Head, Carol "Old Sewing Machines" Shire Publications Ltd, Buckinghamshire:
c.1995
page 22
"..In Germany in 1882 John Kayser built a sewing machine that could sew with
a zigzag stitch. This idea had been developed in America as early as 1854,
when a buttonhole machine was patented. The zigzag st
I think so, leastwise machines that are at least 40 years old that sit at
yards sales with all their attachments for $10.00 or featherweights with all
of their attachments & booklets that date to WW2 just seem to call to
me...even my exhusband has been known to show up at the house after auction
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> Before I made my current vow not to buy any more
> fabric until my sewing room is cleaned and organized,
> if I saw something I really liked I would buy at least
> 2-3 yards. If it was a good deal, maybe as many
There's a mention somewhere of a buttonhole machine that was developed in the
later stages of the american civil war, but I've never seen any physical
evidence of it.
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Haha, want another? I've been trying to get rid of an older "White" electric
for some time and don't seem to be in a good area for it.
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Sarah Patterson wrote:
I still embarassingly have 18 sewing machines.
Reply: Only 18? My husband wishes I had only 18. Anybody in the DC/ MD
metro suburbs interested in an antique machine head or two? I really do need
to downsize..
-Megan
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I've just looked through them once and the only criticism I have is that
some pieces are 1/4 scale and then some will be 1/8 scale on the same page. It
LOOKS funky.
It's not usual; but when you have a book that contains tiny little
pattern pieces like side bodies (not to mention things l
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I still embarassingly have 18 sewing machines.
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do they, too, give off "certain
Pheromones that actually hypnotize women ..."?
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Is it the foot pedal that is the trouble? I once found a table set sewing
machine on the side of the road on garbarge day that worked by a knee
pressed lever (much like the industrial machines have to raise the pressure
foot) It was too confusing for my poor old trained mind so I gave it to my
As this thread started I began to count up my machines and realized that I
was in the throws of General sewing machine addiction too. I have a Kaiser
treadle machine, bought in Germany in the 1970's from an antique dealer. It
sits in a table with wrought iron work picked out in gold leaf. The ta
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Sarah
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> I just got both of Fran's books. Excellent...of course. Every school or
> professional shop that makes period stuff should have them on hand.
>
> Are some of the patterns complicated? You bet! Because these a
If they seem like they are asking purely cos they've been told to (not that
common over here), I just say costume.
If they seem really interested, I tell them the truth (not that 'costume' is
a lie, but I go into detail).
The only time anybody's been snooty, it was another customer - I was buyi
My favorite machine, a White Rotary, is a knee pedal, and the other 2 machines
in cabinets are the same.
Of course the 'workhorse' is my Mom's 1970's Singer with a foot pedal.
If I want to do lots of straight seams I use the White Rotary, if I need to do
button holes, zig-zag or blind stitch
> I am always drawn to old treadle machines if I see one in an antique
>store. I especially like the ones with the fancy wrought iron legs and
>treadle.
Same here, even though I already have one.
>Sewing machines are a bit harder to hide than the fabric stash!
Amen to that. I have 8 machi
You mean collecting sewing machines is an addiction too?! If so then I am in
the early stages. I think I have four or five - my mother's old electric, my
own 70's vintage singer, and the new one my FI bought for me a couple of years
ago. I have also discovered an old cabinet machine - or perhaps
I had an older woman at Joann's get snotty with me at the cutting table
when getting fabric for costumes
"that's quilter's only!!"
Usually it's" you're making what?"
Silvara
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