A little Thrift Crazy: re Singer Fashionmate 223
08-06-2014, 08:45 PM
#11
Senior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: May 2013
Posts: 613
Originally Posted by wilburness
looking at those patterns was a trip down memory lane. I chuckled, some the original price was only 25 cents and were marked for 50 cents.
I know right?! That always gets me. Especially when some patterns on Etsy they'll charge you $10 for a download/copy of the pattern.
08-07-2014, 09:30 AM
#14
Super Member
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: down Houston way...
Posts: 1,581
I love the vintage patterns also...I still have my patterns from high school, made my own wedding gown, my junior/senior prom and several of my two daughters clothes patterns...and I just turned 72 last Sunday... I get them out ever so often and look at them.. lots of memories.
08-07-2014, 01:05 PM
#15
Super Member
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: North Central, NC
Posts: 2,741
Originally Posted by foufymaus
I actually do collect and make some of the patterns. Of course I have to grad them up to my size. LOL it's a hobby along with quilting and machine collecting. LOL I am interested in your patterns. 
08-08-2014, 08:49 AM
#16
Power Poster
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Somewhere
Posts: 15,507
Can you shoot a pic of the bobbin area with out the bobbin - I would love to see behind there if possible... Mine is open and all kinds of lint goes into the gears. I was wondering if your machine had that same problem?
08-08-2014, 08:16 PM
#18
Senior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: May 2013
Posts: 613
Originally Posted by miriam
Can you shoot a pic of the bobbin area with out the bobbin - I would love to see behind there if possible... Mine is open and all kinds of lint goes into the gears. I was wondering if your machine had that same problem?
It apparently does have the same problem. I cracked open the gear box which is the first time i did since she's been home. I always seem to forget to do that. I'm wondering if a piece of electrical tape could prevent the lint from going in there.
Actually, the gear's and such are metal. It's a zz machine so no lovely cam's to play with. Except for ...*thinks* maybe the blind hem switch. I think I remember a flat fashion disk cam. I'll have to double check that.
One thing I did notice is that the serial number TB693077 and there's a stamp in paint on the metal that says JA -8 Right above it there's a stamp in the metal that says J-C 13 I'm wondering where this machine was made It's not really following the North American numbering system.
[ATTACH=CONFIG]486833[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]486834[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]486835[/ATTACH]
Pics for miriam here. http://imgur.com/a/sjMFB
[ATTACH=CONFIG]486829[/ATTACH]
[ATTACH=CONFIG]486830[/ATTACH]
[ATTACH=CONFIG]486831[/ATTACH]
[ATTACH=CONFIG]486832[/ATTACH]
Last edited by foufymaus; 08-08-2014 at 08:21 PM.
08-09-2014, 03:17 AM
#19
Power Poster
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Somewhere
Posts: 15,507
Yours looks good - the gear box on mine was packed with lint and thread in the grease. It seems to be a good machine otherwise. Yes it does ss, zz and a blind hem. I think you could put it on a treadle. Other than that hole, it seems to be a real well made machine. I don't know if duct tape would stick with the grease in there. It might go a while and then have to remember to put in new duct tape once in a while.
08-09-2014, 08:25 AM
#20
Super Member
Join Date: May 2013
Location: Kansas City, MO
Posts: 1,382
Generally, those JA- numbers are indicative of a machine that was made in Japan, though it usually says "Made in Japan" somewhere on the machine.
A Bing search confirmed that the 223 was made in Japan.
A Bing search confirmed that the 223 was made in Japan.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
oldsewnsew
For Vintage & Antique Machine Enthusiasts
10
09-02-2014 12:33 PM
Lara122
For Vintage & Antique Machine Enthusiasts
10
09-24-2013 04:02 AM
