Thursday, 7 January 2010

Isn't She Lovely?


This is my very exciting acquisition - a vintage Singer sewing machine.  It was sitting in the guestroom when we stayed with Mummy and Daddy over New Year and I was allowed to bring it home.  To say I am over the moon is putting it mildly, I think it is an incredibly wonderful thing.
I did a little research at sewmuse and from the serial number:  Y6390437, found that my machine was made in Kilbowie, Clydebank, Scotland in 1929.  Wow, it's 80 years old.  The serial number was in a batch of 4,000 alloted on January 9th 1929 and the class/model number is 16K.







My gorgeous machine works but is fairly dusty as you can see.  As it is her birthday in two days time I will give her a lovely dust and polish and then do a little stitching with her, I can hardly wait!
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  1. Trudi7 January 2010 at 19:11

    She's beautiful! I used to have one similar myself, alas she went to a better home :)

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  2. Catherine7 January 2010 at 20:16

    Yes she's beautiful! I have my Grandmothers 'Unity' treadle sewing machine which I treasure. I bet she sews well!

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  3. Michelle7 January 2010 at 22:33

    She is beautiful!!! I'm jealous! LOL!

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  4. A Time for Stitching7 January 2010 at 22:43

    I remember a similar machine in my past but I believe it had a foot treadle to work it instead of a handle.
    I saw the lady on The Victorian Farm programme the other week make herself a dress with one of these. She had a bit of trouble at first because of only being able to guide the fabric with one hand but ended up making herself a lovely victorian outfit.
    How interesting to find out all that information about it!

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  5. kwiltmakr8 January 2010 at 00:23

    Nice machine. I am sure someone did a lot of sewing on it and then it sat for some time, now you can revive it and do a lot more sewing on it. How exciting.

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  6. Michelle8 January 2010 at 05:23

    She is so sweet... Has she been handed down through your family? I am sure you are going to enjoy her lots!

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  7. twopeasinapoddesigns8 January 2010 at 05:33

    Are you kidding? How awesome! Wouldn't it be cool to make something for your Mom and Dad using that machine? Very cool...

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  8. Happy Cottage Quilter8 January 2010 at 21:13

    What a dreamy machine! I love the old Singers. They were such work horses and pretty as well. So glad that you got to keep her :-)

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  9. Susan17 January 2010 at 14:22

    Lucky you, She is a beauty. Hope she has another 80 wonderful years with you.

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