Yesterday the courier arrived on the doorstep with an unfeasibly heavy parcel which I don't think he was that impressed at having to carry. It was my two old Singer sewing machines I'd bagged on eBay.
I hadn't really done any research into them, just seen them, bid on them, got them at a good price. So I was expecting them to be complete rust buckets with seized up mechanisms. I like to think I'm vaguely mechanically minded and I was after a bit of a project anyway so I wasn't that bothered. However- find me a little bit happy that they both work! Complete with all their attachments, bobbins, extra hemming feet, the lot! Lovely wooden cases too, all intact.
So my first job has been to get on the Internet and find out a little about these old ladies. Easy enough with the serial numbers to date them. These aren't vintage machines, they're both antiques, dating from 1889. Now I love my Janome machine but I somehow doubt that 124 years down the line someone will still be able to sew with it, certainly not have the extra bits still in a cardboard box.
It's taken a bit more digging to find out the models and one of them is a Model 12 which was the first production model sewing machine. The other is a VS3 from what I can work out and is beautiful. And more- I've already sewn with it. Just need to get busy with the cleaning products now!
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Gorgeous machines! My Grandma gave me my first machine, a 1942 Singer in wooden case. It's an electric one. Love it. Enjoy!
ReplyDeleteI'd have them just as ornaments around the house, I think they're lovely. Its an added bonus that they work! x
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