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Happy National Sewing Machine Day June 13, 2015! This is "Hattie", my 1889 Singer Fiddlebase Hand Crank! I love this Old Girl! Hattie is one of several Vintage (Antique) Machines hanging out at the Farm! But she is the eldest by far! And very special!
What about you? Do you ever sew with a Vintage or Antique Machine? Do you have a collection? Leave a comment below telling us about your machine(s), New or Old, for a chance to win a Mini Charm pack and a spool of Aurifil thread! Woohoo! This giveaway is open until Sunday June 14th 2015 11:30 pm EST. International entries are welcome! Winner will be announced on Monday June 15th 2015! One entry per person please :)!
Happy Stitching ya'll!
Good Luck
xo jan
Yes, I have several antique machines. They are all shown in the article I did last year on the History of the Sewing Machine - https://frommycarolinahome.wordpress.com/2014/01/26/history-of-the-sewing-machine/
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HELLO, neat vintage machines. I have just my Bernina, which I'm thankful to have; but I do wish that I would have arranged to save my Mother's Singer of the early 1900's so very much>don't even know what happened to it>sad!
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I have a Featherweight, and use it on occasion. I love the sound of it, and the economy of motion, due to its petite proportions. Not my everyday machine, but nice for a change of pace!
ReplyDeleteI've never sewn with an antique sewing machine, I'd love to have the chance!!! My machine is a Pfaff Quilt Expression 3.0 and I love it!! I did some sewing today to celebrate thus special day😉 thanks for sharing!!
ReplyDeleteI had a little old sewing machine when I was little but I don't remember actually ever sewing with it! I use a modern one now but I'm always tempted to buy vintage ones when I see them - they're just so beautiful! x
ReplyDeleteI just got a new Bernina 350PE today. So excited to start working on it!
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Your machine is just beautiful! I wasn't even aware of the sewing machine day, but today I received my first Featherweight... a 1938 that is in fabulous condition. I was so excited. I also collect the child size chain stitching sewing machines. You can't have too many machines, can you!?
ReplyDeleteI don't have any vintage machines. The machine I use everyday is a Janome that's approaching 20 years old -- a hand me down from my MIL. Now that's a nice hand me down!
ReplyDeleteI have one vintage White, pretty new to treadle sewing so just learning and haven't taken on any projects yet. You machine is beautiful Jan.
ReplyDeleteFabulous machine, Jan!! I learned about a hundred years ago on a Singer treadle machine but my Mom gave it to someone (not me) who threw the machine away and painted the cabinet for a table!! I'm still mad at my Mom for that one!! :-)) Thank you for your gracious giveway but please my name out of the bowl as I already have a ton of Aurifil (only thread I use)!!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful designs on your machine, they don't make machine like that anymore. I have my grandmother's machine from the 1930-39's. Sadly no book, so can't get it to work properly. I have a new singer. 24Tangent@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteI inherited my grandma's 1904 Singer Featherweight. It is in the cabinet it came in and is a treadle machine. I have to shine her up, and get her going, and then write a post. She has beautiful ornate designs on her like your Hattie. :-) I also have a 1979 Elna Air Electronic that runs like a dream. Not really an antique. (I'm older than she is!) And I mainly sew on my Bernina Artista 180. :-)
ReplyDeleteI have never sewed on an antique sewing machine, but I have admired my Grandmother's. I would be too scared to break it or mess up it's beauty so I wouldn't dare dream of touching it.
ReplyDeleteI have a Viking Topaz and a BabyLock Creative Pro.... but my sister has a Singer Featherweight. It was our great aunt's and is good condition.... just needs some airing out from mildew. She used to make us Barbie and baby clothes for our dolls.
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I have to Featherweights that I cherish...one was built the year that I was born. I love too sew with them! Sometimes I use them for classes. If only these machines could tell me about their past:)
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DeleteI see that autocorrect changed my two into to....and my to into too...crazy!
