Buffalo NY Courier Express 1968 Singer Featherweight Ad
The sticker price did not keep up with inflation- it was $145 in 1948 and remained $145 in 1950. I miss Hengerer’s. I’m too young to remember the Singer Sewing Center on the second floor. I do wonder which slant model they were selling for $237.50 especially since the 301 Floor Model was going for […]
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I am loving the old embroidery instructions at this website- and what makes all of the embroidery & lace such works of art is that they are all done on a treadle machine. No downloading a design from the ‘net to use in the fancy dancy embroidery machine- nope doing this all by hand err […]
Singer vintage sewing machine
But they were all so pretty
I love scoring at Salvation Army- today I found these great low shank feet. Another ruffler, adjustable hemmer, another rolled hemmer & a tucker. The book is a great vintage singer book I found awhile ago. It is the best reference I have found for explaining how to use the fancy feet.
I spotted this beauty today at Goodwill. I love the retro colors & stylings. This 1960s machine gleamed like it came from the factory today. Sadly while the price would have been right for this beauty, it was missing the cams. I know with my Viking machine I’m not supposed to run it without a […]