The Colorado Antique and Vintage Sewing Machine Group met Saturday at Perkins in Denver. It was a beautiful day, in the seventies, one of our last before we are expected to get snow on Monday. People there were Cheryl and Chris, Diane, Dorothy, Courtney, Janey and John.
Courtney brought a sewing machine for Janey. It was one he didn't have room for and Janey was glad to give it a home. The machine is a Brittain X. We think from about the late thirties. A picture of it once we got it home is shown below.
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And the bentwood case after Janey wiped it down with boiled linseed oil and mineral spirits.
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Dorothy talked about her use of jersey knit fabric to make T-shirts and some of the issues of working with bias edges. She was wearing one of them, which demonstrated her skill in making them. She also mentioned some of the advantages of using hemp fabric.
Cheryl and Chris (both electrical engineers) talked a little about currents vs. voltages and safety issues. There are some dangerous misconceptions about the safety of 220 volts vs. 110. Bottom line, the higher the voltage, the more danger it poses to anyone contacting it.
Janey talked with Dorothy who identified the "mystery" part from a previous get together as a bias binder or folder attachment. We posted a picture of it on this thread.
Diane stole the show with yet another one of her small antique sewing machines. She has an amazing and envious collection. The machine was very small, heavy and well built. It is a New England chain stitch machine, shown below.
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All for now... until next month.
John & Janey