Yay my new sewing machine!

And by new, I mean, my mom's old sewing machine - a Husqvarna Lily 530.  And by old, I mean, about four or five years.  Which for a sewing machine is practically brand new.  What other home appliance still has to deal with competition from the 1940's?  When I was in China, I saw this awesome Singer - the old solid black and gold ones - and I would have bought it if I could have thought of a way to carry it to the nearest UPS office - since we were in some nameless village outside Shenzhen, I am pretty sure I was right not to risk it.  They are as valuable as workhorses out there, and I probably would never had made it for one reason or another.  At any rate, I promised myself that if I ever do have an excuse to go back to China for some reason, I'm bringing UPS shipping labels with me for anything I want to buy.  Don't get me started on the fabric I had to leave behind....