DeleteI learned to sew on a vintage singer 401. A great machine!
ReplyDeleteI have 2 Featherweights, another Singer a little younger than Featherweights, A Bernina and a Babylock. wish I still had my old Viking. I sew with them all. rmgsummers@yahoo.com
ReplyDeleteI have 2 Featherweights, another Singer a little younger than Featherweights, A Bernina and a Babylock. wish I still had my old Viking. I sew with them all. rmgsummers@yahoo.com
ReplyDeleteThat's a treasure indeed Jan, they are such workhorses those elegant old ladies and yes, you have to wonder what lives they've had and who have used them.
ReplyDeleteI have a Singer featherweight sewing machine. And I learned to sew on my grandmother's Singer treadle sewing machine.
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My first sewing experience was on my mother's treadle (non-electric foot powered) Singer when I was 5. My job was to guide the fabric under the needle and tell my brother age 4 when to stop moving the treadle up and down. Yes, he was under the machine on his hands and knees. We made my mom two aprons and didn't have any accidents. She still has those aprons. kthurn@bektel.com
ReplyDeleteI have fond memories of sewing on an old treadle machine while I was going to college. The elderly lady I was living with had it, and I needed to use it to sew something for my sewing/tailoring class. It was so neat, had a nearly perfect stitch and was fun to operate. I received an "A" in that class too! nettiecrain@live.com
ReplyDeleteI just acquired a Singer 401-A slant-o-matic, about my own age :). I haven't yet sewn anything with it, but I'm just not happy with the straight stitches on my newer machines. I sewed for 30 years on a Kenmore I bought at a yard sale when I was a student, and it served me well. I do like the newer machines for buttonholes, though :). donnalee1953 (at) gmail (dot) com
ReplyDeleteI love vintage machines! Have Singers 221,222K,301 and a hand crank 201K29 aluminum body. Also a Wheeler Wilson #9 treadle. Aurifil is the only thread I use. Nothing like these beauties for a perfect straight stitch!
ReplyDeleteI have a JC Penny machine that I learned to sew on when I was a teenager. That was 40 years ago, so I guess that makes it an antique! :) Thanks for sharing the photos of your Singer. It's just beautiful!
ReplyDeleteI have my Mother's Featherweight that I rarely use. It's the machine that I learned to sew on!
ReplyDeleteI love my vintage machines! I have a Minnesota treadle, and use my 1954 Singer 15-91 often. I also have a Free Westinghouse, and a 1957 Featherweight, that I often use, as well. I have a 1929 Red Eye, and a 194? Singer 15 with RAF decals, too. Both of those are in the process of refurbishing, though. I haven't used them yet.
ReplyDeleteI have a 1935 featherweight that belonged to my husband's grandmother. It is absolutely my favorite machine for piecing, such a great stitch.
ReplyDeleteWhat a neat machine. My oldest is the Kenmore I bought for myself after I got married, A long time ago. I used it for over 30 years before I finally purchased a new Janome. Although it is becoming an antique. I learned to sew on my Mom's Kenmore in a cabinet. I still have my Kenmore. Use it now for kids to learn to sew on at the library. It is still a great machine.
ReplyDeleteI own a Singer featherweight sewing machine, born in1956. I also have my grandmother's White treadle sewing machine and I used to sew on it when I was in grade school! Love my machines!
ReplyDeleteI don't have any old or vintage machines, but I did give my machine a workout this afternoon.
