I am the luckiest person ever!
I saw an ad for a rummage sale with a dark and fuzzy pictures of a sewing machine and it looked familiar. I had missed the sale but contacted the poster and asked if the machine sold. It hadn't and I was given a contact number. I went tonght and this most wonderful person gifted me the machine! Here is the cabinet:
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...and here is the beauty that was in it:
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Can you believe it! I was given a 1952 black shortbed Singer 301 complete with attachments, the manual, zigzagger, buttonholer, and some Singer stitch guides and sewing class guide that I have never seen. We plugged it in and it just purred and sewed as straight as could be.
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I am just in awe of this persons generosity. I've seen truly kind acts before but this has rocked me. The owner would not take money, but the offer of one of my tote bags I like to weave was accepted. These are the bags I make:
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It really was not a fair trade - I am just in shock but that beautiful machine is really sitting on my kitchen table right now!