A serial number is going to be the most important piece of information when it comes to dating your sewing machine. Some people have a receipt dated to one year, yet the serial number shows their sewing
Continue readingWhen kept in good shape a sewing cabinet can last as long or even longer than a good sewing machine. Plus, they can add a level of elegance to any room they are placed. When they come with a rich history
Continue readingDelving into history turns up a lot of interesting facts and bits of information. For example, the Minnesota sewing machine was not the name of the sewing machine company that produced or sold those sewing
Continue readingNo one made sewing machines like Singer did back in the old days. Their sewing machine models were some of the most copied ones around. All over the world, the different smaller sewing machine companies
Continue readingBeautiful machines exist in the most unique places and always impress experienced sewers with their fine lines. The most amazing part is that they are still sewing up a storm 50 to 70 years later. Sometimes
Continue readingIf you do not worry about the dates, you can learn a lot of facts, including the stories behind the different sewing machines. The Domestic story is interesting because it involves brothers with one being
Continue readingTracking down vintage sewing machine models is not an easy task. It is often like trying to solve a mystery and you have to be like Sherlock Holmes very sharp, observant, and know what to look for. In
Continue readingFinding old sewing machines is like finding a time tunnel. it lets you go back in time and see what a simpler era was all about. While the old vintage and antique sewing machines were simple in construction,
Continue readingSinger was always copied. That is the way it is with the early sewing machine industry. It found a model that was superior to the rest and different companies had it copied. This process saves the copier
Continue readingThe wonderful thing about sewing machines is that the industry is full of history. Most of the different brands have unique stories about the men who created those machines and what they went through trying
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