Go Back  Quiltingboard Forums >
  • Main
  • For Vintage & Antique Machine Enthusiasts
  • Vintage Sewing Machine Shop.....Come on in and sit a spell >
  • Vintage Sewing Machine Shop.....Come on in and sit a spell

  • Vintage Sewing Machine Shop.....Come on in and sit a spell

    Thread Tools
     
    Old 03-15-2011, 12:57 PM
      #12171  
    Senior Member
     
    sew wishful's Avatar
     
    Join Date: Jul 2010
    Location: NE Iowa
    Posts: 843
    Default

    Originally Posted by BoJangles
    Originally Posted by Pat Heinemann
    Any one know of the New Seamstress machines? I found one at a antique store this weekend. They wanted $150 and it had attachments, but I am not sure they are all there. Very nice looking machine. Thanks Pat
    Pat and everyone here look at this web site! I was trying to figure out what Pat has and found this web site -- man, this will make you all drool!

    http://website.lineone.net/~lindave/other.htm

    Nancy
    I fell for the Vickers! That is a machine I would love to have! Thanks for the link!!
    sew wishful is offline  
    Old 03-15-2011, 01:17 PM
      #12172  
    Super Member
     
    Join Date: Mar 2010
    Location: Huntsville, AL
    Posts: 2,609
    Default

    Originally Posted by BoJangles
    Well I am very proud of myself tonight. I have been sewing all day! I finished the wonky blue quilt I had started quilting and putting together last fall. I pieced those blocks with my Mother's 1952 Pfaff 130, I quilted the blocks - quilt as you go method - with my Singer 15-88 treadle, I made the binding with my Free Sewing Machine Co. treadle from 1913, I sewed the binding on the quilt with my 1886 Vertical Feed Davis "Betty," and I finished attaching the binding on the back with my 1976, 1222E Pfaff! The last thing I am going to do is put my initials on the quilt with my 1961, 503A Rocketeer!

    This is the first quilt I have put binding on with the Davis Vertical Feed! What a blast that was! She actually works!

    Nancy

    Oh that is Tarzan the Man, my 3.5 pound chihuahua!
    I really like tarzan he is a wonderful little dog. I have a half chihuahua and poodle. She has poodle hair on a chihuahua body and her name is doodle bug. I like the quilt to. Glenn
    Glenn is offline  
    Old 03-15-2011, 01:27 PM
      #12173  
    Member
     
    nett2's Avatar
     
    Join Date: Dec 2007
    Location: OH
    Posts: 83
    Default

    I received an email from a gentleman who has a singer I may buy. He said he was telling his elderly neighbor he might be selling his machine and she said she'd like to sell hers. I haven't seen this machine yet so I don't know anymore than the info below. What would be a fair price to give for it. I don't want to take advantage of an elderly person but at the same time I don't want to give too much for it. I don't know much about the value yet but it sure looks like I've caught the (collectors) bug. Dog gone it!


    Singer Sewing Machine # 27 (Vibrating shuttle # 2) with table w/drawers and operated by a foot treadle. It is in quite good condition. Someone in the past electrified it but that could be removed. She has many of the attachments for it such as a ruffeler, wide hem and several other attachments. Also a tattered manual.
    nett2 is offline  
    Old 03-15-2011, 01:55 PM
      #12174  
    Super Member
     
    quilt addict's Avatar
     
    Join Date: Apr 2007
    Location: Southern California
    Posts: 2,743
    Default

    Originally Posted by Grandmother23
    Sorry about so many pictures. I quit smoking, had a four year old for 6 days. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
    Congratulations, I think you are the current queen of machine shopping. Great job. I want to go with you next time. :D If only you were closer.
    quilt addict is offline  
    Old 03-15-2011, 01:56 PM
      #12175  
    Super Member
     
    Crossstitcher's Avatar
     
    Join Date: Apr 2010
    Location: West Virginia
    Posts: 1,049
    Default

    Originally Posted by BoJangles
    Originally Posted by Crossstitcher
    Nancy, here is more info for you on the 66's. I have two 66 machines dated 1921 and one has the back clamp and the other has the side clamp. The one with the side clamp came with an add on stitch length reg. If you remember when I posted a picture of the machine we all wanted to know what that ugly thing was on the front of the machine. I also have a 66 dated 1916 with back clamp. I have another 66 dated 1919 and it has a back clamp. Then I have a Lotus and it has a back clamp dated 1910. Add these to your list so we can keep up with all the dates.
    Thank you Trish I will, but what decals are all the machines? That might make a difference in which were side and which were back clamps?

