A hand singer as a child - I have now been given that singer 30 something years later!

Don't know what I learned on in Home Ec...prob a Singer.
Then bought a Sears Kenmore for DD to use in 4H.Brand new, it was $50 & I used it to make DD's clothes etc.That was my only machine for well over 20 yrs.Then got a Husquvarna & a Singer FW.
Both were sold & my Bernina came home to live :-)

I learned to sew on my mother's White treadle sewing machine in the early 50s. She later purchased a Montgomery Ward electric machine, which was recently given to me by my sister, who has had it since our mother passed away. I still sew on my Singer 401A which I purchased in 1961. It is still going strong.

Those brilliant Singer Treadle machines have a lot to answer for. LOL. Me too back in the fifties./

My grandmother's 1920 Wertheim sewing machine with a shuttle bobbin. After Nan passed away Pop gave it to me.

A singer treadle in the early 60's.

I used an Alden. I know, huge brand name recognition there folks. My hubby bought it for our first Christmas together after our Dec. 19 marriage. It was old by Fingerhut I believe and the only one that had time payments at the time. We were as poor a church mice back then in 1963 and it's coming full circle I'm afraid.

i learned to sew on gram's treadle that she'd had electrified [?] the only thing she'd let me sew were flour sack dish towels[this was about1952....ugh}until i learned to sew a straight seam.well,guess what ? i never got any further !
when my eldest daughter moved out ,i gave it to her.went to help her move & found the machine & cabinet OUTSIDE leaning against the house under the eaves !!!!!!!!!! totally ruined.it's been 34 yrs,& as you can tell,i've STILL not gotten over it !kids...........

I learned to sew on my mother's White sewing machine. Stupid me, not thinking, I gave the machine to a charity organization when I moved.

I love Pojo. I am on my fifth doxie. I have a red and a double dapple. Goldie Lu Freckles has one blue eye and one brown. She has an eye defect, her pupils are misshapen and in the wrong place in her eye. She can't focus up close,but she compensates by backing up about a foot from what she is looking at, ie food!!! She is a mini- a jumbo mini. I call her my sausage dog. katie

I taught myself to sew on the treadle sewing machine at my parents' dry cleaners in the '60s. I don't remember the brand but I though it was cool being able to reverse the way I pumped the treadle and the machine would sew in reverse!

I taught myself to sew on the treadle sewing machine at my parents' dry cleaners in the '60s. I don't remember the brand but I though it was cool being able to reverse the way I pumped the treadle and the machine would sew in reverse!

I learned to sew on my mom's Kenmore. In the sixties. She eventually bought a singer, and my first sewing machine was from Montgomery Wards. I got my first bernina in 1992, and I love it. I upgraded to another bernina, aurora 440 QE, but kept the other bernina, "just in case." I did not know that the feet were different, the connections are different. Of course I have lots of "old bernina" feet, that is the other reason I kept the old bernina. There is nothing wrong with it, I just can no longer lift it. It weighs 40 lbs as it is all metal. I figured I could use it if something happened to the new bernina. I found a thing, an adapter, that I am hoping will allow me to use the old feet on the new sewing machine. Maybe I will ask others here if they know of an adapter, in case what I ordered isn't what I thought it was.
I also have my "second" mom's sewing machine, and also a later model? of the feather weight. and of course, I had to get a Janome to take to classes, as I could not lift the other berninas. It is the 12 lb one and I love it.

I just built a new house and my sewing room is 24 feet by 20 feet. I am just now organizing it. I will post pictures when it gets done. I designed a sewing cabinet, and the cabinet maker built it. He made it match all the other cabinets in the house!!! It matches the built in cabinets he made. The table has a 6 foot pop up table on the front so I can use it for my go cutter or for using my small altos cutter. I have the big altos cutter and it will sit on top of a cutting table. I have arthritis that is a cousin of rheumatoid, so I can't cut well. I love my cutting toys, it lets me do what I want in spite of the arthritis. I found a cabinet with drawers that look like cd drawers. 28 individual drawers that I plan to put my far quarters into. I have them on the polar notions small wrappers and will color code them and alsoo categorize them into 30's, batiks, kids, dogs . . . It helps to have some OCD. I like labels. The only problem is that the wrappers are 1/2 too wide. So I am using a paper cutter to take 3/8 of an i nch off of the sides of the wrappers. Of course I have to do both sides so the things will not be lopsided. Did I mention OCD? Only 1200 cuts to make.

If anyone has any ideas for my room, please let me know. I also have three library card catalog sets of drawers to keep the sewing toys and supplies in. I repurposed old rusty book shelves that had book racks on them. We took the wire racks off the shelves and screwed them together and I placed them on a to granite bases with a lazy susan spinner in between the. (They were the cut outs for the bathroom sinks) I had to use something heavy to keep it from falling over with the books.

Now I can store lots of books in a small space that has a horizontal component. Only a little floor space taken up; go vertical is the advice of my friend Susan, the professional organizer. (perfectlyplaced.org) She is helping me, and she has an online part of her business. Virtual organizing!!! I am truly blessed. Since I moved 14oo miles from her, it is perfect. Please send me your ideas, I am still in the sorting and donating part of the process. My entire sewing room has been moved to the patio. I have an outside door in the sewing room that opens onto the new patio. Perfect for putting things on for the sorting process.

Should I put the threads on the wooden spooled racks and hang them on the wall behind my sewing cabinet. there is room between the end of the built in and the double window that is behind my sewing cabinet. Will they thread get too dusty, or should I hang the thread wooden caddies on the inside of the built in doors? Any other ideas??? Thanks for any input!!! katie

Singer treadle....Egad! Am I revealing my age?

