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

Originally Posted by Candace

Haha....I sent them an e-mail Nancy. They're nuts if they think they can get that much for a machine that may need partial assembly and who knows if it works. They live in my town too...maybe I should get their address and go school them. :>

Well, we see it all the time, but those machines just get relisted and relisted with the price dropped each time they re-list it - that is if the people are serious about selling the machine. I think they only thought it was a 66 because the manual with the machine is a 66 manual? Anyway, yes you should educate them!

Nancy

Originally Posted by melinda1962

Wow, I feel like I robbed the people I bought mine from. $1. It was $2 but I called it old, and "would you give me $1?" Go figure.

Melinda, it must be your charm! Wow - You need to send an e-mail to this ad telling them you got a machine just like it for $1!

Nancy

Originally Posted by chris_quilts

Ok, I have a question. I do have some 15 clones and then I have two other machines. They are made in Japan and take class 66 bobbins, not the class 15 bobbins like the 15 clones. So I'm wondering if I call them 15 clones or 66 clones? The reason I ask is that their threading is more lke the 66 than the a Singer 15 with the thread tension being not on the side plate but facing the operator. I'm more curious than anything else and feel free to weigh in. Hopefully, I have attached a photo of one of them.

Chris that is definitely not a 15 clone. From what I have read after WWII we gave Japan the specs to make 15 clones and 99 clones. That looks like a full sized machine? I doubt if that machine is a clone - I never heard of a class 66 clone? Does the serial number start with a JA? Anyway, it is a very nice looking/heavy duty machine.

I have a 99 clone that says "made in occupied Japan," but I haven't found a lot of the 99 clones either.

Nancy

Originally Posted by Candace

Is this tape do you think? Or do you think the paint has chipped? I would think if the paint were chipped you'd see what looked like aluminum, not masking tape color? Why would someone put tape in these two spots if it is tape??

Candace, let us know when you get the machine! It looks to me like the stuff you use to stick things to walls when you don't want to put a hole in your wall. It will probably come off with "Goo" remover.

Nancy

Originally Posted by Weedwoman

Gonna try to upload some pics of the fabric bowls. Hope it works.

Weedwoman, I love the bowls too! Those bowls look like after cutting the pieces they are just attached using a satin stitch? Anyway, those would be perfect in any sewing room - they just fit right in!

Nancy

Originally Posted by BoJangles

Weedwoman, I love the bowls too! Those bowls look like after cutting the pieces they are just attached using a satin stitch? Anyway, those would be perfect in any sewing room - they just fit right in!

Nancy

Yes, a satin stitch is what holds them together. Youtube has some pretty good tutes, if you do a search. Nancys Notions sells books and templates but you can make them really cheap by just following the youtube tutes. Fun project and you end up with interesting results, depending on your imagination and the fabric used. If you make some, post pics. It's always fun to see what ppl are making.

Originally Posted by vintagemotif

Just want to share the project I was working on yesterday while chatting (or should I say babbling away) with all of you. I started the layout in morning and pieces sewn together by midnight. Just need to sew rest of strips together. This is going on the back of a quilt that I'm working on right now. Piecing done with my Singer 201.Attachment 283364

Monica, I love the heart in the middle of your quilt! Is your 201 in a treadle? I would be surprised if you were not piecing with a treadle. I moved my Eldredge Two Spools into the office because I needed the room in my sewing room for my 319w - once I get her treadle done! Anyway, I love that Two Spools for piecing! She sews such a perfect stitch with a perfect 1/4" with her original foot! She also, sews a perfectly straight seam because her feed dogs are both the same size - so no pulling the fabric side ways like the machines with two different sized feed dogs! Anyway, to make a long story short, I have been piecing a large pumpkin wall hanging for Thanksgiving in the office! I am only using the Two Spools for my piecing! Gotta love it! My DH says, I am now chasing my machines around the house!

Nancy

Originally Posted by mpeters1200

Wow, thank you. I wish mom would have been around long enough to see me get her going. I am copying and pasting all the responses about her to an email so I can keep the info. I need to get me a manual first, to start. Thanks for giving me the proper name to the spool thingy.

I'm glad that the powdery junk can be removed. There is one of those little felt circles in the bottom of the machine. It's red. I don't know what that liner thing is that you were talking about though.

Also, is this a 221 or a 222? I know that 221's seem to have been more popular, and there were more of them. Do you know what the differences are?

You have a 221. The 222 is a 'free' arm machine, meaning the bed comes apart so you have a 'free arm' for sewing sleeves, etc. The 222's are harder to find and very expensive if you find one! Here is a free manual you can download for your 221. Have fun with your Mom's machine! http://www.ismacs.net/singer_sewing_...ng-machine.pdf

Nancy