I may just be a romantic but I really think that most husbands, if the money is available, they really do want to see us have the things that make us happy, whether the machines are just to help us create projects just for friends & family or may even help us to earn added income using the sewing skills we already have, and add to those skills, the skills we will learn through the course of having an embroidery machine. These embroidery machines really do open up a whole new universe of creative energy!

When we are happy it makes a loving husband's heart swell, especially when they know it was them, who put the smile on our faces and they will see that smile over and over each time we create a new item.

Add me to the group of cuties who have a wonderful husband who was instrumental in me getting my first embroidery machine now almost 10 years ago.

He brought me in to surprise me and was planning on a basic serger and as he saw just how much difference there was in the basic machines, compared to the higher end machines. He was also trying to get me machines that would help me be able to sew and embroider even with my progressive medical conditions. I have always loved sewing and needlework and my medical condition was greatly effecting my ability to do the hobby I love. He saw features in the baby loc and Designer SE that have been able to reopen doors for me that had been slowly closing in recent years. Features like being able to sew without using a foot pedal and a self threading serger were features I desperately needed and I continue to use each time I sit down to stitch. 3 hours later and our bank account almost $10,000 lighter, my husband was loading 2 machines with all the bells and whistles, including computer programs, mega hoops, mini hoops, a full range of stabilizers and anything else that I could possibly need was loaded into the van. I was floating on a cloud all the way home. I am still on that cloud 9+ years later, when it comes to my machines.

Since then, every time I sit at my machines I am still in heaven. I very much appreciate my machines. I am forever grateful we purchased when we had the funds, as our household income has greatly diminished due to my condition, I would never have been able to afford these machines if we had not gotten them when we did.

My husband still smiles when he sees me enjoying my machines. He sees the pleasure I get from sewing and creating items. He notices when I am looking at emails about special sales and often will come tell me that he has added some funds to my on bank card I use for on line purchases so I can get a few designs. Even if it is just a few dollars it means the world to me that he is looking for ways to uplift my spirits or to try to distract me from what my body deals with day in and day out.

My sweetie is definitely one of the keepers and I was blessed the day we met and continue to be blessed each and every day of the past 32 years of marriage.
Pam
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