My grandma tought me to sew on her treadle singer machine, I remember sewing doll's cloths and later some of my own shorts and dresses. For quite a few years I stop sewing and 10 years ago I started quilting. I wish I had my grandsma's machine. When I started quilting here in Florida I bought a Brother for $120 at Sears until I "needed" more features. I bought a Pfaff Tiptronic 2030 with the tax return money and love it. I now also have a Pfaff serger which I am learning to use.
I am campaigning for an embroidery but DH thinks I don't "need" it and it is too expensive. Buaaahhh! I need to find one not top of the line to convince him of my need!
Long Arm??? not yet in my wish list; still trying free motion on my Pfaff.

I learned on my grandmother's Singer treadle, then my mother's 1950's Singer portable. I still have my mother's portable. I wish I still had my grandmother's treadle.

I learned on my mother's White treadle in the mid 40's. Also used my Grandma's Singer treadle. I bought my first machine of my own, a Singer 301, in 1958. DD has that one and the White treadle. Next was a Singer Touch and Sew. Then a Pfaff 1471 in the 80's, followed by my Pfaff CV.

My Mom bought me a machine in 1975-76 out of the Spiegle catalog. Mom sewed a little but not much. Just a few outfits for me and my Sister and some doll blankets. She really never did get into it. Anyway, it's a Brother all metal with a snap on cover. Only does straight stitch and zigzag. I still have that machine 35 years later. I don't think I will ever get rid of it.

I learned to sew on a singer was there any other?

Hope you let go of the guilt now. That was an awful thing to do to you. You have my sympathy. I am so glad you didn't let it keep you from sewing and quilting.

I also learned on my mom's Singer 401, boy did I love that machine! I was so sad when she traded it in, but now I have my own!

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I learned to sew on my grandmother's White treadle machine. Then when I was about 23 she GAVE IT AWAY to Mrs. Retzloff who cleaned house for her. My mother and I went to Mrs. Retzloff and begged her to let us have it. Even offered her up to $300 (this in the early 70s). She refused.
Several years ago I found a machine very similar but not a White and bought it!
When my son was born in 1974 I bought an Elna SU. It is has been a great machine. I love it so much that when I found one just like it I grabbed it up so fast. It lives at my friend's house in CA so I can use it when I am there. When I go to retreats I take them both, in case I need a spare! Even loaned it to another friend at retreat when she left the power cord at home! Had the first one rebuilt when the cam shaft gave out. Guess I am just stuck in a rut! Sherrie in NM.

I learned on a Kenmore Craftsman, would give my eye teeth to find one in working condition for my sewing room!

My mother sent me to a Singer sewing class when I was ten. It cost her $1 per lesson, ten lessons. I have no memory of what model singer it was. When I was thirteen, my Dad bought me my first machine...a Chattauqua, with a shuttle bobbin. I have never run into another person who had owned or heard of this machine. In between my Singer classes and getting this machine, I hand sewed garments. Oh, how I love my Viking Fresia 415!!

I learned to sew on my mom's singer treadle machine.

I used my Mom's Morse sewing machine. It was one heavy portable machine but sewed a great seam. I wish I still had it. Then she got a Kenmore not so great machine!!!

Oh wow my grandparents used to live on Lake Chatauqua and I didn't know there was a sewing machine from around there!

My grandmother's treadle sewing machine. I don't know what brand it was, but I think probably it was a Singer.

Same for me! :D

I learned to sew on my mother's Singer treadle machine in the early to mid 50s. Sure would like to have that machine now.

My Grandmother had a Singer Treadle Machine and taught me how to sew whenI was 6 years old AndI have Been Sewing ALong time I Had A Singer When my Childern were Small it Last for 25 years Now I Have a Brother & And another Singer.Love Them Both.

My mom's singer. Then in home ec class we used Vikings. For graduation (in 72) I asked for a Viking machine. When Viking came out with their first embroidery machine (1+) I had to have that. I still have that but have bought two different Pfaff which I use now.

i learned on a singer treadle back in the forties .... i had the best dressed dolls around.

Singer featherweight which I am still blessed to be sewing on.

I started sewing on my mom's almost new Wizard sewing machine my dad got her for Christmas from the Western Auto in town when I was about 6-7 years old. It was electric! :thumbup: no bells or whistles, no zig zag but that thing sewed the nicest straight stitch you ever did see.

Mom used it as her primary machine for a good 25 years and made the 4 girls' dresses and the 2 boys' shirts and her dresses. For about the next 25 years it was her #1 backup.

When she passed away last year my younger sister took it home with her to be used as her only machine.

It still sews like a dream! :thumbup:

An Elna---Mom still uses it! we used singer slant needles one year in home Ec---lots of girls sewed their finger on those darn things--the teacher had NO sympathy for us till she did it--next year there were no slant needles in the Home Ec room! I have had my Viking for 26 years not----it was used when I got it!also have a treadle that grandma sewed on, and several antique machines thatI use to keep them going!

This question really got me to thinking. I learned to sew in home ec in school. Never really sewed after that. But my mother bought me a Kenmore machine in a cabinet when I was first married. I replaced that some years later with a portable 'something' paid about $100 that I used for about 20 years 'til it died. I didn't start quilting until my second was born in 1987 and went into high gear about eight years ago when I bought my Janome 6600 that I absolutely love!

I've always been a singer girl.

My mom owned a dress manufacturing business in New York and she supervised around 50 workers. I learned to sew on a Singer industrial machine at the age of 6 in the 1950's. I remember my mom took the needle off at first so I could get the hang of it. Sewing has always been a part of my life but I never really got into it until I started quilting about 12 years ago. Before quilting, there was crocheting, lots of crocheting!