artinfabric Posted February 9, 2006 Report Share Posted February 9, 2006 My millies name is PATCHES after my father n law's B17 bomber from World War II. It had sentimental value for us. My husband named her. It fits her perfect she is a great lady. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judi Posted February 9, 2006 Report Share Posted February 9, 2006 I bought my machine from my former boss. She closed up her shop and moved to another state. Kathy taught me how to long arm and I learned what I know on this machine. I am so Thankful for her taking a chance on me - we had so much fun at that store! I miss her dearly and being on this site and reading others stories and problems really helps! She named the machine MEL as in Mel Gibson, and I won't go into the rest of that story right now. I have kept the name Mel, it fits and it reminds me of Kathy H. - best employer I have ever had and a great friend too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judithanderson Posted February 9, 2006 Report Share Posted February 9, 2006 I am waiting for my machine to arrive. Guess I have to get my hands on her before I can name her. Of course if my husband hears that the machine is named, he'll be totally convinced that I am nuts! He' pretty sure of it now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asungrace Posted February 9, 2006 Report Share Posted February 9, 2006 My Millie is Lola with the long arms. Not too original. But my beta fish have been named Alpha Beta, Beta Beta, Gamma BetaDeltat Beta, etc. They don't seem to last too long, but Lola "walks like a woman and talks like a man" Anne in Fl Moonrabbit Quilts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnuGram Posted February 9, 2006 Report Share Posted February 9, 2006 My Millie is named Betty. Since my last name is Crocker, my standard answer to the question, "How do you spell that?" which I get from an amazing number of people is, "Just like Betty." Women look at me and nod and then write down the correct spelling. Men look at me and go, "Huh?" Sara Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheryl Posted February 9, 2006 Report Share Posted February 9, 2006 Annabelle was named for my mom, Anne. She's gone, but some of her estate allowed me to purchase my Liberty. Dad would occassionally call mom "Annabelle".....always with a smile.... it's a good memory of them both. Cheryl in Iowa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cherie Walters Posted February 9, 2006 Report Share Posted February 9, 2006 I never got around to calling my millennium anything, so she was always "Millie", but since I have the compuquilter attached to her now - I consider her my 'Thoroughly Modern Millie' (some might remember the musical) Cherie in Australia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LindaB Posted February 9, 2006 Report Share Posted February 9, 2006 I've named my Millennium "FABIO"......because he's such a strong and handsome "stud-muffin"....:cool::cool::cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shirl Posted February 11, 2006 Report Share Posted February 11, 2006 My grandmother was a seamstress and a beautiful quilt maker. I figure I got my talent from her so honored her by naming my machine "Lottie LongArm" after grandmother, Lottie. My business is "A Quilt Inn" the inn for quilts not people.:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thepearsonfamily Posted February 13, 2006 Report Share Posted February 13, 2006 I struggled with the name for my machine for a while, even asked my friends for thier thoughts (other than they thought i was nuts!) But last week my youngest son Cole gave me an Elliot Moose sticker to put on my machine and it clicked. My son has had his Elliot since the day he was born 4 1/2 years ago and it is his most favorite and prized possesions. now I'm not neccesarily saying my millenium is all of that to me BUT, I wanted to give it a name that would make me smile even when I didn't feel much like smiling. So I named her Elliot. I can only hope that this machine will bring as much joy into my life as that stuffed toy has to my son. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverthimble Posted February 13, 2006 Report Share Posted February 13, 2006 I named mine, LUCKY. I had a custom length table made - not the standard 12ft or 14ft, but 13 ft. Hence, lucky 13! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaryLou5740 Posted February 13, 2006 Report Share Posted February 13, 2006 How Clever you all are! Love the reasoning behind some of these names. My Millenium is "Rosie" with purple magnetic roses adhered to her here and there...makes her feel "special"....ML Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewbobby Posted February 14, 2006 Report Share Posted February 14, 2006 I named mine "Ruthie" after my hubby's mother who is 83 and a life long quilter. She can barely see but still loves to quilt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tusistas Posted February 14, 2006 Report Share Posted February 14, 2006 All my friends refer to my machine as "The Big Girl" so it stuck! After all, she works hard and she is rather big..... Now if she just sat around we'd probably call my Millie "The Big Boy" -- somehow that just doesn't fit..