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Old 01-24-2011, 01:40 PM
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Old 01-24-2011, 02:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Roseann
I searched for a sewing cabinet for a few years then stumbled upon this one at a local second-hand, charity-type store in my area. I picked it up for $25.00 and it came complete with an older sewing machine and tons of notions. I love it and I've never been so organized in my life. Hopefully the picture uploads properly!
My sister has that exact same cabinet - it belonged to our mother and she got to keep it since I lived too far away to get it home - plus I didn't have a place for it! You will love it - I can't remember where it came from but I sure wish I could pry it away from my sister - she doesn't sew much if any at all anymore. Have a wonderful time with your new sewing place.

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Old 01-24-2011, 02:55 PM
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Super Duper find
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Old 01-24-2011, 03:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Roseann
I did a little research and it was sold by Sears in the early to mid 70's. It is a solid well-made piece of furniture. The table folds up, the doors close and it looks like a regular cabinet. It came with a Singer Futura II that worked for awhile but then gave up and quit working. I enquired about repairing it but they wanted too much money. My favorite part was all the trims, scissors, elastic, Velcro, button, gadgets, etc. The original owner's name was in a box, "Nora". By the looks of a little note I found in there, and some other things, she probably passed away about ten years ago and her family donated it recently. I love sewing at it because everything is so handy and I can close it all up easily when I need to. I was so happy to find it and I suspect Nora would be happy to know it's in the hands of a very appreciative quilter.
I got my cabinet just like this one from So-Fro Fabrics before Joann's Fabrics bought them out.
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Old 01-24-2011, 03:12 PM
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SWEET!
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Old 01-24-2011, 03:59 PM
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What a great cabinet! Lucky you!
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Old 01-24-2011, 04:03 PM
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Wonderful! Who is the sweet fur baby in your side pic? Hugs to this baby!
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Old 01-24-2011, 04:04 PM
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Beautiful cabinet
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Old 01-24-2011, 04:10 PM
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Nice purchase - I hesitated buying a similar one as the asking price was $1,000.00...
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Old 01-24-2011, 04:13 PM
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How neat. Don't think they made lots of those. You are lucky to find it so cheap.
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