ReplyDeleteYour little Hattie is a darling. I have a not-so-old Singer 301-A and she's a workhorse and loves her new walking foot. My 1929 Singer is in a beautiful little hardwood cabinet and she gets to stay in our tiny cabin on the mountainside. I am currently using "Boomer", my Mother's 1948 Kenmore. Boomer sat idle for about twenty years at mother's house and several years at my house before I could bear to work with her. I cleaned and oiled and lubed her then she went to a service man ninety minutes away. He said the clutch bearings were worn away and no replacements could be purchased. I sadly took her home and eventually removed the pulley wheel. Sure enough, no bearings. After weeks of looking for help, Ron, at A1sewingmachine.com, who patiently looked at the photos of 'innards' I sent him, was able to send parts from an organ donor in his shop. They fit beautifully. "Boomer" runs again. She's HEAVY and speedy and I love her for herself (we're both baby boomers but I'm a little older) and for all the years of faithful family service. I love her drawers which still contain notions and tools my mother used all her life and which fascinated me in childhood. (I also love her vampire coffin cabinet---when you lift the lid the machine slowly rises from her resting place. )
ReplyDeleteI have a 1948 Featherweight that was a gift from DH and my mom's 401 Singer. Also have a Bernina 1630 and 820 and a Janome Gem.
ReplyDeleteMy parents have an old Singer (circa 1940s) in it's wooden table with the wrought iron scroll bottom. It belonged to my great aunt who was a seamstress; her husband ran a laundry/dry cleaners, and she did the alterations. She also was a quilter! My parents also have several of her quilts and they are beautiful if a bit worn. Even though my mom doesn't sew very much anymore, they love the look of the piece, so it sits in it's table, unused. I would like to try to use it one day when I'm over there and give the ol' bullet bobbin a try!
ReplyDeleteI have more machines that I'm willing to admit to and several are antique. My Grandma's Singer (electric), a Featherweight and an old yellow Bernina that I absolutely adore.
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I have a Kenmore that I got when we first got married in 1977 and also have an Elna for about 10 years.
ReplyDeleteYour machine is an absolute gem. You lucky lady. No sewing machine collection here. Just the one I use everyday.
ReplyDeleteI only own one sewing machine, but the one I own is about thirty years old (it's a New Home). I would love to own a treadle machine someday. dawnm1993(at)gmail(dot)com
ReplyDeleteI have childhood memories of my great grandmother's antique Singer, and would love to one day have a few of my own for ornamental/sentimental value if nothing else. I have two very modern machines. One is a Pfaff Creative Performance (aka Mance) that my wonderful husband bought for me Christmas 2013. That replaced a little Bernina Bernette, which I foolishly sold. I then discovered I needed a travel machine after all, and purchased a Janome 1050 that I never really grew attached to. A couple months ago, I sold the Janome and bought a Pfaff Passport 2.0 (aka Sport) which I fell in love with on the first stitch.
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I have 2 Featherweights - a 1946 and a 1951. I love them. I also have 2 other old Singer machines, but not sure what year they are. They need to be cleaned up and checked out to see if they even work.
ReplyDeleteI have a friend who sews on a vintage machine,,,and have used hers a few times as she has taught me a lot.t One of he machines I own she got me at a garage sale and the other singer machine I bought at a thrift store both are still sewing..TY
ReplyDeleteI use a 14 year old bernina, it just keeps on going.
ReplyDeleteI have 2 old treadles, a new Janome, and new Brother, and 2 older Elnas (one is for parts).
ReplyDeleteI love those beauties, but do not own one. I have a very simple Husqvarna sewingmachine and she is working since 25 years. Wow! Time for a new one?Lol!
ReplyDeleteI've got my Mum's Singer machine - as good as the day she bought it!
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I don't have any but I love looking at everyone else's. All of you have great collections.
ReplyDeleteI learned to sew on my mother's Pfaff. I don't know how old it was but now it would probably be 60 or 70 years old. Thanks!
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Hattie is beautiful!! What a gem. I own 4 vintage machines. I White treadle, which is my oldest and the one I've had the longest. I used to do all my piecing and quilting on it, but she is broke and I need to find a part :( My 201-2 is my go to machine now, I do all my piecing and quilting on her. She's an early 1900s Singer. My poor early 1900-s White electric and mid 1900s Singer electric are in their cabinets and don't see the light of day very often. Thanks for the fun giveaway!
