Help in the sewing studio

My husband called from a charity store and asked if I might be interested in a vintage sewing machine.  Silly question!

So he brought home my first Bernina!  Best of all - she works!  And she was just $10!   I brought her to the local dealer to have a check over and with a bit of cleaning and oil she humms...

some handkerchiefs that were tucked in with some sewing instructions...

She is all metal and weighs a "ton" but since she will be a studio machine that is fine.  She came with two extension beds too.  I'm going to keep a walking foot on her and use her for putting on bindings and some small project quilting.

Watson in his "All American" t-shirt...

One of my MS things makes it difficult for me to change out feet on my machines.  Having a "permanent" walking foot machine will make things a lot easier!  Now I just need to find a permanent spot in the room for her!  Also needs a name...she was made in Switzerland so I am thinking Heidi?

Sewing room update...

A quick update on the sewing studio reorganization...I am sticking with it but it is taking a lot longer than expected.

All but one piece of furniture is in place.  I still need to buy a few more containers for fabric.  Most of the fabric is going into containers instead of on the bookcase shelves.  Even though my room is fairly dark there were some fade lines on the outside folds...particularly on the hand-dyes and solids.  Of course that could have happened in England or Maryland...that is how long some of this fabric has been sitting on those shelves!

I have found some fun "stuff."  At one point I started collecting vintage handkerchiefs with thoughts of making a quilt.

At the end of the day I liked the handkerchiefs too much to sew them into anything.  Though I would like to do something with the political ones so I could display them this year.

I definitively underestimated the amount of fabric I have in this room....even with three bags by the front door to give away at the next guild meeting I'm not sure I can fit all the fabric back into the room.  I'm trying to organize the fabric in boxes so like fabrics are together.  It will be easier to find the fabric to use but it may not be the optimum use of space...not like cramming it into all the nooks and crannies of the bookcase was!