    Nancy
    One is a brown lotus. The others are red eyes. The one that has the side clamp is one of the red eyes. These two decals are my favorites.
    Crossstitcher is offline  
    Old 03-15-2011, 02:08 PM
      #12176  
    Senior Member
     
    kwendt's Avatar
     
    Join Date: Dec 2010
    Location: Coastal Florida - Mountainous Maine
    Posts: 949
    Default

    Originally Posted by sew wishful
    Originally Posted by BoJangles
    -- man, this will make you all drool!

    http://website.lineone.net/~lindave/other.htm

    Nancy
    I fell for the Vickers! That is a machine I would love to have! Thanks for the link!!
    Oh... my, those are some machines! Now I'll have to keep my eagle eyes out for those....
    kwendt is offline  
    Old 03-15-2011, 02:13 PM
      #12177  
    Senior Member
     
    Weedwoman's Avatar
     
    Join Date: Jun 2010
    Location: SE Kansas
    Posts: 393
    Default

    Originally Posted by Crossstitcher
    Originally Posted by BoJangles
    Originally Posted by Crossstitcher
    Nancy, here is more info for you on the 66's. I have two 66 machines dated 1921 and one has the back clamp and the other has the side clamp. The one with the side clamp came with an add on stitch length reg. If you remember when I posted a picture of the machine we all wanted to know what that ugly thing was on the front of the machine. I also have a 66 dated 1916 with back clamp. I have another 66 dated 1919 and it has a back clamp. Then I have a Lotus and it has a back clamp dated 1910. Add these to your list so we can keep up with all the dates.
    Thank you Trish I will, but what decals are all the machines? That might make a difference in which were side and which were back clamps?

    Nancy
    One is a brown lotus. The others are red eyes. The one that has the side clamp is one of the red eyes. These two decals are my favorites.
    Nancy, all my 66's are red eyes. Forgot to add that earlier.
    Weedwoman is offline  
    Old 03-15-2011, 02:18 PM
      #12178  
    Super Member
     
    quilt addict's Avatar
     
    Join Date: Apr 2007
    Location: Southern California
    Posts: 2,743
    Default

    Originally Posted by BoJangles
    Well I am very proud of myself tonight. I have been sewing all day! I finished the wonky blue quilt I had started quilting and putting together last fall.
    This is the first quilt I have put binding on with the Davis Vertical Feed! What a blast that was! She actually works!
    Nancy, a beautiful quilt. Not sure how you get all the things done that you do. Glad all the machines get to contribute to the effort with what they are particularly good for. :) Awesome!
    quilt addict is offline  
    Old 03-15-2011, 02:37 PM
      #12179  
    Super Member
     
    Join Date: Mar 2010
    Location: Huntsville, AL
    Posts: 2,609
    Default

    Originally Posted by sewbizgirl
    Originally Posted by HisPatchwork
    I was anxious to finish my 1st quilt top on my treadle, so I didn't stop to look at a manual. I finished it in a day {the one in my avatar} and thought to myself, "surely there must be some way to regulate the stitch length!" So, I went online and downloaded a manual. I found out that the knob on the pillar { I had just told my husband that day I had no idea what in the world that does...it doesn't seem to change anything! So I just tightened it back up.} is the stitch length adjuster. Loosen it and it shortens the stitch length, tighten it and it lengthens the stitch length. I had the length set as long as it would go! The end of each row will have to be tacked, but the rest will just have to stay like it is. LOL
    On mine, that knob was good and stuck, and it took quite a bit of working it and Liquid Wrench applications both outside and inside the tower, to get it freed up enough to turn. I just got it really moving again, yesterday. I couldn't believe it turns around about 6 or 7 revolutions! But it does indeed change the stitch length. I think the previous owner must have left it set at a small stitch and never changed it, as it was frozen solid-- moreso than anything else on the machine.

    I also got out the ruffler last night, to play with it. Haven't tried out any of the machine's gadgets before. Dang if it didn't make a pretty awesome ruffle! I'm just in awe of how everything for these old Singers was made.

    Love, love LOVE my 66-1... I could have stopped collecting right there, and been happy!
    The 66-1is my favorite go to machine also. I have three brown lotus made in Prussia 1908 A redeye 1916 and 1921. I don't use my 1968 electric new home much anymore. Glenn
    Glenn is offline  
    Old 03-15-2011, 02:40 PM
      #12180  
    Junior Member
     
    beaniekins's Avatar
     
    Join Date: Sep 2010
    Location: Alberta
    Posts: 248
    Default

    Originally Posted by kwendt
    Originally Posted by sew wishful
    Originally Posted by BoJangles
    -- man, this will make you all drool!

    http://website.lineone.net/~lindave/other.htm

    Nancy
    I fell for the Vickers! That is a machine I would love to have! Thanks for the link!!
    Oh... my, those are some machines! Now I'll have to keep my eagle eyes out for those....
    There is a Vickers machine on sale in my area. I had never heard of the brand before. It's not quite as ornate as the one in the link, but it is still pretty. Here it is:http://lethbridge.kijiji.ca/c-buy-an...AdIdZ222970117
    beaniekins is offline  

    Posting Rules
    You may not post new threads
    You may not post replies
    You may not post attachments
    You may not edit your posts

    BB code is On
    Smilies are On
    [IMG] code is On
    HTML code is Off
    Trackbacks are Off
    Pingbacks are Off
    Refbacks are Off



    FREE Quilting Newsletter