ReplyDeleteI have three newer (to me anyway) machines and one featherweight. Love them all for different reasons and purposes!
ReplyDeleteNo vintage machines around my house, unless you call a 20-year-old Viking vintage. My kids might think so! Your Singer is gorgeous. How has it been kept in such great shape? What is that thin metal piece on the right front used for?
ReplyDeleteI don't have any vintage sewing machines. I remember growing up that my grandmother and I sewed on her treadle machine. I don't know what happened to it. Probably it went to my aunt.
ReplyDeletemy mother taught me to sew on a singer treadle machine in the early 50s. i remember how excited she was when she got her first electric singer.
ReplyDeleteI love sewing on my old vintage machines!
ReplyDeleteI sure would love one like yours! But my oldest is a 1985 Singer 2010 when the first of the computerized machines came out. All metal and ran like a work horse! I put more miles on that machine than my car...and never a problem with it. It only had 16 deco stitches and I used most of them. I never had a cabinet for it and moving all the time...it had so many different "tables" holding it. I do have a new one from Christmas last year, but my old friend is still on my table and I use it alot for chain sewing. It's regular foot is even 1/4 inch from needle to side of foot...unlike the new machine! So it is easy to sew 1/4 inch allowance..perfect every time!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the giveaway!
Cheri
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I have on old Singer, but it is just for decoration.
ReplyDeleteI have on old Singer, but it is just for decoration.
ReplyDeleteI picked up a 1950's era Singer that runs very well. I haven't used it much, but it does make a very nice stitch.
ReplyDeleteHattie looks wonderful for her age! I wanted a treadle machine last year but ended up with a Singer Featherweight for myself just before Christmas and she sews wonderfully. I love her despite her scratches. I bought a DVD and book on how to properly take care of and maintain her. I named her Betty Lou after my aunt that was an extremely good seamstress. I wish she was still here so we could sew together now that I retired. I also have a Pfaff 2134 sewing and embroidery machine. I still prefer hand embroidery. Happy Sewing!
ReplyDeleteI love old machines. I have one from the forties which belonged to my aunt. It is a Singer portable with a wooden case. It sews really well after some updating. Even though not an antique I am still happy to have it. I can see her working away on it hemming, patching, and mending. They are treasures no matter how old! Thanks for the chance to win! hrglover@hotmail.com
ReplyDeleteMy favorite sewing machine is an Atomic era Singer. I recently acquired a thirties model as well.
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I have a Featherweight that I like to take to classes, but my main machine is my Brother Novelle 1500S.
ReplyDeleteMy only "vintage" machine, which I've used for over 40 years is a Kenmore zig-zag sewing machine which I bought new in 1970. It's been a workhorse for me.
ReplyDeleteI do remember my grandmother's treadle machine but never sewed with it because I was deemed too young to be sewing. I moved from New York City to Reno, NV in 1955 and haven't seen it since...
Happy National Sewing Machine Day to you as well. Hattie is such a lovely lady! Is the the one you sew on while plowing?
ReplyDeleteI still have my early 1950's toy, hand crank, chain stitch Singer machine with it's original box. I sew a lot on my Singer 223 which was a college graduation gift from my mother who taught me to sew. I also was lucky last summer to find a 1938 Featherweight at a nearby yard sale. It had been well maintained and sews like a dream.
ReplyDeleteI still have my early 1950's toy, hand crank, chain stitch Singer machine with it's original box. I sew a lot on my Singer 223 which was a college graduation gift from my mother who taught me to sew. I also was lucky last summer to find a 1938 Featherweight at a nearby yard sale. It had been well maintained and sews like a dream.
ReplyDeleteI have a small New Home sewing machine, a Brother Coverstitch machine, a Babylock Serger, and a Babylock embroidery machine. I love to sew!
ReplyDeleteA friend of ours is giving me his mother's treadle machine that is in mint condition! :)