Can You Believe a Featherweight Convention??!!

There was a posting on the About.com quilting forum today about plans afoot for a convention in October, 2009 (yes, that's 2009) for vintage sewing machine people. You can read about it at http://www.singer-featherweight.com/ISMACS-USA.html

Here's part of the text which I have edited a bit for brevity and spelling:

"The date has been set for the next BIG ONE. What we confidently predict will be the largest gathering of sewing-machine enthusiasts ever is scheduled for the weekend of October 10/11, 2009 in Charlotte, NC. We are currently talking with the Charlotte Convention Bureau to negotiate the best price and the best hotel available. All the usual favourites will be there -- the row upon row of sales tables and the world's largest vintage sewing machine auction. Over 300 machines changed hands at the last event -- at prices ranging from $10 to $10,000."

Judy in Ohio who has no plans to attend but who thinks Pat in Rockford and Linda in Oxford might have their antennas pointed east ....