Hand-Sewing or Machine-Sewing?

Somehow I refused to use a sewing machine in the last a couple of years for some reasons even though I had one.  When I was in my early 20's, I often sew up things by the sewing machine.  It was just so fast!!  On the other hand, once it gets jammed, it takes time to remove the threads from the materials depending on how horrible it is...  That point I hated using it.

From this April, my daughter started her kindergarten and the school required lots of handmade stuff before the new season started.   It took a quite long time to sew her goods by hand  even though it was fun.  Yeah, I said "it was fun" but it became frustrating to sew lots by the deadline.  Anyway, I finished everything  by the end of March.

Now I don't "HAVE TO" sew things but I want to make lots of things for my kids and some household goods.  For that purpose, a sewing machine is super necessary.  Finally I gave up on sewing only by hand and use a sewing machine depending on what I sew and the materials.

Here is the new sewing machine!  It's very simple so that it's not computerized at all.  However, it's so comfortable to use this.  The machine is called Emerald 118 originally from Europe.

It came in the cute red box!

Now, I'm so into sewing and this machine!