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

Originally Posted by Donna Mare

uhhmm.. I'm starting to think I'm a bit loopy.
Saw this and liked it.. not even a singer but sure is a mess :roll: tiime to shoot me? lol

Gosh Donna... I LIKE it too! If I saw that in a thrift, I'd be all over it. It looks dirty, but it doesn't look really trashed. Bet it would clean up and be BEAUTIFUL!

Originally Posted by BoJangles

Remember me posting those machines in my area yesterday from Craigslist?. Well they had to come home with me today! One is a Wilcox and Gibbs, April 17, 1883. The other one is a New Home T No 3. I can't find any information on the New Home. The serial number is T4226673. Does anyone know how to date the New Home.

Nancy

Nancy,
How to date the New Home, call 1-800-631-0183 and give them the serial number. That's how I dated my 1891 New Home. By the way beautiful machine!!
Judy

Originally Posted by Ohio Star Quilter

Originally Posted by BoJangles

Remember me posting those machines in my area yesterday from Craigslist?. Well they had to come home with me today! One is a Wilcox and Gibbs, April 17, 1883. The other one is a New Home T No 3. I can't find any information on the New Home. The serial number is T4226673. Does anyone know how to date the New Home.

Nancy

Nancy,
How to date the New Home, call 1-800-631-0183 and give them the serial number. That's how I dated my 1891 New Home. By the way beautiful machine!!
Judy

Oh Geeze, I forgot about the calling New Home! I will do that today thank you! I tell you all I am hopeless, but I love my two new girls! Well, maybe the Wilcox and Gibbs is a guy! Will post pictures later!

Nancy

Originally Posted by Donna Mare

uhhmm.. I'm starting to think I'm a bit loopy.
Saw this and liked it.. not even a singer but sure is a mess :roll: tiime to shoot me? lol

Yep....it's time to put you out to pasture :-D :-D

I think the decals, on that machine, are being protected by the grime. If you get the accumulation of dirt of of her she will be a real BEAUTY!!!!!!

Originally Posted by kwendt

Originally Posted by vintagemotif

Here is another 201 with potted motor in not as pretty a cabinet as the Queen Anne and they are asking more.

http://orlando.craigslist.org/atq/2138487418.html

VM... thanks! There's a 201-2 north of me by about 1.5 hours (closer than orlando to me and a less hectic drive). They want $150 for it, it's in the cabinet 40, but also has the matching bench. I'm headed up that way to get the trapazoid 301 today... I might take a look at it. They've had it listed for sale since early December, maybe even longer.

I'm still hoping for a great steal deal... like a $35 garage sale, portable 201!!!! (I think it was Nancy? or maybe Brenda that found that recently! Gosh!!!) lol... sometimes I think the HUNT :mrgreen: IS the fun part!!!

Kim, The 201s are not portable machines. These ladies are solid (and run smooth). The one that is in the Queen Anne cabinet on CL is the machine to go for first, since it is rare to find a 201 with an external motor in the US. Most here in the States are 201 with potted motor.

I do hope someone who is looking for an excellent machine to use in a treadle goes after this 201 in the Queen Anne cabinet. This is a great deal at $100.

Originally Posted by Donna Mare

uhhmm.. I'm starting to think I'm a bit loopy.
Saw this and liked it.. not even a singer but sure is a mess :roll: tiime to shoot me? lol

It's a nice old White. Just needs some tlc.

Originally Posted by BoJangles

Originally Posted by tjradj

Well there ya go again. I leave this board alone for 3 hours and BAM, 4 more pages of posts to read. How am I going to get any quilting done?
Actually, I finished my niece's purple and blue quilt tonight, in time for guild show and tell Thursday, then pack her up and mail it in time for her birthday , first week of March. Wahooo!

Congratulations! Doesn't it feel good to finish a quilt! We need to see a picture!

Nancy

Here it is upon your request :)

Hillary's quilt

Originally Posted by tjradj

Originally Posted by BoJangles

Originally Posted by tjradj

Well there ya go again. I leave this board alone for 3 hours and BAM, 4 more pages of posts to read. How am I going to get any quilting done?
Actually, I finished my niece's purple and blue quilt tonight, in time for guild show and tell Thursday, then pack her up and mail it in time for her birthday , first week of March. Wahooo!

Congratulations! Doesn't it feel good to finish a quilt! We need to see a picture!

Nancy

Here it is upon your request :)

Very nice! I like the colors and the shadow box theme.

Originally Posted by BoJangles

I have (at least) one:

Miz Johnny I love the machine! Really nice, do you have any idea about the year?

Nancy[/quote]

1880's to 1890's.

Originally Posted by BoJangles

Originally Posted by HisPatchwork

Do you have any info on my machine Billy? It is a SERATA serial #640765. It is a vibrating shuttle and the manufacturer is the Robert Nelson & Co. I would like to find out how old it is. The wood case is absolutly beautiful and the decals are in pretty good shape.

I love the lion on that machine! I wish I could help you but I have looked and can't find anything more than you did. Billy/Miz Johnny what do you guys know? I am curious too.

Nancy

According to Needlebar, Stoewer made a Serata.

http://www.stoewer-museum.de/stoewer/bernhstoewere.htm

http://zigzaggers.typepad.com/zigzag...rnard-stoewer/

http://needlebar.org/cm~nb/displayimage.php?album=181&pos=5