Can Anyone Tell Me About This Cabinet?
 

This is the Touch and Sew I bought in the cabinet a couple days ago - I actually bought it BECAUSE of the cabinet...the sewing machine was a really fun bonus! :) In any case, I recognized it was a Queen Anne style but can't find it on ISMACS (not old enough?) website. I found two on Ebay but one was sold and there wasn't any info on the listing and the other doesn't really have any info either. What machine did these originally go with? I'm gonna guess the Touch and Sew didn't come in this...also does anyone know where I can find a picture of the stool that would match so I can get looking for one? Thanks! You guys are SERIOUSLY THE BEST!!! :)

Whoops, I should probably add a picture right? LOL* Here's a link to it on my blog:

http://pumpkinpatchquilter.blogspot....ore-finds.html

Sorry!

Singer cabinet #40, Queen Anne style. :) There are two #40 cabinets, one is the Queen Anne with the shaped legs, the other has straight legs.

Thank you Charlee - you realize you are like my personal old sewing machine hero right now right? ;)

Do the #40's come with a different front then? My has more of a 70's thing going on up front versus the one shown on ISMACS - I have two 15-91's in the straight leg version so I totally thought this was for something else.

Here's a really crummy but sufficient picture...

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-z...0/GEDC9639.JPG

That is a super cool machine in a great cabinet. Have fun with her. I hope you are able to find a stool.

Thanks!! I love it too - you'll never guess what I paid - $3 at Goodwill. I got the box of cams seperate but I would guess they came in together but were put out on the floor apart. The cams were $3.99. I figure the cabinet alone is worth more than $7 so I brought it home and now I'm having a lot of fun learning about the machine AND the cabinet. Lol*

Valerie, the cabinets, like the machines, evolved over time, and even within the same era, there were differences in the cabinets in order to accommodate different tastes, styles and budgets. Great example are the treadle cabinets...you could get a 7 drawer cabinet that was plain, or go for the more ornate style with the carvings...same basic cabinet, different looks. :)

Ok I think I understand! Thank you Charlee! So the ones listed on ISMACS are just one example of what those models looked like...they come in variations is what you're saying? I thought maybe the picture listed was like, the ONLY style out there! Lol* That helps! :)

Love your blog, by the way! Pretty cabinet! Isn't Goodwill grand?

Thank you! Hahaha - yes I love my thrift shops!!! :) I'm that girl looking for yard sales in March... Lol*

You did well in your purchases. I think people must donate all their great machines "up north" before they move to Florida. I never see such good stuff in our GW or Salvation Army stores. The only good ones I have found have been on Craig's list and they are either a real mess or beauties that go in minutes like the FW that was about $80 that I missed.

You know I think it's my tendency to be cheap and persistence. I'll go a really long time without seeing anything good or the good thing is reasonbly priced but still out of my stay at home Mom on one income budget. We seem to have both extremes here...people have common easy to find machines that are worth maybe $50 in great condition and want hundreds of dollars for them or they have really amazing machines that they toss on the side of the road. Machine collectors are starting to catch on here as it's getting harder and harder to get a good deal...but I keep trying because I haven't the money to splurge! The only machines I did pay top dollar for are my featherweights, but now that I know how to refurbish them myself to some extent I'll never pay top dollar again.

Hi PPQ,

I have a Touch & Sew machine in a cabinet. Here is a pic too.I've had it for 30 years, bought secondhand.[ATTACH=CONFIG]359169[/ATTACH] Four years ago it went 'on the blink' and I was ready to scrap it but the lovely Singer Man a few miles up the road told me it was too good to scrap and that I ought to get it repaired. It needed a new bobbin mechanism and a new gear (common problems). It now purrs like a kitten and makes me feel great when I sew on it. I believe it dates from 1969. It's a slant needle machine with a self-winding bobbin. It needs a knack but once you've mastered it, it's fab. I love it.