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Thread Number: 77051
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Sewing Machine Collectors |
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| Post# 1009790 , Reply# 1 10/5/2018 at 18:42 (2,029 days old) by cfz2882 (Belle Fourche,SD) | ||
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not really a collector,but... ...I have accumulated ~30 or more machines over the years:Singer,Pfaff,Meister,Huskvarna,1950s Japanese,ETC.Main machine is a JC Penny euro singer clone made in Poland ~1984,fave is a 1983 singer touch-tronic 2010-made in USA :) | ||
Post# 1009793 , Reply# 2 10/5/2018 at 19:09 (2,029 days old) by petek  (Ontari ari ari O ) |
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I love em but I just can't start collecting anything more LOL. I had a nice early one in a pristine wooden case, but gave it back to the thrift store I originally got it from .. I recently bid on a Featheweight and thankfully I guess didn't win it.. I see so many beautiful sewing machines languishing in thrift stores it's hard to resist but I'm managing .
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Post# 1009833 , Reply# 4 10/6/2018 at 05:27 (2,028 days old) by askolover (South of Nash Vegas, TN) |
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 Had only one Brother machine for 20 years and then suddenly I have 3 machines and a serger now! My 100-year-old National treadle I got for free...the cabinet literally fell apart but I was able to reglue the drawers and made a new top for the stand. I took a 1950's Japanese Singer clone machine and put it on the treadle for machine embroidery. Then I tinkered with the National machine head and managed to get it unlocked, lubed up, and now it actually will sew nice stitches. I don't use it though because needles for it are NLA and it takes too much tinkering to make a Singer needle work correctly...every time a needle is replaced. Recently serviced MIL's two machines that were having problems and now she has two working machines she loves. I almost bought another one at Goodwill yesterday just like MIL's, but I just don't need it. | ||
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Post# 1009961 , Reply# 6 10/6/2018 at 22:36 (2,028 days old) by askolover (South of Nash Vegas, TN) |
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Scrub tops, tablecloths, placemats, curtains, and pillows, to name a few. I just got a ruffler attachment to make pillow ruffles easier. I don't usually sew much during the summer as I have too much to do outside. During the long dark winter nights I'll sit and treadle embroider or crochet and tat little projects. When a coworker is pregnant I try to crochet them a baby blanket. Can't tell you how many of those I've made in the past couple of years! I've been "working" on a blue and white all cotton quilt for the past 18 years! Time won't give me time.
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Post# 1009962 , Reply# 7 10/6/2018 at 22:44 (2,028 days old) by askolover (South of Nash Vegas, TN) |
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| Post# 1010032 , Reply# 10 10/7/2018 at 17:23 (2,027 days old) by twintubdexter (Palm Springs) | ||
 People collect everything, why not sewing machines? The old Singer cabinet I bought for a Bernina machine came with a Singer TouchTronic which I still have...not to use but to look at. I think the design has a "Tommorowland" look, almost like sculpture.
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| Post# 1010040 , Reply# 11 10/7/2018 at 19:34 (2,027 days old) by cfz2882 (Belle Fourche,SD) | ||
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touch-tronic='70s futuristic they look like something that could be in the 1973 movie "sleeper" :) | ||
| Post# 1010215 , Reply# 12 10/9/2018 at 15:56 (2,025 days old) by volsboy1 (East Tenn Smoky mountains ) | ||
I have just 3 of them of them, I don't know much about sewing machines to be honest.
I have a Berina Record that was bought in Germany I think and brought over here. I have a Riccar Electronic its a Mid Eighties model. There is another that is in storage that I have never used before. When my Mom Passed away I got them and I have kept them ever sense. She loves Berina first then the Riccar 2nd I don't know nothing about the 3rd I think its junk I am not sure. | ||
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