My New Singer 301A - Miss Ida
03-03-2011, 04:45 AM
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Several years ago my MIL gave me the 301 that had belonged to her mother so I named her Sadie after her mother. Sadie has become my main machine - I think the stitches are nicer than my fancy-pants Bernina. It came in the original table with the bench and all the original accessories and paperwork - including the custom "artwork" from my husband on the user manual ;). I LOVE the knee bar - much more comfortable than using the foot pedal. She is really a treasure.
03-07-2011, 10:17 AM
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I have been working on the 301 this weekend. She needed cleaning, which I started but haven't finished. I oiled her really good underneath, as the feed dogs were sluggish. I ordered a new tension assembly, because the springs in hers are all worn and it wasn't working at all. I couldn't get it to stitch...the thread kept breaking due to tension...loops underneath then puckering fabric. I oiled the tensioner, but it won't move. I took it apart, and the spring is just dead.
03-07-2011, 04:52 PM
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Originally Posted by jljack
I just got this 301A off of eBay, and with shipping and all just under $100. I had to order a power cord and foot control separately. I haven't gotten them yet, so I haven't been able to try her motor. Everything moves smoothly by hand, though, so I am very optimistic!!
Isn't she lovely? She is pretty dirty, and I will be giving her a good cleaning over the next week. She is going to be my "travel" partner for classes, quilt friendship group and guild meetings and will live in my wheelie tote. My other machines are a hassle to take down and put back together for a short time sewing. I named her after my maternal grandmother, Ida Mae Rottmann, who loved all fabric and sewed all the clothing and quilts for her whole family of 8 children on a treadle Singer on a farm in central Missouri.
Isn't she lovely? She is pretty dirty, and I will be giving her a good cleaning over the next week. She is going to be my "travel" partner for classes, quilt friendship group and guild meetings and will live in my wheelie tote. My other machines are a hassle to take down and put back together for a short time sewing. I named her after my maternal grandmother, Ida Mae Rottmann, who loved all fabric and sewed all the clothing and quilts for her whole family of 8 children on a treadle Singer on a farm in central Missouri.
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