Thanks, I'll keep it in mind if I decide to go that route. With my first granddaughter coming, I'll probably be sewing more. Teenagers just don't want 'homemade' clothes .... LOL
My sewing machine is a kenmore, it's been a gem! It's going on 25 years. It has some 'fancy' stiches (the ducks and trees are useless), but only about 20. I have a good buttonhole attachment and the various feet. I don't really need all that gismo stuff. I looked and new models, and it's all plastic junk. I think I'll just take it in for a makeover.
The older machines are fantastic!!!
I used to teach sewing at Joann's and saw a LOT of different machines from students. One lady bought a $99 Singer from one of those hotel sits you see advertised...she had it for about 1 month and it went down. Plop. She had to send it back, and didn't get it back for 3-4 months.
These ladies think it's THEM who can't sew...and really, it's the machine. I LOVE the old workhorses.
BUT, that said....I'd STILL look into a serger. Once you get past that palm sweating, heart palpitation, throwing up sensation of threading it the FIRST TIME... :) ... you'll wonder HOW you ever made it without one...
:)