I am the luckiest person ever!
06-22-2017, 05:09 PM
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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.
[ATTACH=CONFIG]575220[/ATTACH]
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!
[ATTACH=CONFIG]575218[/ATTACH]
...and here is the beauty that was in it:
[ATTACH=CONFIG]575219[/ATTACH]
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.
[ATTACH=CONFIG]575220[/ATTACH]
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:
[ATTACH=CONFIG]575222[/ATTACH]
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!
06-22-2017, 06:23 PM
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Oh WOW! Now that is a gift to brag about and be thankful for. Lucky, lucky, lucky you are.
Is it a trick of the light or is the badge rimmed in red? Yours may be even earlier than mine. My serial # starts with NA 0057xx, one of the first 10,000 made.
Cari
Is it a trick of the light or is the badge rimmed in red? Yours may be even earlier than mine. My serial # starts with NA 0057xx, one of the first 10,000 made.
Cari
06-23-2017, 02:31 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Denver, CO
Posts: 4,254
Absolutely fantastic gift.
The gripper is a handy tool. It looks like a spool pin for the one thread embroidery attachment on the box, between the screwdrivers.
Those are some nice totes.
Janey - Neat people never make the exciting discoveries I do.
The gripper is a handy tool. It looks like a spool pin for the one thread embroidery attachment on the box, between the screwdrivers.
Those are some nice totes.
Janey - Neat people never make the exciting discoveries I do.
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