Miriam, I love the sewing machine shirt! So cute, and so innovative!
Grant, I think you are on the right track. When Billy started this thread he always said vintage was anything from the 1970's back, antique is 100 years old, but there are a lot of people who refer to a machine that is 50 years old as antique.
Relics - well who knows? We are all relics along with our machines!
Nancy