Today I'm going to share lots of pictures of hand crank sewing machines and treadles for the TOGA.
There are more, these are just the ones I took on Saturday.
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| I love this "modern" hand crank, it is an original hand crank, one of the last ones made. I want one! |
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| Here's a close up view of her notions, a little clock, a hoodie (thread cutter) and her scissors! |
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| These two are called chain stitcher sewing machines because they do not use bobbins and and make a chain stitch intead of a lock stitch like later machines. |
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| White feather weight, it was for sale but not in my budget right now. |
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| Back and front views of a Jones, isn't it gorgeous? |
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| I also really like this green Singer, I believe it was manufactured in the 60's. I love the block she's making too. |
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| This Necchi (pronounced neck e)is from Italy. I hear they are one of the best machines ever made. She's also making a string block! |
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| I'm not sure what kind of machine this is, but it's gorgeous, we had a beauty contest for the machines! |
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| Another gorgeous machines, the decals are perfect! |
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| This one was passed down through her husband's family. |
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| A Wilcox and Gibbs, the motor is almost as big as the machine! Don't you love the foot pedal? |
One of these days I would love to have an original hand crank, both of my machines have been converted, one was an electric and one was a treadle. I'll post more pictures later! And yes, all of these machines are used to sew with, they do not just sit on shelves!
Cranking away in TX,
Missy
11 comments:
I think I want a featherweight and I would love for it to have a hand crank. Where do you even begin to look for these things? Love!!
I would love to get my hands on a handcrank machine one of these days -- they just look so neat! But I suppose I should learn to use my own treadle first.
Missy, hand cranks are a lot of fun, if you have a Singer with a spoked hand wheel and a motor mount or boss on the back with a hole for a bolt, you can get a reproduction hand crank that will work. I just got 2, one for a 128 VS and one for a 27 head. Easy to attach.
This is awesome. I have an old sewing machine that I love (it was my gram's). I liked this post!
I'm visiting today from Thursday's Favorite Things. :)
You really back in time as even I do not recall seeing some of these. My mother always used a Singer.
Loved all the TOGA pictures. One of these days, I'll make it down for this TOGA, since it is in my home state. Boy do I miss the bluebonnets. I've been loving hearing all the chatter about the TOGA on the yahoo group. Isn't Riley G a sweetie! He made me a pitman for a treadle last year. Now if I can just get the stupid bobbin thread to pick up, that treadle will work.
Thanks for putting up these great photos!
So cool! I need to get to a TOGA one of these years.
Loved reading about all of the old sewing machines, I have several Featherweights, and an old Singer 99 w the coffin, and an old Montgomery Ward w a shuttle. Don't know if it runs, and I don't know how to fill the shuttle.
I have a few for sale: http://queencityquilter.blogspot.com/2013/03/featherweight-ag527124.html
And here http://queencityquilter.blogspot.com/2013/03/another-featherweight-ag530646.html
If you are interested let me know .
Such fabulous photos...thanks for sharing them! Sounds like a wonderful time!
These are lovely. I have four hand cranked Singer machines here. The first was my grandmothers and dated to 1934. I then bought 3 more on ebay for my 3 daughters (they were not high cost here in the UK). One is over 120 years old and still working beautifully. These machines are such a joy to work and we have had many fun days working together around the kitchen table. I really need to photograph them each individually and do a post like this too. :-)
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