My latest restoration project is “Ruby,” a Singer 99K model from 1927, serial number Y4432093. I was so impatient to start working on her that I forgot to take any “Before” photos. So here she is, just being beautiful in the “After” stage. Ruby came to me in a sadly neglected state. She was very [...]
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Ruby Steps Out
Posted in Sewing machines, tagged quilting, Sewing, Singer 99K, Singer 99K hand crank, vintage Singer sewing machine on February 1, 2012 | 3 Comments »
New Year’s Girl
Posted in Sewing machines, tagged 1937 Singer sewing machine, quilting, Sewing, Singer 15K80, Singer treadle sewing machine, vintage Singer sewing machine on January 1, 2012 | 11 Comments »
I’ve been having fun with my new sewing machine that we brought home yesterday. It’s a Singer Model 15K80 from 1937. When she’s put away, she looks like this: I cleaned and oiled the machine itself and lubricated the treadle irons, and she is so quiet now! She has a lot of wear to her [...]
Updated Singer Serial Number Information
Posted in Sewing machines, tagged ISMACS, quilting, Sewing, Singer 160th Anniversary, Singer certificates, vintage Singer serial numbers, vintage Singer sewing machines on October 9, 2011 | 2 Comments »
ISMACS (International Sewing Machine Collectors’ Society) has recently made the vintage Singer serial numbers available on their website. At the Singer Sewing Company website, you can get a certificate for your vintage machine using the serial number. It’s really good fun! They also have lots of historical information and pictures relating to vintage Singer sewing [...]
Today’s Sewing Machine
Posted in Sewing machines, tagged quilting, Sewing, Singer 15K sewing machine, vintage Singer sewing machine, vintage Singer treadle sewing machine, vintage treadle sewing machine on September 30, 2011 | 6 Comments »
Today I’ve been sewing on “Lavinia,” my Singer 15K treadle machine from 1907. First I cleaned her and oiled her, and then we made some Maple Leaf blocks. She sews such a lovely stitch! I’ve been trying to determine which sub-category this Singer 15 fits into — I know she’s not a 15K80 or 15-96. [...]
Sweet little Vibra sewing machine
Posted in Sewing machines, tagged antique sewing machine, cylindrical shuttle, Jones CS sewing machine, quilting, Sewing, sewing machines, Vibra sewing machine, vintage handcrank sewing machines on August 30, 2011 | 2 Comments »
My latest project has been to clean and restore this sweet little Vibra handcrank machine to good running order. She really is small — her base is 12 inches long, 6.5 inches wide, and 1.5 inches tall from the bottom of the cast iron feet to the machine bed. She is badged as a “Vibra,” [...]
So Long to The Needlebar
Posted in Sewing, Sewing machines, tagged antique sewing machines, Sewing, sewing machine museum, sewing machines, vintage sewing machines on August 1, 2011 | 11 Comments »
For several years now, one of my favourite places to visit on the Internet has been a sewing machine history website called The Needlebar. It has (or possibly still has) a photo gallery of almost every sewing machine in the world, and I could easily spend hours there looking at the evolution of designs of [...]
A new home for George
Posted in Sewing machines, tagged Brother Window-Matic sewing machine, quilting, Sewing, sewing machine table, vintage Brother sewing machine, vintage Singer sewing machine database on September 5, 2010 | 10 Comments »
This is George, my Brother Window-Matic sewing machine, after his “rejuvenation” last year. My other vintage sewing machines all have girls’ names, but my little daughter insisted that a “Brother” machine had to have a boy’s name. So, George it is. I love this sewing machine so much — it works perfectly, and it’s very [...]
Paint Stix on my Design Wall
Posted in Design Wall Monday, quilting, Sewing machines, tagged 1960 Singer sewing machine, 206x13 sewing machine needles, Design Wall Monday, green Singer sewing machine, Paint Stix pattern, quilting, Sewing, Singer 319K, vintage Singer sewing machine on May 10, 2010 | 8 Comments »
I have a zillion projects in the works right now, but as soon as I saw Judy Laquidara’s new pattern, Paint Stix, I loved it and knew I had to try it right away! I’m using some fabric from stash that I have always liked but found difficult to use before. This pattern seems just [...]
What can I do with 30 metres of corduroy? (Stash Report)
Posted in Nigel the quilting dog, Sewing machines, Stash Reports 2010, tagged corduroy fabric, grey corduroy, quilting, reusable cloth shopping bags, Sewing, Singer 185K, Singer 404G, stash report, vintage Singer sewing machines on May 2, 2010 | 13 Comments »
After we left our children at school the other day, my friend Jeanette asked if I could come around to her car because she had some sewing stuff in the boot (trunk) for me. It was 30 metres of grey corduroy! Some of it has been cut, but most of it is still on this [...]
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