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Old 05-07-2015, 11:47 AM
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Mystery #1:

For as long as I can remember I've had a memory of helping my mom extract her finger from a black Singer like sewing machine after she'd stuck a needle in it. But I had no idea what machine it was. Where we were at, or exactly when it was. I did know I wasn't very old then. Maybe 6 or 7.

Well the first clue is this picture I found last year and posted it. It was this pic which clearly showed a FW case on the chair to the right with mom in the background. On the bottom it's marked '58. I would have been 6 or so then.
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I was looking through mom's photo album again last weekend and found the other clue. This one a pic dated 5-62 with me about 9.5 years old, my Aunt Sheri and mom behind Aunt Sheri. Under the table is the FW. Knowing our families financial situation at that time I seriously doubt if mom had any other machines.
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So I'm going to say that it was this FW that I had to help mom get her finger out of.

Mystery #2:

A couple years ago in a bunch of sewing stuff we found a Singer button holler attachment in the rectangular green box.
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Nothing unusual about that but in it was a receipt dated 4-2-62.
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From a sewing machine shop in Farmington, NM. I had thought we had moved to Phoenix by then.
Nope. The button holler was bought for the FW.

Well, I still have the buttonholler, but the FW is long gone. Wish I still had it.

Mysteries are fun, aren't they.

Joe
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Old 05-07-2015, 11:55 AM
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Great story and happy you solved the mystery.
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Old 05-07-2015, 12:05 PM
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Fun that you have bits and pieces to your story. Great pics!
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Old 05-07-2015, 12:07 PM
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I have a little box of 4 buttonholers from Singer. They were in a sewing box I got from an estate sale. I got the box which was full for $2.00. The buttonholers were just like the ones you have.
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You're most likely right. Sewing machines were a big investment back then. Great pictures!
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Plaids and stripes were popular in 1962. My western shirts were all plaids as far as I can remember.

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Joe, thanks for the trip in the Way-back machine. Those photos remind me so much of my mother's kitchen.

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Good story Joe. Great photos.
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Great photos! I wish you still have mom's machine too. That would've been really nice. It sure is fun to see her Featherweight case waiting and ready by the kitchen table.
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