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grammie Posted February 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2006 Thanks for all the replies to the question. Seems everyone does have a name. Maybe it is silly but WHAT FUN!!!!! I love the way you get your names. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calicoquilter Posted February 22, 2006 Report Share Posted February 22, 2006 My husband named my Liberty "Berty". I guess it's only fair that he named her because I named his Mustang convertible "Christine" after the possessed car from the Stephen King novel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judithanderson Posted February 22, 2006 Report Share Posted February 22, 2006 My Millennium arrived last Friday and I'm already loving her. Wish I had more things to quilt. I have done a long muslin sandwhich, panto practise, some freehand practise, feathers and beginning McTavishing. Yesterday I did a baby quilt freehand and am going to do another today. My machine is named Hope, as in I hope that I can do this! Judy in NH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thequiltqueen Posted February 22, 2006 Report Share Posted February 22, 2006 I am thequiltqueen, so my Millie is called Princess Stitchy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamela Posted February 23, 2006 Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 When I was a little girl I had the job of threading 8 - 10 quilting needles for my great grandmother before I went home for the night. She had her quilting frames upstairs in the attic and could no longer see to thread the needles. I spent many happy hours up there with her around those frames. So my machine is named "Lizzie" in honour of the most loved great grandma in the world who created in me this great passion for quilting! Just this morning I added "longarm" to the title after reading about Lottie Longarm! It just fits............Lizzie Longarm........I can just feel her "long arms" reaching out. tammy in AZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qfairy Posted March 6, 2006 Report Share Posted March 6, 2006 My customers call me the Quilting Fairy, so another customer neamed my new A--1 to match with my nickname. So my longarm is Tinkerbell 2. The "2" is because I had major problems with the first one they brought me so they gave me a another one. Just so you know I didn't wear one out and got another one. I had "Ol' Greeny" my Nolting for 15 years and decided to try a diffferent brand. Loving every stitch of her. We put magic in every quilt we do. With a touch of fairy dust. Quilting Fairy & Tinkerbell2 Northside Quilt Shoppe Midwest Quilting http://community.webshots.com/user/qfairy http://community.webshots.com/user/quiltinladie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darlene Epp Posted March 6, 2006 Report Share Posted March 6, 2006 When I got my first Millennium way back in 2000, I named her Millie. (How original!) After using her for one hour, I gave her not only a name change, but a sex change. SHE went from Millie to a HE, "Adonis" the Greek God! I was in LOVE. I've had several Millenniums since, and all of them have been Adonis. It just fits. Now that he's been "enhanced" with the CompuQuilter, I guess I should give him a middle name. Any suggestions?? I don't have a name for my Liberty. It just seems like Adonis' little sister. Did Adonis have a sister? Guess I should look into that so she has a proper name, other than Little Lady Liberty. My sister named her first OLD Ultimate 1 "Effie". She had to explain to me where she got the name. F E stands for Free Enterpise. That's cool! I sold a Millennium to a gal in California and it arrived right around Feb. 14th. It was named "Valentino". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darlene Epp Posted March 6, 2006 Report Share Posted March 6, 2006 How funny is that! This forum has a "bleeper"! ROFLOL See that little star where the word "secks" should be!! :cool: Let's see what happens now! Do you think it will read it phonetically? Darlene Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merryjo2003 Posted March 6, 2006 Report Share Posted March 6, 2006 Hi everyone! I'm a new LA'er and I have a millie. She's great, but the operator is a little off............sometimes I wonder if I'll ever get half as good as all of you....sigh. My mother named her Aurora because she said I was "a roaring" to go. The name stuck. I wasn't in one of my creative moods. Mom came up with a few others that were awful! So Aurora she is! I have since called her by a few other names I can't mention here. However, the problem wasn't Aurora, it was me! I've calmed down a little since then . Merry Jo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kim Posted March 6, 2006 Report Share Posted March 6, 2006 It took me forever to name my machine. I wanted to name her so she would take after her name. So I finally named her about a month ago. It is Serenity. I hope she lives up to it LOL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carolynbanderson Posted March 7, 2006 Report Share Posted March 7, 2006 Hi I named my machine: QuiltFrog. (QuiltFrogs is also the name of my business.) The Millenium is a dream to work with. I got it in February of 2004 Quilting here in Virginia, enjoying every minute. Carolyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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