sewlinzi Posted February 28, 2009 Report Share Posted February 28, 2009 I am now offering a personal courier service to deliver classic vintage sewing machines to the USA. You pay my ticket and I will bring it to your door. I will only pack the machine, spare knickers and a box of nice tea! A friend and I have recently come across a Singer 401 and an unknown old black Singer in the junk shop. We have no plans for them - we just like rescuing them!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewlinzi Posted February 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2009 Here's the old black one... now I'm going to waste hours looking up the serial numbers. Some people do family genealogy but others track down sewing machine info! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewlinzi Posted February 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2009 I'm SEW efficient... the 401 is 1954 and the black one is 1929! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Beth Posted February 28, 2009 Report Share Posted February 28, 2009 What model is the black one? I love, love, love these machines. I watch Craigslist for them and when one comes up I have to fight the feeling to buy it. I have lost the battle a couple of times. Currently I have a 99K, a 185J, my favorite the 201-2 and a 301 on the way (black of course). I use them more then my Janome. I love the perfect stitch these machines make. No zig-zag mechanism to mess them up...just pure straight stitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewlinzi Posted February 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2009 No idea on the black one... where does it say? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewlinzi Posted February 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2009 Is this any use? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Beth Posted February 28, 2009 Report Share Posted February 28, 2009 Your machine is a 99k...made at a factory called Kilbowie in Clydebank, Scotland, on March 26 1929. You didn't know I was so smart did you?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewlinzi Posted February 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2009 Very good detection Dr. Watson! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SandraG Posted February 28, 2009 Report Share Posted February 28, 2009 The scroll work is so fine!!!!!!! Sandra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiltmonkey Posted February 28, 2009 Report Share Posted February 28, 2009 Originally posted by sewlinzi Very good detection Dr. Watson! Yes, she's a smarty pants that's for sure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Beth Posted February 28, 2009 Report Share Posted February 28, 2009 Here is what else I know...I hate to tell you, because then you all will know everything I do and then I won't look so smart The 99k is a 3/4 size head. Have you noticed it doesn't weigh as much or is a bit smaller then a regular machine head? They are pretty nifty. Mine is in a cabinet, which I am told is in high demand....a 3/4 size cabinet, I mean. My 185J is also 3/4 size and the cabinet had a smell so I set it out in the garage to air out.....DH tossed it in the back of the truck to take to the trash!! He came very close to divorce Not really...I am here on this earth to make him miserable...he just heard about it. My 185J and my 201-2 will sew through everything including leather....so if I ever want a leather quilt I have the machine for it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Beth Posted February 28, 2009 Report Share Posted February 28, 2009 Here are pics of my machines... 1. 185J...This is a cool machine. I was going to teach my granddaughter to sew and give it to her...but I just can't 2. My very favorite...I may try to find one of these for my granddaughter...but she won't be getting this one either 3. My 99K - like your machine... 3. This one isn't a Singer...but a Willcox and Gibbs - probably the cutest machine ever.... And please ignor any junk you may see in the background...I need to clean my studio....again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewlinzi Posted February 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2009 Very nice machines... I love the green one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busy Quilting Posted February 28, 2009 Report Share Posted February 28, 2009 So I should have put a bid on that lovely White 221k in Colchester Essex, that just went on ebay for 58 GBP. But maybe your ticket would have been more than Royal Mail. These machines were not sent to Australia so our only source is Great Britain. I keep looking but.......it is that ocean thing that stops me buying it and also the fw-buyer on ebay that keeps outbidding me! But I do have a 222k, a Centennial 221k and I do have a white 221k - just the box is not a happy one! I keep telling my husband I need a tan one from the US but he hasn't picked up on that yet. Lyn In Australia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Beth Posted February 28, 2009 Report Share Posted February 28, 2009 Lyn, Keep working on him...he will cave!! I don't have any featherweights....yet DH can't figure out why I have the ones I have....He thinks I have a screw loose....well...maybe I do...but these machine are so much nicer then the new ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witha'K'quilting Posted February 28, 2009 Report Share Posted February 28, 2009 Lyn, I have a tan 221 and 2 white 221's. I bought mine on ebay last year. I am in the process of repainting one of the white ones. It was in sad shape. If you get a chance to buy the tan one...it will complete your collection. Go gor it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbi Posted March 1, 2009 Report Share Posted March 1, 2009 OH! Linzi I thought you meant these machines are junk... I'm relieved! My Singer is (at least) 50 years old and I still LOVE it! I also have an old treadle that was my grandma Miller's but it's never worked and I've never fixed it... I should though in case of extreme poverty and no electricity!!! Ya never know! I love the scroll on the side of the black one, I see a quilt pattern surfacing! This year for the first time ever in my sewing history of 51 years (I'm 62 next week) I am searching for a machine with a good blanket embroidery stitch. Suggestions? I can't imagine all of you with so many machines! It boggles my mind! Here's my Singer... I love all the metal parts! This was a wedding present from my first MIL... 45 years ago! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheryll Posted March 1, 2009 Report Share Posted March 1, 2009 I just bought a singer 99 3/4 size hand crank. i got it on ebay 91 dollars and 25 for shipping. Don't laugh but I bought it to go camping in my V.W. bus. I thought it would be great to teach my grand daughter to sew. I have grandma's treadle 2 feather weights an old new home, a Janome and a Baby lock and Millie. You never know when you might need a machine Oops I just forgot I bought a Janome Platium for electric traveling. I must confess I spend most of my disposible income on sewing and quilting. Guilty as charged. I also have 3 toy machines. I love old machines too. will post pictures when I get the hand crank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewlinzi Posted March 1, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2009 Bobbi - I didn't mean actual junk to us - just the non-quilters out there! My Husqvarna does nice blanket stitch btw... You are right about never knowing when you might need a machine operated by alternative power. If we have an Apocalypse of some sort where there is no more electricity, at least we'll still be able to make quilts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutchman Posted March 1, 2009 Report Share Posted March 1, 2009 Really nice products. In Netherlands we have a small museum for these oldies. Have also a look at http://www.ismacs.net/home.html as there are more collectors of sewing machines Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonnie Posted March 1, 2009 Report Share Posted March 1, 2009 OMG...Theo, thank you for that GREAT photo...I would be so in love I would never leave. My DH would have to buy the place otherwise I would just camp there and never leave. I have never seen such a collections before. I have a new item to add to my "Bucket List" To see this place in person. Again WOW.....it makes me smile just to see the picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ginnysnowden Posted March 1, 2009 Report Share Posted March 1, 2009 I have a 201, a Featherweight, a 99k, and a Pfaff , Of course my Ultimate II , two Sergers I am still trying to figure out the sergers. Wish there was someone to teach me. If the government find's out about our sickness they will tax it more! Ginny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiltsinmotion Posted March 1, 2009 Report Share Posted March 1, 2009 Trip coming up there they go [bonnie & Mary Beth ] off to the Netherlands Sewing Machine Museum :D may I come too just to watch the look on your faces :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonnie Posted March 1, 2009 Report Share Posted March 1, 2009 Then shhhhhhhhhhhh....we won't tell them I have 17...... or at least I think its that might be higher. is should line them all up and take a picture incase I get robbed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheryll Posted March 1, 2009 Report Share Posted March 1, 2009 I'm glad you have 17 then I don't feel as bad. Don't you just love them. I can't wait to see the hand crank I just bought. It's so cool you can look up the number and it tells what year it was made and in which factory. My singer 99 was made in Scotland in 1954. It's kind of amazing to think that they were still even making them that late in hand crank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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