Squee! It works! It sews!

[isabelladangelo]

After finally figuring out the needle goes in sideways and not front and back (like on most? modern machines), I managed to get the antique sewing machine to sew. Woohoo! The tension is a bit off but that is easy compared to refurbishing the motor, the light, the bobbin, getting the pressure foot to work again, cleaning and fixing the needle arm, ect... I can just sit there and play with the tension until it is even.

So now I have a nice antique sewing machine that works rather beautifully and has it's own table that it came embedded in. Based on a stamp on the inside of the table, the machine was made in 1964. The accessories (OMG! A Ruffler! Yay!) are all from 1957 and I'm guessing the lady that had this lovely machine never bothered to oil it since before I was born. Now that it's all nice and pretty, I'm thinking of getting out one of the vintage patterns and making a dress on it because it seems wrong to not sew a perfectly period new era dress when I have a perfectly period machine around....

Comments

[bluedoran.livejournal.com]

I have a Singer sewing machine in a table that folds, that I got from an antique store for $75. I haven't tried to have it refurbished etc. yet. Hopefully, I will get it to work sometime.

[vanityfairy.livejournal.com]

Yay!