Now I am no sailor, considering I live on a small island and am always going away, there is no chance of me getting on a”boat”. Real sailors say ” its not a boat but a liner or a ship or a cruiser”. Whatever it is I am not venturing forth, unless I spend all the while with my head in a bucket!
But my next statement may cause you to think I am insane. I spent a week in Cyprus, with lots of time on my hands. Was staring up at this sail style canopy which looked very elegant. And I scanned around our private pool at all the sun beds and chairs etc. Look at all that sewing I thought. I could do that if only my machine could cope with all that canvas. Now you know whats coming! I did some research cos I have been wanting to make bags of various sorts, for a while now. I have no room for an industrial machine, but I found a compromise!
Some of you will have heard of “Sailrite”, not me! What a revelation! Spent the rest of the holiday pinning pics on Pinterest and convincing myself I really need this machine.
My brave husband said I should get it ” if I needed it” and so I have!
My Blue Bruiser! Sailrite sewing machine.
My blue bruiser is not delicate, she is able to stitch through denim layers like butter. So far ( I have only had her 2 days) I have had no chance to start a project, but there are loads in my head.
Anyone else out there own this beautiful beast, would love to see your makes from it!
Happy sewing all
Lindy
Interesting, there was one for sale on line locally (we do have sailors of various kinds in our area) and I didn’t know what it was. I do remember the price was a thousand or so Canadian dollars, used.
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I tried to find a second hand Sailrite here but no joy, and not sure of the exchange rate to work out if the one you saw was a good deal. Still I am very happy with my blue wonder! One of my friends was a boat surveyor and he had heard of their good reputation, enough said! Thanks for your interest and I love reading your blogs!
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Well thank you for the compliment! 🤗
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