Antique sewing machine and vintage-style sewing kit.
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Getting set up for a day of sewing!
Today I am getting the machine stitching done on the skirt and apron for my Halloween costume, after spending yesterday cutting out, pinning and hand sewing the bits that needed hand stitching (the fiddly awkward bits that a modern machines could do, but not this old gal!)
I don't have a modern sewing machine because I don't have the space for one, due to the two antique ones I already have but when we move house and I *hopefully* have a room I can dedicate to crafts, I will get one with all the modern bells and whistles!
This machine belonged to my Nain (Dad's Mum). I'm not sure when she got it, but it was made in the mid 1920s and still works! My Nain used it very often beacuse it was so reliable, and I've used it a few times since I got it. My hope is that I can keep it working as well and pass on to the next generation of stitchers!
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I drew this entirely on my iPad using the free brushed by Truegrit texture supply. There are some mistakes because I was not able to follow my process of creating shaped and adding textures and lines but this was extremely fulfilling. It is also my fastest digital illustration yet! I will be creating a few more pieces around sewing machines. This was made for the Make Art That Sells Challenge where I can win a 8 weeks Children's Illustration course. I love the MATS platform, and I hope to be a part of it.
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Got tired of piecing by hand after like 8 hst blocks lol. So I sat down with my beautiful and heavy sewing machine to finally work out the tension issues.* I've also already deviated from my original plan to just sew a bunch of hst oriented in the same direction together to this diamond and triangle pattern and before someone tells me there is a much less labor intensive way of working it I know! This is where indecision gets a person! Also it's my first quilt so..
*by work out the issues I mean I sat down with her and it was miraculously working perfectly. I am now too scared to put her back in the box out of fear she will start skipping stitches again and have decided to name her Superstition.
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I hope I don't have to disassemble my machines this far to get them fixed up, but damned if I'm not getting comprehensive instructions in case I do.
I'm gonna start with restoring this guy, since it's mechanically simpler than the Rocketeer that I'm hoping will be my "daily driver" when all's said and done. Conveniently this "American Home" machine doesn't have much/any historical value, since it's a knockoff Singer 15 and there's a zillion of those, never mind that it's 70 years old, so no need to worry about fucking it up. And it was $10.
It should be a good solid machine with (I think/hope) relatively little work. It'll probably be harder to repair/replace the case, or at least a base for it to sit in, since the one it came in started falling apart the minute I tried to pick it up, and smells of dry rot besides.
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My very dear friend loaned me her family's sewing machine. I have been using it every day since!
Getting it set up took only a little fiddling around, looking up manuals, and a sprinkling of YouTube autodidactism to solve my thread tension issues. But I got it working and have made several mediocre projects already! I even managed to make some good projects, too! But you'll see soon!
I am absolutely delighted to have a sewing machine in my home, and not have to bus to the library to sew!
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someone on discord said it looked like a shrine to transgenderism so I did this
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this is literally Some Manner of Beast
that's literally her bones and guts and stuff ^ I give her baths and replenish her Lily White blood from a little oil bottle.
I replaced her tension assembly in a clumsy, experimental surgery. She is feeling much better now.
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Hi everybody I am sorry that this photo is a day late I was unwell yesterday. For Day 2 of a A Very Dolly Christmas Countdown we have elf Barbie sewing a Santa hat . The sewing machine is a music box that was a 1st of December gift from my parents. Image Description: a photo of a Barbie doll dressed as an elf standing next to a with a red Santa hat on the table.
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And here is my 1950s Singer sewing machine. This is also an old photo, but she was missing her bobbin, although I think she had nearly everything else. Like the others in my collection, she is a hand crank sewing machine.
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Merry Birthmas to me!!
Took me ages to find a vintage treadle sewing machine and cabinet for a reasonable price. The folks were right in my neighborhood, even.
Apparently they’d had offers from others who just wanted the legs to turn it into a table. What a waste!!
I’m going to take it apart and get an idea of how much repair the cabinet portion needs before I tackle the machine. The treadle portion moves smoothly, though probably needs to be oiled, and definitely tidied. The drawers will likely need a new set of knobs, but I’m okay with that!
Actually I should probably deal with the machine first since I’ve done that before (on a more modern machine).
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OMG a member of my church just offered me their grandmother’s antique treadle Singer sewing machine and cabinet. I do not have room for this but I don’t think I’m going to be able to say no!!
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This machine belonged to my Grandmother and was second hand when she got it. I don't know exactly when it was made as the serial number isn't on any lists I've found, but its likely around 1926 or 1927 based on the design (happy to be proven otherwise if someone can ID it!)
The case has lost a bit of the beading, and the key has been lost at some point through the years, but my Grandad made a replacement from an old nail
My grandmother still used it regularly until about 18 years ago, and it's my current regular-use machine. I don't get along too well with modern machines as I feel I don't have a good control with speed on a foot pedal, however with this it's much easier!
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Did find a nice surprise, adopted my great grandmother’s sewing machine. I finally flipped the table open and my jaw about hit the floor when I noticed the designs on the machine. Just gorgeous… The gremlin wanted to crawl in but I kept her out of it. I know they probably cleaned it pretty well but I don’t want some rando bug biting her. Goodness though, I noticed the designs on the arm before I did the body… maybe I can actually get a better look later when the gremlin is shut up so I don’t have to coerce her away from the machine. She’s been perching on the table like it’s the best thing ever… She’s also becoming more tolerant of my shenanigans.. was a bit grumpy when I had to purrito her to do her nails; she wiggled and sunk herself further into it, it was hysterical. Of course I think she’s getting comfy, I’d laid down on my belly to talk to Half while my phone charged and gremlin decides to walk on my back then tucks into my side and puts her paw on the back of my arm… we’re learning each other still but I’m not mad at the progress.
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