Prestige Deluxe Sewing Machine (very old)

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06-24-2011, 06:28 PM

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Hope2quilt

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Originally Posted by irishrose

Looks like a Japanese clone of my Singer 128. Mine is a very heavy 3/4 size machine manufactured in 1952 with a motor, a light and a shuttle. Miss Mamie came in a pretty bentwood case. I paid #35.

Interesting. Back in the fifties, I guess the Japanese copied off of us or did we off of them? I will look up the Singer 128.

06-24-2011, 06:30 PM

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Originally Posted by CarrieAnne

Its really cute. In the picture it looks really small!

I probably did not take the picture correctly. I was trying to get it all in one shot and avoid the hanging light. It is a normal size sewing machine.

06-24-2011, 07:18 PM

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It seems the clones are better built than the Singer machines. I still see a lot of Mamie in your new one. Mamie's metal base is 7" by 11 1/4" with an opening covered with a metal cover to the right of the machine. This pic was taken when she was dirty. M has the Godzilla finish.

Singer 128

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06-25-2011, 05:09 AM

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FYI - I have seen the shuttle bobbins at Hancock Fabrics. Surprised me. So they should not be too hard to find.

06-25-2011, 02:05 PM

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FYI - I have seen the shuttle bobbins at Hancock Fabrics. Surprised me. So they should not be too hard to find.

don't have a Hancock's--but that's good to know-I may be needing some & thought they'd be hard to come by!

06-25-2011, 02:16 PM

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Shuttle bobbins aren't that hard to find. Ebay has them, and one local vac and sewing machine store has them. About $10 each (I think)

My Domestic treadle uses the shuttle bobbbin