step button hole, overcasting the fabric edges like overlocking, beautiful stitches with easy jog dial, threading in a second, reverse stitches to secure loose ends, working with stretchy fabric…….The list can go on and on. Yet, all these features are quite basic for nowadays sewing machine technical development. This one is actually quite a low end product in the sewing machine world. However, I suppose, if I had this sort of machine 20 years ago, I probably would have had to become a dressmaker now

Now, I am really looking forward to sewing something. Just something to start with, whatever, I need to sew…..!