Sewing machines that can do embroidery stitches are relatively new,
although my mother's old (early 1950's) Necchi can do a whole lot of
neat designs. But the Singer manual for treadle machines included
instruction for making lace and embroidering with the straight stitch-
only machines.
Liz, that sounds like a lovely day. I hope your demonstrations were
appreciated.
Sue T, Dorset
Dear Arachne sisters and brothers,
I can't begin to tell you what a wonderful day I've had today, the hottest
day of the year so far with temperatures around about 30C ( 83/84F) We
were
inside a
My husband was given an old sewing machine dated about around mid 1850's
which he did a small repair job on. That sews with a chain stitch, rather
than the running stitch of todays sewing machine.
He downloaded information about it from the internet and it says the
original was made in wood
Tamara's thoughts are about domestic sewing machines, and yes domestic
embroidery machines do only date from mid/late 20 century, BUT
industrial machines that could make fancy stitches go back a lot
further.
The Handmachine is recorded as early as 1829. That's the machine which
has one
Finaly I had a talk, with thouse I had to visit in forida in april for that
wedding, they had a do here in Dk last night, I we talked about lace, and
she would like to se some, so, does anyone know where to go in Florida
Dorte from a very hot DK
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Among my collection of Singer sewing machine instruction books is one called
Singer Machine Embroidery. In the foreward is says It will be noted also
that in this treatise we are writing only of the ordinary Singer family sewing
machines, and do not deal with trade embroidery machines
Tamara wrote:
the early instruction booklets that came with machines.
What's early? And, does anyone know how well those early
combination machines sold? As opposed to the two -- independent
(sewing and embroidery) -- ones?
I think the book referred to was put out by the Singer sewing
I think I wonder, along with Tamara. I think the embroidery stitches -
even the simple zig zag stitch is a more modern development.
Mum has a Viking (Husqvana) from about the 1950's and it only does a
straight stitch. The only way she could do buttonholes was by hand or
with a Singer attachment
From: Helen Bell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I think I wonder, along with Tamara. I think the embroidery stitches -
even the simple zig zag stitch is a more modern development.
The old machines only did straight stitch, but they had instructions
for doing embroidery and chemical lace with straight
Hi All,
I have a copy of Singer Instructions for Art Embroidery and Lace Work and
it is the Eighth Edition. It lists 1922, 1923, 1925, 1931, 1937, 1941, and
1948 as the years of the other editions.
Subjects include Eyelet Embroidery, Richelieu Embroidery, Fancy Stitches on
White Goods,
I have an old singer treadle machine. I love it. It needs a new belt
though...the other one just plain got old and dry...
Cearbhael
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I'm with you on this one, Tamara. My mother was a dressmaker and tailoress
by trade, too and she did all her sewing on a plain singer treadle machine.
When she went out to West Africa during the war as my Father worked out
there (with 5 year old me in tow!) she swapped her treadle with her
I have my Grandmother's Seamstress sewing machine. She was born in1868 and
the sales slip, which I have, is dated in 1890. This machine sewed my Mama's
clothes (she was born in 1907), my clothes (I was born in 1933) and my
daughter's clothes (she was born in 1961.) I whit was the only machine
--- Elizabeth Ligeti [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
My 21st birthday gift was my own sewing machine - an
electric Husqvarna -
but still No embroidery stitches - and that was in
the late 1950's
- No Buttonhole attachments in them
thare days!
I learned to sew on my
When my parents married in 1934 one of their first investments was a
Singer sewing machine. There were instructions for machine
embroidery which if I remember correctly consisted of putting your
material in an embroidery hoop, taking off the foot of the machine,
and carefully manipulating
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